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Format: Bargain Price Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 96 Publication Date: May 31, 1997 Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Packed with reproductions of album covers, advertisements, book covers, and fashion shots from the swinging side of the early '60s, this book is a visual delight. Every effort has been made to give this volume the feel of the era it fetishizes. Even the background colors are chosen from the Technicolor palette of the bachelor dream pad. Perhaps most impressive is the collection of novelties and knickknacks, including "gag" cocktail napkins, old bowling trophies, a light-up bow tie, and the requisite bongo drums. It's a crazy trip to weirdsville, Daddy-o ... or something. Product Description: Illustrated with original artifacts from the Beat era and beyond, this very classy little volume offers a hilarious glimpse into the evolution of the modern man-about-town. The swinging space-age bachelor is back--and more prepared than ever with this classic guide. 150 full-color photos and illustrations. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Pseudo-hip observations, an uneven collage of triviaExtremely thin in both observation and inspiration, this celebration of the '60's bachelor male is like an extended booklet for one of the CD's in the Ultra-Lounge catalogue. Colorful, yes, and initially fun, but leaving no lasting impressions. I liked the paperback book covers, the hip records, the naughty napkins, but the book falls short on exploring drinks and music--which should've been the focus of the piece. Instead, we get a tiki section (with grass skirt ads!) and a chapter on the Beatnik ... Read More Rating: - Taste Filling Less GreatThis book looks great and has tons of photos- it is an enjoyable collection of eye candy. Do not expect any new info from this one. The text describes what the author might imagine this time was like, instead of alowing the reader to draw their own conclusions. Rating:  - This books shows us just how LAME the modern male is!This super cool little book is full of the coolest vintage "guy stuff"! Man, I wish life was still that GONE! This book will have any normal,red-blooded hipster lookin' for a time machine so he can get his but back to the crazy days of cocktails and girl chasin'! Oh lord how the 2000's seem like they are gonna be LAME compared to those wild days. Please get me out of here and back to the NORMAL, techno music free past...PLEASE! Rating: - Only the shape of the book is square, man.One can go through the entire book first only absorbing the pictures, and then once again to get the stories behind the culture. I am a post-modern graphic design major, and found this book invaluable in studying this by-gone, but needs-to-be-ressurected era. 
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