Collector shows off his vintage rock T-shirts from the 1980s and ’90s
In addition to being a prominent lo-fi musician and prolific vlogger, Pennsylvania’s own Weird Paul Petroskey is also a collector of just about everything. As documented in numerous YouTube videos, Petroskey’s home is a veritable storehouse of what might charitably be called worthless junk, including old board games and VHS tapes, much of it culled from thrift stores and flea markets. But Petroskey also holds onto a great many mementos from his own youth, up to and including old labels for prepackaged soups and frozen vegetables. Being a musician, Petroskey especially prizes his collection of vintage rock T-shirts, and he showed some of them off in a recent YouTube video. It’s a smorgasbord of 1980s and 1990s nostalgia from a man who devotes much of his life to documenting the past. Considering that Petroskey kept the bowl-shaped pageboy haircut from his youth, it’s not surprising that he held onto his Ramones, Nazareth, and Elvis Costello shirts, too.