Description: For nearly three decades, some of the biggest stars in music found their way to a bucolic, big-budget studio tucked away in the forested hills of Marin County, California to record some of the most successful albums of all time. Officially named 'The Site Recording,' but more commonly known simply as 'The Site,' was built in the early '70s in a rural, low-density residential development called Santa Margarita Ranch in Nicasio, California by musician and producer Dick Mithun. It operated so quietly and so far under the radar that hardly anyone knew where it was or who was working there and what they were doing. Hidden from the main road at the end of a steep driveway, the gated residential recording studio was a mythical place for musicians.
Description: Dusty’s Old-Time Bakery is a fictional bakery owned by Florence Dusty that was featured in a 2010 TV skit. The bit took place on a fictional public radio show called “The Delicious Dish” hosted by a couple of dispassionate and delusional hosts. Florence Dusty, a “rock star in the confectionery world,” brought the one thing that she’s known for: her giant dusty muffin. The segment packed in countless double entendres about Ms. Dusty’s muffin, including, “many bakers from my era have dry or even yeasty muffins,” as the hosts continued to uncomfortably plumb the depths of everything her muffin can be.
Description: Gen 13 is a team of Gen-Active teenage superheroes, specifically the progeny of Gen 12, also known as Team 7. The members of Gen 13 were brought together by International Operations, an American intelligence agency founded by the Central Intelligence Agency in 1964. The teens were told that they were going to be part of a government internship, and brought to a compound in Death Valley. Bobby Lane, Caitlin Fairchild, Eddie Chang, Roxy Spaulding, and Sarah Rainmaker were put through tests to activate their latent Gen-Active powers. When they realize the government's true intentions, they escaped, retreating to La Jolla, California, and officially formed as the group Gen¹³ to fight evil on their own terms, including International Operations.
Description: A blunt cigar is a type of cigar known for its rounded, uncut tip (hence the name) and often wider shape than a cigarillo, traditionally wrapped in a whole tobacco leaf but later also made with spiraled tobacco pulp for cost savings, becoming popular in both traditional smoking and cannabis culture for rolling tobacco or marijuana. Phillies Blunts was a brand of blunt cigars originally made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Bayuk Cigars. The original cigar, introduced by the Bayuk brothers in 1910, was named the "Philadelphia Hand Made," a name often shortened by smokers to "Phillies," a nickname that eventually became the brand name. While Phillies Blunts have always been popular with American cigar smokers, they saw an unexpected resurgenc
Description: The 1980s was the golden era of American fast food. From the menu items themselves and kids meal toy offerings to the on site playgrounds and advertising campaigns, it was a decade of drive through magic that can never be experienced again. One of the more memorable campaigns featured TV and radio spots that included a jingle that was literally just singing the menu. Called 'Sing the Taste,' this earworm got into everyone's head, and if you were lucky enough to shake it, walking into any of the restaurants would bring it right back when faced with posters and tray mats... what a time to be alive.
Description: This '70s head shop style design features a fly bunny making a toast of 'here’s to better days and better lays,' while enjoying a spliff in a glass holder. Shaded with classic black light style colors, this is peak post-'60s stoner style that's a favorite of every weed enthusiast.
Description: A black hole is an astronomical body so compact that its gravity prevents anything from escaping, even light. Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass will form a black hole. The boundary of no escape is called the event horizon. In general relativity, a black hole's event horizon seals an object's fate but produces no locally detectable change when crossed. Quantum field theory in curved spacetime predicts that event horizons emit Hawking radiation, with the same spectrum as a black body of a temperature inversely proportional to its mass. This temperature is of the order of billionths of a kelvin for stellar black holes, making it essentially impossible to observe directly.
Description: San Diego Stadium was a multipurpose sports arena that opened in 1967 in San Diego, California, and was renamed Jack Murphy Stadium for sportswriter Jack Murphy in 1981. The stadium hosted multiple professional teams across a variety of sports, but football and baseball were the primary use. Regardless of what event was being hosted, locals just called it 'The Murph,' and this '90s 'Lightning Strikes At The Murph' design features #55, Junior Seau, a popular San Diego linebacker between 1990–2002. Seau was a force to be reckoned with on the field, playing with intense, instinctual, and improvisational aggression that combined his raw speed, power, and ferocious tackling, often disregarding schemes to go where the ball was going.
Description: While Santa Claus is said to get around in a magical sleigh pulled by a team of flying reindeer, sometimes he may need to go a more traditional route. You know, like a magical helicopter with reindeer copilot? That also has a Christmas tree inside for some reason? Sure, why not? It's the magic of Christmas!
Description: Located at the end of a long dirt road off Carretera Federal 45 south of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, El Vaquero Loco Cantina was a rough and tumble roadhouse that began serving up cold beer, stiff drinks, and authentic Mexican food in 1963. This was long before Juárez became a modern manufacturing hub, so truckers, ranchers, and bikers were the primary customer base at El Vaquero Loco, where seven nights a week they enjoyed live music, dancing, fighting, and drinking. Lots and lots of drinking. In the early '70s, a small inn was added with several casitas where those who had one too many could sleep it off for a few pesos. The cantina made it until 2010 as Juárez descended into violence from cartel turf wars, ending its 47-year run.
Description: Tantra is an esoteric yogic tradition that developed on the Indian subcontinent beginning in the middle of the 1st millennium CE, initially within Shaivism and Shaktism, and subsequently in Mahayana Buddhism and Vaishnavism. The Tantras focus on sādhana, encompassing dīkṣā, rituals, and yoga, within a ritual framework that includes bodily purification, divine self-creation through mantra, dhyāna, pūjā, mudrā, mantra recitation, and the use of yantras or maṇḍalas, despite variations in deities and mantras. They present complex cosmologies, viewing the body as divine and typically reflecting the union of Shiva and Shakti as the path to liberation. Tantric goals include siddhi, bhoga, and Kuṇḍalinī’s ascent.
Description: The Red Dragon Restaurant and Lounge opened its doors in 1976 at 2116 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis' Wedge Neighborhood, and it stayed right there for over four decades with changing a thing. With a full kitchen offering a comprehensive menu of authentic Cantonese and Szechuan dishes, the Red Dragon was a great place to grab a bite, but it wasn't exactly the food that pulled people in - it was the stiff drinks. Wondrous Punch was their signature cocktail that was a mix of four different rums, grenadine, and their house juice mix that consisted of sweet & sour with pineapple and orange juices. This cocktail wasn't just high octane, it was big, and went down smooth, allowing it to sneak up on amateurs.
Description: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial television network that launched in 1970. Based in Arlington, Virginia, PBS is a major source of educational programs for public television stations in the U.S. Operating as a private, nonprofit corporation comprised of local public TV stations across the U.S., its programming is produced by member stations, independent producers, and other entities, rather than a central production arm. PBS aims to educate, inspire, and entertain through high-quality programming covering news, science, history, and the arts. This is the logo design that was used between 1971 and 1984, which is probably of the most memorable ones.
Description: Raiden Fighters (ライデンファイターズ, Raiden Faitāzu) is a vertical-scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Seibu Kaihatsu in 1996. Contrary to popular belief, Raiden Fighters and its two sequels are not part of the Raiden series. It began development as an unrelated game named Gun Dogs until just before its release. Raiden Fighters features a roster of five fighter craft that make up the Gun Dogs squadron. Each fighter carries a bomb whose launch distance can be controlled by holding down the bomb button and releasing it to detonate the bomb. Each fighter has a Laser-type weapon and a Missile-type weapon, one of which can be active at one time. The Gun Dogs fighters have a charged attack for each of their weapons.
Description: BYO Records (Better Youth Organization) was a Los Angeles, California based independent punk rock record label created by Shawn and Mark Stern, two of the three brothers of the California punk rock band Youth Brigade. Before BYO became a record label, they started as a fanzine of the same name. The zine intended to tackle the issues of police brutality and the negative views towards punks and the punk scene. BYO Records carried that mantra forward and worked to promote punk and other alternative youth cultures in a positive light. The label's first release was a compilation from ten California punk bands with 18 tracks called Someone Got Their Head Kicked In. The cover reflected the aggressive energy of the crowd at punk shows of the era, w
Description: Released on December 1, 1989, Christmas Vacation is a classic American Christmas comedy film and the third installment in the Vacation film series. It follows Clark Griswold's determined, but ill-fated, efforts to put on a good old-fashioned family Christmas, complete with a massive lights display and a house full of relatives. He endures a series of escalating disasters, including a massive Christmas tree that needs to be uprooted, 25,000 lights that won't work, and the unannounced arrival of eccentric relatives. The holiday spirals into complete chaos when Clark's anticipated Christmas bonus is canceled, leading to a meltdown and an accidental kidnapping of his boss. Despite all the mayhem, the film concludes with a heartwarming message.
Description: "Just Say No" was a prominent anti-drug campaign that began in the 1980s and continued well into the '90s. The campaign's mission was to educate youth about the dangers of substance abuse and equip them with the confidence to refuse drugs. The core message encouraged children and young people to resist peer pressure to use drugs by simply refusing, a message that was heavily promoted by U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan. Of course, this led to plenty of parodies suggesting people do the opposite, like this early '90s style "Just Say Yes" design that shows an individual indulging in a little bit of everything.
Description: Founded in Bellevue, Washington, Breezin' was one of the hottest sportswear brands in the Pacific Northwest in the '80s. With a primary focus on making stylish ski jackets that in all reality saw more time walking the halls of the local high-school than shredding the slopes, they also made some cool tees and casual wear as well. Like most 'it' brands, their products were highly sought after and accordingly quite overpriced.* Whether you're an 80s kid looking for some retro memories or you're considerably younger and have never heard of the brand, but love vintage throwbacks in your wardrobe, this one is for you. *Source: 80s mothers everywhere.
Description: Illinois California Express (ICX) got their start in 1936 as Rocky Mountain Lines, but after a series of acquisitions and mergers post-war, they rebranded themselves as ICX in 1948. Throughout the 60s and 70s, ten other carriers were acquired and merged into ICX operations. In their heyday, the company had 30 terminals in 15 states, and maintained over 2,500 pieces of equipment. Like many trucking companies of the era, ICX had a difficult time after deregulation, and 48 years of successful operation came to a screeching halt in 1984 when ICX shut their doors and became another fallen flag of the American highways.
Description: "God, show me the way because the Devil's tryna break me down. Jesus, walk with me. The only thing that I pray is that my feet don't fail me now." Walking with Jesus will might look different during different seasons of life. New believers may run ahead of Him with unbridled zeal, trying to make things happen with their own strength—exhausted and unfulfilled. Seasoned followers may become too passive, forgetting the bold faith that brought them through life’s ups and downs. Whatever season we experience, everyone can experience walking with Jesus — being loved as they listen, learn, and do — all for Jesus. Walking takes longer — which may be the point... to have more time with the Savior.
Description: 1992's Army of Darkness takes place after the events of Evil Dead II and sees Ash transported to the medieval past, where he must battle an army of undead to retrieve the Necronomicon and return to his own time. Armed with his chainsaw hand and boomstick, Ash finds himself caught in the middle of a war between rival factions and the forces of darkness, forcing him to use his wit and weapons to fight and survive. The Japanese release of Army of Darkness was released under the name "Captain Supermarket," the title being taken from Ash's chosen vocation as a clerk at S-Mart. I guess some things just don't translate correctly, but whatever the case, we're glad this one went down the way it did, as it's totally groovy.
Description: Bartell Drugs began in 1890 when 21-year-old pharmacist George H. Bartell Sr. bought the Lake Washington Pharmacy in Seattle. He slowly built a business that became a model for the modern drugstore and a beloved Northwest institution. Beyond pharmacy essentials, Bartell’s offered regional foods, neighborhood-specific goods, and quirky gifts. At its peak, it operated 69 Puget Sound locations and was the nation’s oldest drugstore chain when sold in 2020. Less than five years later, it was sold again, with closures and rebranding ending a 135-year Seattle legacy.
Description: Battlezone is an arcade game created by Ed Rotberg that was released on June 1, 1980. The game is a first-person perspective vehicular combat simulator in which the player destroys enemy tanks and other targets for points. The game used vector graphics to produce 3D wireframes of enemy tanks, UFOs, and terrain. Battlezone was housed in a full-sized upright arcade cabinet with a "periscope" viewfinder that restricted the player's view by design as if they were inside the belly of a tank. Some cabinets included an overlay to the screen to make the lower part appear green (gameplay area), and the top part of the screen red (radar and information), though game action can also be viewed from the sides of the viewfinder by spectators.
Description: The Nakatomi Corporation is a fictional Japanese multinational from the 1988 Christmas movie, Die Hard. The company's U.S. headquarters was located in Century City, Los Angeles, at Nakatomi Plaza, which was the scene of the film. The post modern-designed, 35-story skyscraper stood 490 feet high, and was nearing completion in 1987, though was already largely occupied on the lower floors. On Christmas Eve, 1988, a group of terrorists took the Nakatomi employees hostage during their Christmas party. Although the group appeared to be motivated by freeing political prisoners, they were actually after $640 million in negotiable bearer bonds and other valuables stored in the Nakatomi vault.
Description: The Commonwealth of The Bahamas is an independent island country located in the Atlantic Ocean, part of the Lucayan Archipelago. It consists of over 700 islands, cays, and islets, located southeast of Florida and north of Cuba. The islands are generally low-lying and flat, with the highest point being Mount Alvernia on Cat Island at only 210 feet. The climate is mostly tropical savanna, characterized by warm weather year-round. The nation is famous for its stunning natural beauty, including pristine white-sand and rare pink-sand beaches, 100,000 square miles of crystal-clear turquoise waters, extensive coral reefs, and unique geological formations like the blue holes (underwater sinkholes).
Description: Resistance to the Vietnam War involved a large-scale, multi-faceted movement of civilians and soldiers who opposed U.S. involvement on moral, political, and social grounds. This resistance took many forms, including peaceful public protests, draft resistance through non-cooperation and exile, and rebellion within the military itself through acts of defiance and "the GI movement."By 1968, the antiwar movement hit a fever pitch, which coincided with the Paris peace talks for the Vietnam War. These talks began in May 1968 between the United States and North Vietnam, though the final Paris Peace Accords weren't signed until 1973. This design comes from the 1968 protests and features a patriotic take on the classic peace sign with a dove forming
Description: Soundwave is a prominent Decepticon, functioning as the group's highly loyal communications officer and chief spymaster. His most iconic alternate mode is a microcassette recorder, from which form he commands a loyal legion of sidekicks disguised as cassette tapes, including Ravage and Laserbeak, who deploy from his chest. Soundwave is one of Megatron's most reliable troops, and he has positioned himself comfortably and irreplaceably in the Decepticon upper command structure. Though 'only' Communications Officer, Soundwave stands at Megatron's side as a confidant, comparable in rank to Starscream and Shockwave, but unlike them, entirely loyal to his leader.
Description: WSQK 94.5 FM is a fictional rock 'n roll station broadcasting from a small Midwestern town in Indiana. Boasting 50,000 watts of power, WSQK has the juice to push its signal far beyond standard terrestrial radio, possibly even into alternate dimensions, and with their street team mobile van, they can take the show on the road... let's rock!
Description: White Mountain Cooler was an alcoholic beverage that debuted in the US market in 1985, and while it was often referred to as a wine cooler, White Mountain's beverages were actually 'beer coolers,' using on malted (beer) bases. Despite a crowded market, White Mountain Cooler became the top-selling brand of 'malternative' beverages within a couple of years, and held the spot through the late '90s. Aslo known as 'beer coolers,' the beverages were very sweet and came in strong fruit flavors such as Wild Raspberry, Original Citrus, and Cranberry Splash that obscured the taste of its malt base. It was considered a popular alternative to beer, and was often targeted toward women and younger consumers with it's easy drinkability.
Description: The phrase "all gave some, some gave all" was first uttered by Howard William Osterkamp, a Korean War Veteran and Purple Heart recipient who continued to fight for his country even after his leg was broken. He was acknowledging the fortuitous fact that he made it out of Korea with his life, while so many others had not. Osterkamp's quote gained new life after the fall of Saigon, marking the end of the Vietnam War and the considerable number of American lives that were lost, including many who remained as prisoners of war or missing in action. This reimagining of a patriotic '70s patch brings this one back again to remind those who made it home and those who didn't that their sacrifice is not forgotten.
Description: Japanese tuner car culture is well known, but what many folks stateside are unaware of is that there is a vibrant off-road scene in Japan as well. From dedicated off-roaders that like to conquer rough terrain to tricked out mall crawlers that would prefer to cruise the car shows, there is something for everyone. For those looking to get their rigs trail ready, Yamanami Off Road in Tokyo's Koto Ward was a go-to shop for nearly 30 years. Taking customer's 4x4 vehicles and fitting them with modifications like lift kits and off-road tires to winches and high intensity lighting, Yamanami could make it happen and did so every day of the week.
Description: In February 1872, a group of eight beer loving German innkeepers got together in Rixdorf (present day Neukölln), to brew their own beer, organizing as Vereinsbrauerei Berliner Gastwirte zu Berlin AG. Their first batch was a bottom-fermented Pilsner, and much to everyone's surprise, it was really good. Inspired, they continued to hone their craft and by the turn of the century, they were ready to move beyond craft brewing and go big. The innkeepers delivered free cases of their brew to every single bar, restaurant, and inn throughout Berlin. Their strategy worked as orders began flooding in, and within a decade, Berliner Kindl had become the most popular beer in Berlin.
Description: Formed in 1984, 2 Live Crew was an American hip-hop group from Miami, Florida, who were pioneers of the Miami bass genre and influential figures in the development of Southern hip hop. Known for their provocative lyrics and explicit content, the group gained widespread attention in the late '80s and early '90s, and are credited with having the first album to bear a Parental Advisory label and having one of their records declared legally obscene by a federal judge in 1990. In 1994, the group released the album "Back at Your Ass for the Nine-4" and the EP "2 Live Freestyle" as "The New 2 Live Crew" with just two original members. This 33138 design is a true '90s style time capsule that represents the Miami scene of the era.
Description: Farmgrown Quality Feed was a brand of chicken feed produced by Bauer Feed & Hatchery out of Mena, Arkansas. Bauer has been around in Mena since the town began to take shape, and provided countless poultry farmers with an array of premium feeds for decades. Probably their best known feed was called 'Chick Bits,' which was a blend that young chicks couldn't get enough of, helping to promote the kind of natural rapid growth that poultry farmers like to see.
Description: 'Kool-Aid Man' was originally known as 'Pitcher Man,' and was depicted as a glass pitcher with an animated face laid over it. He was an instant hit, resonating with children and parents alike. His cheerful demeanor and association with the colorful, refreshing drink made him a memorable figure in advertising. In the '70s, Pitcher Man underwent a significant transformation that turned him into a six-foot-tall, anthropomorphic pitcher with arms and legs that gave him a more dynamic and engaging persona. From playing soccer to jogging, Kool-Aid Man was now on the move, and this '80s era design depicts him getting 'radikool' on a skateboard.
Description: When people mention Panama and Spring Break in the same sentence, they usually are referring to Panama City Beach (PCB), in Florida. However, for those looking for a more exotic getaway, the country of Panama, officially the República de Panamá, has some of the world's most amazing beaches. With coastlines on both the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, Panama's swimmable beaches present a diverse tapestry of coastal beauty. Whether you seek the tranquil waters of Santa Clara or the vibrant marine life near Bocas del Toro, Panama's beaches beckon with the promise of sun, sand, and unforgettable memories. This '80s travel tourist style design reflects everything one wants in a beach vacation and is the perfect retro Panama souvenir.
