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Relive the 1970s with an exhibition of Sharpie clothing and memorabilia as Julie Mac, author of Rage: a Sharpies Journal, recounts her teenage years with the Sharpies.

Thursday 17 May 7.30pm
Glenroy Library
Bookings 9311 4100

Two more gigs coming up in May:
- Sunday 6 May at IDGAFF: 160 Hoddle St, Abbotsford
- Saturday 19 May at Voodoo Lounge: Guruland Studios, 17 Carnish Rd, Sth Oakleigh

Two gigs coming up in late April:
- Saturday 28 April at IDGAFF: 160 Hoddle St, Abbotsford
- Sunday 29 April at the Middle Park Bowls Club: Canterbury Road, Middle Park

Come and see City Sharps live at the Barleycorn Hotel Saturday 3rd March 2012

The City Sharps are playing the the Barley Corn Hotel, 177 Johnston St Collingwood, on Saturday night 26th November 2011.

We don’t gig often so don’t miss this chance to hear them play their Suburban Sharps & Mad, Mad, Mad recordings live (at the pub they first met).

FREE… yes, FREE.

A radio interview with Nick Tolewski the co author of top selling book Once Were Sharps – The Colourful Life And Times Of The Thomastown Sharps.

An honest and humorist interview with Nick about his book and growing up in Thomastown with the local Sharps.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Courtesy of Nick Tolewski and Plenty…

City Sharps welcome a new drummer, Frank Borg.
As a young immigrant to Australia in the early 60’s, it was not going to be easy for a young English boy to survive in the Western Suburbs. Frank soon made some valuable friends at Sunshine Technical School, and by the time the Sharpie movement started there in 1967, he was…

STAGGERS, the truly iconic brand of the 70’s, legendary for its positive and ironic attitude to life and fashion, has returned to lead Australia into a denim revolution with the launch of our new collection. The original signature Dove logo also features throughout the collection, symbolizing freedom and independent spirit to form the organic identity of the STAGGERS label.…

Melbourne Sharps HITS! on well known UK site ISYS Archive
Thanks to Julie Mac

Sharpie dance

Weekends were spent partying, dancing, drinking, fighting, screwing, avoiding the cops and the ticket inspectors, all the things rebellious teenagers like to do. Drugs were not a part of the culture.

Julie Mac, the author of Rage.

Thanks to Nick Tolewski, here are some photos from Sharpie Sunday