Mp3s Will Tear Us Apart

On the Flipside: Chris Bell.
Jona Lewie '74 single at Boot Sale Sounds.
5 X "Love Will Tear us Apart" at Turquoise Days. (and also another one by the Swede José Gonzalez at La Blogothèque)
Total creative music by Bob Vido at Music For Maniacs.
The Wild Ones - Mercy, My Love at The Record Robot.

Arnie in Rio.

Brazil... Hm.
What is Mr. Fronning doing "down" there?

Arnold knows! He's not just a governor - he is an ass connaisseur as well (maybe that is why he seems to feel so good about himself. I don't know... )
We are going to the carnival in Rio with Arnie. It's Brazil. But it's not Sao Paulo.
But, P-E Fronning might catch a glimpse of ass anyway. Maybe his own if he has a big mirror in his hotel room.
Don't miss out on the moment when Arnold teach a women how to say suck in English.
Anyway, here it is: Arnie in Rio. (via Bello Púbico)

Updated: It's here now.

The Man Who Invented Album Covers

"Most people who have bought any musical recordings over the past 60 years might have assumed they always came in covers, or sleeves, or jackets, that featured a colorful graphic designed to enhance the lure of the music.
They didn't. Album covers had to be invented. This was a task that largely fell to a Brooklyn kid named Alex Steinweiss. ..."
Continue reading this article in New York Daily News. (via Coudal Partners)

Much more about Alex and his invention here (also with quite a few nice examples). And here's the Wiki-entry on Alex Steinweiss.

In Cold Blood

Quincy Jones' soundtrack to Richard Brooks' movie based on Truman Capote's famous book - In Cold Blood (scroll down a tiny little bit....). At Basic Hip!

Bound for Glory

'Orchestra at square dance' McIntosh County, Oklahoma, 1939 or 1940.
Photo by Russell Lee. Click image for larger view at source.

Bound for Glory (at the Library of Congress): "America in Color is the first major exhibition of the little known color images taken by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information. These vivid scenes and portraits capture the effects of the Depression on America's rural and small town populations, the nation's subsequent economic recovery and industrial growth, and the country's great mobilization for World War II." (via PLEP)

Yummy, Yummy, Yummy

"Julie's sensuality accents the sounds of Today! The unique "London Touch" styles The Doors, Nilsson, The Beatles, Spanky and Our Gang, The Monkees and many more. "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy" will satiate your musical hunger and bathe you in the warmth of Julie!", says Magnus - and of course he's right!

Yummy, Yummy, Yummy by Julie London. At Bellybongo.
Learn more about Julie's career in films at Brian's Drive-In Theater.

Week 34 - Swedish Celebrities

We thought we round things up with a few Swedish celeb recordings. Film star Stellan Skarsgård did have a long and varied career in Sweden before hitting the international film screens. He started out as a kid in the TV-series Bombi Bitt in the late 1960s. Trying to earn a few extra bucks this spin-off single (1968) hit the shops and that’s about all it did. Stellan is still a bit touchy about this one but we just love that jacket. Inger Nilsson played Pippi Longstockings, to much acclaim, in the three original movies. But back then no one thought that much about tax planning so after the success of her films the IRS came down hard on her. So hard that she ended up owing more than she had earned (that’s Sweden for you). In a really strange move to earn some money to pay them off this disco single (1977) appeared. Only trouble was that it was so bad that no one – and we do mean no one – bought it. Yet another Swedish film star trying to dip into the disco trend was Bond bird Britt Ekland, not favouring much better with the public in 1979, mostly selling a few copies because of a nude cover version.

Click it for very large and breathtaking view.

26. Stellan Skarsgård – Bombi Bitt
27. Inger Nilsson – Keep On Dancing
28. Britt Ekland – Do It To Me (Once More With A Feeling)

All files kindly hosted by Splogman!

Earlier posts by HTMPL Prod. in the "Celebrities" mp3 project: Week 27 - Week 28 - Week 29 - Week 30 - Week 31 - Week 32 - Week 33

Updated October 2006: Go here to find these tracks (and many more!).

The 100 Greatest Horror Movie Performances.

#12 Robert Mitchum as Harry Powell in Night of The Hunter (1955).
No. 1? Peek here. Well, of course!

The 100 Greatest Horror Movie Performances as chosen by Robert Berry of retroCRUSH.

Shorty Rogers meets Tarzan

Shorty Rogers meets Tarzan at Happy Dreamers's Time.

Rod McKuen Takes a San Francisco Hippie Trip

Rod McKuen Takes a San Francisco Hippie Trip. New share at Snow Day.

Shatner does Seven

Soon after the movie Seven came out, the MTV Movie Awards got William Shatner to do this parody.
William Shatner does Se7en at Google Video. (via Buzz)

ELO Videos

3 videos (high quality - patience while downloading!) from one of my favorite albums from the 70s: Discovery (1979) by ELO (believe it or not!) linked by Puño on his blog.
"Confusion", "Last Train to London" and "Midnight Blue".
Not my favorite videos from that time. Abba was way ahead of these boring guys... but, the songs and the sound: top class!

Herman Cohen

Herman Cohen discusses the script with two of his stars.
Found in 'Behind the Scenes > Konga (1961)'.

"Cohen was born in Detroit and began his career in film as a youngster, working at the Fox theater there, trading his work for film passes for himself and his family. After serving in the Army, Cohen worked as a sales manager for the Detroit branch of Columbia Pictures before moving to Hollywood. He earned his first screen credit in 1951, as assistant producer of BRIDE OF THE GORILLA, and served the same role in 1952's BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA.
WEREWOLF starred then-unknown Michael Landon as an angry teen, sent to an unscrupulous doctor for hypnotherapy, who is instead given an experimental serum that transforms him into a bloodthirsty werewolf. ..."

Herman Cohen - The man and His Movies. Filmography; Poster Gallery; Video Clips (!); Movie Stills and much more at this awesome tribute site. (via IWR)

Vintage Tahitian books covers

Some vintage Tahitian books covers at Tiki Central. (via Cynical-C Blog)

Bob Dylan: Clothesline Saga

1960, 1990, 1998.

"When I first saw Dylan live in 1992, I expected him to be wearing a hood. I was surprised to see him dressed like the dandified gent in the above right picture. Since I love 19th-century clothing, I'm mostly interested in the 1860s-style suits and ties he favors nowadays. The following is a brief chronology of the clothing Dylan has worn onstage."
Clothesline Saga at the Dylan site New Pony. (via Grow-A-Brain)

10 great horror movie soundtracks

User supremenothing's got a column over Backwash.com. Latest column is a right-up on 10 great horror movie soundtracks (incl. a RapidShare link with a song from each of those soundtracks).
Music To Scare Your Ass Off! (Thanks Brian)

Sabadabada - Update

The Webpage Devoted To Brazilian Bossa Nova, Balanco & Samba Records of the 1960s has updated quite recently.
Listen!

Btw - Starting tomorrow - and for most of the next ten days - you will also find me at...

(Banner via Bello Púbico)

P-E Fronning are leaving for Brazil to find inspiration, and I will be guest blogging while he is dancing samba all nights and spends the sunny days on the beach with a nice girl and som Caipirinha.
No, life is not fair.
;-)

/Z aka Sebastian