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Car artist Ian Cook, aka Popbangcolour, spent two days painting at the Modified Nationals 2019 at Stoneleigh, Worcs. UK. Surrounded by beautifully prepared modified cars and Hot Rods, he created @Tooleys S15 and @brynmusselwhite ‘s @volvocaruk 240 Turbo.
To see the finished paintings, created solely with radio controlled cars, toy car wheels and tyres, along with his other works, visit www.popbangcolourshop.com
Among the French 35mm camera produced by « Optique & Précision de Levallois S.A. » from 1945 to the middle of the 60’s, the FOCA Universel « RC » is likely the most captivating ever produced in France at that time.
The camera was the last development of the FOCA, sometime called the « French Leica » because the optical and mechanical precision matched and even surpassed the original thread-mount Leica. Far before the first Leica M (the M3 in 1954) O.P.L. developed a bayonet-mount FOCA in 1948 called the FOCA « Universel ». Seeing the incredible viewer and range finder of the Leica M that is likely the most sophisticated system even engineered, O.P.L. released lately a great improvement of the FOCA with a novel collimated, parallax auto-corrected, of a fully original and different design of the Leitz system.
The FOCA Universel RC It is a rare camera that only appears for time to time on the collector market, being only produced to a bit more than 2000 overall units in the years 1962 and 1963, just before O.P.L. decided to quit the camera production and returned to other instrumental optical production. O.P.L. soon merged with SOM Berthiot and today can be found still in the industrial filiation of SAFRAN group, the French leader company for designing and producing system for aerospace appliances. The plant where the FOCA's were produced still exists in an almost original form in Châteaudun, Eure-et-Loir, France.
I got my first FOCA URC unit two years ago (Sept. 2023, flic.kr/s/aHBqjAV6Dg) that is a standing and emotional piece of my small camera collection.
I got this one from an apparently ignored auction on the French eBay. We were only two biders in the last 5s and I won the auction not far away to the initial price. The camera was fully revised, with new shutter curtains, a new delayed shutter release mechanism. The serial number indicated a year-1962 production starting with 1.000.000, closed to my first FOCA URC. The camera works in every functions like on its Day-1! The camera came with a late version 1962 of the OPLAR 1:2.8 f=5cm standard collapsible lens of excellent quality, the FOCA UCR dedicated ever-ready leather bag with the original leather neck strap in good condition.
The original O.P.L. camera warranty and a registration postal card fortunately followed the life of the camera, indicating that this beautiful FOCA Universel RC was sold to its first owner on August 9, 1963 by the official FOCA dealer « ROYAL-PHOTO, Photo-Ciné-Magnétohone », 42, rue Vignon, Paris 9ème arrondissement, France, today a Weill fashion shop at the same address. The address of the owner also still exists with the original Parisian building in place, Boulevard Poniatwski, next to the Métro station « Porte de Charenton », Paris 12ème arrondissement.
The shown original FOCAL Universel RC user manual is the one that came with my other FOCA URC camera.
These information pushed me to question what were the news in France on this Friday, August 9, 1963… France was mainly on vacation, by an exceptional wet and fresh weather that wasted many French citizens holidays. The whole national radio information bulletin is still available online here :
www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/audio/phd94020557/inter-actua...
Inter actualités de 7:15 PM du 9 août 1963
Inter actualités de 7:15 PM - 09.08.1963 - 29:58 - audio
Ina.fr (English translated)
- Headlines - Jean-Pierre ELKABBACH: The Marseille and Bordeaux sailors' strike ended this morning, but nothing has been resolved in Le Havre. Many heads of state and government sent messages of condolence to President Kennedy for the death of his third child shortly after birth. Other headlines in the newspaper (2'20"). - André Brière: It does not appear for the moment that work will resume in Le Havre. Mr. Pisani would agree to the distillation of 2 million hectoliters of wine, which is clogging up the market, but a subsidy would be required. Discontent is growing among winegrowers in the south, whom the population accuses of various acts of sabotage in the Narbonne region. Complaints from winegrowers in the southwest. Farmers scattered 5 tons of potatoes yesterday in the streets of Douai (3'30"). - Jacques Behingue: Secretary of State Dean Rusk will return to Washington from Moscow on Monday. He will give a presentation to senators on the Moscow Treaty. This morning, Dean Rusk was received by Mr. Khrushchev on the shores of the Black Sea in Cagra. This evening, Mr. Dean Rusk will host a dinner in Moscow at the US Embassy. Tomorrow, he will be in Bonn, received by Mr. Adenauer. The Moscow Treaty was signed by 11 new countries, with Japan set to sign next Wednesday. North Vietnam has refused to sign. Mr. MAC MILLAN declared that underground tests, which are not prohibited, are not of great importance because nuclear weapons can only be modified following atmospheric tests (4'40"). - Gérard TAVERA: Two years after Bizerte, France and Tunisia signed an agreement this morning that includes two chapters: the first concerns the 30,000 Tunisian workers living in France, the second concerns economic cooperation. This agreement resolves the economic problems concerning Bizerte. After an African trip, Mr. BEN BELLA returns to Algiers. In Accra, Mr. BEN BELLA declared that the next session of the UN would be an African session. Yesterday, AIT AHMED violently criticized the FLN party and the constitutional project. All French newspapers reproducing Mr. AIT AHMED's Declaration were seized this morning upon their arrival in Algiers. Since July 16, in Morocco, leaders of the UNFP are detained in rather precarious conditions following the "plot" against the monarchy (2'25"). - André Brière: before the State Security Court, opening of the trial of the station commander, among those who are bringing a civil action is Mr. Jean OUDINOT, former director of RTF in Algiers (1'05"). - Victor VRAMANT: the body of Doctor WARD was cremated this morning, only members of Doctor WARD's family attended the funeral ceremony. The weather in France and Europe. It is raining everywhere in France except on the Côte d'Azur. Road accidents (2'). - Jean-Pierre ELKABBACH: Gaston GELIS, former director of "Paris-journal" died in a road accident in Seine et Marne (1'). - Victor VRAMANT: a major drug trafficker was arrested at Orly. In Italy, following the arrest of a repeat offender, a 22-year-old American woman was arrested for drug trafficking (1'30"). - Jacques CHABOT: Charles TRENET has not yet been released; he would be released tomorrow morning after payment of bail (25%).
WEATHER:
SOURCE: www.meteo-paris.com/chronique/annee/1963
June 14, 1963: a particularly cool day - it was no more than 12°C in Rouen, 13°C in Paris, St. Quentin, Lille, Le Havre, and Caen.
August 1963 was autumnal because it was very cool and very wet. On August 3, 1963, torrential rains caused catastrophic flooding and the death of eight people in the Lyon region. On August 4, 1963, 400 houses were also flooded between St. Jean de Luz and Le Boucau (Pyrénées Atlantiques). On August 17 and 18, 1963, it was no more than 10°C. and 15°C in the northern half - many summer visitors leave early - it's snowing in the mountains and the harvest is very difficult.
Historical landmarks of the year 1963
August 28, 1963: Martin Luther King leads the march on Washington. October 11, 1963: Jean Cocteau and Edith Piaf die within hours of each other. November 22, 1963: President J.F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. The yé-yé movement is in vogue - the debut of Françoise Hardy and the politically engaged singer, Jean Ferrat.
Decorating objects used in the photo series :
-Commemorative Pin's of the Company Lumière* 1895-2025. Found a Institut Lumière, Lyon, France. The Lumière Company was lately the official distributor of FOCA camera's within a network of Lumière affiliated photo stores in France.
° The Lumière Company, Lyon, France, previously known as the Antoine Lumière and Sons Company, then the Antoine Lumière and Sons Photographic Plates and Papers Company, is a former major French industrial company in photography and cinematography founded in 1885 and managed successively by Antoine Lumière, his sons Auguste and Louis Lumière (the Lumière brothers), his grandson Henri Lumière, and subsequently, his heirs.
-Storage box from Sostrene Grene store, Lyon, France.
July 3, 2025
69004 Lyon
France
Car artist Ian Cook, aka Popbangcolour, spent two days painting at the Modified Nationals 2019 at Stoneleigh, Worcs. UK. Surrounded by beautifully prepared modified cars and Hot Rods, he created @Tooleys S15 and @brynmusselwhite ‘s @volvocaruk 240 Turbo.
To see the finished paintings, created solely with radio controlled cars, toy car wheels and tyres, along with his other works, visit www.popbangcolourshop.com
Predaceous Diving Beetle - Cybister fimbriolatus (female, 32 mm)
Shows spurs at base of rear tarsus. One spur much larger than the other is characteristic of genus Cybister vs. Dytiscus.
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l’opening act di Amy Love e Georgia South, ovvero le Nova Twins, il 28 marzo 2023 alla Santeria Toscana 31 di Milano, è affidato a Master Peace.
Viene dal Sud di Londra Peace Okezie, in arte Master Peace, e sapientemente mischia andazzi rap con pulsazioni e sferzate di chitarra che rimandano all’indie rock di primi 2000.
Il giovane inglese con questo EP “Peace of Mind”, farà sicuramente parlare di sé: 5 tracce al fulmicotone per quasi 12 minuti totali, che hanno come obiettivo principe quello di riattivare le sinapsi in ogni dancefloor pop rock che si rispetti.
Si parte con la graffiante “Country Life” ed “Achilles Heel” e le loro linee di basso che fanno tanto primi Arctic Monkeys e i loro ritornelli a presa diretta. Dice di ispirarsi a gente come Bloc Party and The Streets (con quest’ultimi vanta pure una collaborazione), ma è con “Veronica” che torniamo dritti al 2005 ed al carambolare pop-rock di Alex Turner e compagnia. Un pezzo che non potrà che avere, almeno oltremanica, una degna diffusione tra le rotte FM.
“Groundhog Day” piazza l’affondo con fendenti di chitarra e basso, “Kaleidoscope” chiude i giochi con un piccolo inno indie rock da tempi andati.
Sicuramente derivativo, altrettanto efficace, Master Peace è uno di quei nomi da appuntarsi.
Master Peace - voce
Deon Graham - chitarra
Melly - DJ
One of many modified cameras for unusual work & images. See more here: www.anti-theory.com/visualart/photographics/polaroids/
Car artist Ian Cook, aka Popbangcolour, spent two days painting at the Modified Nationals 2019 at Stoneleigh, Worcs. UK. Surrounded by beautifully prepared modified cars and Hot Rods, he created @Tooleys S15 and @brynmusselwhite ‘s @volvocaruk 240 Turbo.
To see the finished paintings, created solely with radio controlled cars, toy car wheels and tyres, along with his other works, visit www.popbangcolourshop.com
Not long ago, the University of Saskatchewan installed a new sign outside of the renovated Place Riel Student Centre. Today, I saw people modifying the sign.
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Martedì 17 luglio, alle ore 21,30, presso il Cortile della Armi del Castello Sforzesco di Milano il poliedrico cantautore Sananda Maitreya, già conosciuto al pubblico come Terence Trent D’Arby, presenterà dal vivo il suo nuovo disco “Prometheus & Pandora” e celebrerà trent’anni di vita dedicata alla musica, assieme a The Sugar Plum Pharaons. Il concerto rientra nella manifestazione “Estate Sforzesca” organizzata dal Comune di Milano.
Ospite della serata, Luisa Corna.
«Nel sollevare le nostre voci per raggiungere il coro del mondo - racconta Sananda Maitreya - punteremo i nostri strumenti verso le stelle che brillano luminose attraverso gli occhi dell’amore e saremo uniti come delle campanelle appese al sempreverde albero della Vita»
Artista, compositore, arrangiatore, produttore, polistrumentista, imprenditore e post Millennium Rocker, Sananda Maitreya è nato a New York negli Stati Uniti il 15 marzo 1962. Suona gli strumenti base del Rock: batteria, basso, chitarra e tastiere.
È cresciuto in America e durante la sua giovinezza è stato addestrato come pugile a Orlando e ha vinto il campionato dei pesi leggeri Golden Gloves Florida nel 1980. Ha prestato servizio nell'esercito degli Stati Uniti per 3 anni e 1 in Germania, dove è diventato anche il cantante principale della band The Touch. Nel 1987 il suo album di debutto "Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby" gli dà successo internazionale.
Nel 2016 ha iniziato la registrazione del suo nuovo progetto chiamato "Prometheus & Pandora", il triplo album uscito il 13 ottobre 2017. Parallelamente alla produzione degli album in studio, la TreeHouse ha pubblicato 4 album live "Influenza in Firenze", "Camels at the Crossroads" e "Lovers & Fighters", "Confessions of a Zooathaholic" e un DVD "Live at the Blue Note Milano". Gli album live sono stati registrati durante i suoi concerti e festival europei. Il 2017 è il 30° anniversario della suo primo album da solita: "Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby".
Car artist Ian Cook, aka Popbangcolour, spent two days painting at the Modified Nationals 2019 at Stoneleigh, Worcs. UK. Surrounded by beautifully prepared modified cars and Hot Rods, he created @Tooleys S15 and @brynmusselwhite ‘s @volvocaruk 240 Turbo.
To see the finished paintings, created solely with radio controlled cars, toy car wheels and tyres, along with his other works, visit www.popbangcolourshop.com