http://www.ultraswank.net Retro Living and Design from the 50s, 60s and 70s Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:59:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ultraswank.net/readable/pad-the-guide-to-ultra-living/ http://www.ultraswank.net/readable/pad-the-guide-to-ultra-living/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:09:23 +0000 Baron von Swankenstein http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3314 Thanks to a post-World War II economic and technological boom, the 1950s and early 60s was the golden age for the bachelor lifestyle. With the advent of Playboy magazine, the quintessential guide to urban living, it reached critical mass. Armed with affluence, abundant leisure time, and the sagacity of Saint Hefner, bachelors found themselves with [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/readable/pad-the-guide-to-ultra-living/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/music/jazz-for-the-jet-set/ http://www.ultraswank.net/music/jazz-for-the-jet-set/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:42:01 +0000 Steven Padal http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3175 Dave Pike has created this swell recording for all those swingin’ bachelors. Herbie Hancock plays the keyboard along side Dave Pike’s vibraphone. Bobby Hebb had wrote “Sunny” and introduced it in this album, which was later released for hundreds of additional recordings. This album reminds me a little of Cal Tjader, who was the creator [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/music/jazz-for-the-jet-set/feed/ 4 http://www.ultraswank.net/architecture/case-study-house-22/ http://www.ultraswank.net/architecture/case-study-house-22/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:04:01 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1611 Wednesday inspiration. The Stahl House, also known as Case Study House #22 was finished in 1959 and is most likely the most famous house from the CSH program with help from famed photographer Julius Schulman. (Via)]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/architecture/case-study-house-22/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/music/mr-lucky-television-series/ http://www.ultraswank.net/music/mr-lucky-television-series/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:12:49 +0000 Guest http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1304 Mr. Lucky was a relatively short-lived (34 episodes) 1959-1960 television series. It starred actors John Vivyan as the suave professional gambler, “Mr. Lucky”, and Ross Martin as his sidekick, Andamo. Most of the action in this crime drama took place on or around Mr. Lucky’s floating casino/pad called “The Fortuna”. Possibly the most memorable thing [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/music/mr-lucky-television-series/feed/ 4