May 18, 1964: Brighton turns into a battleground between warring teenage gangs. Of course, now, the mods and rockers actually have their rallies together, and they don’t fight so much as reminisce about the good old days.
Tonight, if I’m lucky, I’ll be right near Brighton (Boston’s Brighton, of course), at O’Brien’s in Allston at the 2005 Boston Scooter Rally run by the Boston Stranglers and associated nogoodniks. Actually from my experience they’re all very nice folks, the sort to wave to anyone else on two wheels.
Secretly Ironic 