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Music: Jorge Ben

"Jorge Ben Jor (born 1942 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian popular musician. His characteristic style fuses samba, funk, and rock into samba-rock, with lyrics that blend humor and satire with often esoteric subject matter."

"In 1963, Jorge came on stage and sang "Mas Que Nada" (or "no way") to a small crowd that happened to include an executive from the recording company, Philips. One week later, Jorge Ben's first disc was launched."

"The hybrid rhythms that Jorge employed brought him some problems at the start of his career, when Brazilian music was split between the rockier sounds of the Jovem Guarda and traditional samba with its complex lyrics. But as that phase in Brazilian pop music history passed, and the entire world became captivated by bossa nova, Jorge rose to prominence."

...continue reading this Wikipedia article

Did that get you interested?
At the excellent Brazilian music blog ~~Loronix~~ you'll be able to find some more of Ben's music. And here are a few shortcuts for you (I'm sure there's more!):

~~Jorge Ben - O Bidu | Silencio no Brooklin (1967)~~
~~Jorge Ben - Historia da MPB (1970)~~
~~Jorge Ben - Ben (1972)~~
~~Jorge Ben - A Tábua de Esmeralda (1974)~~
~~Jorge Ben - Solta o Pavao (1975)~~
~~Jorge Ben - Tropical (1977)~~
~~Jorge Ben - Alô, Alô, Como Vai? (1980)~~
~~Jorge Ben - Bem-vinda Amizade (1981)~~

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Vintage Food: The Lunch Box Cookbook

please note that the image above is a collage

"I found this little old 'cookbooklet'
in a thrift store not too long ago, and took a shine to the cartoony mid-century illustrations. Searching for more info about the artist, the only thing I found was..."

...continue reading at I'm Learning To Share.

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Vintage: Images that might...

...move you in a new direction.
from romance moves you in a new direction (some images might be NSFW!)

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Video: Indicatif Spatial

"Indicatif Spatial" from Jean Jacques Perrey's 'Moog Sensations', 1971. The clip features a fashion report from a German tv-show of the 1960's.

Video uploaded by cosmocorps2000

Vintage Ads: Football Meat Loaf anyone?

Still hungry?
go to Senses Working Overtime for peas and choco milk á la 1955.

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Album Covers: Skiers Only

From Martin Klasch

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Art: Jim Flora

Manhattan, 1954
by Jim Flora

Perhaps this music will go well with the art above: Harry Geller And His Orchestra-New York, New York (via PCL LinkDump)
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Book Covers: Mitchell Hooks

The Voodoo Murders. 1957. Cover by Mitchell Hooks.

Mitchell Hooks Covers
a set on Flickr by 5m@5hYdez

Via Leif Peng's article:
Mitchell Hooks, Fredman~Chaite, and the Transition to Paperbacks

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Vintage Ad: ABBA Action Figures

via Vakten
from Vintage Ads

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Funny: Crap Dogs

OK, let me just point out that I personally love dogs and I wouldn't really call any dog a crap dog even if I might think MUCH less of some dogs...

Crap Dogs

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Comics: DRRRING, part 2

DRRRING panels, part 2
at Agence eureka. Give her another call! DRRRING

Champis
is a Swedish soft drink created by Robert Roberts in 1910. It was initially marketed under different name but since 1918 it has been sold as Champis. Along with the soft drinks Sockerdricka, Citronil, Pomril and Pommac, Champis is one in the first generation of Swedish soft drinks. The recipe is a well-kept secret by the way.

sources: link, link, link

More wonderful Swedish soft drink and lemonade ads from Uncle Sid:
Mer, Merry, Festis, Apotekarnes, Pommac
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Related:
Ephemera: Plonk! (Sound effect soft drink labels)
Ephemera: Swedish Soft Drink Labels
Vintage Beverage: Zingo
Vintage Beverage: Cuba Cola
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All posts with label soft drinks

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Gif: On Top

Call for birds - Ilustrenos
via This isn't happiness

Comics: DRRRING

DRRRING panels
at Agence eureka. Call on her! DRRRING

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Graphic Design: Sticky Tongue Logo

"The Victoria and Albert Museum
has paid slightly over £50,000 to buy the original art work of the logo made for the Rolling Stones by British designer John Pasche. The tongue first appeared on their album...continue (artdaily.com)

via niotcot.org
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Vintage Ad: Nyponsoppa

Ekströms nyponsoppa.
A Swedish 50's ad from jayKayEss' Flickr set Old Swedish Ads.

Wikipedia: "Rose hips are commonly used as an herbal tea, often blended with hibiscus and as an oil. They can also be used to make jam, jelly, marmalade and wine. Rose hip soup, "nyponsoppa," is especially popular in Sweden."

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Cartoon: Rhapsody of Steel

Rhapsody of Steel
In this post from January ASIFA said: "Today we scanned a read-along storybook adaptation of John Sutherland's industrial film, Rhapsody of Steel (1959). Sutherland's studio was very influential in the mid-1950s, employing some of the best designers in the business. This film is no exception."

There is also a QuickTime link in the post!

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Ephemera: Plonk!

Even more Swedish Soft Drink Labels?! Yep, you bet! How do you like these beauties? I've tried - not very easy - translating the Swedish text from the site where they were found:

"Sound effects soft drinks. These four spectacular soft drinks were on the market in 1985-1986. They were soon to be criticized for containing questionable chemical substances... (!!)
Flämt! - Came in light blue and light green design and tasted smågodis. (various kinds of candy with a sometimes diffuse flavor to it)
Gulp! - With the taste of sega bananer (banana flavored foamy candy) and had an intense yellow translucent color.
Plonk! (!!) - Perhaps the least known of the quartet with a taste of godiskulor (ie, blueberries - and boysenberries candy flavourings)
Wroom! - Hallongelé (Raspberry jelly candy) colored beverage with the taste of ... raspberry jelly candy.

The images and the original Swedish text are found at den nostalgiska läsksidan via the (sometimes) very kind gåsmannen who also recommended this label collector site.

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Related:
Ephemera: Swedish Soft Drink Labels
Vintage Beverage: Zingo (important Update!)
Vintage Beverage: Cuba Cola
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All posts with label soft drinks

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