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Archive for the ‘Art’ Category

  • Going To A Happening – Concert Posters

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    Whether or not bands were better back in the day is a debate for another time and another place but we’ll wager that the posters advertising gigs and festivals were way, way better back then than they are now...

  • Paint Your Waggon – Indian Street Art

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    This article could quite easily fit into a number of categories here at VoEA, maybe Street Food, or the numerous advertising blurbs we’ve covered, Art even. A number of things…. India. The Raj. The heat. The spiritual Ganjes. The curries…. A...

  • Re-covered Hip-Hop Album Covers

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    We’ve previously featured the cool Reimagined Jazz album cover designs of graphic designer Jeff Rochester.This time he has turned his artistic skills to re-cover some classic Hip-Hop Albums...

  • Teenage Dreams So Hard To Beat – Vintage Comics

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    Rebellion, religion and lots of romance are featured in these groovy comics aimed at Teenagers in the late Sixties and early Seventies. Enjoy the Sooper Hippie in Flower people and love beads. Witness Mod glamour girl Millie the model visiting Carnaby street...

  • Home Taping Didn’t Kill Music – Cassette Covers

    • 17139 Views • 1970s, 1980s, Art, MusicComments Off on Home Taping Didn’t Kill Music – Cassette Covers

    OK. Hands up – who here remembers taping music off the radio back in the day? We admit we were guilty but we contest the charge that we killed music. We lay that one at Simon Cowell’s door. ...

  • Record Cover Tributes

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    A great little website we stumbled upon via Egotripland. The Coffee Break for Heroes and Villians is a site dedicated to record cover tributes. There’s The Beatnuts homage to the classic cover of the Hank Mobley album The Turnaround through...

  • Sixties and Seventies Film Posters from Thailand

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    We believe these Thai film posters range from the late Sixties to the early Eighties. Some have the English translation of the film title on them, such as The Bug Man, Play Boy and The Return of Dr Chang...

  • Robert McGinnis – Groovy Book Covers

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    Artist Robert McGinnis is probably best known for his film poster artwork. During his career he illustrated over 40 movie posters in total, these included several James Bond films, Barbarella, Sleeper and his first ever poster assignment Breakfast at...

  • Shot In The Dark – Groovy Pinball Machine Art

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    Flip out to our psychedelic selection of vintage pinball machine back glass pictures. Although the original idea of pinball dates back to the 1700s, the coin operated arcade machines didn’t appear until the 1930s. Our pick of colourful...

  • Paris in Spring

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    May 1968 saw the first wildcat strikes over France, in particular Paris. It started when students began to protest against University administrators and the police, and it broke out in Lycees and Universities all over the city. Ending in riots and massive...