The Beautiful Game: Amazing photos of seventies English soccer fans
In the 1970s, British soccer had a bad reputation. It had a rap sheet full of gang fights, stabbings, riots, and murder. Football fans were…
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‘Show Us Your Belly’: Hilarious short documentary of a spontaneous Super Bowl ’88 street party
So, you’ve seen and love Heavy Metal Parking Lot, right? Well, one of the filmmakers behind that legendary documentary, Jeff Krulik, has also been involved…
Tiny Tim, the Cleveland Browns and a bear made a sword and sorcery movie
As an answer to “The Super Bowl Shuffle,” the 1986 Cleveland Browns released this short fantasy film on home video. It co-stars Tiny Tim and…
What if every band had its own British football logo?
Some witty and likable folks with art school credentials and/or graphic design skills presumably residing in the British Isles recently started a Twitter presence for…
Avalanche Bob is the yodeling outsider musician promoting the ‘snowboard revolution’
If you’re a frequent listener of The Best Show, then you may already know Avalanche Bob. He’s one of those unknown “regulars” who relentlessly calls…
Skate decks with photos of Björk, Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth & more taken by Spike Jonze
The Björk skateboard deck from Girl. Part of a new series featuring photographs taken by Spike Jonze. Available here. So far there are five different…
Follies on Ice: Showgirls, men in drag, an ice-skating chimpanzee, a robot, and Elvis
A vintage photo of skater Hans Leiter in drag performing in the Ice Capades in 1960. Over the last few weeks for reasons I can’t…
Rockstars with balls: Bob Marley, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Pink Floyd & more playing soccer
Bob Marley playing football backstage in 1979. I love soccer. That’s all I ever watch. I’ll watch it all day if I can. But I’m…
Infamous London punks Cockney Rejects get banned by the BBC, 1980
The 1970s were a hugely contentious time for the UK. In 1973 the country was reeling from a massive outbreak of worker strikes that were…
Watch the infamous ‘Disco Demolition Night’ fiasco of 1979 in its entirety
A bounty from the Internet! Some outstanding personage has uploaded the entire broadcast of the WSNS Channel 44 Chicago broadcast of the July 12, 1979,…