http://www.ultraswank.net Retro Living and Design from the 50s, 60s and 70s Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:56:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ultraswank.net/music/an-audible-smorgasbord-of-luxuria-music/ http://www.ultraswank.net/music/an-audible-smorgasbord-of-luxuria-music/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:33:44 +0000 Katharine Miller http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3544 Tired of spinning the same old Esquivel and Les Baxter on the hi-fi? First, make sure you’ve given a listen to the fabulous Ultra Swank compilations curated by our own Chris. Then feast your ears on Luxuriamusic.com. And what a feast it is! Luxuria is an audible smorgasbord of tiki, exotica, and lounge music of [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/music/an-audible-smorgasbord-of-luxuria-music/feed/ 4 http://www.ultraswank.net/music/ultra-swank-featured-on-the-cocktail-nation-show/ http://www.ultraswank.net/music/ultra-swank-featured-on-the-cocktail-nation-show/#comments Sun, 28 Nov 2010 06:20:58 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2858 Pour yourself a drink and make yourself comfortable for your introduction to the silken-voiced Mr. Koop Kooper. This swank gentleman is the host of the Cocktail Nation – a lounge and exotica podcast out of the Sydney penthouse. Each week Kooper talks to the movers and shakers of the lounge and Tiki scene and plays [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/music/ultra-swank-featured-on-the-cocktail-nation-show/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/event/the-swank-pack-show-2/ http://www.ultraswank.net/event/the-swank-pack-show-2/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:37:57 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=990 For those of you who missed the first show, the next Swank Pack Show is due on July 2 at the Pasadena Jazz Institute in California. Tickets start at $20 if you book in advance. For more information and bookings, visit pasjazz.org. Straight from their smash opening on June 4, Douglas Roegiers and Dave Cox [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/event/the-swank-pack-show-2/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/event/the-swank-pack-show/ http://www.ultraswank.net/event/the-swank-pack-show/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 13:55:17 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=865 For those of you who always wish you were born early enough into the 20th Century so that you are able to experience the thrill, excitement and glamour of the 1950s and 1960s classic Rat Pack shows with Frank, Dean, Sammy and all the other boys, here’s your chance. Picking up where they left off [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/event/the-swank-pack-show/feed/ 2