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SouthWolfie — Ska, Ska, Ska
Published: 2011-07-17 18:12:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 1653; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 33
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Here's a drawing based on a photography by Gavin Watson, found in his book "Skins & Punks"[link]
I love british subcultures more and more every day, it's really interesting. (I'm reading a book about Mods right now, so maybe my next drawing will be on this subject
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I'm English and I'm just about from the right place and I'm just about old enough that your picture could have been a memory from almost any day in my early childhood.
Beautiful.
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I try to be very respectful when I paint this kind of subject
I know that it may seem weird to see a french girl (and rather young above all) talk about things that she has never lived...
I consider all the (old?) youth subcultures very important and really interesting.
So I'm very happy that you like my picture...
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I grew up on just the other side of Birmingham from Coventry where the specials formed. I was born in 1975, which means I can remember the biggest ska hits on the radio and I can remember the ska kids on the streets but I was a little too young to actually be part of the ska movement. I remember everything that followed. My teenage years were full of conflict dating back to those days. I remember the terrible riots in Handsworth quite clearly.
Anyway, for me the most important thing seems to be that someone somewhere recognises those days. How or why is almost irrelevant - that said it is a really nice picture and I appreciate it greatly.
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