Music: Tio små vikingar



Povel Ramel and Brita Borg sings "Tio små vikingar" (Ten Little Vikings) by Ramel from the movie "Den store amatören" (The Big Amateur) from 1958. The movie starred comic actor Martin Ljung (the man dressed as a monk) who passed away at 93 on Thursday.
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Ephemera: Made in Sweden

Vintage Ads: Made in Sweden

Wikipedia: "The Swedes long held a virtual worldwide monopoly on safety matches, with the industry mainly situated in Jönköping, in 1903 called Jönköpings & Vulcans Tändsticksfabriks AB."
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Art & Illustration: Harper's Rac Pack


Animalarium: Sunday Safari - Night Life
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Illustration: Plant a Flower Cild

"Plant a Flower Child - OZ magazine Issue 5 - Summer 1967, Martin Sharp & Robert Whitaker "

All Things Amazing: 20 favorite postcards
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Illustration: Fig. 3.

Click the image if you dare... 
From All Things Amazing
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Photography: Palast der Republik

Photo by Thorsten Klapsch

Spiegel Online: Thorsten Klapsch: "Palast der Republik"

"The Palast der Republik was a showpiece building in East Berlin, a congress hall as well as a center for public entertainment. By 1993 it had been sealed off to the public. Thorsten Klapsch was the last photographer to capture its interiors before a long period of demolition began."

Via Coudal Partners
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Zoology: Ground Squirrels

Photo by Joan Gellatly. Click the image to see the whole thing!
via Cute Overload

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Movies: The Italian Job


I don't know if you are interested but I've uploaded a bunch of movie stills from The Italian Job from 1969. You can see the stills over here. But beware - if you haven't seen the movie yet they might spoil it for you.

Anyway. Google street view (and similar services) are neat things. In the movie there is an outdoor scene shot at the corner of Portobello Road and Denbigh Close. I'm definitely (I wish I could say I was) no London connoisseur but it's always interesting to see how cities change or how they sometimes don't.

Below the London images is a still from the same movie but this time in Turin. It is the Torino Palavela arena, formerly known as Palazzo delle Mostre and Palazzo a Vela. Except for the mis-coloring of the roof I think it looked better in the movie.







Related link: Derelict London
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Graphic Design: Cat & Skull

Just a poster/DVD cover (I'm not sure) that I found somewhere and have worked on a bit. I've removed some writing on it and cleaned it a little. No, I've not seen the movie and I don't know who did the graphics. Sorry.

IMDb: Más negro que la noche (1975)
...and on YouTube.
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