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What the police think of biker gangs
This was on cop's reaction to a biker brawl that started outside a Starbucks, between two gangs who wanted to declare it "turf." It used to be, that a man on a Harley was someone to be feared and respected. Now? Well, Southpark called them “fags,” and even cops riding BMWs in jodhpurs feel free to mock the biker stereotype. They can’t even call themselves one percenters anymore. If you neede...
02 November 2011
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This man is no longer a one percenter
Time to update the pop culture lexicon. Originally coined by “outlaw” bikers in response to the AMA’s response to the 1947 Hollister Riot, it used to be that the “1%” label referred to the small number of motorcyclists who weren’t law abiding citizens. Now? A bunch of punk kids have co-opted the term, using it in Occupy Wall Street protests to symbolize the income differential between ...
12 October 2011
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Stereotypes exist for a reason
Telling the story of a lone biker gang roaming some vaguely western scene and living by their own code of justice, “Untitled” by Connor Hair manages to tick off just about every biker stereotype box. Hell, it even ticks them off using a knife. Is this really who people think we are or is it who we think we are? Update: the film's creators have responded. Fellow subscribers of Hell for Leat...
21 March 2011
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10 January 2011
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Band of Bikers captures the East Coast gay biker scene of yesteryear
Perusing the selection at the bookstore, nothing's really different or odd about it. A smallish green square book with a yellowed old color photo of some drunk bikers back in the day. You see shots like that in the online LIFE archive and Max Schaaf's blog all the time. Walking closer, you read the hand-written title Band of Bikers in the lower left corner of the photo's border. Cool, a new biker ...
02 March 2010
