TeenageRevolution

'Nolongeraboy,notquiteaman,oftenaprat...'WhenAlanDavieswasgrowingupheseemedtodrivehisfamilymad.'Whatarewegoingtodowithyou?'theywouldask-asifhemightknowtheanswer.Perhapsitwasbecausehecameofageinthe1980s.Thatdecadeofbighair,greed,campmusic,massunemployment,socialunrestandtrulyshamefultrouserswasconfusingforteenagers.Therewasalottobelievein-somuchtostandfor,orstandagainst-andAlandecidedtojoinanythingwiththeword'anti'init.Hewaslookingforheroestoguidehim(relatively)unscathedintoadulthood.Fromhischronickleptomaniatothemovingsearchforhismother'sgraveyearsaftershedied;fromhisobsessionwithjoining(goingsofarastobecomeamemberofChickensLib)tohisfirstforaysintomakingpeoplelaugh(notalwaysintentionally),TeenageRevolutionisatouchingandfunnyreturntotheformativeyearsthatmakeusall.Andit'llmakeyouwonderwhateverhappendtoyourlegwarmers.