‘The Modern Antiquarian’: Julian Cope’s guided tour of the megaliths of Britain
Sure, everyone knows about Stonehenge, but it might not be quite as widely known that stone rings and megaliths dating back several thousand years, well…
History Archives: 06/2017
War Games: A 15th-century guide to violent combat
So, you want to learn how to fight like one of the world’s great duelists? Or maybe like a warrior from Game of Thrones? How…
‘The Nuclear War Fun Book’: Morbid laffs from the end of the world
The prospect of catastrophic nuclear war has an interesting effect on the human psyche. My dad used to work for a man named Herman Kahn,…
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.…
The Algiers Motel Incident: Detroit police play murderous ‘death game’ with teens during 1967 riot
At 2:00 am on July 26th, 1967, the Detroit Police Department received a call: “At the Algiers Motel, check for dead persons.” When police arrived,…
Tijuana Bibles: Cheap, nasty, porno comic books featuring Mickey, Donald, Popeye, & more (Very NSFW)
Tijuana Bibles were eight-page, hand-sized comic books featuring well-known cartoon characters, sporting heroes, and Hollywood film stars in a sequence of hardcore sexual shenanigans. They…