Europe
Funeral March on the Death of a Parrot
Read about the eccentric, parrot-loving composer Charles-Valentin Alkan (and his equally eccentric son) here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 08, 2024 -
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Category: Animals, Eccentrics, Music, Europe, Nineteenth Century
The Far-out Costumes of Dancer Nina Payne
Read her story here.Source of advertisement.
Dancer Nina Payne (USA) Nina Payne doing exercises in the Elizabeth Arden beauty parlor, Paris (to prepare for her performance in the Folies-Bergere) - undated, probably 1925
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 20, 2024 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1920s, Dance, Europe
De Dik Voormekaar Show
The Wikipedia page.
TV version of the popular radio program with André van Duin and Ferry de Groot in which the various characters were portrayed on screen by hand puppets in the first season (1977-1978) and full body costumes in the second (1978-1979).
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 14, 2024 -
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Category: Puppets and Automatons, Television, 1970s, Europe
Jean-Yves Blondeau, Rollerman
His Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 22, 2023 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Europe, Mental Health and Insanity
The Sculpture Garden of Veijo Rönkkönen
Full article here.
Lots of great photos here.
Veijo Rönkkönen was a recluse who spent his days between the paper mill where he worked for 41 years, and his farm, tucked away in a Finnish forest. By all accounts, he didn’t like to talk to people, and he never took an art lesson in his life. But by the time of his death in 2010, Rönkkönen had covered his land with around 550 sculptures. Nearly all of them depicted human figures: people of all ages and ethnicities, frozen in moments of play, athleticism, and even agony.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 16, 2023 -
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Category: Outsider Art, Statues and Monuments, Europe
Anna Monaro, The Illuminated Woman
Source for clipping: Redwood City Tribune (Redwood City, California) 23 Apr 1934, Mon Page 6
Read the whole tale here.
(Free membership at Medium required.)
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 07, 2023 -
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Category: Human Marvels, 1930s, Women, Europe
Education for Death
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 04, 2023 -
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Category: Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, War, Children, Cartoons, 1940s, Europe
The Violents, “Alpens Ros”
Not much of a plot, but lots of eye candy and a catchy tune.The group's Discogs page.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 29, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, 1960s, Europe, Attractiveness, Sexiness, Allure and Personal Magnetism
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 52
I must confess to a slight divergence with this entry. All previous ones have featured artwork from within Khrushchev's lifetime, stuff he could have theoretically seen and reacted to. (He died in 1971.) But this one postdates the man.That is all.
Full info here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 31, 2023 -
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Category: Animals, Statues and Monuments, Public Indecency, Europe
M&M Honey
I read this story upon its appearance, and for some reason it recently returned to the forefront of my mind. It seems that someone would have subsequently produced this intentionally.When I was in Sicily, I got to sample the light-green pistachio honey produced there.
NBC video report here.
Whole article and more pics here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 20, 2023 -
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Category: Food, Insects and Spiders, Europe, Twenty-first Century
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