The Girls of Pre-Revolution Iran

[1970s fashion magazines predating Iran’s Islamic Revolution found here. There’s a huge collection of magazines and models (with their names) from the same era here.]

1970s Mardi Gras

[Most of the pics above found here. Click below for more.]

Heureux Mardi Gras!

Afromic Bomb

70s fashions were not embarrassing in the least as far as you know, and this dude dusted door jambs.

[Found here.]

Saturday Matinee – Mott The Hoople, The SAHB & Rory Gallagher,

Mott The Hoople, 1973.

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, 1973.

https://youtu.be/Hpcupdc4eKs

Rory Gallagher, 1979.

Yeah I was on a 70’s rock vibe tonight. Have a great weekend, folks, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow. –Bunk

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday Matinee – The Lost Thing, The Undisputed Truth & The Melbourne Ska Orchestra

https://youtu.be/t1YG7ZXfC6g

The Lost Thing” is an animated adaption of a picture book illustrated and written by Shaun Tan in 2000.

The Undisputed Truth‘s version of “Smiling Faces” [via].

I never realized it, but “The Theme To Get Smart” is perfect for a ska rendition. Here’s the The Melbourne Ska Orchestra who did just that.

Have a great weekend, folks, and for those of us who are self-employed, it’s time to cough up some b*ks to the IRS f*ks.

The Bad Hair Decade: 1970s Britain

1970s Hair 11970s Hair 2

Unfortunately some of these *ahem* styles drifted across the Atlantic. I remember A1, A2, B1, B2, B3, C1, C3, D1 & D2. Mine was a mix of A1, B4 and D3, and no, I’m not gonna post it.

[Found here, via here.]

High Fidelity

Zappa’s “Black Beauty,” bass up, treble down, volume 11, because it sure as hell beats Manilow.

[Found here.]