Time for a pulp countdown now, and today it's my top 10 funky flight attendant uniforms!
This thread may involve go-go boots...
At #10: Lufthansa! This uniform was styled on the condiment dispensers at Tempelhof Airport.
At #9: Caledonian Airlines! This look was later used in the film Heathers.
At #8: Southwest Airlines! Here we can see cabin crew explaining to the confused CEO which way the sky is.
At #7: Air France! A natty little knitted outfit that of course includes a beret.
At #6: El-Al! An interesting choice, putting your crew in uniforms they can't actually walk in.
At #5: Transair! Mustard capes and soft felt top hats makes a trip with Transair feel like a night at the opera. A psychedelic opera, but there you go.
At #4: United Airlines! A Mary Quant dress and a truckers cap - what a pairing!
At #3: Braniff Airways! They do look like Batman TV series villains...
At #2: Alaska Airlines! "Ra-Ra-Rasputin..."
And at #1: Hawaiian Airlines! Book 'em Danno!
More pulp countdowns another time. Must fly...
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Over the years a number of people have asked me if I have a favourite pulp film. Well I do. It's this one.
This is the story of Alphaville...
Alphaville: une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (1965) was Jean-Luc Godard’s ninth feature film. A heady mix of spy noir, science fiction and the Nouvelle Vague at its heart is a poetic conflict between a hard-boiled Lemmy Caution and a supercomputer’s brave new world.
British writer Peter Cheyney had created the fictitious American investigator Lemmy Caution in 1936. As well as appearing in 10 novels Caution featured in over a dozen post-war French films, mostly played by singer Eddie Constantine whom Godard was keen to work with.
Today in pulp... let me introduce you to Scotland Yard's most famous detective*: Geisterjäger John Sinclair!
(*In the German speaking world)
John Sinclair is a Scotland Yard Chief Inspector who has been battling all manner of undead and demonic creatures since 1973.
He's a busy chap...
Chief Inspector Sinclair is a direct descendent of Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney. He is also the Son of the Light due to his exceptional demon fighting skills.
In the 1970s a fascinating engineering battle took place between America and Japan for control of the future. The prize was the world we live in now. And one of the key battles took place on your wrist.
This is the story of the digital watch... #FridayFeeling
'Digital' is a magical marketing word. Like 'laser' or 'turbo' it suggests progress, mastery and the future. People like those ideas. They like them enough to spend a lot of money on products that have them, especially if they can be a first adopter.
And so it was with the wristwatch. Electronic quartz watches were already a thing by the 1960s: an analogue movement driven by a quartz crystal resonator, powered by a small button battery.
But one American company was setting out on a new timekeeping odyssey...