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Posts
Best track ever, part XII: Prisencolinensinain-ciusol
July 1st, 2009 Katarie
This strange song made by this weird Italian fella, Adriano Celentano makes our new best track ever. The psuedo English/Italian language is a bit corny, but combined with those beats and trumpets makes it greasy. And those female dancers in that clip are damn spicy.
David vs. Goliath
June 30th, 2009 Archibald Kobayashi
These pictures of homes with stubborn owners who don’t want to move, not even for a lot of money, somehow remind me of comic books like Asterix or Lucky Luke. Don’t know exactly why, but they do. More pics here.
(Found on Dornob)
Fast Eddie, Yo Yo Get Funky, live 1990
June 30th, 2009 Katarie
Footage of hip house legends DJ Fast Eddie and producer Rocky Jones from the early 90’s when Hip House just saw daylight. Mind the dancers and the ignorance of the interviewer. She rrrrealy rrreally likes it.
The incredible century old color photography of Prokudin-Gorsky
June 29th, 2009 Sea Captain Plonk E
Amazing full color pictures of Russian life some 100 years ago. The photographer, Produkin-Gorsky, was assigned by the Tsar to document Russian life style. He developed himself a technique to get the pictures in color. How he did that, you can read here.
(Thanks Pier!)
Back from Frou Frou Frou Tralala Land
June 29th, 2009 Archibald Kobayashi
Hi there! After being sick for allmost a week, a nasty ear infection, and spending a long weekend in Paris, we’re back with new posts. Hope ya’ll missed us!
So, Paris it was. Been there quite a few times before, but just like NYC we can’t get enough of big city life. Just to stroll the avenues, to drink liters of vino and to eat more then you can get. But this time it was the first time we went into the catacombes. Quite an experience: a 1.6 kilmotres walk, 20 meters below Paris in narrow allyways with très très low ceilings. I became aware of the fact that I own a light form of claustrofobia… Anyway, I pushed through and made it to the thousands and thousands of neatly piled up skulls and bones of the obviously very dead people from the 17th century. They were moved there because the normal cemetaries were full, due to the enourmous amount of (some of them famous) people dying from the guillotine and not the least, the plague. It gave me (indeed Abel) une momènt existentièlle.
(Photo shot by Fina)
Christoph Morlinghous
June 19th, 2009 Sea Captain Plonk E
Architectural photography of massive modern churches by Christoph Morlinghaus.
(Found on But does it Float)
IZ the Wiz R.I.P.
June 19th, 2009 Sea Captain Plonk E
Sad news in graffiti world. Iz the Wiz, the gentle All-City King of NYC subway graffiti, died yesterday. Iz featured in graffiti movie icons like Style Wars, Wild Style and the book Subway Art. Rest in peace from Tilburg!
The largest record collection in the world
June 17th, 2009 Katarie
And Paul Mawhinney is the owner of that collection.
I willl never have a job that pays taxes.
June 17th, 2009 Mickey Tilburg
In fact, nobody here at Archibald Kobayashi will, according to this infographic about the place on your body where you have your tattoo. They have it wrong, we pay taxes like shit, but it’s a funny image anyhow.
(Found on ZXZW, uhhh.. Incubate ;-)
Revenge
June 15th, 2009 Sea Captain Plonk E
Revenge is a short movie made by Dutchies Lernert Engelberts & Sander Plug. You might know them from a short movie that appeared on MTV’s Shorts earlier.
Podcast nr.3: Lotsa Horns
June 15th, 2009 Katarie
Hello everybody.
It’s time for a guest to make a podcast. Podcast nr.3 is mixed by my friend Pieter a.k.a. DJ Pier. You can guess by the title and image that this podcast will be stuffed with sounds of horns. As he told me himself:
“A mashup mix from the vinyl and cd archive. Expect lots of horns, some nice voices and funky rythm’s.”
Sit back, relax and let the following tracks enter your ears:
1. Miles Davis - gènèrique
2. John Zorn Masada - Halisah
3. Nostalgia 77- Wild flower
4. Wicked Jazz Sounds Band - Mehmet’s vibe
5. Erik Truffaz - The mask
6. Medeski, Martin and Wood - Sugar craft
7. Nina Simone - Funkier then a mosquito’s tweeter
8. Tom Waits - down, down, down
9. Sex Mob - about a girl
10. The dirty dozen brassband - old school
11. Jimi Tenor - trumpcard
12. Johhny `hammond` Smith - Soul talk ‘70
13. Buddy Rich - The beat goes on
14. Propellerheads - On her majesty’s secret service
15. Ian Brown vs Unkle - Be there
Four eyed dogs and more
June 12th, 2009 Sea Captain Plonk E
Professor Denzil Dexter
June 12th, 2009 Mickey Tilburg
One of the best sketches from The Fast Show is this one with Dr. Denzil Dexter, with quotes like “making four columns equidistantly - thus” and “……….. no” it is just hilarious.
Lucy and Bart
June 11th, 2009 Archibald Kobayashi
A transparent head
June 10th, 2009 Archibald Kobayashi
Look at that fish. How queer. Thought a long time about in which category I would place this post.
(Thanks Fina!)
The paintings of Leopold Rabus
June 10th, 2009 Sea Captain Plonk E
Have you ever heard about a beardfolio?
June 9th, 2009 Archibald Kobayashi
Me neither. Until now. Photographer Matt Rainwaters created one of the photos he shot during the Beard and Mustache Championships in Anchorage Alaska. Truely great beards and photos! Makes me even prouder wearing mine.
Toko is creating a new typeface
June 9th, 2009 Sea Captain Plonk E
And so far it looks very ok. See more on Toko.
Meet Dj Derek, a 67 year old reggae DJ…
June 8th, 2009 Katarie
This short documentary shot by Jamie Foord & Russell Smith handles about a former acountant from Bristol who is 67… and a reggae dj. Cool stuff.
(Found on Creative Review)
Russian doll style mobile phones
June 8th, 2009 Sea Captain Plonk E
Meet the whole Kobayashi team!
June 6th, 2009 Archibald Kobayashi
We all will be there. Friday the 19th of june in 013 in Tilburg at Klub Tilt. Katarie will be dj-ing (first in line, so come early). Seacapatain Plonk E did the graphics, Mickey Tilburg will be there to hear Katarie play his record and me, Archie Koba, is sponsoring the gig. Then next to residents Guido Wemen and Jonathan Mendiola, Eva Maria will be headlining and Ginman & K Drive will be doing a live set. Would be nice if you could come!
Arthur Fonzarelli’s got an army of clones
June 4th, 2009 Mickey Tilburg
Quite a hype these days on internet are these literal versions of songs and their video clips. Came across this Bonnie Tyler song and it’s the best I’ve heard so far. I assume it must take ages for the creators to complete these versions because they have to laugh their asses off doing it I’m guessing.
(Thanks Fina!)
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Cutty Ranks live
May 7th, 2009 Mickey Tilburg
Pretty raw stuff from Jamaican dancehall singer Cutty Ranks. Just read some of the Youtube comments below. Have no clue what it’s all about but they sure are funny as hell. Here are some:
ay yo blackiehugehandz! hush up pon da mout n dnt cum pon ere n chat lyk dat bwt dissa badbwoii!!! y gwahn search 4 bodmon cutty n den chat nuff shit!! gwahhn leav rudeboiii
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And watch daddy mullet how him liff up lobster, A feel up him batty wid him big finga!
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Quite nice: Miniature works of Thomas Doyle
May 13th, 2009 Sea Captain Plonk E
Quite nice, these miniature sceneries created by artist Thomas Doyle. Why is it that a lot of people, mostly male, are so drawn to these miniature worlds? I remember going to theme park ‘The Efteling’ and spending hours at the Diorama miniature world there, glued to the windows like a cupping-glass. After visting The Efteling I allways wanted to build something similar at home with my Märklin train set with which I only could lay out an 8 form… or a 0…
(thanks Ingo!)
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Lucy and Bart
June 11th, 2009 Archibald Kobayashi