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ad in bizarre magazine japan vol. 6

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Albert Robida (1848–1926), “La Courtisane aux Enfers”, 1895

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5 bambole per la luna d'agosto (Five Dolls for an August Moon, 1970), directed by Mario Bava

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5 bambole per la luna d'agosto (1970) - Italian poster

AKA Five Dolls for an August Moon; Island of Terror

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5 bambole per la luna d'agosto (1970) -Italian posters

AKA Five Dolls for an August Moon; 5 Dolls for an August Moon; Island of Terror

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Isabelle Adjani for Vogue Deutsch, 1994

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Throbbing Gristle, 1980.

Photos from Fool's Mate issue 17, 1981.

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The release of Virna Lindt's Attention Stockholm single in May 1981 marked the official beginning of the retro-lounge movement in the UK and Europe. Taking its cue from Bernard Hermann's soundtracks for Alfred Hitchcock, John Barry's Bond exploits and TV series like The Persuaders and The Prisoner, Attention Stockholm managed to weave together the twangy guitars of surf-punk, the lush strings of Hollywood and the musique-concrete of Pierre Boulez and John Cage within a heavily-compressed synthetic beat which captured the imagination of teenage record fans from Camden to Kawasaki.

The story of a secret agent who disappeared while on a mission to save the world, the record was not so much sung as 'spoken'. The speaker being twenty year old Virna Lindt, a Swedish translation student who was at the time working for two of the world's largest news agencies and, as it turned out later, in an indirect way, the secret services of at least two nations. Read more:

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Virna Lindt @ NME, 1982

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Virna Lindt – Shiver

The Compact Organization, Vinyl, LP, Album, UK, 1984

Genre: Electronic, Jazz, Pop, Europop, Experimental, Easy Listening, Novelty

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To The Devil A Daughter (1976), directed by Peter Sykes

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To The Devil A Daughter (1976), directed by Peter Sykes

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To the Devil a Daughter Peter Sykes, Don Sharp. 1976

Convent Frauenchiemsee 50, 83256 Chiemsee, Germany See in map

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To the Devil a Daughter Peter Sykes, Don Sharp. 1976

Ritual Dashwood Mausoleum, 44 Church Ln, West Wycombe, High Wycombe HP14 3AH, UK See in map

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