Dissatisfied after asking the city to sanction a park for Portland’s considerable skater population, Chris Bredesen, Osage Buffalo and Bret Taylor found the perfect spot to take matters into their own hands.
Posts By: Charles Hailer
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“Blowing Minds” at a High School in Lower Manhattan
For six months of the 2012/2013 school year, photographer Aaron Wojack captured a small slice of the New York City high school experience in a series called “Blowing Minds”.
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Youth in Internment
In February of 1943, with Pearl Harbor still smoldering in Hawaii, President Roosevelt signed an executive order that would lead to the internment of over 110,000 people in prison camps across the Southwest.
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The Spades
After turning 18, psychedelic rock pioneer (and Austin, Texas native) Roky Erickson dropped out of high school and formed the band The Spades, pictured above.
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Mission Possible – Bike Safety
Comatose teens “Dirty Larry” and “Careless Carol” wreak bicycle havoc on the streets of Austin until a rag tag bunch of kids save them from themselves.
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Zoot Suit Riot
For a generation of Chicano youths in 1940s Los Angeles, zoot suits were pure swagger.
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A Los Angeles Youth Sampler
In anticipation of our West Coast opening this Friday at the Laemmle Noho 7, here are some highlights from Los Angeles teenage history that we’ve covered.
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Teenage Clips Collected
In anticipation for Teenage’s New York opening this Friday at Sunshine Cinemas, lots of clips from the movie have debuted across the web.
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Chandra Sings “Kate”
With buzzing synths, a stomping post-disco beat and bratty, commanding vocals, “Kate” by Chandra is a New Wave classic.
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BABYMETAL
Fourteen year olds Moametal and Yuimetal back up sixteen year old Su-Metal in a Japanese band that peddles a mind bending amalgamation of sugary, mechanized J-pop and neck snapping nu-metal.