# Forever 27 by Scott LoBaido

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forever-27-by-scott-lobaido/127643>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 9, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forever-27-by-scott-lobaido/127643 "2002-09-09T13:48:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rhiannon1031](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Rhiannon1031](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon1031)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forever-27-by-scott-lobaido/127643/1 "2002-09-09T13:48:06Z")

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There’s a poster called Forever 27 by Scott LoBaido in which it shows Jimi Hendrix,Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison sitting around in what appears to be a cafe,and Kurt Cobain is just walking through the door…this very Dali-esque poster is choked full of symbolism relating to the late musicians,I read somewhere that there are 27 symbols,I’ve got some of them,some I don’t…here’s what I’ve got so far:

\*The Clock-All  
\*Ball & Chain-Janis  
\*Pearl-Janis  
\*Mercedes Benz Grill-Janis  
\*Screaming Butterfly-Jim  
\*Boots/Lizard-Jim  
\*Pennyroyal Tea-Kurt  
\*Heart Shaped Box-Kurt

What I don’t have:

\*The Rose  
\*The Dove  
\*The Milkshake  
\*The Dragonfly  
\*The Cherubs  
\*The Hands Above The Door  
\*The Waterfall  
\*The Hole In The Countertop

I’m sure some of you have seen this poster,maybe some of you may even have it…can anyone shed some light on the symbols that I don’t have? I’d put a picture of it in the post but I can’t,but you can see the poster at [http://www.allaboutart.com/enlarge.asp?site=aaa&path=IC/large/L171.jpg](http://www.allaboutart.com/enlarge.asp?site=aaa&path=IC/large/L171.jpg)

Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks!  
~Angel 😕

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**Author:** ![Rhiannon1031](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Rhiannon1031](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon1031)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forever-27-by-scott-lobaido/127643/2 "2002-09-09T13:58:15Z")

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Oh yeah…if anyone is wondering about the symbols that I DO have,just ask…I didn’t have time to write the explainations for them all…some were obvious,some took a closer look,and others were more difficult…like the Mercedes Benz grill…I was wondering what that thing was by Janis’s feet…until my dad(who is a car guy) pointed out that it’s a grill from an old Mercedes Benz…After that it was like,“Oh,Duh…”

~Angel

“Oh lord,won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?..”