Blog: Musselsoppans Vänner Updated!



Musselsoppans Vänner
has been updated with a bunch of new images. Get your can opener and enjoy!

Blogger: Problem

Have you noticed that new Blogger is slower when it comes to showing the images on your (or my) blog? Or is it just me and my machine?? :(

Architecture: The Futuro House


Via Rollmops in Kanzlerbunker

"Futuro
is a round, prefabricated house designed by Matti Suuronen, about 100 were built during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The distinctive flying saucer like shape and airplane hatch entrance... /continue wikipedia article (short)/"

www.futuro-house.net
Photo gallery


PS I thought I had posted about this a long time ago but I couldn't find anything in the archives. At the worst it'll be a repost ;)

Blogger: Problem

I'm missing the darkish green-blue post background. It's all grey :( Why? I don't know, I didn't fiddle with it.

Update

Strangely enough it looked alright in IE but not in Firefox... I shouldn't have had to but I made some changes in the code (which I'm lousy at) so now the green-blue background is back but I lost the white shadowed outlines (wrap). However I don't think I mind. Time for some more change? I'm thinking of an all grey background including the sidebar. Or is it time for white? We'll see.

Nostalgia: Mastermind

Mastermind was a nice little board game I had as a child. Better still was the cover! What does the image tell us? With a master mind we'll get hot Asian babes? Isn't that James Last by the way?
Found here.

Commercial: Potato Chips - 1962


Clip added by cinema16



"This was an ad that was shown in Drive in theaters to try and get people to buy snack chip"
I'd buy 'em!

/mrdantefontana

Illustration: Cross-cut 007 locations










The "Disco Volante" from Thunderball

Cross-cut pictures of locations in James Bond films, from The Secret World of 007

Via The Crime in your coffee

Music: Dear Old Stockholm



Miles Davis - trumpet J. J. Johnson - trombone Jackie Mclean - alto saxophone Gil Pettiford - bass Kenny Clarke - drums (Recorded May 9, 1952 New York City)




Photos from Flickr (search "Stockholm")

Music: The Polyphonic Spree



was a song from the The Beginning Stages Of... album.

The Polyphonic Spree's Official Site - The official homepage. Under construction.
The Beginning Stages Of... Official Site - Features lyrics and liner notes from The Beginning Stages of.... Flash site.
Together We're Heavy Official Site - Features lyrics and liner notes from Together We're Heavy. Flash site.
Quest For The Rest - A Flash game featuring members of The Polyphonic Spree and music from Together We're Heavy.


Webplayer tool via Mr J via Stationsvakt

Art: The making of Hötorgskonst


At Make:, where I found it, they call it "a Mesmerizing video" and I would agree. Watch for 8.54 minutes as Janez Jevnikar "Sprayman" creats a piece of "science fiction art" using only spray paint. In Sweden we might call this Hötorgskonst* and that's not, generally, a flattering description. But this is fun to watch!


* Hötorget is a square in Stockholm where similar kinds of "art" was/is? sold. Konst is art.

Illustration: Tobacco ads & posters

You must see this outstanding collection of ads and posters for tobacco products - beautiful, crazy, sexy and sometimes sort of scary. Flickr: Photos from lamarde

More stuff
on the subject of tobacco.

James Bond


A Nazi-Indian?!



No, no, no! This papier-mâché Native American is probably greeting us with non-political intent.
Come join Tim, Tom and Pia and let's go over to grandma's for some papier-mâché making. What better to do on a rainy day? I believe it's a Polish book (Swedish edition) and it's printed in 1969. It has lots of colourful and fun stuff typical of it's time. You can find some scans of it here.

Cartoon: Professor Balthazar update

Another cool and trippy Professor Balthazar episode has been added to YouTube (by Dzmrdz):

Leteci Fabijan - The Flying Fabian
. You can find it in my Balthazar playlist!

Thanks to Chris Sobieniak who has earned himself another Balthazar scouting medal! Check out his animation blogs.

Generator: Catalog Cards














Link!

Found through Stationsvakt Johnny who even has started a blog using this generator (in Swedish)

PS Looks best on white background.

Movies: Chaplin online

Charlie Chaplin productions from 1914 online and in public domain. Bibi has got the list and the links! And there are more to come! Bibi's Box of tricks.

Update 21/1: Part II - productions from 1915 & 1916