swinging London Archives - Boing Boing

drugs Incredibly groovy TV commercial for "Good Strong Coffee" (1968) David Pescovitz

History Did Victorians really treat headaches by hammering metal helmets? Popkin
Games Just how historically accurate is Bloodborne's fashion? Grant St. Clair
1970 BBC documentary about Ridley Scott's coffee commercial Mark Frauenfelder
accidents Watch: Daring Instagram skater shows off skills in London streets — until a car door gets in the way Carla Sinclair
music Thelonious Monk, 40 years after his death David Pescovitz
david bow Haddon Hall: When David Invented Bowie — a graphic novel about the creativity struggle in the late 60s Christine Ro
offworld Why Final Fantasy VII matters Leigh Alexander
health The Atlantic's Olga Khazan (Gweek 147) Mark Frauenfelder
Fashion trends in "swinging London of the sixties," captured in an archival short film Xeni Jardin
art Fathom Butterfly – the notorious beauty queen, showgirl, Hammer horror actress, porn star, felon and feminist filmmaker tweets her memoirs Mark Frauenfelder
adapt ADAPT: An interview with Tim Harford and an excerpt from his new book Cory Doctorow
Science Stranger than fiction: The search for habitable exomoons Lee Billings
Book Report on a revival meeting for the creepy Process Church Mark Frauenfelder
music Top Shelf Jazz's "Fast and Louche" — part Cab Calloway, part Atomic Fireballs, all good smutty Prohibition jazz Cory Doctorow
music "Mighty Uke" trailer Mark Frauenfelder
happy mutants A journey through my junk: happy Down the Rabbit Hole day! Cory Doctorow
Book Roy Christopher's annual "Summer Reading List" Mark Frauenfelder
Dance number from Pop Gear, 1965 Brit Invasion movie Mark Frauenfelder
1966 Time article about swinging London Mark Frauenfelder