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February 21, 2009 |
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Boom Box
FOUND by Laura Henry
in Vicoria, British Columbia, Canada
The Geography Department at the University of Victoria was moving to a new building across campus. I found this discarded on the floor in the old building.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
And it's called Boom Box because.... ?
Is it Canadian Day at FoundMagazine or something?
Does the plaid dude in the back have his tongue sticking out?
Blue eyes there looks like he shoulda been one of the Bay City Rollers.
Is this a sketch comedy team?
@Running: my first thought was that Blue Eyes looks like that David Meiklejohn guy you like so much.
Good call, Lipstick.
What era is this from?
Going by the girl's hairstyle, the ubiquitous "feather cut", I'd say very late 70's early 80's. Like about 78-81. No striped rugby shirts, but they're a leetle old for those. Looks like the girl is the only one who really wants to participate in this photo op, maybe she's leaving and wants a souvenir of all those guys she used to work with.
Why are all the shelves empty except for some pill-bottle type things? And why are they drinking beer at work? Beer and pills don't mix.
Two taches and one full beard...but my vote goes to Old Blue Eyes. Trouble is, you can see by his pose and expression he really thinks the photo (and the rest of the universe) is all about him. He's just taking it as his due. Of COURSE she wants a photo of him!
was definitely supposed to be in there with him but, of course, she wasn't. Instead, half a mile away, in an incense-filled and candle-lit downtown loft, she was playing hide the salami with the guy who painted her.....
.....Oh. Wait a minute.....
Never mind.
You cannot judge the era by hairstyles or clothes. These are Canadians. This picture could be from 1978 or 2008. Drinking and Canada go hand in hand, time of day is irrelevant. I personally guess 1987 Boxing day party as the reason for this photo of sadness.
I am just awestruck by the hairiness of the guy on the left, and wondering how long before his chest hair and his beard meet.
It's a Fleetwood Mac tribute act.
Hank Moody.
WHile you are right about not being able to judge the time by hairstyles and clothes (i think i know all of these people) you CAN estimate the time by the style of the beer bottles. Stubbies went out.. ohgod. .probably mid 80's.
Hippy commies....
stubbies? Here in the States, there's Session Beer, (from the Full Sail Brewery) which comes in that style of bottle, and Red Stripe (a Jamaican import). Those are all I can come up with at the moment, but there may be others.
(I think they fell out of vogue in CAnadia mid-eighties though. '86?) Not that I think this is a contemporary picture. I'd say Basil's window is about right. '83 at the latest.
I disagree with Hank Moody. I still think you can attempt to estimate a time frame judging by hair and clothing (and glasses)- even though certain styles swing back around, they're not done quite the same.
The reason the shelves are mostly empty is included in the Finder's Blurb: the Geography Department was moving. The girl is the only one "fully in the moment" because.. she's secretly pined for the blue eyed guy since she first laid eyes on him. Right now she's in heaven. Short moustache man front left is trying to look pensive and non chalant.
LOL@ Sweetie Pea!! Oooowwwwoooooo! Werewolves of Victoria, BC.
Monalisa. Great call. I remember short neck Glacier bay with the built in twist off opener in the bottom of the bottle in the early 90', though not Stubbies they were close.
Genesee beer including Genesee Cream Ale (Genny Screamers) all came in bottles like that...
So Mona, then Hank's guess is pretty much right on. What is UVIC? What or who's got Curly Joe's attention?
(Farmer, did he paint her body or her portrait?)
These poor people, just embarking on their grad school careers, don't have an inkling how exhausted and embittered they're about to become... actually, they all look a little desperate already.
I didn't think it looked THAT old. Maybe very late 80s early 90s...and Nightingale, UVIC stands for University of Victoria.
Guy on the far left...rock n' roll poser. He wanted to be in the band Boston, and he goes home to mom's basement to play his guitar to More Than a Feeling. And swig whatever beer they drink there.
Oh duh, it's right there. Thanks, Ari.
Sweet! The guy in the way back, no one knows him. He just sneaked up and posed for the camera...a Zelig type.
So, the guy in the front who isn't looking at the camera. It's not enough that he's got his hand on the shoulder of the guy on the right (while that guy's goosing the cheerleader), but he's also got to be scoping out some guy on the other side of the room? What's up with that?
Our geography department didn't have its own cheerleaders.
(Guy looking away) "Oh God....touching a girl..real live girl..oh boner, not now!"
I think the three in the front are doing it.
Hey! That's me in the beard!
Turbo, is that a prayer you made up all by yourself? It sounds like you're speaking from experience.
Four Guys and only one Girl. (No wonder she's grinning like a Chessie Cat.) Stud on the right is sure he's got it made in the shade. Short beer drinker on the left is deep in contemplation of the future; he wants her to have his babies. Big, shy, bearded one is leaning into the group, afraid he's going to be left out, as always. And Plaid Guy in the back, he doesn't care one way or the other, just as long as he gets a little lickie.
The girl is definitely eating up all the attention, but her heart is heavy. How does she break the news to the guys that she just doesn't swing that way?
Does anyone else remember the vending machines that dispensed soda pop in bottles that size? Make me thirsty for root beer from a glass bottle. Yummmm
Finsterton, Does Gennessee Still come in stubbies?
Moving party for sure. I'll get the beer you get the furniture and boxes, it's how we get things done.
hmm, I wonder what was so interesting off camera.
The standardized "stubby" bottle used by Canadian breweries was phased out in 1984, so the pic is from that year or older. Red Stripe (imported from Jamaica) comes in stubbies, but I doubt university students would be that discerning....
Somebody is definitely doing something to get a rise out of the cheerleader while this picture s being taken. Look at that expression on her face.
@ JaneSays ... brings back the memories. Did a lot of that kind of moving in grad school.
The guy in the back is photo-bombing for sure.
In the Olden Days, photo-bombing was limited to "Bunny Ears", sticking your tongue out or the Stealth Bird (bonus points if your bird made it into the yearbook). Kids These Days have an entire website dedicated to the photo-bomb.
www.photo-bombers.com
the guy at the back looks like he's morphing into a cat
These people are fashion-challenged no matter what era they were in. The girl looks happy though. The guys do not.
@supertramp.. morphing into a cat!! haha! Were you into the Animorph books?
aahahaha.. morphing into a cat! And he actually looks a bit like the Blah Cat we had a few days back, doesn't he?
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They're understudies for the cast of Th Breakfast Club...
stubbies!!!!!
you can date this picture my the beer bottles, they stopped using them in the early 80s. my guess is 1982????
Chrome, you're right. He does look like that blah cat!
He IS the blah cat.
Hairy man's V-neck is tops.
This was the era of big glasses - the 80s. Those glasses on the hairy one weighed a full 15 ounces, just shy of a whole pound. I know - I endured a similar-sized pair back then.
Finger cuffs - and one to hold the camera.
OK, what is creepy guy in front looking at?
Just Me--I know! Mine were bright red! I had a coat and lipstick to match!
Do you ever look back at old pictures of yourself & wonder, "How the hell did this girl get laid?!"
All the time.
Is it just me or does the guy on the far right look like the singer from the band Vampire Weekend?
Apparently one of the initiations for joining this fraternity is to take a leap off the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.
I saw the photo and purposely avoided looking at the origin point. And guess what? I was right: it's a bunch of Canadians in the 1980s!
somebody's up to something....
This is the best picture ever.
Is it me or does Blue Eyes look somewhat like Marten from the webcomic Questionable Content?
The guy on the right reminds me of Robert Chambers, the Preppy Murderer.
The guy on the far right looks like he is in Whitest Kids You Know.
I am oddly attracted to the guy on the right...