Remember the great ska craze of the mid-90s? My memory of that era is a bit cloudy, but from what I recall it was a thankfully short-lived phenomenon in which kids rediscovered English ska punk from the '80s, which itself was a rediscovery of the original version of ska, a Jamaican dance music that English mods listened to, a trendy precursor to reggae in the '60s (which went on to influence later punk bands). Suddenly punk bands wore suits and formed a weird truce with the band geeks who knew h
Kvanhorn, via FlickrOn The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.San Francisco in the mid-1960's. Peace, love, and cable cars. Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. If you were into music, you could go to the Avalon Ballroom or Bill Graham's Fillmore West Auditorium and for a couple of bucks hear such bands as Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, and Quicksilver Messenger Service, whose thirty-minute workouts on Bo Diddley's classic "Who Do You Lov
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must say, this is pretty impressive. Reminiscent of what some refer to
the golden age of rock posters (i.e, Bill Graham's Fillmore days, et
al) with labor-intensive hand-drawn illustrations that comprise the
entire content of the poster and integrating the text with the image
itself, this poster may not be as reactive under the a black light like
those of the past, but it does pull from that classic era. I will
admit, critically speaking, that for a piece that is borrowing such
nostalgic a
