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FABULOUS FABLES

December 17, 2015
Posted by David Goldklang
Posted in 60's, Aesop, Category_BLOG, Category_Uncategorized, De fabeltjeskran, Fablernas värld, Jakob, Jean de La Fontaine, Meneer, Phaedrus, Sweden, The Netherlands
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”Hej uggla tjena moss/kom hit en stund till oss”, those words often greeted me when I turned on one of the two channels that Swedish television consisted of when I was a child. We didn’t get a whole lot of Jetsons, Flintstones or Scooby-Doo, but we did have an owl made of felt, reading us fables. The show was called Fablernas Värld, and I always just assumed that it was...

December 4, 2015
Posted by David Goldklang
Posted in 60's, Antony, Camper Van Beethoven, Category_BLOG, Category_Uncategorized, Cult, Current 93, Laugh-In, New York, Television, Tiny Tim, Ukulele
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Ever Since You Told Me That You Love Me (I'm a Nut). One of the oddest birds of the 60’s (or any decade for that matter) was a fellow named Herbert Khaury. You’re more likely to know him under his assumed artist name, Tiny Tim. Hid first appearance was in, the godfather of camp Jack Smith’s, film Normal Love in 1963, but it was an appearance on Laugh-In 5 years...