For friends in America in these terrible days, a favourite from my childhood, probably because of the combination of Ann Peeble’s voice and the sound effects of the production.
I Can’t Stand The Rain – Ann Peebles, 1973
July 8, 2016
1970s
Balafire flicker bulb
December 5, 2015
This is a “flicker light” from my childhood. The green lacquer coating on the bulb is coming off, but amazingly it still works. It makes a soft tinking sound as the filaments hit the glass on either side.
Gastown poster – 1960s or 1970s style
July 4, 2015
Because of my research on a 1976 event, people keep bringing me things from that general era. Thanks to my friend Resi for finding this in her mother’s house and bringing it to me yesterday.
Categories:
British Columbia,
Canadian design,
graphics and signage,
Uncategorised,
urban planning,
Vancouver
Post-mortem on the old Eaton’s building: an interview with Cesar Pelli
March 2, 2015
The TD Bank building and Eaton’s building by Cesar Pelli, photo © Michael de Courcy, mid-1970s
This is not a true post-mortem, since Cesar Pelli‘s 1973 Eaton’s building has not actually been demolished—and how rare it is to be able to say that in Vancouver, now one of North America’s capitals of demolition.
Tags:
1970s
Cesar Pelli
demolition
downtown
Eaton's building
facade
glass
James Cheng
loss of history
TD building
Vancouver
YOU HAD ONE JOB
Categories:
architect,
architecture,
British Columbia,
cities,
design,
Uncategorised,
urban planning,
Vancouver
Goodbye Mork
August 11, 2014
Shazbot. Sad loss of Robin Williams today. Thanks for the many laughs.
And Robin before a Senate committee on preventing homelessness
Secos & Molhados – Sangue Latino
February 6, 2014
Oh 1973, I am so happy to see you yet again. Last week it was Sensations Fix, and then yesterday someone posted Sangue Latino by Secos & Molhados.
Transformer
October 28, 2013
Dancing to Transformer inside the old Crying Room space a few weeks ago, oblivious and laughing at 4 am while singing along to:
And curtains laced with diamonds dear for you
And all the Roman Noblemen for you
And kingdom’s Christian Soldiers dear for you
And melting ice cap mountain tops for you
And knights in flaming silver robes for you
And bats that with a kiss turn prince for you.
Tags:
1970s
1972
70s
Bataclan
death
demi-monde
experimental
glam
goodbye
Lou Reed
Paris
Velvet Underground
Categories:
music,
Uncategorised
Rock concert
May 18, 2013
Stainless steel, white, avocado, harvest gold, bellbottoms, Vietnam, Iraq
November 22, 2012
An article on fashions in appliance colours (stainless steel vs. white) on oveninfo.com (a kitchen appliance website) quickly leads to a flame war in its comment section. Stainless steel is pitted against avocado and harvest gold, bellbottoms against video games and Vietnam vs.
Stereo systems and speakers, 1960s & 70s style
October 24, 2012
