‘Qui est in, qui est out’

More Serge.

Querelle

‘Andy Warhol’s posters for the French film, Querelle, 1982.’

Found via Mom’s Basement

Mlødozeniec

The work of Polish poster designer Jan Mlødozeniec.

More here and here.

Electric Barbarella

Video for Duran Duran’s Electric Barbarella.

‘Diktor’

‘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

‘He recently exhibited in Brussels with ‘Les femmes de Gilles’ a tribute to his favorite drawing subject, women.’

The work of illustrator Gilles Vranckx.

Info here. Blog here.

Found via From Betsy with Love

Gruau lingerie

Vintage lingerie ads by René Gruau (1909-2004).

Plus, check out Dior’s pre-Galliano-firing Spring 2011 Gruau tribute.

Vertigogo

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

‘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’

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.

Sick bbq

Ironic bbq is a panel strip from the pen of UK-based r mead.

Website here.


 


 


 


 


 


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