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Three rockers on Chelsea Bridge Two mods on a scooter. Mods and rockers were two conflicting British youth subcultures of the late 1950s to mid 1960s. Media coverage of the two groups fighting in 1964 sparked a moral panic about British youth, and they became widely perceived as violent, unruly troublemakers.
Gene's & Jude's (or sic: Gene & Jude's) is a popular and iconic hot dog stand in River Grove, Illinois, [1] founded in 1946 by Chicago city worker Gene Mormino. [2] The stand is famous for its limited approach to the Chicago-style hot dog , its toppings departing from tradition by including only mustard , onions , relish , sport peppers and ...
Mods and Rockers is a 1964 British short film directed by Kenneth Hume and produced by Anglo-Amalgamated. [1] It features the Western Theatre Ballet company based on their ballets "Mods and Rockers" and "Non-Stop". They also perform a dance to Beatles compositions.
The mods and rockers conflict led sociologist Stanley Cohen to use the term "moral panic" in his study about the two youth subcultures, [5] in which he examined media coverage of the mod and rocker riots in the 1960s. [6] By 1965, conflicts between mods and rockers began to subside and mods increasingly gravitated towards pop art and psychedelia.
The Thirsty Whale, which opened in 1971, [citation needed] was a rock music club in River Grove, Illinois.It brought in acts like Blue Öyster Cult, Off Broadway, Molly Hatchet, Black Oak Arkansas, Extreme, Keith Reid with Bowser from Sha-Na-Na, Alice In Chains (opened for Extreme), Quiet Riot, Foghat, Johnny Winter, Mother Love Bone (who played their only Chicago show at the Whale), [citation ...
Sixteen was designed by Joe Valerio, whose previous credits included the Garmin flagship store on the Magnificent Mile. [4] Valerio's design had to work within spatial constraints determined by the tower's architects, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, leaving him to deal with complications stemming from a variety of column shapes — some square, some round, and others rectangular.
Moto was a molecular gastronomy restaurant in the Fulton River District of Chicago, Illinois known for creating "high-tech" dishes which incorporate elements such as carbonated fruit, edible paper, lasers, and liquid nitrogen for freezing food. [1] Moto was run by executive chef Homaro Cantu until his suicide in 2015.
Folk Devils and Moral Panics: The Creation of the Mods and Rockers is a 1972 sociology book by Stanley Cohen. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was the first book to define the social theory of moral panic . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ]