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Series: Freak Party

1920s Bright Young Things hosted wild ‘freak parties.’ These posts compiled by friends are soundtracks of youth.

  • May 16, 2014

    Girls Rock and Roll Camp Makes Herstory!

    BY Reva Goldberg

    Have you seen Pretty Little Demon‘s new music video yet? 

    FROM:Freak Party

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  • April 17, 2014

    Wild in Denver: Neal Cassady’s Teen Years

    BY Charles Hailer

    As the inspiration for Kerouac’s wildman Dean Moriarty in On The Road, Neal Cassady embodied the restless energy of what would be known as the Beat Generation.

    FROM:Freak Party

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  • March 31, 2014

    The Spades

    BY Charles Hailer

    After turning 18, psychedelic rock pioneer (and Austin, Texas native) Roky Erickson dropped out of high school and formed the band The Spades, pictured above.

    FROM:Freak Party

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  • March 11, 2014

    Chandra Sings “Kate”

    BY Charles Hailer

    With buzzing synths, a stomping post-disco beat and bratty, commanding vocals, “Kate” by Chandra is a New Wave classic.

    FROM:Freak Party

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  • February 14, 2014

    Dreamin’ Wild

    BY Charles Hailer

    Don’t let the cheesy Osmond Family style cover fool you, the music contained within Donnie and Joe Emerson’s only LP is the kind of haunted obscurity that hipsters and record freaks live for.

    FROM:Freak Party

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  • January 28, 2014

    Souped Up and Ragging Around

    BY Abigail Wilson

    Cars have long been equated with youth due to their shared sense of rebellion, excitement and freedom.

    FROM:Freak Party

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  • November 7, 2013

    Ungdomshuset, Copenhagen’s Youth Underground HQ, 1982-2007

    BY Lucas Habte

    For 25 years, Ungdomshuset (literally “Youth House”) was a youth center, major underground music venue, radical leftist political space, and squatters’ home in Copenhagen.

    FROM:Freak Party

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  • July 22, 2013

    AUDMCRS: Mining the Archive with Cory Arcangel

    BY Matt Wolf

    Cory Arcangel is one of our favorite artists, and his latest online project AUDMCRS is a digital archive of DJ Joshua Ryan’s expansive techno record collection.

    FROM:Freak Party

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  • June 19, 2013

    Strawberry Switchblade

    BY Claire Lucido

    Glorious Glasgow! Jill Bryson and Rose McDowell who formed the band Strawberry Switchblade at the age of 20, talk clothes making, boyfriend lists, and give love advice to heart-achey fans inside of a Keith Haring inspired box!

    FROM:Freak Party

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  • January 9, 2013

    “Times Square” Movie

    BY Annie Pearlman

    One of my favorite teen and music themed movies of all time (a favorite genre to begin with) is Times Square. 

    FROM:Freak Party

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