A Brief History of the Smiley Face, Rave Culture's Most Ubiquitous Symbol | Thump

The Smiley Face featured powerfully in the counter culture booked released in 1986 "Watchman" (soon to be a movie) . (http://www.fantazia.org.uk/Scene/smileyhistory.htm)

As caustic house became acieed that year, the Smiley flip-flopped from woolgather symbol to harbinger of wickedness . (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/feb/21/smiley-face-design-history)

In the UK, the pleased face has been connected with psychedelic civilization since Ubi Dwyer and the Windsor Free Festival in the 1970s and the electronic terpsichore music culture,_, particularly with acid house, that emerged during the Second Summer of Love in the late 1980s . (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley)

The quickest way to share someone else’s Tweet with your following is with a Retweet . (https://twitter.com/ukthump?lang=en)

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