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80s Youth Culture in a Dying English Industrial Town

Ex-Plain
January 16, 2026

Between 1979 and 1989, photographer Christopher John Ball documented the people of Blackburn, the Lancashire industrial town that shaped his…

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Up For Auction: Flyers from Black Flag and the California Punk Scene of the 80s

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February 8, 2025

A new auction unearths classic works from Raymond Pettibon, frequent Black Flag collaborator and the foremost artist of the Southern…