seven things tagged “vintage”
Merry Christmas from 1970s Indian Santa Claus (youtube.com)
Features two late legends, Sanjeev Kumar (Santa) and Kishore Kumar (singer). Not sure who advised the former to strike a “BRO WHAT’S EVEN GOING ON” expression throughout the song. Wondered what became of the kids in the video. Assuming they were ~10 at the time this movie was released in 1974 they…
Nightwhispers
by Draconis Star (2023)
Always on the lookout for good work music. This was suggested by YouTube’s mighty algorithm and more than fit the bill. A few tracks reminded me of 10,000Hz Legend by Air. You can listen to the entire album on YouTube or visit their Bandcamp page. I was rather mesmerized by the typeface: and, a…
Death Letter Blues
by Son House
Eliminating Distractions with MS-DOS
The Dune screenplay was written on MS-DOS on a program app called “Movie Master”. It has a 40 page limit which helps the writer, Eric Roth. Writing is fundamentally about putting your ass in the chair and typing the words. Eliminating distractions (I’ve checked Twitter at least five times while…
The University of Iowa, 1930
A lovely campus map of UIowa in 1930 (source unknown.)…
Old iOS Theme
Found screenshots of a beautiful vintage theme I’d installed on my iPhone 5 via Cydia when I was stupid enough to jailbreak my phone. Wish I could still use it though 😍…