I have a vivid memory of lying in the sun during summer 1970—when I was 16/17—listening to Traffic’s John Barleycorn Must Die and reading Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast trilogy.
Jon Savage Presents: Fave Fiction
Monthly Archives: March 2011
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Living in Teenage
In 1995 my friend Becky’s sister Jenny Villagran was back from college, and she gave me a copy of her zine Hepcat while playing a cassette of The Smiths.
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London Teen Joins Libyan Rebels
“I just couldn’t sit there and watch the news, I was going mad.
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Routine Investigations Presents: Corn Pics
In 1983, at age thirteen, Jonas Seaman appeared in the horror film Children of the Corn.
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Puff Puff
Ed Templeton’s award winning photography book Teenage Smokers is for sale ($$$) via eBay.
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Foster 15
Click here to see Jodie Foster age 15 skateboarding in France, surrounded by Parisian youth, and speaking fluent French, bien sur!
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Dutch High
Follow a Dutch high school through ninety years of existence.
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Meow Wow
Hector & Eric Meow to Lillian & Muriel’s Wow.
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Been Caught
Vera Purcell led a group of two other teenage girls, aged 14 and 17, who stole a large quantity of clothing from a Darlinghurst house.
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Bieber Trap
Justin Bieber is trapped in his Liverpool, England hotel room surrounded by teenage fans below.