August 8, 2007
August 6, 2007
Lee Hazlewood: The jingling of silver spurrs has subsided
The American country/pop singer, songwriter, and record producer Lee Hazlewood died on the 4th of August. He passed away in his home in Las Vegas after a long battle with renal (kidney) cancer.
He had expressed his wish to be cremated and have his ashes "strewn on a Swedish island where he composed some of his favorite songs." According to Swedish newspaper SvD this would be the island of Gotland. If his wish is fulfilled he will, by the way, be resting close to Ingmar Bergman...
Lee Hazlewood and Siw Malmkvist singing "Summer Wine" in a Swedish TV special "Love and other Crimes" from 1968.
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: dead, Lee Hazlewood, siw malmkvist, summer wine, youtube
August 2, 2007
Ingmar Bergman: Persona - the Prolog
uploaded to YouTube by ropbo
Of the much fêted opening scenes in the film, Bergman has said that he wanted to make a poem in images: "I reflected on what was important, and began with the projector and my desire to set it in motion. But when the projector was running, nothing came out of it but old ideas, the spider, God's lamb, all that dull stuff. My life then consisted of dead people, brick walls, and a few dismal trees out in the park."
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: Ingmar Bergman, movies, persona, prolog, youtube
July 31, 2007
Ingmar Bergman: Posters
The original Swedish movie posters for Bergman's films. The images are pretty small but nevertheless nice. (This is a repost)
Once again Mr Josephzohn found this!
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: Ingmar Bergman, movie posters, posters, Swedish Posters
Ingmar Bergman: Goes commercial
A series of Swedish soap commercials made by Ingmar Bergman in 1951. (This is a repost)
Via the one and only Mr Josephzohn (not Erland)
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: commercial, Ingmar Bergman, Josephzohn, youtube, youtube playlist
Ingmar Bergman: Demonology
Demonology. There has over the years been a lot of talk about demons in connexion with Bergman. In early days it was mostly because of his great demands on actors and other personnel that he was named a "Demon director". Later on it was his own demons - his fears - that he showed on the screen and sometimes talked about.
The little drawn devil that Bergman used to "brand" documents with.
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: demonology, devil, Ingmar Bergman
July 30, 2007
Ingmar Bergman: Playing chess with death
A church painting from late 15th century depicting a man playing chess with death. The painting which is found in Täby church in Sweden was made by a painter or rather a painting company lead by a man they called Albertus Pictor.
This was of course one of the major sources of inspiration for Bergman's world famous image of Death.
An old post, another parody.
Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: albertus pictor, chess, Death, Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman: Chessmate
Foto: Louis Huch © AB Svensk Filmindustri
Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007)
died this morning.
"ANTONIUS BLOCK
Nothing escapes you -- or does it?
DEATH
Nothing escapes me. No one escapes from me."
Ingmar Bergman Face to Face
Also, to brighten up this sad day watch this funny Bergman parody called De Düva.
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: dead, Ingmar Bergman, movies, swedish
July 23, 2007
Poster Art: Vintage Spanish Movie Posters
71 scanned images of Spanish movie posters.
Via Bibis Box
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: movie posters, posters, Spanish, vintage
July 13, 2007
Blogger: Hey! I've got a cloud!
Do you also think that the list of labels that Blogger offers is boring? And have you also jealously been admiring some of those neat tag clouds out there? Do you also consider yourself as, more or less, ignorant when it comes to changing codes to make your blog look nice? Don't worry. I managed to create a tag cloud and so can you. Just take some time (maybe an hour or so), copy your blog code for backup and follow the instructions carefully.
Oh and yes, I will place the cloud at the bottom of the blog as soon as I have shown it off a bit (it's there now) ;)
Thanks to Bibi for boosting my confidence!
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July 10, 2007
Music Videos: Before they were Bjorn!
Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: 1960s, ABBA, Agnetha, Anni-Frid, Benny, Bjorn, Music Video, youtube, youtube playlist
July 6, 2007
Ephemera: Volvo booklet
The other day I found a nice vintage Volvo promotional booklet in a thrift store/nostalgia store. The booklet is from the late 50s and written in English. It definitely is promotional material targeting the American market. We follow the American couple Philip and Janis Benson on their trip to "Volvoland" - Sweden.
"They love their Volvo. Every day they get a thrill out of its wonderful driving characteristics - its roadability, convenience, comfort, pick-up, the way it "parks on a dime," and above all, the honest quality built into every inch. They often wondered, "How can a car be this good?" When Phil Benson, instructor at the University of Minnesota, received a year's fellowship from the American-Scandinavian Foundation to study theater in Sweden, he and Janis thought, "Aha! Sweden - now we can drop in and find out what's behind VOLVO QUALITY"
I have made a pdf document (58,9 Mb) out of the whole booklet. You'll find it here (MegaUpload), here (DivShare) or here (Files-Upload)
The file is in rar format and the password is: martinklasch
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July 3, 2007
Illustration: School book stickers
If I had a kid (or knew one) of the right age and if I, or rather the kid, was anglophone there would be absolutely no reason left not to get these print out school book stickers (pdf)! They are illustrated by the brilliant French illustrator Marc Boutavant whom I have briefly covered before. I sure wish his children's books would be published in my language!
The stickers link was found at The Small Objects, worth a post or two of its own (coming!). Actually it was found at its old address.
PS. I wonder if this Japanese commercial is made by Boutavant...
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: book illustrations, illustration, illustrator, Marc Boutavant, stickers, the small objects
Art: How about getting an owl?
"Friend Owl" silk screen paper print by Heather Amuny-Dey can be ordered here.
Via Design Milk
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: art, Friend Owl, paper print, silk screen
Blog: I'm Learning To Share!
A little bit of everything with a taste of yesterdays - visit I'm Learning To Share!
There is no way you'll be disappointed at these great shares.
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: Billy Preston, blog, I'm Learning To Share
June 28, 2007
Fun: I was going to recommend you...
...to visit this picture thread (LOL80s) where quite outrageous pictures of 80s pop bands are shown; what 80s pop band didn't look outrageous?! However, the main idea seems to be attaching a "funny" little text to them and I think it ruins the whole thing. Why can't they get that the pictures are funny as they are? So I won't recommend it, but sure do swing by if you have nothing better to do! ;)
By the way, name the band. Anyone?
Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: 1980s, funny, grow a brain, photos, pop
Art & illustration: Mope the Onion & Company
Have you seen Dan Goodsells parade of mini watercolors? No? They are really charming and they are displayed on his Flickr site so why not pop over there and have look.
It's been raining all day so I kind of feel like Mope the Onion... waiting...
Dan Goodsells blog: a sampler of things
His personal art site: The World of Mr Toast
...and: Tick Tock Toys
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: A Sampler of Things, art, Dan Goodsells, flickr, illustration, mope the onion, watercolors
June 25, 2007
FYI: mod*mom is getting a make over! (edit)
No, the excellent blog does not need a make over! OK, here's the deal: mod*mom thinks she needs a make over and she's among the final few to win one (over here). If you know her stylish blog you might also know that she has been fighting breast cancer for a while now. So if she says she needs a make over I'll believe her. UPDATE:
Voting is over - MOD*MOM WON!!
Thanks for voting for her!
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June 21, 2007
Le Jukebox Français 4: Sylvie Vartan
Le Jukebox Français is back! As if you would care! Anyhow, this time it's finally time for a lady. She is one of the most famous yé-yé girls and her name is Sylvie Vartan.
Other artists found in Le Jukebox Français:
Michel Fugain
Jacques Dutronc
Michael Polnareff
Thanks to the artist and to those who uploaded the videos to YouTube!
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: francophone, french, Jukebox, Le Jukebox Français, music, Sylvie Vartan, yé-yé, youtube, youtube playlist
June 20, 2007
Commercial: Japanese yé-yé clothes in 1967
Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: 1960s, commercial, japan, Japanese, yé-yé