Saturday, 5 September 2026

1971, Designs: Cars, furniture, electronics, clothes IV

Fiat 127 Scout
- Designed and built by Carrozzeria Fissore, Savigliano, Italy, 1971
- Introduced at the 1971 Salone dell'Automobile di Torino, Italy
- Based on the Fiat 127

Fiat 127 Scout
Fiat 127 Scout
Fiat 127 Scout

NSU Ro 80 Pininfarina
- Designed by Paolo Martin at Pininfarina, Turin, Italy, 1971
- Built by Pininfarina, Turin, Italy, 1971
- Introduced at the 1971 Salone dell'Automobile di Torino, Italy
- Based on the NSU Ro 80

NSU Ro 80 Pininfarina
NSU Ro 80 Pininfarina
NSU Ro 80 Pininfarina

Porcelain Coffee Cups Chromatics
- Designed by Gerald Gulotta, USA, 1971
- Manufactured by Arzberg, West Germany, 1971

Porcelain Coffee Cups Chromatics
Porcelain Coffee Cups Chromatics

Ondalunga Rocking Chair
- Designed by Gastone Rinaldi, Italy, 1971
- Manufactured by Giuliano Pozzi, Italy, 1971

Ondalunga Rocking Chair
Ondalunga Rocking Chair

Sony Cassette-Corder TC-12
- Audio Tape Recorder
- Manufactured by Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, 1971

Sony Cassette-Corder TC-12
Sony Cassette-Corder TC-12

For Teens Only (USA, November 1971)

Fashions: The Fun Way to Go This Fall

Thursday, 3 September 2026

1970, Music: French Single Charts 13/09/1970

N° 30
Mireille Mathieu - Pardonne-moi ce caprice d'enfant

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: P. Carli
- Video clip

N° 29
Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: C. Stevens
- Video clip

N° 28
Hervé Vilard - Les Anges Du Matin

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: H. Ibach, J. Revaux, V. Buggy
- Video clip

N° 27
Monty - Du Soleil Sans Amour

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: H. Ibach, Monty, V. Buggy
- Video clip

N° 26
Bourvil et Jacqueline Maillan - Ça

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: S. Gainsbourg - M. Mithois
- Video clip

N° 25
Gilles Marchal - L'Étoile Filante

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: M. Vidalin, A. Lerner, F. Loewe
- Video clip

N° 24
Freddie & The Dreamers - Susans Tuba

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: G. Gouldman, R. Cordell
- Video clip

N° 23
Mr. Bloe - Groovin' With Mr. Bloe

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics:  B. Gentry, K. Laguna, P. Naumann
- Video clip

N° 22
Gilbert Bécaud - Charlie t'iras pas au paradis

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: G. Bécaud, P. Delanoë
- Video clip

N° 21
Rare Bird - Sympathy

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Rare Bird
- Video clip

N° 20
Alain Barrière - A regarder la mer

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics:  A. Barrière
- Video clip

N° 19
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin' Out My Back Door

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: J. C. Fogerty
- Video clip

N° 18
Santana - Soul Sacrifice

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Santana
- Video clip

N° 17
Les Charlots - Sois érotique

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: G. Rinaldi, L. Rego
- Video clip

N° 16
Dalida - Darla dirladada

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: B. Bergman
- Video clip

N° 15
Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Whitfield, Strong
- Video clip

N° 14
Claude François - Le monde est grand, les gens sont beaux

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: E. Marnay, J. Cliff
- Video clip

N° 13
Shocking Blue - Never Marry A Railroad Man

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: R. van Leeuwen
- Video clip

N° 12
Simon & Garfunkel – El Condor Pasa

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: P. Simon
- Video clip

N° 11
Marc Hamilton - Comme j'ai toujours envie d'aimer

- Country: Canada
- Music/Lyrics: M. Hamilton
- Video clip

N° 10
Christie - Yellow River

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: J. Christie
- Video clip

N° 9
Pacific Gas & Electric - Are You Ready?

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: C. Allen, J. Hill
- Video clip

N° 8
Free - All Right Now

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: A. Fraser, P. Rodgers
- Video clip

N° 7
Sylvie Vartan - J'ai deux mains, j'ai deux pieds, une bouche et puis un nez

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: F. Gérald, J. Festi, Y. Ouazana
- Video clip

N° 6
Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: R. Dorset
- Video clip

N° 5
Michel Polnareff - Je suis un homme

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: M. Polnareff
- Video clip

N° 4
Barbara - L'aigle noir

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: Barbara
- Video clip

N° 3
Michel Polnareff - Gloria

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: P. de Senneville, P. Delanoë
- Video clip

N° 2
Joe Dassin - L'Amérique

- Country: France / USA
- Music/Lyrics: J. Christie, P. Delanoë
- Video clip

N° 1
Mardi Gras - Girl I've Got News For You

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: B. Shapiro, R. Puccetti
- Video clip

Tuesday, 1 September 2026

1969, Belgian Comics: De fratsen van Jan Heibel, Schild en vriend

In 1969, the album "Schild en vriend" was published by Het Volk as the third album in the comic series "De Fratsen van Jan Heibel". The character Jan Heibel was created by Hugo De Reymaeker, who worked under the pseudonym Hurey. The character originally appeared in a newspaper gag strip entitled "Jan Heibel en Piet Koning", published in the Belgian newspaper Het Volk. The series is set in the fourteenth century and follows Jan, a burly but none-too-bright butcher. His name is a pun on that of Jan Breydel, while his sidekick, Piet Koning, is a play on the name of Breydel's close friend Pieter de Coninck. From 1967 onwards, the stories appeared under the title "De Fratsen van Jan Heibel", with Jan accompanied by his son Dagobert.

Cover "Schild en vriend"

No 3 "Schild en vriend"
- black and white
- publisher: Het Volk
- never published in English
- drawings by Hurey (Hugo De Reymaeker)
- story by Jan Cornand

Dagobert and Jan Heibel
Filips de Schone (Philip the Fair)

The main characters in this album are Jan Heibel, Dagobert, Filips de Schone, Karel van Valois, Jacques de Chatillon, Peter De Coninck, Gwijde Van Namen, Willem Van Gullik, 

Gwijde Van Namen and Willem Van Gullik

Jacques de Chatillon

Synopsis
Dagobert asks his father, Jan Heibel, to recount the story of the "Schild en Vriend". Jan begins his account of the Bruges Matins in April 1301, at the court of Philip the Fair, King of France and feudal overlord of Flanders...

Jan Heibel and Peter De Coninck
Karel van Valois

Trivia

  • Reference to the billiards players Ceulemans and Vervest.
  • Reference to the Valois stamps.
  • References to the fashion designers Christian Dior, Pierre Cardin, Coco Chanel, Paco Rabanne and Jeanne Lanvin.
  • Reference to the tax on jukeboxes.
  • Reference to Jacques Anquetil.
  • Reference to James Bond.
  • Reference to Laurel and Hardy.
  • Reference to de Gaulle.
Reference to the billiards players Ceulemans and Vervest
Reference to de Gaulle
References to Christian Dior, Pierre Cardin, Coco Chanel,
Paco Rabanne and Jeanne Lanvin
Reference to Jacques Anquetil
Reference to James Bond
Reference to Laurel and Hardy
Reference to the tax on jukeboxes
Reference to the Valois stamps