martin klasch

August 16, 2008

Book Covers: Gannon's Vendetta

Movies: Film Stills

Week End (Jean-Luc Godard, 1967)

More film stills from this movie uploaded by lemmy_caution to LiveJournal - Film Stills/Nostalgia Party No. 2

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By the way, do you have any community favorites at LiveJournal that you want to share? Here are some that I've come across:
LiveJournal - Design History, LiveJournal - KidPix (children's books), LiveJournal - Vintage Ads, LiveJournal - Vintage Photographs, LiveJournal - Vintage Posters

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Flickr: Name That Film

"NAME THAT FILM / Rules
Welcome to NAME THAT FILM!"
- a Flickr group pool

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Related:
My own little movie quizzes.
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"Belgian advertising illustrator Guy Peellaert was one of the first cartoonists to embrace Pop Art and incorporate Andy Warhol's appropriation of mass market iconography into his work. His first comic..."
...continue reading at The World of Kane.

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August 15, 2008

Album Covers: Bollywood Soundtracks

Music From The Third Floor: A-Z
- a set on Flickr by Music From The Third Floor

Music From The Third Floor | Blog

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Vintage Photos: Monkeys in mini-cars

Monkeys in mini-cars with groupies (?)
uploaded by sombersigh to LiveJournal - Vintage Photographs

Animals in cars are popular, right? It isn't as good as the last one, I know.

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August 14, 2008

Vintage Photo: Twain in Tesla's Lab

Mark Twain in Nikola Tesla's Lab, 1894

"Taken in the spring of 1894, and originally published as part of an article by T.C. Martin called "Tesla's Oscillator and Other Inventions" that appeared in the Century Magazine (April 1895). "

uploaded by ms_geekette to LiveJournal - Vintage Photographs

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Ephemera: 2CV 1959 Brochure

French 2CV Brochure 1959
Via han Mr J

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More Citroën:
- Citroën 2cv AZ 1954 folder.
- From citrobe.org:
the 50s, the 60s, the 70s and the 80s

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Modernism: Design & Expo 58

"Expo 58, Praha 1962, graphic design František Cubr. Few pictures from the book here: bloggy

Exhibition about the exhibition and the style that came out of it, see here: www.expo58.info/"

From Handy hands´ corner / Výrobky dovedných rukou's Flickr.

More images from Expo 58 and the Atomium at Atomium58's Flickr.
Via This isn't Happiness!
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Related on Martin Klasch:
Architecture: Restored Modernism
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August 13, 2008

Poster Art: Sci-fi movie #3

Invaders from Mars (1953, USA, AKA Gli invasori spaziali (Italy)) Poster by Renato Fratini

The Sci-fi movie poster series.

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Statistics: The Three Most Popular Posts

I just realized, checking in on the stats, that Martin Klasch had a hit post almost two weeks ago - on the 1st of this month to be exact. Sure there were a few comments but not a staggering amount so I had no idea.

The average number of unique visitors a day, over the last two years is 301 but during the same period three (3) posts have created some major traffic - or so I think anyway.

The first and the most popular one was The James Bond title sequences on the 21st of November 2006 - unfortunately those videos are gone from YouTube but most or all the titles can be found if you search for them. Anyway, it generated 8,691 visitors and about 20,000 "extra" visitors all together.

The second peak visible on the chart was small in comparison peaking at 2,087 (approximately 4,500 in total). The post, on the 2nd of February 2007, was this one: Desmond Dekker - Israelites. Oh yes, go ahead - you can still watch and listen to the great Mr Dekker.

And now, finally, the third "top post" and the one I began telling you about in the beginning of this post. The second most popular post ever for this blog is... *drum roll*: Lion in a sidecar! It took in about 7,500 visitors total in one week and peaking on the 1st of August (2008) at 5,065. It seems that MetaFilter was mainly responsible for spreading the word. The other times I believe it was boingboing's fault.

So, how do we wrap this post up? Why have I been reading this, you ask. Is there a conclusion or a moral to it all? Golly, what demands! Well, I don't know, maybe it makes it pretty obvious that a post need not be very elaborate or very good to be a hit. This blog has certainly had more elaborate and some better posts. That's what I think at least. But whether or not you create a hit has a great deal to do with timing and luck. But you already knew that. Thanks for reading.

PS. No I don't think this post will grab a spot in the Martin Klasch hall of fame.

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