‘Qui est in, qui est out’
Posted on April 23rd, 2011 by steve
Querelle
Posted on April 22nd, 2011 by steve
Mlødozeniec
Posted on April 22nd, 2011 by steve
Electric Barbarella
Posted on April 21st, 2011 by steve
Video for Duran Duran’s Electric Barbarella.
‘Diktor’
Posted on April 20th, 2011 by steve
‘The ‘ella’ on Barbarella was probably suggested by Feiffer’s Passionella, a brilliant satire on the Cinderella theme and much of American culture.’
In 1966, French scifi comic Barbarella was published in a the US in a translated edition.
Minimal color, racy stories. Robot sex.
The original, a serialized comic strip, was created in 1962 by Jean-Claude Forest for V magazine. [Read more →]
Vranckx
Posted on April 20th, 2011 by steve
‘He recently exhibited in Brussels with ‘Les femmes de Gilles’ a tribute to his favorite drawing subject, women.’
The work of illustrator Gilles Vranckx.
Found via From Betsy with Love
Gruau lingerie
Posted on April 20th, 2011 by steve
Vintage lingerie ads by René Gruau (1909-2004).
Plus, check out Dior’s pre-Galliano-firing Spring 2011 Gruau tribute.
Vertigogo
Posted on April 19th, 2011 by steve
Video for Combustible Edison’s Vertigogo. From the film Four Rooms (1995).
C’mon, sing along . . .
Do yah dot’n duy ba da dot’n duy yah oo-ee dot’n duy. Oo-ee zabba duy do yah zabba dot’n doo-ee dot’n duy. Zoo-ee bah,dabba do yah da da dwee-a-dabba da da ba-da da da DWEE-a dada! buh-dee,buh-die, buh-doy,buh-dot’n duy buh-dee,buh-dot’n duy. Buh-dee,buh-die, buh-doy,buh-dot’n duy buh-dee,buh-dot’n duy. Zoo-ee bah,dabba do yah da da dwee-a-dabba da da ba-da da da DWEE-a dada! Aaaaaaaaah. aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-ah. aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-ah. Ooh, ooh . . . Oooooooooooh. Do yah dot’n duy ba da dot’n duy yah oo-ee dot’n duy. Oo-ee zabba duy do yah zabba dabba doo-ee dot’n duy. Zoo-ee bah dabba do yah da da do-yah dabba da da ba-da da da DWEE-a dada! da da ba-da da da DWEE-a dada! AAAIIII!!
April in Paris
Posted on April 19th, 2011 by steve
‘one more time’
BBC bird-filled animated version of Count Basie’s version of April in Paris (1957) – the song that just wouldn’t end.
‘They’
Posted on April 18th, 2011 by steve
I know a lot of people who listen to ‘they’ – including my mother.
I don’t know who ‘they’ are, but ‘they’ wield a lot of power in our society.
Above, the work of Simon French.
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