One for the Road: Street photographs of drunk Japanese people
Tokyo-based photographer Lee Chapman has been documenting life in Japan for almost two decades. Originally from England, Chapman went to Japan on a one-year work…
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Elvis Presley’s adventures in yoga and Eastern mysticism
Col. Tom Parker, Elvis Presley and Larry Geller on the set of ‘Spinout’ (via Bodhi Tree.com) In the spring of 1964, Elvis’ hairdresser, Larry Geller,…
Hip Smirnoff Vodka ads from the 60s with Groucho & Harpo Marx, Woody Allen, Eartha Kitt & more
Julie Newmar, 1966 Everyone gives George Lois huge props for his attention-getting use of celebrities and his sharp eye for an arresting image, but he…
Salvador Dalí goes in search of a psychedelic mushroom in ‘Impressions of Upper Mongolia’
Salvador Dali, ‘Impressions of Africa’ (1938) The rambling plot of the movie Salvador Dalí made for West German public TV in 1976, Impressions of Upper…
Grateful Dead seen in San Francisco local news footage at famous ‘Death of a Hippie’ ceremony, 1967
In the spring of 1967 a tourist bus to transport curious gawkers through the new “hippie” district of Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco sprang into existence.…
Man has hilarious reaction to Ketamine while in hospital, now everyone will want to break their foot
Everyone, meet Neil. Neil is in the hospital for a fractured ankle that needs to be manipulated back into place. In order for the doctors…
24 Hour Partying People: Happy Monday, it’s the Happy Mondays!
“You know you talk so hip man! You’re twistin’ my melon man!” Although, of course, they are still well-loved and known as one of the…
Leonard Nimoy speaks out: Why Spock approved of LSD and ‘dirty movies’
Throughout his life, the actor Leonard Nimoy appeared to be always open to discussing nearly everything in his life. He answered questions frankly and honestly…
A young Primal Scream before ‘Screamadelica’: Live in London 1987
One small but hugely significant turning point in the long career of Primal Scream came when Alan McGee gave Bobby Gillespie an ecstasy tablet at…
The Germs give out the telephone number of a drug dealer on KROQ radio, 1979
One of the best DJs in American history was Rodney Bingenheimer, whose show Rodney on the ROQ was an important force in bringing punk acts…