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Saturday, December 31, 2005

 Ordinary Object of the Week. Today: Liquid glue for plastics.

Glue

10:55:25 AM   This & That | |   
  

 From Basil with Love.

Happy New Year!

10:23:33 AM   This & That | |   
  

Thursday, December 29, 2005

 Alas, poor Yorick. Steve Coogan is Tristram Shandy. If the movie is only as half as funny as the website, then it's a must-see. With thanks to the Arno Schmidt Mailing List.

Tristram Shandy

8:38:58 AM   This & That | |   
  

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

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Too much TV is bad for your feet.
5:48:08 PM   Basil Says | |   
  

 Drawing, found in a Box.

Two-Face

12:56:11 PM   My Sketchbooks | |   
  

 The Advertisement. This ad doesn't make any sense at all.

Kon Tiki

12:39:13 PM   Old Ads | |   
  

Monday, December 26, 2005

 The Italian Bonestell. I'm not sure about that, but he certainly was a fabulous illustrator. Some nice Kurt Caesar galleries. And while you're there, check out the main page - there's an incredible amount of other SciFi-related material as well.

?

11:47:51 AM   Art & Advertising | |   
  

 Robotics. I still can't decide whether to find this thing cute or creepy. Honda's Asimo in action. Via Coudal.

Asimo

9:04:00 AM   This & That | |   
  

Sunday, December 25, 2005

 Ordinary Object of the Week. Today: a penguin.

A Penguin

10:20:29 AM   This & That | |   
  

Friday, December 23, 2005

 Oh. I've been interviewed. Weiß nicht, frag was anderes?

The Interview

5:54:46 PM   MP3, This & That | |   
  

 More Christmas Cards. With many thanks to Ari.

Ari

4:33:48 PM   Art & Advertising | |   
  

 Fab. With many thanks to Günther, Edith, and of course Josef.

Orion

4:21:20 PM   Orion Pics | |   
  

 Basil Says. Humbug.

Basil says

8:48:39 AM  
 Basil Says | |   
  

 Weihnachtsgrüsse vom Wolf.

Xmas

8:39:32 AM   Paintings by Wolf | |   
  

Thursday, December 22, 2005

 Buy It Now. A painting of mine which I produced in 1983, is now for sale on eBay.

I wish the seller all the best of luck and I'm really happy about this.

Now how on Earth he (the seller) got hold of the original painting - I can't answer that, but I can tell you: yes, I painted (airbrushed) it, it's been created by me and myself. Indeed. Now go and order it! Buy it! Now!!

Also das ist schlichtweg unglaublich, ich weiß nicht, wo das herkommt, aber es ist definitiv von mir und ich wünsche 'Claus' alles Glück beim Verkauf.

This is weird. This really is weird.

The Astronaut

8:51:24 PM   Art & Advertising, Cult, This & That | |   
  

 Cat Content. Kids, don't try this at home.

The Cat

2:12:39 PM   This & That | |   
  

 Addressbook, found in a Box.

Ist die Katze gesund...

10:26:32 AM   This & That | |   
  

 It's Christmas Soon. A collection of 700+ old Russian Soviet New Year and Christmas greeting cards. Fab. Via Coudal.

Santa in Space

8:15:14 AM   Art & Advertising | |   
  

 German Efficiency. A photolog of Volkswagen's Transparent Factory in Dresden. Breathtaking, absolutely. Many thanks to Bardo Monitor for the link.

Dresden Factory

8:04:37 AM   This & That | |   
  

Wednesday, December 21, 2005

 A picture named robot_1.jpgWhy Most Ad blogs Suck. Many thanks to George for this.
5:36:16 PM   Art & Advertising, Blogs | |   
  

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

 A picture named schoff.gifAmazing. I am still busy, but will be getting on your nerves again tomorrow. Possibly.
7:25:06 AM   This & That | |   
  

Sunday, December 18, 2005

 Fantastic. The Crime in your Coffee presents lobby cards from two films of the most exciting movie series ever made:

Schulmädchen Report 1: Was Eltern nicht für möglich halten
Schulmädchen Report 2: Was Eltern den Schlaf raubt

Fantastic.

Schulmädchen

4:00:51 PM   Cult | |   
  

 The Art of the First Fleet. An online exhibition at the Natural History Museum.

On 13 May 1787 eleven ships, now commonly referred to as The First Fleet, set sail from Portsmouth to establish a colony in New South Wales, Australia. They reached their destination on 18 January 1788, 18 years after Captain James Cook had first landed on the east coast of Australia at Botany Bay. One of the unplanned but long-lasting outcomes of this event was the large number of outstanding drawings of aboriginal people, the environment and wildlife found on arrival as well as of the early foundation of the colony.

Fleet Art

11:39:40 AM   Art & Advertising | |   
  

 The Advertisement.

Trevira.

11:11:21 AM   Old Ads | |   
  

 Urban Intervention. The art of Alexandre Orion. This is - as Gary would say - expressionist fab.

urban intervention

10:58:12 AM   Art & Advertising | |   
  

Saturday, December 17, 2005

 Permafrost. Rauhreif, a photo by Axel Hinnen.

Rauhreif

6:17:14 PM   Art & Advertising | |   
  

 Ordinary Object of the Week. Today: a Cthulhu Monster.

See you next week for yet another ordinary object!

Cthulhu

4:22:35 PM   This & That | |   
  

 Addressbook, found in a Box, Item #278. Fritz Nietzsche.

Friedrich Nietzsche

3:00:14 PM   This & That | |   
  

 Another Christmas Present. This one's from Gerry. A Never Mind the Bollocks Magnet Set. Thank you!
Did I tell you that I can recommend the Asian & Cuban restaurant of the St Martins Lane Hotel? Really.

Nevermind the bollocks

1:14:33 PM   London | |   
  

 Halbstarke meuterten erneut. What a great website this is. Many thanks to Marc.

WDR

10:24:17 AM   This & That | |   
  

 Only 8 days to go. The Christmas Invasion.

Tardis

10:06:02 AM   Cult | |   
  

 Echte Vögel kotzen nicht. This is very funny. Via IT&W.

Vögel

9:13:33 AM   Art & Advertising | |   
  

 Addressbook, found in a Box. This is ancient. But they still exist:
Mad T-Party
Harald Siepermann
More revelations to follow.

Addresses

12:39:23 AM   Found in a Box, This & That | |   
  

Friday, December 16, 2005

 Christmas Parties. What a nice present I got! I think I'll just eat it the candy, before even trying it.

Penis

10:20:55 PM   London | |   
  

Thursday, December 15, 2005

 A picture named schrat.jpgBusy. Probably back at the weekend.
9:40:34 PM   This & That | |   
  

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

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Whenever you need to cheer up, wear a bowler hat together with a Groucho Marx mask.
6:30:40 PM   Basil Says | |   
  

 Modern Technology. It comes with wires attached.

Wires

2:20:22 PM   This & That | |   
  

 Great. Thanks to GoogleEarth it has come to my attention that Rod Steward Stewart is basically a neighbour of mine. So what's the difference between The Cartoonist and Rod Steward Stewart? The difference is that his back garden is big enough to accommodate a full-size football pitch.

Rod Steward

2:06:46 PM   This & That | |   
  

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

 Paintings by Wolfgang Sangmeister. Singing Pitbull. When's the CD coming out?

Pitbull

7:43:20 PM   Paintings by Wolf | |   
  

Monday, December 12, 2005

 An Oldie but Goldie. Cigar box labels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

Cowboy

5:23:36 PM   Art & Advertising | |   
  

Sunday, December 11, 2005

 Strange Object of the Week. Today: a CD Rom [Quicktime, 154kb].

CD Rom

3:35:16 PM   This & That | |   
  

Saturday, December 10, 2005

 Literature, found in a Box. Ah. Those were the days.

Künert, Greno

10:56:52 PM   Literature | |   
  

 Buy the TARDIS. Here & now.

TARDIS

10:08:50 PM   Cult | |   
  

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Yes. Exactly. Oh, absolutely. You didn't...? Yes. OK. Yes.

Spend more time on the telephone.
9:47:24 PM   Basil Says | |   
  

 Big Brother. Dedicated to Marc.

Orion

5:50:05 PM   Orion Pics | |   
  

 This is Art. A home movie, done with iMovie, iTunes, my trusty old L'Espion camera and the fabulous macam software. Peter Thomas möge mir verzeihen.

Here's the video [Quicktime; some Megabytes].

Gone mad

3:53:05 PM   This & That | |   
  

 The Things I Find in my Letterbox. In this week's 'Quality Free Newspaper' (indeed!): Operation Blunt. A large and legible scan can be found here.

Yellow Advertiser

12:35:55 PM   London | |   
  

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If you ever get stranded on a planet covered in flesh-eating plants with tentacles, just use your blaster to get rid of them. Easy.
1:08:37 AM   Basil Says | |   
  


Friday, December 9, 2005

 This is Gerry. Gerry is an art director, a mate of mine and one of the few nice people here in London who actually give me work. In his private time he seems to find stuff in the streets of London [MP3], mostly discarded photos (I really don't want to know what else he might find there), and he is now publishing them on a website. Well done!

But now I can't get this horrible song out of my brain, which is really irritating.

Gerry

2:35:01 PM   London | |   
  

 Incredibly Funny. The Ricky Gervais podcasts at Guardian Unlimited. Photo stolen from rickygervais.com.

Ricky Gervais

1:08:31 PM   This & That | |   
  

 The Second Key. A Dr. Who adventure by Sean Huxter.

This is fantastic. It's all done with Action figures and proper sets in a comic strip format. Also check out Inside the TARDIS - a description of the sets, storyboards and models. Great work.

Dr. Who

12:03:39 PM   Cult | |   
  

 Bookmarked. The Modern Mechanix Weblog. This is fab.

Robot

9:13:07 AM   Blogs | |   
  

 Braun. 50 years of design. Many thanks to Peter.

Braun

9:01:19 AM   Art & Advertising | |   
  

Wednesday, December 7, 2005

 Groovy. A Philip Castle gallery.

Spock

1:05:26 PM   Art & Advertising | |   
  

Tuesday, December 6, 2005

 Robots. I've been messing about with Vue again.

Robots

6:02:47 PM   My Sketchbooks | |   
  

 The Advertisement.

Schinkenhäger

9:30:47 AM   Old Ads | |   
  

Monday, December 5, 2005

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Working in a coalmine is better than working in a saltmine.
8:07:25 PM   Basil Says | |   
  

 Sometimes. Sometimes those cover illustrations by Johnny Bruck amaze even Basil and myself. And this one is fab, unbelievable; in fact, it's pure madness whatsoever.

Apart from that: I'm not well at all. A cold, a flu, Asian birdflu, SARS, who knows. I'm dying very slowly, at least that's what it feels like. See you when I've stopped coughing.

cough ... coughcough ... sneeze ... cough ... coughcoughsneezecough ...

Johnny Bruck

4:09:00 PM   Art & Advertising | |   
  

 Dreimal Wahnsinnige. Von "Aal" bis "Zuzacken" - a German (obviously) dictionary of U-Boat language, followed by the Submarine History - An Illustrated Survey of Key Events in Submarine History.

Boot

7:59:00 AM   This & That | |   
  

Sunday, December 4, 2005

 A Different Kind of Videoblog. It's JerryTime! This is fantastic.

Jerry

8:53:13 AM   Blogs | |   
  

Saturday, December 3, 2005

 Paintings by Wolf. Eyes. More eyes, not by Wolfgang though, can be found here, here, and here.

Eyes

9:09:18 AM   Paintings by Wolf | |   
  

Friday, December 2, 2005

 The Advertisement. Another one from 1966.

Birkin

7:32:07 PM   Old Ads | |   
  

 Living in England. I need more space. Or a bigger house. But Patrick McGoohan is great (So is the old Sony TV, 20 years old but still up and running perfectly.).

McGoohan

6:52:51 PM   This & That | |   
  

 Bolero On The Moon Rocks. The German composer Peter Thomas turned 80 yesterday, and today he's got a brand-new homepage up and running. Let's all celebrate this by whistling the Jerry Cotton March. Many happy returns to Peter!

Peter und Cordy

2:40:11 PM   Orion Pics | |   
  

 The Art of War. Nice online exhibition at the National Archives, divided into three sections: Illustrations, Propaganda, and Valour & Gallantry. And here's a list of the artists. Fab.

War

8:32:22 AM   Art & Advertising | |   
  

Thursday, December 1, 2005

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Eat more Marmite®.
9:51:12 PM   Basil Says | |   
  

 The other Smiley. The story of a badge.

Nuclear

4:37:32 PM   Art & Advertising | |   
  

 Horror in Wax. A Moscow wax figure exhibition shows the dangers of drug abuse. Via Paperholic.

Wax

12:46:14 PM   This & That | |   
  

 Motopia. A Study in the Evolution of Urban Landscape. And Traffic in Towns. Both via and at things magazine.

motopia

9:27:54 AM   This & That | |   
  



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