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All Denim, All the Time: Andre Gower Edition

Andre Gower CotS

Andre Gower Denim

My wife is always telling me about the major crush she had on Andre Gower, so much so that I now get really irritated and jealous when she talks about the crush she had (has, let’s be honest) on the guy. Gower was in the ’80s classic The Monster Squad (1987), for those of you who don’t know. You might remember the scene in which the longstanding metaphysical debate over whether or not Wolfman has nards is settled once and for all.

Gower was also in Circus of the Stars, a surprisingly long-running show in which the stars of the day dressed up in embarrassing outfits and performed—you guessed it—circus stunts.

Anyway, I sprung the top photo on my wife one night as she was going on about “Andre” and said, triumphantly, “This is the guy you have a crush on?”

She spluttered something about Circus of the Stars not counting, then calmly pulled up the current-ish picture below and said, smugly, “Yeah, this is the guy I have a crush on.”

Andre Gower IMDB

Andre Gower: one.

2 Warps to Neptune: zero.

(Images via Totally Awesome Teen Pinups and Magazines and IMDb)

The Best Seat in High School (1986)

Ingraham High, November 28, 1986. (Photo: Seattle Times)

“Don Johnson on my left, Emilio Estevez on my right. Somebody wake me up when the ’80s are over.”

Exactly 26 years ago today. Behold the notorious pinch roll (a.k.a. pegged pants) in all its glory.

(Via the Seattle Washington Archive)

All Denim, All the Time: Sean Astin Edition

I don’t want to hear it. If a Goonie wants to wear head to toe denim, then by One-Eyed Willie’s rich stuff that Goonie shall wear head to toe denim. Mock him for it at your peril.

God save the Goonies!

Arcade Zen (1981 – 1982)

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July 4, 1982. (Eric Luse/SF Chronicle)

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Greenbrae Bowl, August 21, 1981. (Susan Gilbert/SF Chronicle)

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March 16, 1982. (Steve Ringman/SF Chronicle)

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Pier 39, August 3, 1982. (Eric Luse/SF Chronicle)

Star Castle rules. So do those bell-bottoms.

(Image sources: San Francisco Chronicle)

All Denim, All the Time

Who is Pat Petersen, and what the fuck is he wearing?

Via Totally Awesome Teen Pinups and Magazines.

May I Have Some Bad Hair With My Pegged Pants, Please?

Pegged Pants

What a fantastic shot via welcome to my miss-adventures. Why did we do this, again? I remember getting really frustrated when the pinch roll wouldn’t come out just right.

All Denim, All the Time: Billy Hufsey

Sleeveless Jean Jacket

Oh my God. The sleeveless jean jacket worn as a shirt.

(Image via ZTAMS)

All Denim, All the Time: Jordache Ad (1987)

Jordache Ad 1987

I wore plenty of embarrassing shit in the ’80s, but I never owned a jean jacket, not even after Mikey sported one in The Goonies. They were lame then. They’re lame now.

In the hierarchy of lame in the denim world, there are only three things higher (i.e. lamer) than jean jackets on men. First, acid wash of any kind. Second, anything Jordache. And third, acid wash Jordache on top and bottom combined with an unbuttoned Jordache shirt and faux dogtags. I’m sorry if you wore any or all of these things and thought you looked cool. You were lame.

Yes, I know, the current skinny jeans fad is also lame. All of these kids are going to be mortified in 15 or 20 years when they see how stupid they looked. And they take something like 800 pictures of themselves a day, so it’ll be even worse.

My point is that nothing denim-related today is as lame as the jackasses who walked around decked out like the guy in this photo. And they were everywhere, my friends. They listened to KIIS-FM. They ran over our skateboards with their red sportscars. They voted for Reagan.

(Image via SlantedEnchanted’s Flickr)

Arcade Zen

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Oh yeah. Can you hear A Flock of Seagulls in the background?

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Killer line-up of games here. Crystal Castles was psychedelic, man… Oops, that’s not Crystal Castles, that’s a game called Circus Charlie.

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Introducing… the acid wash (a.k.a stone wash) pinch roll. An ’80s classic.

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The pinch roll with high-tops.

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Bermuda shorts and those stupid hats. What were they called?

G. J. Charlet III/Flickr

1983 Chuck E. Cheese’s birthday party outing. Get in the van, kids!

Arcade Zen

Rad Arcade/Flickr

Were jean shorts really this cool? No, they were not. What the hell were we thinking?

Rad Arcade/Flickr

If you think the symmetry of these lined up Tempests is beautiful…

Rad Arcade/Flickr

… then check out this action.

Rad Arcade/Flickr

I really like this long shot. The best arcades had a labyrinthine quality. They gave us spaces to ourselves.

Rad Arcade/Flickr

I don’t know where this came from, but I like it, and I can’t wait to find out what the other “rules” are.

Daves Portfolio/Flickr

This is one of the most iconic shots in the lot, taken in East Sussex, England, in 1983. I don’t recognize any of the machines behind Defender.

Rad Arcade/Flickr

Damn it! Rule number 1 is cut off!

Rad Arcade/Flickr

Yay!

Neato Coolville/Flickr

From the first issue of the Disney Channel Magazine in 1983. It’s the Disneyland Starcade! No Discs of Tron sightings—yet.

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“Now pimpin’ ain’t easy but it’s necessary, so I’m chasin’ bitches like Tom chased Jerry…”

Phillie Casablanca/Flickr

Battlezone sighting. Admit it, that viewer was really unsanitary.

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The half shirt! With the short shorts. And Star Castle, remember that game? It was one of my favorites, and I’d totally forgotten about it until now.


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