Babelgum’s Vice Versus series continues with an episode on raggare. The raggare gangs are a subculture found in Sweden that started in the 50s, causing controversy and moral panic. Their ethos seems to revolve mainly around old cars, music, sex and beer. They ride around in their Chevys and hot rod cars with leather jackets and duck’s-ass hair-dos playing pure rockabilly. Now they’re uniting in Stockholm for their biggest ever annual power meet. Check it out here.
Shit like this makes you think of your sister, your girlfriend, (kind of) your mom, and eventually your daughter. It’s about as big of a bummer as watching a bouquet of flowers die in the microwave.
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That skater uniform of oversize Yankees cap and logo tee is so epicly later’d it’s for the British guy at the trade show. The new shit is this “Imelda Marcos Rockefeller” look that makes everyone feel like they’re in a slightly faggy and sexist dictatorship.
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Reader Comments
January 7th, 2010
…..LOL!!….Whatefuck!!…..Power meet (biggest american car meet in Europe) is not held in Stockholm..but in Västerås……….As well as the ratcars pictured here in the video…We have probably the nicest restored 50s and 60s Usa autos in Europe!!!… SWEDEN RULES!!!……………….American Teddy Boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????-.. Teddy Boys is an UK thing… Long suits Edwardian suits:Edward= Ted!!!… comprende!!….But we got some nice Rockabilly band.. check out on Youtube Eva Eastwood, Go-Getters etc..