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
