Europe
Miss Juke Box
Although not an actual contest or beauty queen title--instead, it was a motif in a song--the notion of a Queen of the Juke Boxes was illustrated to perfection, including props and record-based body language, by properly costumed Margot Hielscher.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 31, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Music, Technology, 1950s, Europe
Jan and Kjeld
Boy band, 1959-style.Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 14, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Children, 1950s, 1960s, Europe
The Films of Jean Rollin
I confess to never having heard of this director until recently. But his legacy certainly seems one of High Weirdness. A new documentary (first clip) chronicles his career.His Wikipedia page.
Caution: Mild nudity in the clips.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 18, 2023 -
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Category: Horror, Movies, Outsider Art, Fantasy, Europe, Twentieth Century
Phare du Monde
The Wikipedia page.Source for the illustration, where the text and image may be enlarged.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 04, 2023 -
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Category: Architecture, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Expositions, World Fairs, Celebrations, 1930s, Europe
Unauthorized Dwellings 28
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 21, 2023 -
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Category: Police and Other Law Enforcement, Unauthorized Dwellings, 1980s, Europe
Geel, Belgium: Eight Centuries of Deinstitutionalized Treatment for Mental Patients
From the Wikipedia page:Geel is well known for the early adoption of de-institutionalization in psychiatric care.[3] This practice is based on the positive effects that placement in a host family gives the patient, most importantly access to family life that would otherwise have been denied. The legendary 7th-century Saint Dymphna, who had fled to the Geel area from Ireland, is usually credited with this type of care. The earliest Geel infirmary and the model where patients go into town, interact with the community during the day, and return to the hospital at night to sleep, date from the 13th century.[4]
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 13, 2023 -
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Category: Communes, Utopias, and Other Alternative Societies, Europe, Mental Health and Insanity
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 47
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 27, 2022 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, 1950s, Europe, Russia
Miss Miniskirt of 1969
Your choice.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 21, 2022 -
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Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Fashion, 1960s, Europe, United Kingdom, Attractiveness, Sexiness, Allure and Personal Magnetism
Les Baxter’s “Goliath and the Barbarians”
Space-age Bachelor Pad meets Sword and Sandals. What could be better?
If you dig the first track, embedded here, go to the Internet Archive listing for the album, click the Spotify option, and you get the whole thing.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 19, 2022 -
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Category: Movies, Space-age Bachelor Pad & Exotic, 1950s, 1970s, Europe
RIP Mehran Karimi Nasseri
Airport dweller Mehran Karimi Nasseri has passed away. His Wikipedia entry offers a good summary of his life.An obit is here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 13, 2022 -
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Category: Domestic, Eccentrics, Emigrants, Immigrants and Borders, Air Travel and Airlines, Europe
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