Film posters by Karel Vaca

Poster for La dolce Vita (Federico Fellini) 

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Poster for La Venganza (Juan Antonio Bardem)

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Poster for Dom bez okien (Stanislaw Jedryka)

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Poster for RoGoPag (Roberto Rossellini)

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If you are in Prague and if you like classic film posters check the exhibition of czech graphic artist, painter, illustrator and designer Karel Vaca (1919-1989) :

Golden Age of Czech film Poster VIII. 

Where:  lobby of Svetozor cinema, Prague. 

When: June 4th till July 31st 2009. 

Curator: Dusan Brozman.

more info at Terry posters shop in Prague.

Apocalyptic Bird

The photo shows standart situation of my childhood: The member of Lidove Milice (paramilitary group of Czechoslovakian communist party) is showing Czechoslovakian automatic gun Samopal vz-58 to children. No its really not Kalashnikov AK-47.  It just looks similar. I remember this seances with the paramilitary groups very well.  At this meetings they usually used our child fascination by weapons for the ideologic brainwashing.  Looking back it was a bit apocalyptic time. Actually they psychological prepared us for war with the enemies of comunistic society... 

...but even that i liked those guns my preferences were for the public enemies! In the 70s and 80s the system controlled all public musical events and becouse totallities did not likes free music so this kind of culture was moved to the underground. The propaganda called independent music as "cultural diversion by the western enemies".  When i was child my favourite band was Plastic People of The Universe. It was legendary psychedelic group in Czechoslovakia.  They were public enemy number 1 in the music! Cool stuff about Plastic People of the Universe in english is here on Funky Czech-In blog. Czech it!

photo of Plastic People of the Universe by Jan Sagl

Download or listen song:

Plastic People of the Universe - Apokalyptickej ptak (Apocalyptic bird, 1975)

You can buy some CD of Plastic People of the Universe here

Czech remix version of the famous song from Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin: La Décadanse

photo by © Petr Horcicka

Two Czech artists - painter, printer, scenographer and musician David Cajthaml and singer Monika Naceva did eighteen minutes remix version of the famous song from Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin created on the occasion of the exhibition In Morbid Colours: Art and the Idea of Decadence in the Bohemian Lands, 1880—1914. This really wonderfull exhibiton I know from Prague. The works such of great czech artists as Max Pirner, H. Schwaiger, Beneš Knüpfer, Gabriel Max, Jakub Schikaneder, František Bílek, Karel Hlaváček, Max Švabinský, Alfons Mucha, Jan Preisler, František Kaván, František Kobliha, Jan Zrzavý, Josef Váchal, Ferdinand Staeger, Alfred Kubin, Emil Filla, Bohumil Kubišta, František Drtikol etc.. Recomend this exhibition!!! Now its until 10/05 / 2009 in Hotel de Ville and Musée Félicien Rops, Namur. Belgium. Curator of the exhibition is Otto M. Urban aka DJ Satan. This remix a released on vinyl disc in very limited edition of 300 copies. For 290 CZK - (its about 11 EUR I think) You can order that on: info@arborvitae.eu

Download or listen the songs:

La Décadanse Revisited - Side A.

La Décadanse Revisited - Side B.

Nude on the square! Pretty weird and funny postcard from comunistic Czechoslovakia..

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I have a postcard on my table..Looks like normal postcard of small czech town (Podborany) from early 60s. But after while i found there something not normal, something weird....somethin extraordinary funny weird.....the nude person on the square! Pretty weird postcard from comunistic Czechoslovakia. Its a bit mystery :))) Looks funny or not? :D

Well i was faithfull to my Wife and to my Lovers but not to this my retro-vintage blog..

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Well i was faithfull to my Wife and to my Lovers but not to this my retro-vintage blog.. I did decision! I will change that...from now i will really more often post here and only retro and vintage stuff! The contemporary audio visual stuff from now only on my Dekadentfabrik blog which i started run with my friend DJ Satan.

Aileen Loy with her Trunk Show band in Prague 3.26.09 at Popo Cafe Petl

photo by © Petr Horcicka

It seems that spring is really coming to Prague...becouse Aileen Loy with TRUNK SHOW coming  3.26. 8:30 PM to Popocafepetl.  TRUNK SHOW is a consortium of oddball musicians living in Praha and Berlin.  Come to hear amazing Trunk Show sound and wonderfull voice of Aileen Loy! Check that music on MySpace: www.myspace.com/whatisinyourtrunk 

Salome by Frantisek Drtikol

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Salome by Frantisek Drtikol, Prague 1913.

Frantisek Drtikol is probably one of the most interesting Czech photographer of the twentieth century. Today i remembered to Salome so i posted this his photos. Btw its looks that this blog is dead but i hope not. Soon I will try a bit resuscitate that. Happy new year!

Psychic TV in Prague!

Hey Folks! Sorry i am a bit late. (The life is sometimes like the storm and time sometimes is not linear) But i am back and i have something for you! Genesis P-Orridge with Psychic TV3 was in Prague! The Show was WONDERFUL!!!! We took some video that night. Enjoy it! :)


Psychic TV live in Prague - Roman P.


Psychic TV live in Prague - Syd


Psychic TV - live in Prague - Trussed

Marlene Dietrich singt!!!

Yes, the legend Marlene Dietrich and Orchester Burt Bacharach. This two song are probably my favourite from her. The natural vinyl scratch on the record i like also. Without the scratch- its not so cool and perfect! Specialy i love the song at first side - Marlene Dietrich sing Bob Dylan. Enjoy it!
Marlene Dietrich - Die Antwort weiß ganz allein der Wind
Marlene Dietrich - Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind
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LADY JAYE BREYER P-ORRIDGE 1969-2007
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