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Friday, March 24, 2006

Basil Says. A picture named basil.jpgWhen writing letters, always use a Montblanc or Pelikan fountain pen.
4:19:20 PM   Basil Says | |   
  

The Advertisement. Oh, those were the days when they could actually sell their stupid cars because of the added bonus of 'parallel working screenwipers'. Everything was much easier in 1966. The car looks great though and the copywriter surely was a genius:

... Und bei rotem Licht steht er, ohne sich vor der Ampel zu verbeugen.

Apart from that, there was obviously no art director involved; the whole design must have been done by a typesetter, who was not very good at typesetting whatsoever. Just look at the hyphenation. The ridiculous linespacing of the headline! Pure madness. But that's what makes it good.

Ford Screenwipers

3:15:13 PM   Old Ads | |   
  

106 Beats That. Fabulous: Wire at the Stereo Society.

"Without exception, they are the most humorless, morbid and unpleasant band I have seen. Their stage act is a miserable study of alienation. They looked as happy as lepers with boils..."

Wire

11:30:29 AM   MP3 | |   
  

Hot Metal. Das bunte Lexikon der schwarzen Kunst (Obviously in German).

Blei

8:54:14 AM   This & That | |   
  

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