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A Rocket in My Pocket: The Hipster's Guide to Rockabilly Music by Max Decharne
Category: Music
A Rocket in my Pocket is the story of rockabilly music, the primal '50s howl of rockin' rage that helped start it all. Rockabilly had its roots in country, blues, folk, hillbilly, R&B, boogie-woogie and most other indigenous Deep South forms of popular song that you could strum three chords along to ...Show more
King's Road: The Rise and Fall of the Hippest Street in the World by Max Decharne
Category: History
The King's Road in Chelsea was at the epicentre of not one, but two worldwide cultural shifts. In the mid-sixties, it became a focal point and shop window for the new 'swinging' London, encompassing music, theatre, the visual arts, fashion and much more. It remained at the forefront of developing trends ...Show more
Straight from the Fridge Dad by Max Decharne
Category: Comedy/Satire
Containing thousands of examples of hipster slang drawn from pulp novels, classic noir and exploitation films, blues, country and rock'n'roll lyrics and other related sources from the 1920s to the 1960's, Straight From the Fridge, Dad lays down the righteous jive, perfect for all hipsters, B-girls, weed ...Show more
Teddy Boys: Post-War Britain and the First Youth Revolution by Max Decharne
Category: History
The story of Britain's first youth counterculture With their draped suits, suede creepers and immaculately greased hair, the Teddy Boys defined a new era for a generation of teenagers raised on a diet of drab clothes, Blitz playgrounds and tinned dinners. From the Edwardian origins of their fashion to t ...Show more
Vulgar Tongues : An Alternative History of English Slang by Max Decharne
Category: Languages and Reference
Slang is the language of pop culture, low culture, street culture, underground movements and secret societies; depending on your point of view, it is a badge of honour, a sign of identity or a dangerous assault on the values of polite society. Of all the vocabularies available to us, slang is the most a ...Show more
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