"Pareidolia (pronounced /pɛɹaɪˈdoliə/ or /pæraɪˈdəʊliə/) is a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (usually an image) being mistakenly perceived as recognizable." Pareidolia(Wikipedia)
"F A C E S" a Flickr collection by JIMMICh. Pareidolia group at Flickr.
A book called "Faces". And another exampel. And my pareidolia photo.
Many Swedish artists managed to expand their otherwise, from linguistic reasons, limited market by singing in German. Swedish singer/actress Zarah Leander became a big star in Germany already in the 30s and 40s (which caused problems for her after WWII). Later on, in the 50s and 60s, for instance Siw Malmqvist made the German charts and Swedish dansbands like Vikingarna (die Wikinger) are still popular in Germany.
Gunnar Wiklund was a big Swedish singer in the late 50s and 60s and he evidently also made German "musical ads" like this recording of Du bist schön wie der Sonnenschein (You Are Beautiful Like The Sunshine) which promotes shoes from Servas Schuhfabriken. At least his recording was used
for this purpose. The nice song is overdubbed in a kind of funny way by the commercial speaker voice promoting the shoes. The song goes (in German) "...tell me when you'll have time for me" and then the speaker goes "...and time to buy Servas shoes!"
Link: The Record Robot: This One's Got Sole
Look at Me - a collection of found photos
Square America - A gallery of vintage snapshots & vernacular photography
Accidental Mysteries
A photo I found myself
Download Sivuca from RapidShare.
Download Merit Hemmingson & the Meritones "At the Esquire Club" from RapidShare password: martinklasch
Download "Right On! Soul Hits" from RapidShare Password: lapaz
Download "European Holiday" from RapidShare
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PIANOGRAPHIQUE I recommend Compulsion (jazz) and Black Potion (blaxploitation)
Depeche Mode Soundtoy (click archive 2005-1998 and then under 2004 the right blue dot)
Let them sing it for you. Swedish version:Låt dem sjunga det åt dig
Live in Barney's barn - the drummer cow
Vidéo Nostalgie
"This is a homage blog to the vintage Scopitones of 60's and 70's and the old videoclips in French."
Flip the Frog was MGM's first sound cartoon. It is a happy-go-lucky, needy frog, named Flip the Frog." (1930) Uploaded to Google Video by Bibi.
Swedish smut litterature from 1925-84.
"Rolf - Sex Cheif (Viking Story)", "She Became a Photo Model", "A Hip, Hip Agent", The ABC Of Striptease"
Via Josephzohn gås blogger
Graphic Design from the 1920s and 1930s in Travel Ephemera,
Vintage Labels - The Lost Art Of Travel,
Airline Timetable Images and Maritime Timetable Images
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The Los Angeles Public Library ’s collection of travel posters
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Download "European Holiday"- 1950s SAS Advertiment Record, from RapidShare (25 MB)
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Worth Eating Your Hat For is what creator Ingemar Breithel (man behind Omodern.com) calls his mix tape shared with us by Basic Hip Digital Oddio. It's a perfectly varied and fun Space Age Pop mix. See tape enclosure with detailed playlist.
Now go listen!:Basic Hip Digital Oddio (scroll down to TAPE OF THE WEEK)
The Free Design are delightful.
Here is a fansite.
Find great music here: everythings surreal: The Free Design "Kites are fun - Best of"
Häxan (The Witch aka The Witches aka Witchcraft Through the Ages. IMDb link) is a Swedish/Danish movie made by director Benjamin Christensen in 1922, now made available on Google Video by Bibi. It is a classic with lots of beautiful and pretty scary images.
Häxan - Google Video
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Mr Dante Fontana (right)
We kidnapped Martin Klasch for a little party out on town. Birthday cake, jazz and funny people. We even got him to sing karaoke. "Strangers in the night" if I remember correctly. Too much cake, you know...
Just the way he likes it.
/Z
UPDATE
Martin Klasch asked me to convey his thanks for the party last night as well as for this morning's massive betongkeps/concrete cap...
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