Scrapbook

This was an amazing concert, a one time event that I feel so privileged to have experienced, and thanks to Greg Macainsh is now a part of Sharpie folklore history. It was called ‘Summer Jam’ because the last band to play that night was a compilation of various members from all of the concert’s bands, on stage…

Rohan Pugh has put together a trailer for a short film he is working on about Skins ‘n’ Sharps.

Stephen has supplied us with some history of his infamous photo album.

Peter Brookes has sent in some photos and memories of being a Sharpie in Melbourne and Frankston. Have a look at the rare Melbourne Sharps t-shirt.

If you have some photos you’d like to share, contact Sam.

Have a look at Stephen Egan’s infamous photo album.

Can you find yourself in the scrapbook?

On Tuesday 27 November 2001, The Honourable Amanda Fazio spoke in the NSW Legislative Council about the Sharpies exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

The full Hansard transcription is available – all 62 pages of political talk. Below is an extract:

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONS

The Hon. AMANDA FAZIO [6.35 p.m.]: On 29 November

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Bruce Milne’s Sharpies: Aussie fashion & violence is one of many music related articles on Perfect Sound Forever – the online music magazine with warped perspectives site.

Darren Tofts is Chair of Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne. In 2006 he wrote about the Skins ‘n’ Sharps exhibition.

Connie culture revisited (80Kb PDF)

Cool youth dripping with sex, violence and fashion, THE SHARPIE. The coolest and most shocking sign of youth rebellion.

This is Australia of the 70s, still imitating the Menzies era, a time when one out of three men still wore a suit and hat. Some had embraced the hippie idea and wore long hair, jeans and no sense of…

IN EARLY 1968, WHEN I WAS A 16-YEAR-OLD “MOD” WORKING AT THE MELBOURNE GPO (POST OFFICE), I BECAME MATES WITH A YOUNG LOUT FROM PRESTON. HE HAD SHORT HAIR AND ATTITUDE! By Chris O’Halloran