Gamine Revives Noir Jazz
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Gamine Revives Noir Jazz

Nov 25th 2008 by Christopher

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Music Although based in London, pianist and composer Ian Williams and singer Claudia Barton outputs music that instantly transports you to a smoky, noir jazz club in 1960′s Paris. One of those clubs with a sole spotlight focusing on the elegant and voluptuous female singer. Gamine’s music is not something you would listen to on a sunny and warm day – if you would, everything that is Gamine would be out of context. The music rather craves for a moody, rainy day with a cocktail or two, starch contrasts and film noir shadows to be fully appreciated. Ian’s floating dramatic piano chords and arpeggios with Claudia’s incredibly sensual voice makes even the most hard heartened and ( continue reading... )

The Cocktail Nation - Queens Of Vintage

Episode 266    May 12th 2013

This week we talk to the publisher of an online magazine called Queens Of Vintage, her name is Lena Weber and recently she interviewed me in her kings of vintage portion of the website so I thought we should have her on to talk vintage culture and the English scene. Plus the best exotica and lounge music from across the globe.

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Skyline New York

Nov 10th 2008 by Christopher

Travel Join Trans World Airlines and Ultra Swank for a flight to the city that never sleeps, New York city! We will depart from Los Angeles and set down at New York, Idlewild airport (soon to be known as JFK airport). Our flying time is estimated at around 8 hours. Fasten your seat belts and enjoy the scenery. If you have any questions, our delightful stewardess will take care of all your needs. Footage taken in 1954 and made available through the lovely people at The Travel Film Archive. ( continue reading... )

Rendezvous in Paris

Oct 22nd 2008 by Christopher

Rendezvous in Paris
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Travel Yet again the fabulous collaboration with British lifestyle magazine Chic Today continues. Yesterday the third article from me was published in their magazine. It is called Rendezvous in Paris and highlights two chic and design worthy hotels in Paris. I suggest that you head on over to the Chic Today website straight away and read on (links attached at the bottom). The magazine is free ( read more... )

Welcome to the world of TWA

Oct 19th 2008 by Christopher

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Advertising Here’s a glimpse into the wonderful world of now defunct Trans World Airlines (TWA). I love the catchy and somewhat cheesy 1960s theme song! The video could use some color correction obviously seeing it has degraded quite a lot over the years, but who cares. Following that video is a promotion of Boeing’s new 747 airliner with what looks like Trans World’s livery. I can’t ( read more... )

A wonderful new world of Fords – Car Adverts from 1960

Oct 16th 2008 by Christopher

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Advertising Enjoy this fun and swanky Ford commercial from 1960 linking new compact cars to futurism and the space frontier. They don’t make commercials like this anymore, do they? If you like this, there is a ton of more of old commericals and archive footage to be found in the Prelinger Archives at the ever so great archive.org website. ( read more... )

More Swedish postcards

Sep 30th 2008 by Christopher

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Roadtrip More retro Swedish postcard goodness for all of you to enjoy. There were a large number of postcards produced from the late 1940s to early 1980s here in Sweden. The future looked optimistic, new buildings were popping all around the country and of course it had to be depicted on a postcard to that you could send it to your near and loved ones – ( read more... )