The film’s protagonist is Jimmy (Phil Daniels), a young mod, in 1964. Kevin (Ray Winstone), his rocker friend. Cons: – Kevin disappears from the film after the above mentioned chase scene. I think this character could have been used towards the end of the film, so we could further see the extent Jimmy’s actions have had […]
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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 […]