I just found an enormous box of pinbacks while cleaning out some drawers!
I quote Lady Chance: “I better not be finding those all over the house.”
So I thought I’d share:
Plus scads of small 80s music pins. Corey Hart, Slade, Queen, Michael Jackson (pre-mutation), etc etc etc.
Quite a few gay pride pins, too. But most of those don’t have words.
I love pinbacks. With all my heart.
I think I’ll go put some on my bomber jacket. It’ll be like it’s 1981 again, right?
If you want the 80’s look, you have to put them on a denim jacket. Preferably a Levi’s.
Damn, I miss my denim jacket.
You wouldn’t happen to have any Duran Duran in there would you?
Some of the favorites from our collection:
Only a bitch like me could love a bastard like him.
I’ve been seduced by the chocolate side of the Force.
Oh no! Not another learning experience!
I may get older but I refuse to grow up.
Front of back in need of rub.
There’s no problem that can’t be solved by the proper application of high explosives.
No, no, a SATIN bomber jacket! That’s as 80s as it gets.
Or…
A Members’ Only jacket. Black or grey. 80s chic.
The pins I can recall off the toppa my head were, let’s see…
I May Rise, But I Refuse To Shine
Don’t Panic (Yeah, this was the feelie from the Infocom game)
Chuck U. Farley
I know I had a truckload more of those things, though.
I found a really old pin in my grandfather’s workshop. I forget what it says on it, but it’s some supposedly humorous reference to wifebeating, complete with cartoon of man throttling blonde.
Curiously, there is. I have no damn idea where I got it. Or when. Some of these may go back to my punk days in LA.
Oof…my head. That was a long time ago.
And I always wore leather. No satin or denim for me!
The ultimate source for great buttons. Some of my favorites:
Yeah, a few of us know Nancy from Cons and such. I like her slogans and such but she does them all on those huge buttons. They’re like 3 inches or something. They need to be less than an inch to properly fit on a jacket.
“We are the people our parents warned us about”
Actually, I still have this one on my backpack.
Gah, '80s flashbacks. I wore a denim jacket, and had stuff like “Straight But Not Narrow”, “Life Is Not a Dress Rehearsal”, and a mess of others on there. I can’t even remember them all now. :eek:
Jonathan,
I have a little business making pins.
I can send you one of my wacky ones:
ET loves Fonzie
Warf Potter (Harry’s lost brother)
or the infamous Nipple buttons.
Darth Vader loves Potsie
(yeah, I make buttons that make you do a double take)
Consider it my good deed for the day!
p.s.
80’s = demin jacket for pins.
Satin ones get ruined by pinholes.
And we all know us New Wavers need to update the pins to the band of the week.
“Woohoo! I have a Baltimora pin”
“Oh yeah? do you have a Haircut 100 one?”
one more thing:
let me know the size you want.
1 1/2 is your classic 80’s size: old school
1" is the new ‘emo’ size: new school
1 1/2 inch is the classic size? Most of mine are 1 inch or 5/8. I must be ‘old’ old school.
Thanks for the offer. I’ll take whatever you think is oddest!
My fav was “I love everybody, and you’re next!”