Lost 80s fest merch

  This has to be the sickest Merch table picture, wish I could have shot it for my book revision of Merch. This was taken by @reyagudana from yesterday's Lost 80s fest. I grew up listening to every single one of these bands in the early 80s in the Philippines, we had a sick ass new wave/punk scene then. When I was 15, I tagged along this mobile DJ crew called RSL (Rhythm Sounds and Light) and they'd let me play with the light switches on the dancefloor during parties, I kearned to mix from them. They would play big parties with other mobile dj crews, like a battle. The ones with the best imported 12"s gets to headline. The best dj crews, believe it or not took their names from bands -- Social Distortion and Positive Noise, if you grew up in the Philippines New Wave scene, you know how sick those crews were. And if I remember one of the djs in Social D was responsible for hiding the Seona Dancing song More To Lose from the public, making up a fake title until it broke. Seona Dancing is Ricky Gervais(comedian/actor/ The Office creator) failed wham like 80s New wave duo. Google how it was unearthed by a dj in the philippines. The dj crew I started with the kids I grew up with, before I moved to the US was called Modern Image Ltd, I don't have to tell you where I rip the name off. Can't believe that was 40 years ago

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