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Absolute Beginners
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 207

Absolute Beginners

London, 1958. In the smoky jazz clubs of Soho and the coffee bars of Notting Hill the young and the restless - the absolute beginners - are forging a new carefree lifestyle of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. Moving in the midst of this world of mods and rockers, Teddy gangs and trads., and snapping every scene with his trusty Rolleiflex, is MacInnes' young photographer, whose unique wit and honest views remain the definitive account of London life in the 1950s and what it means to be a teenager. In this twentieth century cult classic, MacInnes captures the spirit of a generation and creates the style bible for anyone interested in Mod culture, and the changing face of London in the era of the first race riots and the lead up to the swinging Sixties...

Mods!
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 149

Mods!

The sixties were possibly the greatest decade of last century – an exciting time for music and youth. No other youth culture has personified this more than the Mods, who emerged in the early years of the decade as followers of fashion and soul music and who became the style leaders for this new youth culture. This lavish pictorial history contains over 150 photographs of the original Mods, celebrating their thrilling and unique way of life.

MOD
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 500

MOD

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-03-28
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  • Publisher: Random House

Welcome to the world of the sharp-suited ‘faces’. The Italianistas. The scooter-riding, all-night-dancing instigators of what became, from its myriad sources, a very British phenomenon. Mod began life as the quintessential working-class movement of a newly affluent nation – a uniquely British amalgam of American music and European fashions that mixed modern jazz with modernist design in an attempt to escape the drab conformity, snobbery and prudery of life in 1950s Britain. But what started as a popular cult became a mainstream culture, and a style became a revolution. In Mod, Richard Weight tells the story of Britain’s biggest and most influential youth cult. He charts the origins o...

The A to Z of Mod
  • Language: en

The A to Z of Mod

This brilliantly illustrated book is a visual compendium on Mod style. For some Mod means a way of life: London clubs and Lambrettas, cigarettes and speed. For others it's clothes: trim suits, sunglasses and loafers. Combining style savvy with cultural anthropology, this guide to the many aspects of Mods takes an alphabetical approach to the most enduring of youth cults. Beginning with À bout de souffle and ending with Zoot Money, authors and Mod experts Paolo Hewitt and Mark Baxter touch on every facet of the fad. Entries such as Eel Pie Island, Otis Redding, Mary Quant, and Ready Steady Go give intriguing background information, history and facts, while colorful illustrations bring Mod st...

  • Language: en
  • Pages: 268

"We are the Mods"

  • Categories: Art
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2009
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  • Publisher: Peter Lang

"Drawing on archival research, oral history interviews, and participant observation, this examination of the adoption and adaptation of Mod style across geographic space also maps its various interpretations over time, from the early 1960s to the present. The book traces the Mod youth culture from its genesis in the dimly lit clubs of London's Soho. where it began as a way for young people to reconfigure modernity after the chaos of World War II, to its contemporary, country-specific expressions. By examining Mod culture in the United States, Germany, and Japan alongside the United Kingdom, "We Are the Mods" contrasts the postwar development of Mod in those countries that lost the war with those that won. The book illuminates the culture's fashion, music, iconography, and gender aesthetics, to create a compelling portrait of a transnational subculture." --Book Jacket.

Mods: The New Religion
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 312

Mods: The New Religion

Mod may have been born in the ballrooms and nightclubs around London but it soon rampaged throughout the country. Young kids soon found a passion for sharp clothes, music and dancing, but for some it was pills, thrills and violence. The original Mod generation tell it exactly how it was, in their very own words. First hand accounts of the times from the people who were actually on the scene. Top faces, scooterboys, DJs, promoters and musicians build up a vivid, exciting snapshot of what it was really like to be with the in-crowd. Packed with rare pictures, ephemera, art and graphics of the era. Featuring interviews with Eddie Floyd, Martha Reeves, Ian McLagan, Chris Farlowe and many more.

Mojo Talkin'
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 514

Mojo Talkin'

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017
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  • Publisher: Unknown

"Digging deeper than the previous volume Sawdust Caesars: Original Mod Voices ... Mojo Talkin' explores a broader compass of Mod within all its various guises. Complementing the first volume by the use of the oral documentation of individuals profoundly immersed in - and under the influence of - Mod culture, and accompanied by an adjoining narrative, this is an altogether different and refreshing interpretation of the subject matter."--Page 8.

Mod Art
  • Language: en

Mod Art

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-11-14
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Mod Art is the stunning visual journey from the early days of Pop Art with its strikingly vivid colors, up to today's innovative Mod-influenced artists. From the art schools of London to the 1960s clothing boutiques, the striking backdrops of Ready Steady Go!, the glistening chromed beauty of customized scooters, the explosive world of The Who's auto-destructive art, the punk-tinged DIY basics of fanzines, the vibrant beat of acid jazz and the Union Jack-clad surge of Britpop, Mod-loving author Paul Anderson combines the most striking posters, advertisements, record covers, fliers, and fanzines from the Mod movement in one complete volume.

Modzines
  • Language: en

Modzines

  • Categories: Art
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019-02
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Modzines is an original book that documents the fast living world of fanzines during the Mod revival years, fully illustrated with original artwork and photography. Leading figures from the scene including fanzine editors, bands, DJ s, promoters, journalists and main faces are interviewed providing exclusive behind the scenes stories, anecdotes and memories. Fully illustrated with original, rare artwork from key issues as well as front covers and spreads from celebrated fanzines Direction Reaction Creation; Extraordinary Sensations; Roadrunner; Maximum Speed; Sense of Sty≤ Sth Circular; Patriotic; Go Go; In The Crowd; Right Track; Beat That and many more.

Die Hard Mod
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 115

Die Hard Mod

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2010
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  • Publisher: Pen Press

One perfect summer, Steve the Mod got his kicks with the beautiful but wild Jeanie and now life's just giving him a right good kicking.