According to the Urban Dictionary bershon is the irritated expression made when you’re 13 and your parents force you to wear a Christmas sweater and pose for a family portrait.
So Bershon
Posts Tagged: 1970s
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Hairstylin’
Twists, turns, rows and spikes—student hairstyles of the seventies, Congo.
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Making The Shining
17-year-old Vivian Kubrick captured priceless behind-the-scenes footage of one of the most notorious horror films of all time—The Shining.
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High School K Hole
Enter into the never-ending abyss of teen years.
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Raggare Finland
A greasy mix of redneck and teddy boy, the Raggare are a subculture that began in Sweden and spread to other Nordic regions.
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Home in Hawaii
Honolulu is a nice place, it’s where I was born.
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Peoples Temple
Years ago PBS aired a mesmerizing documentary on the Jonestown Massacre and the history of the Peoples Temple—Jonestown: The Life and Death of the People’s Temple.
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Black Britain: A Photographic History
Left: ‘A young dandy wearing a formal suit and Top hat, circa 1890’ Right: ‘Conroy Campbell, a pupil at Willesden High school, 1973’
I just rediscovered this book; Stuart Hall and Paul Gilroy put it together in 2007.
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Gang Out
In the late 70’s and early 80’s, Chicago gangbangers carried and distributed business cards.
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Almost Grown
Real, live Long Island teenagers hanging out at school yards, bedrooms and Jones Beach.