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Saul Bass – collected movie artwork
What a great post from film.com – every Saul Bass movie poster he ever designed. There’s some wonderful stuff in here.
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Hand-drawn maps from around the world
What a great site They Draw & Travel is… artists submit hand-drawn maps from around the world. Some are accurate and could feasibly be used to find your way around, others are more figurative interpretations of the place. Lots of them are great! Take a look at the world map first and navigate around to…
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New spacerock mix
At last I’ve got round to producing the latest in my infrequent series of krautrock/spacerock mixes on Mixcloud. It’s a good one, featuring Cluster, Can, Legendary Pink Dots, Stereolab and lots more obscure stuff, so tune in: Summer Spacerock by The Spiderhill on Mixcloud
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James Bond by the numbers
An infographic to finish off Bond season – some facts, figures and ratings from all 23 films…
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The world of James Bond
Having rewatched all 23 Bond films, I undertook a little mapping exercise to see where in the world our intrepid secret agent has visited, and which parts of the world are relatively untouched by international espionage and world domination plots. The map’s colour-coded by Bond. As you might expect, particularly among the earlier Bonds we’re…
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Rewatching Bond #23: Skyfall
Bond: Craig Locations: Istanbul, London, Shanghai, Macau, Scotland. Bond girl name double entendre factor: Just Moneypenny and Severine. 0/10. Villain: Javier Bardem is awesomely menacing and creepy as Silva. Only the fact that he’s not a crackpot after world domination keeps him off full marks. 9/10. Best line: Either Bond’s ‘a gun and a radio? Not exactly Christmas,…
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Bond posters
Bond posters through the ages, from Daniel Craig’s slick blockbusters to the brilliant hand-drawn Connery cheesefests.
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The single worst piece of music to listen to while commuting
I have discovered the worst piece of music you could listen to while commuting/on the Underground. Guaranteed to make you feel like killing everyone else in the train carriage/on the bus. Ennio Morricone: The Bird With The Crystal Plumage: 04 – The Bird with the Crystal Plumage [from ''The Bird with the Crystal Plumage'']
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Rewatching Bond #22: Quantum of Solace
Bond: Craig Locations: Siena, London, Port Au Prince, Bregenz (Austria), Talamone (Italy), La Paz (Bolivia), Kazan (Russia) Bond girl name double entendre factor: Not exactly a double entendre, but a Bond girl called Strawberry Fields. Sigh. 4/10 just because it’s a stupid name. Villain: Dominic Greene, acceptably evil but forgettably unmemorable. 6/10. Best line: ‘As…
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