NBD '65 blonde Höfner Senator bass

[ilan]

Very sixties...

Yep. a 60's space-age design icon from '67. It's made from fiberglass and without any padding, it's very comfortable. Eero Aarnio was a genius designer. When we renovated in 2002 I told the architect that I must have either a Pastil or a Bubble Chair in the living room. He laughed. I went out and bought one. By the way, it can float in a pool (not that we have one).

[Highlander]

I've heard you can float in the Dead Sea too, not that I've got one of those either...

Original or repro...? Rather cool items... I know my daughter would like one of the bubbles...

[ilan]

I tried the dead sea thing, it's like floating in a disgusting warm, oily soup. Once was enough.

The Pastil is a $300 repro. A very accurate one. If I had enough money to buy an original I'd still buy the repro and use the leftover $2,300 to buy another bass or two.

[Highlander]

Won't get too many Ricks for that...

[uwe]

Ah, Ilan is a design collector! Those artsy Tel Avivian urbanites. Sehr sheyn!



And now for somthing completely different, some useful Dead Sea tourist advice

When in the Dead Sea

Never take a pee

Or it's your turn

For ...

[uwe]

PS: Utmostly satisfied with how my posting above turned out. From a 60ies design classic to Yiddish swing to general public service advice re chemical reactions between urine and natrium-drenched water to, of course, Deep Purple? Try to beat me! 

[ilan]

Ah, Ilan is a design collector! Those artsy Tel Avivian urbanites. Sehr sheyn!

Not much of a collector, but we do have a soft spot for mid-century modernism, space-age mod furniture and Scandinavian design.

[uwe]

A Stanley Kubrick interior design fan, no doubt. 

[ilan]

This is from the Art and Design Museum in Copenhagen, same Pastil chair but theirs is red.

[Highlander]

My mind is going... I can feel it...

[uwe]

This is from the Art and Design Museum in Copenhagen, same Pastil chair but theirs is red.

We only visited that museum a few weeks ago when we saw these guys in Copenhagen ...

I've got nothing, just a table and two chairs
But they're beautiful and I just stand and stare
Time and space intertwined
Elegance, simple lines, Scandinavian Design

I've got nothing, just a table and two chairs
But I know that everything
I need is there
Every line, every shape
Sculptural, no escape
It's Scandinavian Design

Sometimes she comes over, I think I know why
Says the sky has bored her, what's wrong with the sky
Who am I to turn her out, all that she thinks about
Is Scandinavian Design

She stayed over, and we slept on wooden floors
She gets up at 8 and tiptoes to the door
She turns ‘round, subtle wave
Hums a tune by Sam and Dave
Scandinavian Design

Every line, every shape
Sculptural, no escape
Scandinavian Design

[ilan]

I had no idea they still existed.

[Granny Gremlin]

That's interesting and listennable; rather Beatleish tho (Rubber Souly.... I wonder if they drew on Norwegian Wood a bit intentionally cuz that would actually be funny and well played).

[uwe]

Big Beatles nerds ...



Nothing they ever do is unintentional.

And Ilan - they never split up or retired, they just thrive in their little artsy niche in Europe (predominantly UK, France and Scandinavia), don't mean a thing in their native US.

[ilan]

They chose the best song ever written (yes, that's what I think of I Want To Hold Your Hand) to slaughter. As @POTUS might have summed it up: SAD!