tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post6469061107355350312..comments2024-03-04T14:52:40.445+02:00Comments on pulpetti: What can I say? These guys look really cool..Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-30489181410001342702008-11-16T16:02:00.000+02:002008-11-16T16:02:00.000+02:00Would say "Gotta have that one!", but I think thos...Would say "Gotta have that one!", but I think those photos in the net will just have to do. <BR/><BR/>(Now, what's really with these Word Verification words? "Conialme" sounds like some forgotten substance that was used in the 18th century in preparing golden jewellery or some such.)Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-49518581670269514522008-11-16T00:16:00.000+02:002008-11-16T00:16:00.000+02:00And today I spotted this in the book store:http://...And today I spotted this in the book store:<BR/><BR/>http://www.adlibris.com/fi/product.aspx?isbn=9171260811Anders Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164550847416446757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-23205986339812901812008-11-10T09:43:00.000+02:002008-11-10T09:43:00.000+02:00Um, well, yes, up to a point, but I'm sure this ho...Um, well, yes, up to a point, but I'm sure this horror was a bigger phenomenon in Sweden than in Finland. I'll try to find some photo examples.Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-63400785054427282522008-11-09T22:47:00.000+02:002008-11-09T22:47:00.000+02:00You got me there.Nothing like this in Finland?You got me there.<BR/><BR/>Nothing like this in Finland?Anders Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164550847416446757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-45844740933594064482008-11-09T20:28:00.000+02:002008-11-09T20:28:00.000+02:00But why do some of them look so - retarted? I can ...But why do some of them look so - retarted? I can understand hideous clothes and I can understand awful hair and all that stuff, but why do they look they've just been released from an institute?Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-34376350630101775922008-11-09T13:22:00.000+02:002008-11-09T13:22:00.000+02:00The reason for these hideous clothes is really qui...The reason for these hideous clothes is really quite simple. Money. The cost for stage clothes was tax deductible, but only if they would/could not be worn off stage. Consequently, we got the kinds of costumes seen on these pictures.<BR/><BR/>This does not explain the hair, the beards, the sideburns, the glasses, the shoes and the dorky band names, however.<BR/><BR/>Seems to me these pictures are scanned postcards, which was quite a common kind of promo material back then.<BR/><BR/>Byw, some of these pictures are evidently from eighties. From the very worst looking parts of the eighties, even. The horror, the horror...Anders Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164550847416446757noreply@blogger.com