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  1. koopkooper

    Forward Time Travel

    Here in Sydney the very first Cryogenic facility is being set up. What do you think of the possibility of future time travel via this means. Sure the tech is unproven at this point in history but consider the leaps and bounds in the last 200 years in medicine.
  2. koopkooper

    An old lady's fight against the developers

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-2551117/Pick-size-Why-elderly-lady-big-fighting-spirit-refused-sell-home-developers.html
  3. koopkooper

    my interview with John Penman of Penman Hats

    Cocktail Nation 255 The Way You Wear Your Hat We are talking about the humble lid on this weeks show as John Penman from Penman Hats. There's some Mad Men Season Six News plus we are talking Modernism Week and a look at the world of swank as we check out the best parties from across the...
  4. koopkooper

    Why Don Draper IS Lounge

    When it comes to Lounge culture there is a man who really does epitomise *the culture through and through. Don Draper. The character of Don Draper is that *he is a guy that looks great in formalwear,business wear and casualwear He has great taste in clothes and has great taste in women, he has...
  5. koopkooper

    SWANK ADVICE-Don't ask because you won't like the answer

    Don't ask because you won't like the answer This week I received an email from a listener who wanted to know whether or not I make any money out of my radio show and asking me all manner of questions about how I make a buck. He wanted to know how he could achieve a similar way of life. It...
  7. koopkooper

    Time and a place for everything, why people are clueless

    Swank advice blog on why people just don't get it http://thecocktailnation.wordpress.com/swank-advice/
  8. koopkooper

    Missing Flyboy

    check out this incredible story I found in our local paper http://thecocktailnation.wordpress.com/lounge-news-from-across-the-world/
  9. koopkooper

    Fave Loungin Bachelor Pad Movie

    What's your favorite Loungin bachelor pad movie. We are compiling a best off list for our return of the Cocktail Nation radio show in 2012* What's your fave Loungin movie..Vote for your fave or suggest more ! To vote for your faves email thecocktailnation@gmail.com and when the show returns in...
  10. koopkooper

    Life In the Penthouse-Look At ME!

    Every now and then in life you get a glimpse of what people really think of you when they slip up and make an assumption. Recently I was at a BBQ and a relative mentioned a fifties Caddy that she spotted on a recent road trip. She then made a comment that people who drive those types of cars...
  11. koopkooper

    Swank Advice-Silence is Golden by Koop Kooper

    It seems to me that the one thing we are not good at in the twenty first century is silence….most people will happily volunteer the most minute details of their life to anyone who is happy to be bored by it. I caught up with a friend recently who over coffee shared way too much about her...
  13. koopkooper

    Kooper is Outraged...Journalist attacks Tiki and the Tonga Room

    Hey Tiki Fans...you need to give journalist Chris Roberts a serve over his dismissive comments about Tiki and the Tonga room. Lets show him how important the Tonga Room is !! Make sure you comment and tell Chris Roberts how you feel about his comments, I am outraged and think that we need to...
  14. koopkooper

    ipad and vintage typewriter working together

    I'm not sure why you would want to do this...either you like vintage typewriter or you like computers, but according to this article you can both! http://technabob.com/blog/2010/06/13/usb-typewriters-retro-keyboards/
  15. koopkooper

    The Red Baron

    Saw a great movie on DVD today. It's called The Red Baron. I just love period films and will pretty much watch anything period. What a fantastic story which captured my boyhood memories of reading Biggles books which my father had loved and introduced me to as a young boy. Whilst a little bit...
  16. koopkooper

    old gossip magazines

    just wondering if anyone has come across some old articles from magzines like Confidential, Whisper and others....looking for some online stories. KK
  17. koopkooper

    slight changes at the Cocktail Nation podcast

    Sadly we have had to move podcast server due to some technical issues which I'd rather not go into, suffice to say the old man that was riding the bike in the back room to power podomatics server eventually had to be put into a nursing home, but that's a whole other story. Right now our new...
  19. koopkooper

    Sixties Suits

    Guys am on the look out for some cool sixties three button suits.Also open to other sixties style suit suggestions Generally I have bought late fifties two or single button style suits or forties double breasted suits. Unfortunatly my knowledge of sixties suits isn't that great. Hoping...
  20. koopkooper

    One for the girls this week on the Cocktail Nation

    Ladies, this week on the Cocktail Nation Lounge music podcast I talk to a Sydney gal called Pixie who runs a company called Boogie Bop Dames. She is a vintage hair stylist and is a very interesting girl. The Podcast wil be up on friday. I think you will dig it! Kooper
  21. koopkooper

    Cocktail Nation Lounge music podcast

    Two luxury liners have sailed into Sydney Harbour and Koop Kooper will take you on a journey of luxury onboard Queen Victoria whilst spinning some exotic sounds from the penthouse Hi Fi. This week he brings you “Sinatra Stories” from those who knew him well. There’s a book review on...
  22. koopkooper

    Cocktail Nation lounge music podcast 11

    Koop Kooper has been out and about in the 65 mopar raiding all the second hand stores across Sydney for some fabulous records for your hi fi and he scored big time. He has a good read to keep on you kidney shaped coffee table and Beach bum Berry talks about the great tiki bar history. A...
  23. koopkooper

    new Cocktail Nation up today no 10

    KOOP KOOPER HAS JUST WOUND UP A PARTY WITH HIS C GRADE CELEBRITY FRIENDS AND HAS SOME OF THE SONGS FROM HIS SHIN-DIG LINED UP FOR YOU. THIS WEEK ON THE SHOW HE TALKS TO MELBOURNE TIKI BAR OWNER DAVID BACKLER ABOUT HIS FABULOUS LITTLE BAR, KOOPER DIGS UP A COOL BOOK ON LOUIS PRIMA, HAS A LOOK AT...

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