Art can be bad, sure. But literally torture?

"Madrid - It was torture with a creative flair - build tiny cells that kept prisoners from sleeping, sitting or pacing, and decorate the walls with mind-bending art.

These chambers operated during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39, and were the work of communists fighting for the government side as it battled troops under fascist General Francisco Franco. Their existence is a bizarre, little-known footnote to the conflict, and is now the focus of historians and artists."

Full article: Abstract art used to drive prisoners mad

Thanks to Ragnar Satzer!

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Vintage French and Italian Posters

Vintage Posters, Vintage French and Italian Posters, Vintage Art Poster


Via A Best Truth

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Mountains of Meat

Machine Animal Collage Menu

Is this What Per Nuder was talkin' about? (Don't worry - a joke for Swedes)



Via The Presurfer

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Scopitones

Once again Spike at Bedazzled! gives us the opportunity to look and listen to some great Scopitones. And, hey, you can buy them too!

Heaven & Earth: Refuge

Download this very nice LP at Bellybongo. (Obsolete) I don't know much about it and Magnus at Bellybongo don't give much away either. However the names of the two singer/songwriters are Pat Gefell and Jo D. Andrews and the record is from 1973. I managed to find the following production data, in case it means something to you:

Dick Schory	Producer
Jo D. Andrews	Arranger, Vocals
Samuel Magad	Strings
Arthur Lauer	Arp Echoplex, Flute, Flute (Alto)
Bobby Christian	Bongos, Percussion, Conga
Joseph Sciacchitano	Strings
Don Simmons	Drums
William Schoen	Strings
Joseph Golan	Violin
Phil Upchurch	Guitar (Bass)
George Andrews	Arranger, Producer, Organ, Conductor
Jorge Dalto	Clavinet, Piano
Charles Chittenden	Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
Heaven & Earth	Main Performer
Jerry Sabransky	Strings
Ron Steele	Guitar (Rhythm), Guitar
Fred Spector	Strings
Pat Gefell	Vocals, Guitar (Rhythm), Guitar

Information taken from MusicMatchGuide

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Design: Japanese matchboxes

Japanese matchboxes (original link is obsolete - but click here for more images from that site)
Even more, but only with elephant motives.

There's a connection with the last post. What is it?

Via Jaf Project

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Looking for an apartment?

Do you have about 3,1 million Dollars (25 million Skr) to spare? Then maybe this apartment suits you. Its 378 square meters are beautifully located in the centre of Stockholm. It was once the property of legendary capitalist and financier Ivar Krueger. (Probably one of the worlds richest people in the twenties. Killed himself in 1932 after his company went bancrupt.) In his day the apartment included a second floor and was almost twice the size. However, it might just still do.

Come on in
(obsolete link)


Thanks to S P Niece

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Flickr: P-E Fronning's photos tagged with american

Check out some American ephemera I've scanned:
Flickr: P-E Fronning's photos tagged with american

50 years of press photography

The photo has been cropped

Take a look at 50 years of award-winning press photographs.



Stöd Rädda Barnen.

Support International Save The Children.

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Stöd Röda Korsets katastrofhjälp
Pg 900 800 -4

International Committee of the Red Cross

Where German babies come from

Ever wondered where German babies come from?

Via PCL LinkDump

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Slime

Do you remember Slime? I remember "accidentally" getting this green stuff into a kid neighbor's hair. Take a look at other popular toys from the 70s and 80s. I can't say I recognize everything - everything was probably not even sold over here in Sweden - but lots of it. You can bet some lucky b-stard had it!

TV Cream's Top 100 Toys
(UPDATE: the top 100 list is gone but check out TV Cream's Toy Catalogue anyway)

Via Boing Boing

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Ronnie Peterson Paper Doll

"Ronnie Peterson -- Swedish F1 racing driver. 1977 paper doll from the magazine 'Året Runt' for sale on Swedish auction site tradera." Says NIBLOG.

UPDATE: The original link is obsolete - try this one for Ronnie Peterson and this one - Kattis klippdockor - for an extensive collection of paper dolls from the 50s to the 80s!

More about the Swedish 70's icon Ronnie Peterson. (Link 1,2,4 and 5 works for non-swedes)

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Mark Rothko

The Collector: Mark Rothko

Movie Posters: Separate Cinema

Separate Cinema: "Dedicated to Black Film History
Founded in 1976, the Separate Cinema Archive has, for over two decades, been the only source dedicated to the art and fascinating history of the African-Americans in film. The archive of over 25,000 posters, lobby cards, stills and assorted ephemera spans the past century of important and historic black cinema"

(obsolete link)


Via Rashomon

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The Girdle Zone

Zona - The Girdle Zone

Via Otomano


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Bedazzled!: Make It Easy On Yourself

The Walker Brothers



Three great versions of Burt Bacharach's song Make It Easy On Yourself for download at Bedazzled.

Air raid sirens

Audio / Video



Via Look at this

Ossi Pirkonen

Ossi's Illustration Portfolio

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The Ultimate Pin-Up

The Ultimate Pin-Up

Via PCL LinkDump

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