Simon & Garfunkel, Mrs. Robinson
"my childhood was elegant homes, tree-lined streets, the milkman, building backyard forts, droning airplanes, blue skies, picket fences, green grass, cherry trees. middle America as it's supposed to be. but on the cherry tree there's this pitch oozing out - some black, some yellow, and millions of red ants crawling all over it. i discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath. because i grew up in a perfect world, other things were a contrast." - David Lynch
i find 60's to 70's suburban life in Middle America deeply fascinating - a time of stars and stripes, apple pie, and clothes hanging to dry in the backyard. but underneath it all: a dark underbelly of poverty, racism, and the feeling that all of this illusion of safety, serenity, and wholesomeness was slipping through one's fingers.
patriotism and school spirit: collage by Camille Klein, unknown
schoolin' life: both unknown
girly innocence: ad for Prince's Controversy LP, Life magazine cover photo by Nina Leen
gossip girls: unknown, Trip Fontaine rules the school (and hearts) in The Virgin Suicides
lovey dovey teen romance: collage by Mariano Peccinetti, photo from Internet K-Hole, Bobby Briggs of Twin Peaks making out
anti-racism, anti-war demonstration in 1967
cover art of Yo La Tengo's 'And then nothing turned itself inside-out'
finally: my apologies for not uploading in ages. i don't really have an excuse. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
