Campy 1977 documentary with William Shatner exploring the theory that the U.S. government is involved in a cover-up of visiting alien spacecraft. via IFMX. VHS tape hiss goodness and some very nice background scores in the film. Based on a book by Erich von Daniken, this documentary contains evidence of extraterrestrial life here on earth. [...]
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in Documentary, Technology
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Tagged 1977, aliens, annunaki, campy, dinosaurs, greys, i-f, ifm, ifmx, mysteries of the gods, peruvian crystal skull, star trek, stars, ufos, william shatner
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February 22, 2012 – 11:56 AM
Long out of print “Henri’s Walk to Paris”, illustrated by designer Saul Bass, is republished by Rizzoli. Henri’s Walk to Paris is the story of a young boy who lives in Reboul, France, who dreams of going to Paris. One day, after reading a book about Paris, he decides to pack a lunch and head [...]
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in 1960s, 1990s, Animals, Books, Cartoons, Design, Travel, Vintage
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Tagged 60s design, brave daniel, children's book, france, hitchcock, Leonore Klein, milton glasser, only one ant, paris, reboul, rizzoli, saul bass
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February 17, 2012 – 4:23 PM
Lovely collection of vintage Snake logos over at So Much Pile Up. Beautiful stuff, very inspiring and simple marks.
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in 1950s, 1960s, Animals, Design, Inspiration, Logos, Typography
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Tagged 60s, 70s, B.K.Wiese, Giulio Confalonieri, graphis, José Baqués, Municipio della Citta di Bellinzona, san giorgio, snake logos, Tutta Milano, udo elzi
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January 30, 2012 – 6:24 PM
This is awesome. A group of guys (Doug Wilson, Brandon Goodwin and Jess Heugel) made a documentary about the photo lettering machine used in the 50s-70s, to be outdated by the advent of desktop publishing and computers. Site here. Premieres in SF Tuesday, February 21, 2012 – 7:00 PM @ Typekit San Francisco: 2601 Mission [...]
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in 1950s, 1960s, 1980s, Books, Design, Documentary, Film, Fonts, Low-fi, Technology, Typography
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Tagged brandon goodwin, design, doug wilson, edison, jess heugel, letterpress, lino, linotype, photo lettering, printing, typekit
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January 18, 2012 – 6:20 PM
This font is hot. Lovely retro library / 60s advertising feel with tons of OpenType swashes and ligatures. Check out the type speciman here. I wish the digital download came with that musty old book smell you get turning pages in used book stores or a public library. Bookmania is a revival of Bookman Oldstyle [...]
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in 1960s, Advertising, Corporate Identity, Design, Fonts, Inspiration, Must Have, Typography
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Tagged 1960s advertising, bookman, bookmania, itc, mad men, mark simonson, old novel cover fonts, open type fonts, opentype fonts, outdoor fonts, retro font, shel silverstein font, vintage font
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December 13, 2011 – 6:23 PM
First up, this beautiful Nativity scene by House Industries. A bit pricey at $800 in my opinion for a non-Christian person, but looks oh so sweet. Available on their site or Heath Ceramics (LA or SF). Based on an Alexander Girard wood panel illustration, House Industries created this three dimensional tribute to Girard’s fascination with [...]
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Also posted in 1960s, Books, Crafts, Design, Inspiration, Interior Design, Modern Living, Must Have, Signage, Travel, Typography, Vintage
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Tagged alexandar girard, ammo books, eames, house industries, kiera coffee, mid century modern, nativity scene, nativity set, todd oldham
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December 8, 2011 – 11:23 AM
MY favorite radio station launches their new site. Congrats to the hard working team there in Den Hague and all the supporters. Keep up the great work!!! Visit Intergalactic FM here.
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Also posted in 1960s, 1980s, 1990s, Cool Web Sites, Disco, DJ, Electro, Electronic Music, Italo Disco
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Tagged all mixed up, amsterdam, bunker records, den hague, ferenc, flemming dalum, i-f, ifm, ifmx, intergalactic fm, legowelt, route 66, strange life, viewlexx
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November 30, 2011 – 11:58 AM
via Wiki (so funny they destroyed the puppets at the end of the series). Beautiful stuff, Fingermouse rocks : Fingerbobs was a British children’s television programme made by the BBC in 1972. The first episode was broadcast on 14 February 1972 on BBC1 as part of Watch with Mother. The show was created by Joanne [...]
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Also posted in Art objects, Costumes, Crafts, Low-fi, Paper Art, Performance Art, Television
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Tagged bbc, bod, fingerbobs, fingermouse, flash, gulliver, michael cole, rick jones, scampi, yoffy
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November 23, 2011 – 1:07 PM
Great to see this old VHS recording of Terry Gilliam speaking candidly about this very influential and creative technique. Love how he sheds some light on some of his secrets and storyboard process. A huge influence in this site I did years back for Nick Graham’s (creator of Joe Boxer) clothing label Nick(it). Would be [...]
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in 1980s, Animation, Inspiration, Motion Graphics, Stop motion
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Tagged 16mm, christmas cards, collage, cut out animations, english comedy, film stop motion, humor, monty python, movement, paste up, Stop motion, surreal, terry gilliam
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November 3, 2011 – 11:00 AM
Johnny Rotten is pretty awesome here with his trademark psycho eyes.
October 17, 2011 – 2:55 PM
Dopeness, soul and vocoding. Info on Wiki. The group was formed in 1976 at Kentucky State University by trumpeter Reggie Calloway, vocalist Belinda Lipscomb, guitarist/vocalist Melvin Gentry, bassist Kenneth Gant, multi-instrumentalist Bill Simmons, keyboard player/vocalist Bo Watson and guitarist/keyboardist Jeff Cooper, as a self-contained group. They would later add non-KSU student trombonist Vincent Calloway (Reginald’s [...]
October 5, 2011 – 9:30 AM
Jonny Trunk from UK’s amazingly eclectic Trunk Records, just finished this book on the packaging of Sainsbury design studio. Judging from the spreads it looks to have awesome packaging goodies from the golden age of 60s design. Advance copies available at Fuel-Design for 16.95 pounds. About the book: In 1962, when Peter Dixon joined the [...]
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in 1960s, Books, Design, Packaging, Typography, Vintage
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Tagged 1960, 1970, emily king, fuel design, jonny, jonny trunk, peter dixon, sainsbury, sainsbury design studio sainsbury's own, sainsbury family, trunk records, uk food packaging, vintage packaging
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September 13, 2011 – 10:47 AM
Americana truckin’ music. Could listen to this all day, and puts a smile on my face.
August 24, 2011 – 12:15 AM
Just watched this movie tonight entitled “Zardoz” directed by John Boorman from 1974. Really “out there” film, but worth checking out. I liked the cinemtography, lots of mirrors and tripped out projections. Also has Sean Connery as the main character, who I am a big fan of. Reminded me a bit of Holy Mountain or [...]
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Also posted in Movies, Tattoos
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Tagged guns, holy mountain, illustrated man, john boorman, man, sean connery, skin illustrations, sperm, tabernacle, zardoz, zed
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August 18, 2011 – 4:57 PM
Any tri-staters out there, go fund this movie now on Kickstarter. Seriously. It’s going to be great. They’ve included a raffle for the last 5 days (which is now 38 hours) to win a punk card skate deck, which is pretty sick looking.
By admin
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Also posted in 1980s, 1990s, Documentary, Music, Punk Rock
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Tagged city gardens, ken salerno, punk club, randy now, riot on the dance floor, steve tozzi, trenton
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August 18, 2011 – 4:28 PM
Fuck it, might as well throw this in too. Guy’s voice reminds me a bit of Supermax. Bounce up and down in your living room to this joint.
Classic, smooth, soulful. The group was inspired by trumpeter Donald Byrd and featured some of his Howard University students: Kevin Toney (keyboards), Keith Killgo (vocals, drums), Joe Hall (bass guitar), Allan C. Barnes (saxophone, clarinet), and Barney Perry (guitar). Orville Saunders (guitar), and Jay Jones (flute, saxophone) were later members of the group. They signed [...]
The Pink Panther and a painter (unnamed, but affectionately known as the “little white man”[2]) compete over whether a house should be painted blue or pink. Each time the painter attempts to paint something blue, the panther thwarts him in a new way. At the end, the painter inadvertently turns the house and everything around [...]
