‘Let It Snow’: the shameless cocaine adverts of the 1970s
Posters that openly promoted illicit substances.
Adverts
Satire goes off-leash: How fake dog adverts in ‘Canine Quarterly’ became high art
Think Vogue—but for weird dogs.
Cold War delirium and nuclear hysteria: Cheerfully insane KFC adverts from the 1960s
KFC once leaned into fear and surrealism.
‘We Who Wait’: BBC documentary on original punks T.V. Smith and the Adverts
The Adverts had the poor luck to have a talented songwriter in T.V. Smith, a foxy-looking female bass guitarist, and an opening salvo that remarked…
Incredible NEWLY UNCOVERED 1977 footage of UK punk bands: Damned! Generation X! Adverts! Rich Kids!
With the steady influx of punk rock documentaries, books, and all manner of info (and YouTube fare) coming in from all directions–thankfully eyes are opening…
The Bonzo Doo-Dah ‘Mad Man’: The selected adverts of Vivian Stanshall
In those later days when Bonzo Dog Band frontman Vivian Stanshall was short of a bark, a pen, a duck, or a round, he would…
3-D View-Master: Vintage adverts & images of Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound
Vintage adverts for the 3-D View-Master, that delightful stereoscopic device through which thin cardboard reels or discs of images were viewed. I can still recall…
Fake but delightfully appealing celebrity endorsed adverts
Anthony is a web / graphic designer and musician who lives in New York. In 2009, Anthony created these rather fine faux adverts on his…
‘Punk In London’ featuring X Ray Spex, The Adverts, The Clash and more
Dangerous Minds recently featured Wolfgang Buld’s Punk In England. Well, our good friends at See Of Sound have have made available Buld’s first documentary on…