Vintage Comics: That's the Spirit - Part 7

I had a very strong feeling, after seeing the trailer some months ago, that the movie The Spirit would be awful. It certainly didn't make me want to see it. It seems my feeling wasn't all wrong. And I bet I wasn't the only one.

The reception according to Wikipedia:
"The film has received generally negative reviews from critics. As of December 26, 2008, it has a 17% positive rating from 49 reviews on the movie-review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, the consensus being, "Though its visuals are unique, The Spirit's plot is almost incomprehensible, the dialogue is ludicrously mannered, and the characters are unmemorable". Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said, "There is not a trace of human emotion in it. To call the characters cardboard is to insult a useful packing material"." (more...)

Try the comic books instead.
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Be sure to check out all my other The Spirit (the comic!) posts!

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6 (the movie poster)

...see 'em all.

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Vintage Ads: Are You Ready For New Year?

From Farbror Sid

Vintage Postcards: What a Modern Man Desires

Let's start phasing out Christmas and make space for a completely new year. Talking of something new - I'd like to show you the presents I got this Christmas. Everything a modern man needs:



More at Popcards.fr
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Animation: Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton

IN SWEDISH! uploaded by maxxtroSwe

Wikipedia (eng): "Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons Julafton ("The Tale About Karl-Bertil Jonsson's Christmas Eve") is Per Åhlin's animated movie adaptation of Tage Danielsson's short story of the same name, telling a heart-warming tale of a modern Robin Hood who takes from the rich to give to the poor people of Stockholm on Christmas Eve. Karl-Bertil Jonsson's Julafton has gained huge popularity in Sweden, and is broadcast every Christmas Eve on Swedish and Norwegian national television.

The film was dubbed to English in 1987, with Bernard Cribbins as the voice-over, and got the title "Christopher's Christmas Mission"."
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Video: A Christmas Investment In Freedom

uploaded by r40f

Via A Christmas Yuleblog

Christmas Music: Space Age Santa Claus

The record sleeve comes from www.falalalala.com. The song is written by Ross Christman and performed by The Hal Bradley Orchestra with Patty Marie Jay on vocals:

Listen: Space Age Santa Claus
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More Space Age Santas.
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Illustration: Ralph Hulett

From Martin Klasch

Ralph Hulett (1915-1974)
more
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Magazine Covers: Hjälp!

From Martin Klasch

Beppe Wolgers, Hjälp! Dec 1963
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Christmas: Tannenbaum

From Martin Klasch

Vintage Ads: Christmas & Coffee

Cirkelkaffe from
David at The Klockarp Institute's Flickr
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Christmas: Listen!

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Children's Illustration: Christmas and More...

(this image doesn't really represent the set very well but it's very decorative isn't it...? Click the image if you want a bit of Santa in it.)

Golden Gems a set on Flickr created by Tales of Whoa. Great vintage children's book illustrations.
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Ephemera: Christmas Card

An obvious Christmas combo?

I wish I remembered where I found this fantastic card, but I don't. Sorry. It could have been here.
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Christmas Comics: Wonder Woman Steals From Children!

Who ever thought that Wonder Woman and the Justice League (geeky correction: "Society", see comments...) would steal Christmas presents from a sleeping child on Christmas Eve?! Well, here's the proof:

And they are smiling too!!

From Random Acts of Geekery

Christmas: En Mass...

If you're a person who can't get enough of Christmas this is the place to go:
Look At This...: "Christmas Special"




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Vintage Ads: Christmas Theme

A Christmas Yuleblog: "In addition to collecting Christmas music, I have collected nearly 1000 vintage Christmas ads over the years. Many of these include celebrities, radio, television, cigarettes, liquor, modern appliances, and the like."



A taste of what you can expect.

Christmas Music: The Martin Klasch Santa Collection 2004-08

Santaism '08
Santaphonic '07
Santology '06
Santalicious '05
Santafobic '04

Please click the individual images to download.
Password: martinklasch.


Grab 'em while they are up. I'm planing on having them up at least until Christmas Day but after that...

UPDATE - Dec 26th:
Downloading is no longer possible.
You can still (until New Year) listen to Santaism online here or from the sidebar.
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Music: Lars Gullin

I'm Learning To Share!: "Lars Gullin Quartet - 'Danny's Dream' b/w 'Be Careful' (1954)"

Listen!
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Christmas Music: Santaism

Following the yule tradition that I've created for this blog I've put the annual Martin Klasch Christmas music mix together once again. There are 27 songs in this year's compilation but I'm not going to reveal which ones or by whom they are performed. I will say that if you've heard my other Christmas mixes you'll feel familiar with the style of the mix. If this interests you at all all you have to do is click the image of the cover and you'll end up at zSHARE where you'll be able to download the rar-file (130 MB). And just to annoy you I put a password on it - so to unpack the files you have type the name of this blog (without space).

I hope you'll enjoy it!
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PS. If anyone wondered: If I find the time and energy I might repost the mixes from earlier years. We'll see.
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Video: Ernie Kovacs Meets Esquivel

"A classic moment from The Ernie Kovacs Show, featuring
Juan Garcia Esquivel's space-age pop versions of 'Jalousie' & 'Sentimental Journey'. " says The In Crowd in Video Cabinet in Limbo: Ernie Kovacs meets Esquivel: 'Musical Office' (1961)
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