WFMU's Beware of the Blog has a great post called "A short audio-visual history of the GDR (mp3s, videos)". Listen to "Die Partei hat immer recht" (The Party is alway right), German space music like "Kosmos", "FDJ" by IFA Wartburg (more on them here and here) and more. Watch East German commercials like the one above. Ziemlich gut gemacht, Genossen!
Hot Sheila & B. Devotion moving to their disco hit "Singing in the Rain". According to the one who posted this on YouTube it's from an East German (GDR, DDR) television show. One might think it's a bit too decadent to appear there. Can someone confirm? Any Information out there about the TV-show? When is it? (The song is from 1977)
UPDATE
According to signature Terrified who commented on this (Thanks!) it's NOT an East German TV show, he writes: "The show was called Musikladen and was on from 1972-1984. It was shot in Bremen, West Germany. Before it was called Musikladen, it ran as Beat Club from 1965-1972 with the same hosts and format." Thanks again Terrified! Our preconceptions of the East German society are thus restored...
This is actually what the same architect (as the one below) , Gert Wingårdh, first came up with! But the the politicians in Stockholm are just such a bunch of cowards! They thought it was just too spaced out and turned it down! So they chose to erect a building that is plain, blends in and will probably simply disappear... (sigh!)
The new Landmark at Norra Bantorget.
Look! The front will be in glass. How progressive. Never, ever seen it before.
Rotundan, Norra Bantorget, built 1938-40, architect Holger Blom
No there wasn't a fire, they tore it down! When will they ever learn!
Catherine Bujold loves molded plastic, Space 1999 and EXPO 67 (nice link!). She is turning her apartment into a Space 1999 enviroment. Beam yourself over.
CATHERINE BUJOLD SORELLARIUM 13
Via World of Kane.
Sorry! Nothing about that here, but please stop by Martin Klasch for lots of other stuff. We are a diverse link blog. We've got many posts about funny things, music, illustration, design, movies, architecture, art and much much more.
What's the song?
The joke about "French military victories" is:
1. Go to Google.
2. Type French military victories.
3. Press "I'm Feeling Lucky".
Seen lately at Cynical-C Blog
We have posted links to Sergio Mendes before and now it's time for "Herb Alpert presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66" over at
ROCKOVERGRACELAND. Check out the cool cover! Why not swing by?
"This sublime record from 1970 seems like the quintessence of everything the composer with the dark brown baritone had achieved during his projects in the 1960's. Especially the moods and styles from the Nancy Sinatra period (Some Velvet 
Morning, Summer Wine) echoe strongly. Divine!"
Thus writes Lellebelle and offers us to download this fine record.
A nice article (från den digitala kulturtidskriften Krauss99) in Swedish about Lee.
One of several illustrations by Ernest "Ernie" Nordli found at Cartoon Modern.
"Old working Schuco clown. Height about 10-12 cm. It plays the fiddle and moves when you wind it up."
Bid for it here. It's at about 100 bucks right now.
(Note: Martin Klasch has nothing to do with it! Just thought it looked interesting)
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project Blog: Media: The Lobby Cards of Cabral Part Two (Part Three in Martin Klasch!)
Here's Ernesto Garcia Cabral pt. 1
and pt. 2
Simon Spies (1921-84) was a wealthy excentric Dane who had made his fortune in the travel business. Villa Spies, or Villa Fjolle as it's also called, was built on a small island in the Stockholm archipelago as a summerhouse. Swedish architect Staffan Berglund designed the UFO-like house in 1969. Here and here is where you go for more info and photos.
They say he had great sexual appetite.
Thanks to Mr J who ordered this post.
