I spent a very lovely Christmas with my family back in Texas, where I was fortunate enough to have good time spent with relatives as well as quality quiet time to unwind. One of my favorite things to do whenever I'm there is leaf through old books and photos around the house, and comb through favorite old antique malls and thrift spots for interesting treasures. This year the real treasures came not from my own searching or shopping, but when my father emerged from the back of the house after dinner Christmas night, and placed a few old issues of Eye Magazine on the table.
"I got these when they came out, and for whatever reason just kept them around," he said. "I had completely forgotten they existed, but when I was looking through some stuff the other day there they were, and I thought you might be interested."
Of course I was! I scanned in some of the best pictures from each copy of this amazing youth culture magazine that belonged to my dad at the age when he would have fit that young demographic and that have been kept in his care all these years, filled with articles on popular music and fashion (like the one about the "electric" glow-in-the-dark dresses, and psychedelic box kites!), and I thought you might be interested in them, too!
A Very Happy and Beautiful New Year to everyone!
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Dutch design collective The Fool
The Fool
7 comments:
great pictures. i found this blog through your tumblr. i'm petrifiedforest on there. I saw you say you're Texas for the holidays. I live in Denton if you know where that is... Just wanted to appreciate the images you share. Have a good New Years Eve!
you were in Texas*
Yeah! Did you grow up there? Love your tumblr!
Thank you! I just graduated from college in Denton, grew up in DFW though, yeah. Lived in California for a year as a child, and now I plan on heading back to the west coast. Gonna take my bus out there in summer to visit friends all the way up to Seattle, and look for a job.
What a great score lady!
I can't tell you how many memories these trigger... I wish those days had never vanished!
I don't know The Eye... I'm in the UK so our mags/journals are different.
Absurdoldbird:
Hello! It's a great magazine! Printed in large format, too, so the pictures are nice and big. Interesting because only 15 copies were published. I've managed to track down a few others thru ebay, but having things handed down is so much better somehow. :) I would love to see old magazines from the UK!
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