Right now Jamie and I are trying to finish the illustrations for our 2012 wall calendar, which is all about walking.
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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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Summer of ’42
Friends lounge luxuriously at Plage Lavel in Quebec during the steamy Canadian summer of 1942.
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To Whom it Concerns
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueJF2FUKV84
Precious moments on Roseanne—rough and tumble, 13 year old, Darlene is forced to read her poem aloud at her junior high school’s “culture night”.
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Jon Savage Presents: Teenage Reads
Working on your summer reading list? Jon Savage, author of Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture 1875-1945, the book that Teenage film is based, presents his teen-centric recommends — I read hundreds of books by and about teenagers for the “Teenage” book and these are among my favourites:
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Independence Day
Happy Fourth of July. Enjoy your beaches and barbeques!
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Almost Grown
Real, live Long Island teenagers hanging out at school yards, bedrooms and Jones Beach.
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I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke
This hillside hit of the 1970s has its roots as a Coca-Cola commercial.
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Becca Albee Presents: Samantha Smith
In the early-mid 1980s there were celebrities who happened to be from and/or live in Maine— author Stephen King, teen film actor Judd Nelson, musician/model Bebe Buell and film legend Bette Davis.
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Creepy & Creative
In 1972, Claremont College staged a night of gory simulated accidents to train students in emergency response.