Comments on: Slowing down

By: JCHengwyte

JCHengwyte — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:24:13 +0000

The reference to a rocker jacket takes me back to Framingham South High School in the late 70’s when we referred to young fellows in leather jackets as “leather clad rockers” - the line comes from the Who’s Quadraphrenia.

The leather clad rockers were considered degenerates. Whereas - it being the 70’s - those who didn’t wear leather, but preferred blue jeans and smoking weed, they were the creme de la creme of South High Society!

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 02:29:05 +0000

The picture just keeps getting better! A woman in a Fonzie jacket (aaayyyyyyyyyy) hoofin’ it on the tracks. Wonder if she was going inbound or outbound.

By: tim

tim — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:38:03 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocker_jacket

By: Don

Don — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:33:52 +0000

You were all very close

By: michelle

michelle — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:20:00 +0000

Ah yes! Julie, everything you said makes perfect sense.
You’re never too old to run away from home!

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:58:55 +0000

I think a Rocker Jacket might be like the one Pat Benetar wore on the “Love is a Battlefield” album, which clearly is made of 100% pure dungaree:

http://jackwolak.com/7pd/121.jpg

Do you think they sell those at the Salvation Army? Maybe she was filming a video for a new revamp of V66, wearing that jacket and walking down the train tracks with all her posessions on her back - kinda moving, yes?

By: michelle

michelle — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:49:02 +0000

There was another report of a suspicious person wearing a “dungaree” jacket and I actually leaned back in my chair when I read that. I don’t think I’ve heard anyone use that word in 20 years.

For some reason I can only picture this “rocker jacket” as something Richard Marx would wear but no real definition of what it should look like.

By: Learned St. resident

Learned St. resident — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:42:27 +0000

I would guess that MDSE would be merchandise, as in three pillowcases of merchandise from Salvation Arly was stolen.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:04:28 +0000

I’m pretty sure MDSE stands for “merchandise”.

I don’t know about “rocker jacket”. My first guess is some sort of leather or denim jacket. Seems like “leather jacket” or “denim jacket” would have been more descriptive if that were the case though.