24-Hour Party People: How Britain's New Age Traveler movement defined a zeitgeist

Abstract

“C rusties,” we called them. You don’t see them around today as much as you did in the 1990s and early 2000s. Back then they were a familiar sight on the streets of Britain’s cities. The term evokes white, matted dreadlocks; drab combat fatigues; and a mangy-looking dog on a string traipsing behind. “Crusty” as in encrusted dirt, dirt as a deliberate embrace of grotesquerie, a statement of resistance against M AT TH EW S M IT H