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Balafire flicker bulb

LB — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 02:04:29 +0000

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.

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Secos & Molhados – Sangue Latino

LB — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 23:12:59 +0000

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.

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Transformer

LB — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 02:56:53 +0000

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.

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Stainless steel, white, avocado, harvest gold, bellbottoms, Vietnam, Iraq

LB — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:42:39 +0000

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

LB — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 05:38:29 +0000

Why don’t we do this kind of thing anymore? You saw it a lot in the 1960s and 70s—speakers embedded in display shelves or on a wall, as part of the decor.

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Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri

LB — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:47:04 +0000

Arcosanti, designed by Italian-born architect Paolo Soleri, is an experimental architectural complex perched on the side of a gulch in the Arizona desert, about 70 miles north of Phoenix.

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Rocking camel by B.C. painter/author Jim Willer

LB — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:32:38 +0000

I grew up with this psychedelic rocking camel, handmade in the late 60s/early 70s by B.C. artist/novelist Jim Willer. He called these “Bumpity Camels” and ours was one of a series—our cousins had one too.

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One more thing

LB — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 22:01:52 +0000

“There’s not enough psychedelic stuff on TV. I want the world to be a bit weirder than it is. I hate reality, so I hate reality TV. But I love Columbo.”
— Noel Fielding (of the BBC’s The Mighty Boosh – image of Columbo from a Boosh animation below) & more tributes here.

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Spaceship condo

LB — Wed, 25 May 2011 23:01:59 +0000

Spaceship condominium in Guilford, Connecticut, designed by Wil Armster. We need to see more buildings like this, especially in Vancouver, to break up the endless architectural monotony not to mention mediocrity.

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Holiday

LB — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:00:27 +0000

Happy whatever winter holiday you observe, longest night of the year maybe, or, in the southern hemisphere the longest day, or Christmas, or ‘Holiday‘ or whatever else. Drive safely.

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