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Why being a ted today …
Why being a ted today will never be the same again … Far from being some kind of exercise in one-upmanship this article seeks to figure out why starting to be a ted nowadays will never be the same as it was in the 1950s or the 1970s. Two of the biggest differences are the […]
Why being a ted today will never be the same again …
Far from being some kind of exercise in one-upmanship this article seeks to figure out why starting to be a ted nowadays will never be the same as it was in the 1950s or the 1970s. Two of the biggest differences are the internet in cultural terms and mobile phones in social terms. The internet […]
Teds, the first nostalgic subculture
Retro, Vintage 2012 ‘Rock on (and on) (and on): The never-ending Fifties Revival’ http://retromaniafootnotes.blogspot.ie/2012/05/800×600-normal-0-false-false-false-en_7061.html current versus catalogue (oldies) music on sale 2015 marked an interesting milestone in the history of the U.S. music industry. For the first time ever, current releases accounted for less than half of total album sales in the United States […]
Are teds racist?
This gruesome symbolic cartoon published in the Daily Mail shortly after the Notting Hill riots in 1958 powerfully illustrates how the worst kinds of violence could be associated with the teddy boy dress styles. There is no doubt that the teddy boys of the 1950s could be capable of the worst kinds of violence. Neither […]
Great rock’n’roll links
Rockin’ Nidge’s The Edwardian Teddy Boy John Facer’s The Great British Teddy Boy Ian Wallis’s American Rock n Roll The UK Tours Dik de Heer’s In the Can – American rock’n’roll recording sessions 1954-62 John Klompenhouwer’s 706 Union Avenue Sessions BlackCat Rockabilly Europe The Complete Rock’n’roll UK Gig Guide RockaRocky – rock’n’roll gig guide for France […]
