Black Velvet Flag - General Tiki

R rch427 Member San Francisco Joined: May 14, 2002 Posts: 29	R rch427 Posted posted on Sun, Aug 11, 2002 4:05 AM Well, I just got back from a mod allnighter here in San Francisco, and I've got to admit that it's still pretty fun--even for this 39 year-old guy and his XX year-old wife. I was a punk in 81-83 (in Fresno--ugh) and a mod in 83-86, but it was vintage clothes that came before either one. I discovered thrift stores in 1979, when I started to get tired of the numbing conformity of the San Joaquin Valley. Those were the days of $2 sharkskin suits and $5 cashmere crombies. Perhaps it's the refusal to be lumped into the bland masses that is the commonalty here. Tiki/lounge is just another, interesting inflection of the same impulse. No, I don't remember Black Velvet Flag, but I do remember the Circle Jerks playing Fresno in 82 or 83, doing their song "When the Shit Hits the Fan"."Shoobie-do wap-wap, say what man?" Punk/Lounge crossover at its most pungent.

Well, I just got back from a mod allnighter here in San Francisco, and I've got to admit that it's still pretty fun--even for this 39 year-old guy and his XX year-old wife.

I was a punk in 81-83 (in Fresno--ugh) and a mod in 83-86, but it was vintage clothes that came before either one. I discovered thrift stores in 1979, when I started to get tired of the numbing conformity of the San Joaquin Valley. Those were the days of $2 sharkskin suits and $5 cashmere crombies.

Perhaps it's the refusal to be lumped into the bland masses that is the commonalty here. Tiki/lounge is just another, interesting inflection of the same impulse.

No, I don't remember Black Velvet Flag, but I do remember the Circle Jerks playing Fresno in 82 or 83, doing their song "When the Shit Hits the Fan"."Shoobie-do wap-wap, say what man?" Punk/Lounge crossover at its most pungent.

Post #5568 by rch427 on Sun, Aug 11, 2002 4:05 AM