With the capacity to hold some 7000+ patrons, Alexandra Palace in London is considered the most chic and versatile venue. Bands like Strokes, Blur or the White Stripes gave some memorable performances on its scene. It is true, that it is a bit difficult to get to the location, but it is worth the trip if you want to check out something majestic. The best way to get there is by car, which you can leave in one of the More
Drug youth culture first became popular culture amongst youths in the 1960’s. It has been suggested that there was a thirty year influx of youth consuming drugs that began in the 1960’s. This especially affected western cultures with America and Britain being severely damaged. Both Trainspotting and Basketball Diaries connote this youth sub-culture, with anti-social behavior being portrayed throughout the films connoting the detrimental effects this sub-culture had on youths. Both films connote the youths rejection of mainstream society and More
Being born in the eighties I thought was definitely the right time to be growing up. Well at the time, you do don’t you. The benefits of being the younger generation is that those older ones around you are forever envious that they didn’t have what you have around when they were growing up and there is this feeling that you are ‘it’ right now. Well, twenty-something years later things have definitely changed. Growing up in the eighties was awesome: More
I don’t know what it is about today’s youth culture, but it would seem that anyone under the age of about 18 wants to sound like they’re black and live in the ghettoes and its middle class kids who are the worst offenders of this alleged crime. My friend lamented that language is changing for the worse and that today’s teenagers don’t know how to speak or write properly thanks to text speak.
I thought back to my teenage mobile More
All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved.