Showing posts with label Juvenile Delinquent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Juvenile Delinquent. Show all posts

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Penny Dreadfuls: Proto Scandal Sheet Rag and True (-ish) Crime Dreadfuls

Black Bess (1866)
Black Bess; or, the knight of the road : a tale of the good old times by Viles, Edward

A Book of Remarkable Criminals

A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H Irving

A Book of Scoundrels


A Book of Scoundrels, by Charles Whibley


The Newgate Calendar 1700-1800


A chronological list of all entries in the Newgate Calendar from 1700 to 1800 A.D. Source.

Some examples.


Who committed so many Forgeries and Cheats that he had not Time to confess them all before he died, on
19th of April, 1700


Executed 10th of July, 1700, for the Murder of their Guest, Mr Oliver Norris


Executed for the Cruel Murder of Miss Price, Whom he had Seduced and Promised Marriage


Housebreaker and Highwayman, who robbed a King at Hertford, and a Church, and was hanged at Tyburn in 1700


Who courted his Master's Daughter and then robbed him. Hanged at Tyburn on 1st of August, 1700 .


An Insolent Puppy who presumed on his Swordsmanship. Executed at Tyburn, 23rd of December, 1723, for murdering his Mistress


Executed at Tyburn, 3rd of February, 1724, for House-breaking, after being warned that the Bellman would say his Verses over him


Made an Unsuccessful Attempt to kill Jonathan Wild by cutting his Throat. Executed in November, 1724, at Newgate

The Terrific Register

The Terrific Register (1825)

The Whitechapel Murders or the mysteries of the East End
The Whitechapel Murders or the mysteries of the East End (1888)

Jack the ripper penny dreadful.


The Wild Boys of London, or Children of the Night

Illustrations from The Wild Boys of London

A Selection of Stories

The Body-Snatchers

Dreadful Account of Cannibalism

Extraordinary Female Duel

Horrid Parricide

The Life of Dick Turpin

Providential Escape

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Killer Delinquents

Sources and General Interest Links
Kids Who Kill, Part one
Kids Who Kill, Part two

June

Friday, January 7, 2011

Star 1973

Thanks, Carl Wilson, for pointing this out.


"I've decided to ring in the 2011 New Year with my own misguided version of public service: an online archive of a scandalous and short-lived 70's teen magazine! The first issue of Star hit the stands in February 1973. With its over-the-top advice and irreverent coverage of LA's teenage groupie scene, it wasn't long before Petersen Publishing was feeling the heat from "concerned citizens". Five issues and five months later, publication ceased. A sixth issue was planned but never printed. Such controversy along with coverage of "new breed" Sunset Strip groupies (Shray Mecham, Sable Starr, Lori Lightning, Queenie Glam) and glam venues like Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco cemented the mag's later cult status among fans and collectors. "




Saturday, September 4, 2010

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Reefer Madness

Starting with the 19th Century, gaining speed into the 20th, one sees the merging of interest in an unlimited, visionary subjectivity (a la Romanticism) and the recreational use of perception-altering drugs. The ritual serves as a leisure-time equivalent of what is being said by an emergent psychology field: that subjectivity is a chemical, biological process, not a transcendent one.

A notable contribution from the 19th C is the European and North American para-literature on opium use and the confessional of addiction. Thomas DeQuincey establishes the genre. Charles Baudelaire adds to the correspondence between drugs and psychological states a hammy, character-actor's brogue. Writerly observations of opium dens become faddish.

Into the 20th, there is Celine whose take on hardboard realism is tantamount to hallucination (the subject of literal drug use is not explored). Aldous Huxley is perhaps the prominent idealist and optimist of drug use, holding it dear for tapping into hitherto under-experienced adventures in subjectivity, explorations aligned with mysticism. Shortly later, Timothy Leary follows his example. William Burroughs is less rosy: drug use being the commodification of subjectivity--subjectivity given an external, material form--turns subjectivity over to the laws of commodities: trade, regulation, policing, negotiable ownership.

Hashish and Opium Literature

Other Narcotics Literature

Contemporary Resources

In Film
 
Curious Alice - 1970s After School Special

Reefer Madness 

Monday, August 30, 2010

50's Slang (Abridged)

Source.
A
Actor — Show-off. 

Agitate the Gravel  — To leave (hot-rodders).
Ankle-biter  — A child.
Antsville  — A place full of people.
Ape — Used with go - to explode or be really mad.
Are You Writing a Book — You're asking too many questions.


B
Baby — Cute girl, term of address for either sex.
Back Seat Bingo — Necking in a car.
Bad News  Depressing person.
Bash  Great party.
Bent eight — V-8 engine (hot-rodders).
Big Daddy — An older person.
Big Tickle  Really funny.
Bit  An act.
Blast  A good time.
Blow off  To defeat in a race (hot-rodders).
Bobbed  Shortened.
Boss  Great.
Bread  Money.
Bug     "You bug me" — to bother.
Burn Rubber  To accelerate hard and fast (hot-rodders).

C
Cast an Eyeball — To look.
Cat  —  A hip person (Beats).
Chariot  —  Car (Beats).
Cherry  —  Originally, an unaltered car. Later, anything attractive (hot-rodders, originally).
Chick in Skins  —  Woman in a fur coat.
Chrome-plated  — Dressed up (hot-rodders, originally).
Circled  —  Married.
Classy Chassis  — Great body.
Cloud 9  — Really happy.
Clyde  — Term of address, usually for a normal person (Beats).
CookCookin' —  Doing it well.
Cooties  —  Imaginary infestations of the truly un-cool.
Cranked  —  Excited (Beats).
Cream   Originally, to dent a car. Later, to badly damage (hot-rodders, originally).
Cruisin' for a Bruisin'  Looking for trouble.
Cube —  A normal person.
Cut the Gas  — Be quiet!
Cut out  —  Leave.


D
D.D.T—  (Drop Dead Twice) Response: What, and look like you?.
Deuce   A 1932 Ford (hot-rodders).
Dibs  —  A claim - as in "got dibs" on that seat.
Dolly  —  Cute girl.
Don't Have a Cow  —  Don't get so excited.
Drag     (hot-rodders) —  A short car race; (Beats) A bore.
Duck Butt or D.A. —  Hairstyle of greasers where hair in back is combed to the middle, then with end of comb, make a middle part.


E     
Earthbound  —  Reliable.
Epistle  — Letter.
Eyeball  —  Look around.

F     
Fake Out  —  A bad date.
Fast  —  Someone who was sexually active.
Fat City  —  A great thing or place; Happy.
Fire up  —  Start your engine (hot-rodders).
Flat out  —  Fast as you can.
Flat-top  —  Men's hairstyle. A crewcut which is flat across the top.
Flick  —  A movie.
Flip  —  To get very excited.
Flip-top  —  A convertible car.
Floor it  —  Push the accelerator to the floor (hot-rodders).
Fracture  —  To amuse.
Fream —  Someone who doesn't fit in.
Front Burner  —  Current crisis.
Frosted  —  Angry.

G
Germsville —  An illness - Buzzed by germsville means put in the hospital.
Get Bent—  Disparaging remark as in "drop dead."    
Get with it  —  Understand.
Gig  — Work, job (Beats).
Ginchiest  —  Coolest.
Go Ape  —  Get very excited.
Go for Pinks  —  A drag race where the stakes are the car's pink slip (hot-rodders).
Goof  —  Someone who makes mistakes.
Goopy —  Messy.
Goose it  —  Accelerate the car fully (hot-rodders).
Greaser  —  A guy with tons of grease in his hair, which later came to describe an entire. group of people.
Grody —  Sloppy, messy or dirty.


H     
Hang  —  As in "hang out" which means to do very little.
Haul Ass  —  Drive very fast (hot-rodders).
Heat  —  Police (Beats).
Heels on Fire  —  In a hurry.
Hopped up  —  A car modified for speed (hot-rodders).
Horn  —  Telephone.
Hottie —  A very fast car (hot-rodders).

I     
Illuminations  —  Good ideas, thoughts.
In Orbit  —  In the know.
International Intrigue Dodge  —  Private eye business.
Ivy Leaguer  —  Pants style. Also any person who attended an Ivy League college.

J     
Jacked up  —  Car with raised rear end. (hot-rodders).
Jacketed  —  Going steady.
Jelly Roll  —  Men's hair combed up and forward on both sides, brought together in the middle of the forehead.
Jets  —  Smarts, brains.
K     
Kick  —  A fun or good thing; Also, a fad.
Kill  —  To really impress.
Knuckle Sandwich  —  A fist in the face
Kookie  —  Nuts, in the nicest possible way

L
Later, also LaterGator  —  Goodbye. See ya later, alligator. Response: after while crocodile.
Lay a Patch  —  To accelerate so rapidly that you leave a patch of rubber on the road.
Lay on  —  To give (Beats).
Lighting up the Tilt Sign  —  Lying.
Like CrazyLike Wow  —  Really good, better than cool.
Long Green  —  Money.

M
Machine  —  A car (hot-rodders).
Made in the Shade  —  Success guaranteed.
Make out  —  A kissing session.
Make the Scene  —  To attend an event or activity.
Meanwhileback at the Ranch  —  From TV Westerns. Usually used to get a storyteller back on track.
Mirror Warmer  —  A piece of pastel fabric (often cashmere) tied around the rear view. mirror. A 50s version of the Medieval wearing your lady's colors.
Most  —  As in "the most" - high praise usually of the opposite sex.
Mushroom People  —  People who come out at night to play.

N
Nerd  —  Same as now. Bill Gates without the money.     
Nest  —  A hair-do.
Nod  —  Drift off to sleep.
Nosebleed  —  As in hey, nosebleed - hey, stupid. Not a compliment!.
No Sweat  —  No problem.
Nowhere  —  Opposite of cool. Nowheresville was a boring, bad place to be. (Beats)
Nuggets  —  Loose change.

O    
Odd Ball  —  Someone a bit off the norm.
Off the Line  —  Start of a drag race (hot-rodders).
On the Stick  —  Pulled together. Bright, prepared.

P     
Pad  —  Home.
Paper Shaker  —  Cheerleader or Pom Pom girl.
Party Pooper  —  No fun at all.
Passion Pit — Drive-in movie theatre.
Peel out — To accelerate hard and fast (hot-rodders).
Peepers — Glasses.
Pile up Z's — Get some sleep.
Pooper — No fun at all.
Pop the Clutch — Release the clutch pedal quickly so as to get a fast start.
Pound — Beat up.
Punch it — Step on the gas (hot-rodders).
Put down — To say bad things about someone.

R
Radioactive — Very popular.
Rag Top — A convertible car.
Rap — To tattle on someone (Beats).
Rattle your Cage — Get upset.
Raunchy — Messy or gross in some other way.
Razz my Berries — Excite or impress me.
Real Gone — Very much in love. Also unstable. Hmm, there's a difference?
Reds — The Communists.
Righto —  Okay.
Rock — A diamond
Rocket — A car (hot-rodders).
Rod — A car (hot-rodders).
Royal Shaft — Badly or unfairly treated.

S     
Scream — Go fast.
Screamer — A hot rod.
Shoot LowThey're Riding Shetlands — Be careful.
Shot down — Failed.
ShuckShuckster — A deceiver, liar or cheat
Sides — Vinyl records.
Sing — To tattle or inform on someone (Beats).
Smog in the Noggin' — Memory loss.
Sounds — Music.
Souped up — A car modified to go fast.
Spaz — Someone who is uncoordinated. A clutz.
Split — Leave.
Square — A regular, normal person. A conformist.
Stable the Horses — Park the cars.
Stacked  — A woman with large breasts.
Stack up — To wreck a car (hotrodder).
Submarine Races — While waiting for the submarines to race, which might take quite. awhile :>) couples found creative ways of killing the time.


T    
Tank — A large sedan (usually driven by parents).
Tear Ass — Drive (or go) very fast.
That's Close — Something wrong or not true.
Think Fast — Usually said right before someone threw something at you.
Threads — Clothes.
Tight — Good friends.
Total — To completely destroy, most often in reference to a car.
T.T.T.S— Take two their small.

U    
Unreal — Exceptional.

W    
Wail — Go fast.
Washington — A dollar.
Wazoo — Your rear end.
Weed — A cigarette.
Wet Rag — Someone who's just no fun.
Word from the Bird — The truth (Beats).
What's BuzzinCuzzin — What's new?
What's your TaleNightingale  What's the story?
Wheelie  Lift the car's front wheels off the ground by rapid acceleration.

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