PCL LinkDump: November 2006

The Playboy Town House

The Playboy Town House: Posh Plans For Exciting Urban Living (scanned from the May 1962 issue of Playboy). (via Things Magazine)

More Thor!

'Keep the Dogs Away', 1977

Clinton McClung, one of the WFMU blog guys, has published an action-packed entry on Thor. Among the thunderin' awesome stuff (like movie clips, a great I-met-Thor-story, and then the video below...) you can actually get the complete 1977 album 'Keep the Dogs Away' into your hard drive and then into the frying pan: "Released in 1977, this album is pure glorious glam-rock confection with a slightly heavy edge of the best order. ..."
Check it out!

"Keep the Dogs Away", the Video from '77:

Added by visualguidance
Or watch it at DailyMotion.

Bonus: Be sure to also enjoy Thor performing "Action" at the Merv Griffin show 1976.
And also a clip from the movie 'Rock 'N' Roll Nightmare' [IMDb]: "We Live to Rock" (as performed by the Tritonz).

Are you ready boots? Start walkin'

"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" , 36 covers and the Original (but check comments for more!) at Dans Mon Café.

Feme

'Green Woman in Between Two Bushes' by Nellie Mae Rowe

Barbara Archer Gallery presents Feme, an exhibition featuring seven female artists (Nellie Mae Rowe, Sindy Lutz, Anne Cox, Linda Anderson, Xenia Zed, Barbara Schreiber and Carolyn Mae Lassiter). (via gmtPlus9 (-15))

The Kode

Mike of FreeIndie.com tips me of The Kode, "a "Classic Video Game Band" playing music from Video Game systems of the 80's and 90's."
Man, this is really annoying music. Synth-fusion àla Yngwie Malmsteen. But, still, kind of fun in an over-the-top kind of way.
Listen here.

Rhythm-a-ning

The Thelonious Monk quartet plays Rhythm-a-ning in 1961 with Charlie Rouse on tenor, John Ore on bass, and Frankie Dunlop on drums.
Thelonious Monk - Rhythm-a-ning:

Added by boberwig

Dang! A Song-Poem-Studio-Blog!

This could - and should! - get really interesting and entertaining. A great idea for an mp3 blog.

WANTED: Poems For Songs

"Step 1. If you don't know what the term "song-poem" means read this.
Step 2. If you've never heard a "song-poem" see posts below for download.
Step 3. Here's the fun part: I know that some of you have a little creative bone in your body, so get out your pen and paper and go to work! Write your own poem or song lyrics, email them to me and I will make a custom recording of your song with full "professional production" treatment. I have my own home recording studio and have been making my own music for nearly 10 years (I'm only 25, so to me that's a long time). I am fully capable of turning your poem into a song. ..."
(Read full welcome post here, including further instructions)

Oh! It's a Song-Poem-Studio-Blog! Whoopee!

Frolic Magazine

To view many more women who probably were never actually meant to adorn the cover of a magazine, go here

Symphony in Black

Symphony In Black - Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday:

Added by mytoxx

I hate rock n roll i only like the hunting horn

I hate rock n roll i only like the hunting horn is the new Aperitivo radio show. What will you find there a radio show or some kind of hunting apology ?
Who knows ?

But music for sure, haunting tunes, Brian Auger, Crystal castles, The Peddlers, Andy Bey, The Tammys (As if the shangri las were caught in a punky wave) and a lot more.

Kiss caress and more until next time.

Listen to Percy Trout Tonight!

the Percy Trout hour

Super-Fizz Sugar-Pop
from all over the Globe!

Listen to a LIVE Show Tonight (Monday, November 27, 2006... 8pm - 10pm EST-USA):

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Melissa Dadourian

Melissa Dadourian: Paintings, Installations and Works On Paper. (via Bezembinder's)
Note: Art displaying female nudity. Mildly NSFW.

Learn to accept Christmas. How to Talk the Talk.

Karen Carpenter and Kristy McNichol sings "the Christmas Alphabet":

Added by zaiypehc
(via PopCereal)

Note: Huge Christmas Audio Post in the making.

Diane: The Twin Peaks Tapes Of Agent Cooper

"Conceived as a audiocassette promotional product tie-in with the then-current TV series, this is a montage of all the times during the first season of “Twin Peaks” that Agent Cooper, so expertly played by Kyle MacLachlan, talks to the mysterious “Diane”, his assisstant back at the FBI headquarters. ..."
Post-Punk Junk shares Kyle MacLachlan - Diane: The Twin Peaks Tapes Of Agent Cooper.

Blockbuster

The Sweet - Blockbuster
Uploaded by mrdantefontana

Or view it YouTubed.
(via Bedazzled)

Postcards of the Past

Inn of Tomorrow. Anaheim, CA

Broadway Village Garden Apartments. Anaheim, CA

Postcards of the Past at Synthetrix - Photos Of the Forgotten (like: Skateboarding at the Anaheim Convention Center in the 1970s and 1968 Disneyland Hotel Brochure). (via Ultra Swank)

Le Mépris, screencaps

Click for enlargement at source.

Some screencaps from Jean-Luc Godard's 'Le Mépris' from 1963, Starring Brigitte Bardot.
At Nostalgia Party No. 2.

Brian Barneclo

'Gas', 2005

Brian Barneclo, artist. [Note: Flash site].
And here are som photos (and biographical article) of his Painted Rooms at Hotel des Arts in San Francisco.

Night Nurse

Feeling ill in the middle of the night? Troubles sleeping? Cold sweats and bad dreams?
Download Night Nurse #1-4 at X-Y-Z-Cosmonaut's CosmoBlog. Prescription not needed.
More info on Night Nurse at Don Markstein's Toonopedia.
(via Bubblegum Fink)

I'm thankful for the Grindhouse Girls

We don't celebrate Thanksgiving in Sweden.
Before Internet I actually knew very little about Thanksgiving - and I didn't know what time of the year this holiday took place and why. And most importantly - before internet what was there to be thankful for!!?? - now I can honestly say:
I'M THANKFUL FOR THE GRINDHOUSE GIRLS.
And I'm also thankful to Tod for sending the Grindhouse Girls to my inbox. We had a ball Tod.
Thank You.

/Z

(Note: Slideshow. Slightly NSFW)

grindhouse girls
Uploaded by thetod

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the Percy Trout hour

Super-Fizz Sugar-Pop
from all over the Globe!

Download another show from the Archives!
This one from August 9, 2004:
LINK!

Impressive Whiteboard Stop Motion

Added by kristoferstrom

Stopmotion video for minilogue (at MySpace), a Swedish minimalist/house duo.
Created and animated on whiteboard by artist Kristofer Ström from Ljudbilden & Piloten. Name of the track is "Hitchhiker's choice". (via Martin Klasch)

The Blue Parrots

The sixth parrot is not dead - just blue.

The Blue Parrots are having a Having a Wonderful Time over at the Orphanage.

Arthur Tress & Carolina Vigna-Marú

Image to the left was found in the series 'Fish Tank Sonata' (note: slightly cropped) .
Arthur Tress, photographer. Note: Flash site.

Link found at Carolina Vigna-Marú's [link to old blog] new and improved art blog, Aguarrás. Check it out and update your blogrolls!

What's in Grandpa's sock drawer?

Open it & see...

The Swedish Nymphomaniac Noone Can Resist

Today Swedish Klubb Super 8 released 'Anita - ur en tonårsflickas dagbok' [IMDb] on DVD.
(In the USA known as Swedish Nymphet)
The movie is starring Christina Lindberg and Stellan Skarsgård (long before Hollywood..)

Here's the trailer for "Anita" ("The Swedish Nymphomaniac Noone Can Resist" - But If You are at work you probably should try to resist cause there are nude and partial nude scenes in this trailer. So - NSFW):

Trailer for "Anita"
Uploaded by mrdantefontana

Note: You can purchase this important item by clicking this link (then look for the Klubb Super 8 button),

And btw I'm not getting paid for telling you this. As you probably know this is supposed to be an adfree blog.

Post 3000: Classic "Bond" Gals

More Double "0" Dolls Here

Edit by mrdantefontana: POST 3000 at PCL LInkDump! Thanks Percy! I knew we could trust you delivering some classic Eye Candy for the occassion.

Shaken or stirred?

On the Road with Jack and Steve

Jack Kerouac at Steve Allen Show, 1959

Added by hutsell

Labels: Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac, Jazz, Literature, Poetry, Steve Allen

Seksu Roba - Monsterized.

Seksu Roba on their seksuvision blog yesterday about something like a strange encounter of the theremin kind: "Here is some footage of Seksu Roba performing live, supported by Victor White’s robot ERECTOR, on the Discovery Channel cable television program How to Monsterize Everything, which is a spin-off series from the popular Monster Garage. Original Airdate: Monday October 25, 2004. We were just as confused as the people on the show, and slightly less confused than audiences probably were as we flashed on national basic cable television for 30 seconds or so. Everyone from the show was very kind to us and we appreciated the opportunity even if it made no conceivable sense whatsoever."
Well, well, well...
View the clip: Seksu Roba on TV - How to Monsterize Everything (or view it on YouTube, uploaded by me for your convenience)

Tracey Snelling, house sculptor

... though probably not a "dassolog"!

She works a little more with rough modern and seedy milieus. Like brothels, adult book stores and cheap motels,

Tracey Snelling: Structures - Installations - House Sculptures - collages and some really entertaining Pull Cards. (via Jaf Project)

The Sound Of "X"

Magnus shares 2 tracks from an LP he scored last month: "Female orgasmic latin/exotica inspired by an obscure Japanese movie from -69, cool and strange sounds, whole LP is in this style. ..."
2 trax from The Sound Of "X" - inspired by the film "Sex and Life".

Vinyl Babes

'Road Music/Various', 1978. Click image to view it at source.
Uploaded to flickr by bradleyloos.

"A celebration of the beauty of women on album covers."
Vinyl Babes, pool at Flickr. The Galleries are open all night.

Note: Not all images are safe for work

Josephzohn, house sculptor and dassolog

'Eremitens dass i Skögle, strax utanför Vetlanda' (transl~ The Eremite's outhouse in Skögle, just outside Vetlanda)

Göran Josephzohn, gallery: Paris - Stockholm - Vetlanda - Världen (the world) - Utedass (outhouses)
What is a "dassolog" you might ask? A dassolog is a person specialized in outhouses and the history of outhouses. The Swedish word for "outhouse" is "(ute)dass".
Mr. Josephzohn is also a fan of the winter sport Bandy.

The She Beast

"A couple on their honeymoon in Transylvania crash their car into a lake-the same lake where a witch was drowned many years before. The witch takes over the wife's body and it's up to her husband and a descendent of Van Helsing to save her."
'The She Beast' ('La Sorella di Satana') [IMDb], starring Barbara Steele ("Because Barbara Steele was only available for one day, she had to do all her scenes in less than 12 hours.")
Now vailable thanks to the Internet Archive.

It's alot easier to climb a mountain than to quit smoking.

(via vintagephoto)

Passport to Romance

MrBaliHai has been thrifting. Luke Leilani and His Hawaiian Rhythm - Passport to Romance.
A passport to romance...
Now I finally get to know what I'm doing so wrong here. I need a passport!! Thanks MrBaliHai!

Möllan, My Hood

Some images from my part of the world - My Hood.
Möllevången, photographs by Olga Schlyter.
Is that me passing by? Who knows...
Mmm, my pizza place. And the lovely Simrishamnsgatan - You Never Walk Alone. My street.
And Tehran Market (groceries, tobacco, candy, fruit, videos and music - they got it all.)

Bonus: Images tagged 'Möllevången' at Flickr. This is a really nice one - 'Möllan by night' (Photo by Björn Söderqvist).

Here is a short movie about Möllevångstorget.

V.I.P. at PCL Headquarters

Disassembling the Molecules

Birdsong release: Isuzu Kochiwa - Disassembling the Molecules "a homage to 18 different painters which all tracks are named after. Isuzu uses his computer, voice, samples and different acoustic elements. creating microsounds, layered scapes and total psychedelia. "
Duchamp, Magritte, Warhol and Monet all have their different sounds in here.

Paris Hilton's latest video - uncensored!

Added by dutchy023

Nope. This is actually dutch singer Vanessa (real name: Connie Breukhoven, also an actress and model) with "Upside down".

Also: Vanessa - Dynamite.

Download a New Percy Trout Mix!

the Percy Trout hour:

S.A.D.(Seasonal Affective Discotheque)

1 Com On-A My House Chiemi Eri with King Orchestra
2 Les Pantalons Carmen
3 Latin Touch The Rolf-Hans Muller Orchestra
4 Quand Tu M’embrasses Danielle Denin
5 Magic Carpet of Love Danielle
6 Abraham, Martin & John Leonard Nimoy
7 Tarde Azul, Noche Gris Betina
8 Mundo Colorido Vanusa
9 We Don’t Belong Sylvan
10 Dansons Sylvie Vartan
11 Sakara Francy Boland Big Band/Kenny Clarke
12 Did You See Her Eyes The Illusion
13 Hey O Daddy O Liz Brady
14 Girl in a Sportscar Alan Hawkshaw
15 Mass of the Holy Bomb Leonard Rosenman
16 If You Don’t Give Me What I Want Vicki Anderson
17 Esquire The Heinz Hotter Orchestra
18 Beat Guitar The Wailers
19 Swinging London Hazy Osterwald
20 Made In Paris Trini Lopez

Artist of Other Worlds!

"Artist of Other Worlds!", from Strange Adventures #13 (10/1951)
Art by Alex Toth w/ Sy Barry written by Edmond Hamilton (via Monster Brains)

Faust V

Brian Turner of WFMU's Beware Of the Blog tells us: "Turns out that after the band recorded their album IV for Virgin and had a somewhat chaotic tour, Richard Branson had his fill of their shenanigans and cut them loose once again in 1975. Although, at this point the band had gone ahead and run up some expensive hotel and studio bills at Giorgio Morodor's Araballe studios ..."

At the Faust-pages you read: "The fabled Faust 5 (or Faust 5½) never saw an official release but exists only in the form of this promotional cassette. After recording material in Munic, the plan was originally for Jochen Irmler and Rudolf Sosna to produce an album from that material for release on Virgin. For years it was assumed that nothing came of this plan until a Virgin cassette promo appeared. ..."

Faust's Lost Album V

Mission Stardust

Apparently, 'Perry Rhodan — Mission Stardust', is the best and worst SF movie ever. At least according to Ralf.
Enjoy the full movie. Or not.

Full movie uploaded by torgosdrivein

Ship o`hoy!

Sophia Loren in 'Boy on a Dolphin' (German title: 'Der Knabe auf dem Delphin')
Illustrierte Film-Bühne : Nr.3710, 1956

You'll find more German film programs (from the 40s and the 50s) at RetroGrafix - Filmprogrammhefte zu deutschen und internationalen Filmen.

Svend Asmussen or not?

At Keep Swinging they are wondering why Svend Asmussen seems to be absent at two downloadable Decca recordings of the Sven Asmussen Quintet. Or is it Sven playing the guitar here?
There are more questions about this record. Check it out:
http://keepswinging.blogspot.com/2006/11/svend-asmussen-or-not.html

BIBI is BIB

Good news.

Dirt Bacharach

RIAA Presents: "The lush, sophisticated melodies of Burt Bacharach's '60s classics vs the sounds of modern music and life."
Some titles included: "Say A Little Prayer For Religion", "I Hate Your Little Red Book", "Burning Wives" and "Bite The Hand That Walks On By".
Dirt Bacharach (via Music For Maniacs)

Freddie

Cheering You up any day of the week (even on a Monday night...) .
Freddie King - Blues Band Shuffle

Added by shockg

aniBOOM

aniBOOM, a user generated video site dedicated to animation content, was a nice experience.
Browse the site: Funny- Music Videos- Crappy (yep, Nudist Beach [NSFW] was crappy alright. But I kinda laughed too...) - Experimental- Drama.

I found some really good stuff in there. Here's an example:

Animated and Directed by Eric Lerner Music by Ariel Einfeld.
This video tells the story of "Mr.Fortune" (From Eric Lerner's "Mr.CityMen"):

(Thanks to Einat)

Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985)

Greenbriar Picture Shows writes about Louise Brooks (Tomorrow, November 14 is the Brooks centennial): "There’s a lot about Louise Brooks to appeal to the college sophomore in everyone. She spoke her mind, never suffered fools, walked out when she got bored, and so forth. She also got to be the hottest woman in the room, if not the universe, for a handful of years until that attitude of hers brought down the curtain and exiled this most self-destructive gal in the whole of American show-business to a menial life unworthy of such an instinctive acting genius. Well, there’s a mouthful, but how else do you sum up the object of such fervent cult enthusiasm? ...
... One thing’s sure --- she’s the blinding light among silent contemporaries whose images have not weathered the years nearly so well. You wonder what Paramount was thinking in the late twenties. Did they not have eyes to see? There was nobody like Louise. Not even Clara Bow. Maybe it’s only in hindsight that you can appreciate such a truly distinctive talent. There’s an abiding dream among fans to somehow go back in time and rescue Louise from the philistines. How could those moguls have overlooked such artistry in their midst --- especially with the looks she had? ..."
Continue reading the article here.

From Georg Wilhelm Pabst's 'Die Büchse der Pandora' (Pandoras Box) - The whole court scene:

"...The greek gods created a woman: Pandora. She was beautiful - lovely - could infatuate art......but the gods gave him a box, in whitch they closed all evil. The female imprudent opened the box and all evil came over us! ..."

Be sure to also check out The Louise Brooks Society Portrait Galleries: Jazz baby.

See some more movie clips and read some interesting articles and essays over at Das Mädchen Lulu.

Listen to Percy Trout tonight!

the Percy Trout hour

Super-Fizz Sugar-Pop
from all over the Globe!

Listen to a LIVE Show Tonight (Monday, November 13, 2006... 8pm - 10pm EST-USA):

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sleevegirls 240-243

splusp!!!!!!

Roy Orbison, Regeneration

Roy Orbison - Regeneration, from 1976 available thanks to Snow Day.

Update

Hey,

Since I put down alot of work into the Download this Space-Age-Pop- thing entry I thought I should post it once more and also tell you that it has been constantly and obsessively updated (at least from time to time).

/Z

Ps. KISS fans! Don't forget to vote.

One Image & One Mp3

11 November 2006, mp3: "You Only Live Once", Jack Starr (taken from this album)

nevver [alternatively this adress], One Image & One Mp3. Nice one!

Note: More Jack Starr as presented by Reverend Frost is here.

At the ends of the earth

Added by tasula

Animation by Konstantin Bronzit (via Flobberlob)

I love her

Nina Simone is grace, power, sensibility, beauty, animality. She made politics, love and groovy song, she was simply amazing. If you already know the work of Nina simone, just jump to see this rare and fantastic document, if you don't know her, you are on your way for a tremendous shock.
Two songs (four women and save me) shot by Jean Christophe Averty during the Antibes jazz festival in 1969, at this time her artistic director was Weldon Irvin, he played organ on this show.
Four women, no, far more, i don't remember who said that Nina Simone was every women, in a way it is true, she was a fantasy, i mean so extraordinary that finally unreal for those who didn't had the chance to see her on stage. But now you can.
Have you ever see a human animal at a concert. I mean let's talk about John Spencer for example, he is a gorilla for sure with his brutal sexual appealing, Brian Auger is a grizzly upon his Hammond B4, and Nina,....., Nina is a panther.
Just look the panther she was, she 's real.

I love her.

Nina69
envoyé par eliewood

HOTTEST KISS ALBUM POLL

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KISS meets Phantom of the Park

KISS meets Phantom of the Park - The complete movie uploaded to YouTube (by acking):
Intro - Part 01 - Part 02 - Part 03 - Part 04 - Part 05 - Part 06 - Part 07 - Part 08 - Part 09. (via Dumb Distraction)

Bonus: Knights In Satan's Service - A KISS Tribute at retroCRUSH.

Support Denny

Denny Blaze, The Average Homeboy, is one of the contestants in the YouTube Cingular Contest. He needs our support. His video is here. The voting booth is here. Help him make a dream come true.
Some days ago we supported Batman. And You made the difference.

She Does It Right

Because it's so good and mean.
Dr Feelgood - She Does It Right (UK TV 1975)

Added by sham64

Lets Brush up on our Photo Skills

Punk gets carried away

CBGB closed on October 15, 2006.
MTV (Get Off The Air!!!) documenting the dismantling of CBGB's this week (more about the last hours here) (via YesButNoButYes)
Also: List of famous acts that have played CBGB.
CBGB's "own" photo album.

Hit! ... by a man in a gorilla suit.

"Calvert lacquers the teeth, lips and nostrils to give the face that realistic, hungry look. The mouth is movable and the nostrils dilate."

'The Case of the Well-Paid Ape': "Stuntman Steve Calvert [IMDb] earns an honest buck by doubling for a gorilla!" - Cowgirl Adele Mara, and other stories.
HIT! on GlyphJockey. An odyssey.

Note: Much more about Calvert, his family and his trade in "Confessions Of A Hollywood Gorilla" at Gorilla Men.

See Mr. Calvert in action in the fabulous trailer for 'Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla' (directed by William Beaudine), at YouTube:

Video added by berrychuck

You'll see him for the first time after 1 min and 35 secs. And at the end he takes over the stage completely. What an animalistic and realistic performance. I'm stunned!

Envigorating in small doses (half a bottle a day should do the trick)

Absolut Bottle Sign Generator (via Martin Klasch)

Gilbert Garcin

'La colère divine' - The wrath of God. Click.

The photographic art by Gilbert Garcin. (via Hopsakee)

The Many Moods and Sounds of Marco Valenti

Pastor McPurvis tells us: "Our latest share brings you this offering from Marco Valenti, a “singer’s singer’” who “possesses the qualities of which stars are made”. A protege of Liberace, Mr. Valenti appeared in the pianist’s Las Vegas review in the seventies and also made an appearance on the Tonight Show in 1979. Although the LP’s title promises ‘many’ moods, Mr. Valenti tends to concentrate on one - love. ..."
Read more and have a listen to The Many Moods and Sounds of Marco Valenti.

Illustrator Manolo Prieto

Uploaded to flickr by Ágreda.
Click images for better view at source.

Book cover illustrations by spanish mid-century artist Manolo Prieto (via Flog!)

Kevin Dart

The Art of Kevin Dart.
Hey! Cool treehouse! And beware of Gigante! (via Flog!)

The sound of pet sounds

Yes, they are. The Beach boys are my favourite band ever and this year is the Pet Sounds 40th anniversary.
Interesting things are happening.
Forget about the lp deluxe reissue (mono version, dolby5.1...) how silly.
Everything was said with the previous Pet Sounds session boxset.
On Brian Wilson website you'll be able to listen to a special song by song podcast documenting the making of the lp.
By the way, who said the Beach boys didn't release any great Lps after that, what are Surf's up, 20/20, smiley smile, the wonderfull Friends, smiley smile, wild honey and the so underated "The Beach Boys love you".... I wanna pick you up, 'cause you're still a baby to me.la la la la la la......

But for this anniversary, there is more, the BRIAN 1966 FIGURE.

DO YOU HEAR ME SANTA, I WANT ONE FOR CHRISTMAS.

Download another Percy Trout hour!

the Percy Trout hour

Super-Fizz Sugar-Pop
from all over the Globe!

Download another show from the Archives!
This one from October 16, 2006:
LINK!

The Aperitivo matrimonial agency

The Aperitivo matrimonial agency is the new Aperitivo radio show. No alone boys or girls for the winter, no number limit for dating, with the sound of your life by Ray Baretto, Momus, Michel Legrand, 8 bit punk music, Billy Childish's moustache and a lot more...
Do apply.

Always

(via This Is Pop Culture!)

Killing Time!

"The Bi-Lingual Journal of Murderers, Monsters & Maniacs!"
Roberto of Arboles Muertos y Mucha Tinta has teamed up with the american editor of Sadistik to put out a bilingual (Spanish/English) e-zine. Its name is Killing Time!
37 free and fun pages is available as one downloadble pdf.
It is also available in 36 full color pages, as "a deluxe color magazine for the jet-set playboys who prefer old-school hard copy."
You can it order it at the site.

"A new magazine about exciting and weird photo novels from around the world! ... KILLING TIME is chock full of photos of, well, murderers, monsters and maniacs!"

This is good stuff. Go get it.
KILLING TIME!

Check out Miss Killing Time! (Damn! You get her in full color if you buy the paper mag... What a Killer.)

The romantic and kitschy 50s

A sweet little gallery of covers from French illustrated novels magazines. From the 50s/60s. Uploaded and shared by Patricia.

Tetsuo the Iron Man

Screen caps from Tetsuo the Iron Man - Shinya Tsukamoto (1989) at Nostalgia Party No. 2.

Albert Ayler

On Swedish TV (SVT2) tonight at 22.15 "Mitt namn är Albert Ayler" (My Name Is Albert Ayler). Do not miss it fellow Swedes. For once you are allowed to stay up late on a Sunday night.

Article/review in All About Jazz. A quote from the article:"... In 1962 he went to Sweden because, according to his brother Donald, he wanted to be accepted as an artist. According to Collin, Albert wasn't popular at all in Sweden. In fact, he was kicked out of clubs because of the way that he played. Sunny Murray told a story about being in Sweden in 1963 while playing with pianist Cecil Taylor's group when Albert asked to perform with them. Taylor immediately declined, but against his wishes, while Taylor was on the bandstand playing a solo, Murray and saxophonist Jimmy Lyons gave Albert the cues to go ahead and start playing. Albert's sound was so raucous and so intense that Taylor was taken aback and he actually stopped playing and allowed Albert to continue. ..."

Listen to some tracks at Albert Ayler's MySpace page.

Download Albert Ayler - The Last Album at PLO (note: only available via RapidShare - if you want to downoad it from another file host please email a request to me).

GG Allin - Gimme Some Head 7" from 1980

GG Allin - Gimme Some Head 7" from 1980. Pure punkrock with a lovely pop attitude. Available at Killed By Death Records. Note: Some explicit lyrics.

Pazar, Turkish Mag

PAZAR. Turkish Magazine, set added to flickr by plástico fantástico. Note: NSFW. (via Peanut Butter Sandwich)

Nobrow

"Both high and low culture has produced masterpieces and works of mediocrity. It is our task to find beauty in unexpected places." (Jahsonic, Jun 2006)
Nobrow (via Jahsonic)

Janet Greene, a Girl, A Guitar and a Message

"Janet Greene's grand unveiling as the radical right's answer to liberal folk star Joan Baez occurred at a press conference at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles on October 13, 1964. Incredibly, just a few short months before, the raven-haired singer-songwriter had been a local television personality in Columbus, Ohio where she had played Cinderella on a popular kiddie program of the same name. Greene had been convinced by Dr. Fred Schwarz, a bellicose physician and professional anti-Communist from Australia to abandon her local celebrity to move to California and fight the Reds through song. ..." (quoted from 'Introduction: Coming Out Party')

Conelrad has interviewed [in 2004] Janet "The Anti-Baez" Green.

A short excerpt as follows:

"...
CONELRAD: So he thought your recordings and your contributions to CACC were kind of beyond reproach?

GREENE: Oh, he thought (the music) was great. He really, really liked it. He said it put the icing on the cake.

CONELRAD: Who named the anti-Communist songs?

GREENE: I did. I think Fred and I discussed titles and usually he'd settle for what I picked in the first place.

CONELRAD: From what we've been able to research, all of your singles were released in '66. Does that sound right?

GREENE: Probably, yes. I never kept too much track of it, 'cause I didn't get money for them or anything, you know.

CONELRAD: The money all went to...

GREENE: All went to the Crusade, yea.

CONELRAD: And that was the arrangement? You would record these songs as part of your job as Music Director?

GREENE: Uh, yes, it was.

CONELRAD: Your song, Inch By Inch, could you talk a little bit about how that was written?

GREENE: He (Schwarz) had made a speech about how termites are and you don't hardly notice and the first thing you know, they've got you under their control. So it was based on that. And I felt very, very sad for our boys who were fighting in Vietnam at the time because the people weren't supporting them. And I didn't like the war. I hate war. But to not support our boys who are giving their lives through no fault of their own. I don't know how a person could be that cruel, to not support their own boys.

CONELRAD: And then there was your song that was actually titled Termites. Was that a similarly inspired song?

GREENE: Yea, they were all from his speeches.

CONELRAD: So, Fascist Threat as well?

GREENE: Yes, because he was comparing fascism with communism which is very, very similar. It is actually the same thing as it turns out. The idea of Communism sounds great in the beginning because you think people should be more equally…you know, so people aren't so starving and others are rich beyond…So the idealism of it sounds good, but its when they get at the Leninism into it that's the, uh, just like the czars are worse controlling everything and like Big Brother, whatever.

CONELRAD: Well, we've noticed that you have a diverse approach to the music styles on your recordings. In fact, Fascist Threat has a Calypso beat to it.

GREENE: Yea, it did. I thought that would be cute to have that kind of beat.

CONELRAD: Was that inspired by Harry Belafonte?

GREENE: I'm trying to think where I got that. I think I got that idea from the Chiquita Banana girl (laughs).

CONELRAD: I have eight songs that you recorded for CACC. Did you do any others?

GREENE: I think I wrote one — it was an inspirational song, not an anti-Communist song— but I used to sing that at the meetings and the people really liked it. It was called I Am Only One.

CONELRAD: Was that released as a single?

GREENE: I don't remember. It's been so long. I just don't remember, 'cause I didn't have much to do with the recordings after they were made. I made the recordings but after that they sold them however they wanted to. (Editor's note: This song was never recorded as a single, but appears on Greene's 1980 self-released LP "Country and Spanish Flavors.")

CONELRAD: Do you have a favorite song from this period of your show business career?

GREENE: The one I thought was kinda funny and the best was The Hunter and the Bear.

CONELRAD: You mentioned you were against the Vietnam War, but for the troops. Did this ever cause Dr. Schwarz any concern?

GREENE: No. He understood it. He was for not letting them getting encroached in our own country and spreading farther and father through the world. That's what he was for.

CONELRAD: Whose idea was it to adopt a folk approach to your persona?

GREENE: Well, it was kind of my idea and Dr. Schwarz and we both talked it over and he says 'well they have Joan Baez, we don't have anybody,' you know? Uh, I'm not saying she was a Communist. She was just a liberal. You know that time, the sixties, all the, mostly young people were swept away by free love (laughs) and all that stuff. She was a wonderful artist, I thought.

CONELRAD: We were going to ask you about Joan Baez and what you thought of her.

GREENE: Oh, she was great. I went to one of her concerts.
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Whatever you do - don't forget to tune in to listen to The Janet Greene Songbook. Red or blue. This is cutting edge pop culture archeology.
But I suggest you make yourself a really big sandwich and a bowl of coffee and read the article from the beginning. Like I did.
The work and effort put down into this makes me smile and my heart warm.
Anti-Baez: The Ballad of Janet Greene.

The Art of the Book Jacket

William McGivern, "Rogue Cop", 1957 & Edmund Héafod, "Gimani", 1961
Click images for more information on these books and their designs.

"Prior to World War I, the book jacket's main function was to protect the cloth and heavily embossed covers of the books. As protective wrappers only, they were throwaways, often discarded by readers at the point of sale, and by institutions as they were processed and placed on the shelves.

During the two world wars, this function was transformed into a marketing one when the publishing houses recognized the infinite promotional and decorative possibilities of the book jacket. Its potential, however, was slow in being realized and it was only when the use of well-known artists proved their aesthetic value as well as boosting sales, that the book jacket as a marketing 'hard-sell idea' became established.

...

This exhibition offers an overview of the early history of the book jacket. It also highlights the design and artistic aspects of book jacket production, and importantly, raises the viewer's consciousness on what is now considered an integral component of the book. It is no longer ephemeral; long live the book jacket. ..." (Quoted from 'Introduction')

Straight Jackets: The Art of the Book Jacket, exhibition made public by the University of Otago Library.

Justin Angelos

Justin Angelos, mixed media artist. Browse his works here. (via CoLLaGeMaNíA)

PCL Hi-Fi Search

Gals and Pals.

Some days ago I updated my blogroll for music/mp3 (still kind of in progress ....).
Thanks to Johnny (who blogged about Google Co-op today) you can now search that particular blogroll (at the moment 238 blogs).
I have placed the search tool in the sidebar just above the list of music/mp3 blogs.
Have a try.
Find good sounding stuff.

Add this search engine to your Google homepage:

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Helga Teiwes, With an Eye on Culture

"Eleanor Chase cooks breakfast over a campfire
This was before sunrise on the day of a puberty ceremony for Ned Anderson’s daughter."
March 28, 1981, Bylas, San Carlos Apache Reservation, AZ (found in 'Reservation Life')

"Helga Teiwes stands among the last century's most accomplished documentary photographers of the Southwest. As the museum’s staff photographer from 1964 to 1993, Helga had rare opportunities to photograph the cultural and artistic traditions, the lifeways, and the peoples of Indian communities throughout the region. She began her career at ASM working for Dr. Emil Haury, who hired her to document his 1964 excavations at Snaketown on the Gila River Indian Reservation. For the next three decades, the intrepid native of Dusseldorf, Germany, traversed the Southwest region and captured thousands of images, which are now part of the museum’s extensive photographic archives. ..."
With an Eye on Culture: The Photography of Helga Teiwes at Arizona State Museum.