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It is 50 years since The Velvet Underground & Nico album was recorded. A major new exhibition in Paris tells the story of the group which created it and of the New York scene which produced them. Parisians hold the Velvets in particular esteem and, as Allan Campbell notes, the city itself has often been the…
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Chris Steele-Perkins on why photographing teen subcultures is so much more than style over substance. The invention of the ‘teenager’ in the 1950s was a global, almost simultaneous phenomenon. Defined by groups of youths rebelling against the expectations of their parents and wider society in their behaviour, attitudes and clothing, movements sprang up in…
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Chris Steele-Perkins on why photographing teen subcultures is so much more than style over substance. The invention of the ‘teenager’ in the 1950s was a global, almost simultaneous phenomenon. Defined by groups of youths rebelling against the expectations of their parents and wider society in their behaviour, attitudes and clothing, movements sprang up in…
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This obituary is so good with so many interesting links that I have decided to repost it here. The complete movie of “Tonight Let’s All Make Love in London” is stunning! John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins in 2000. Photograph: Sarah Lee John “Hoppy” Hopkins, who has died aged 77, was one of the best-known counterculture figures…
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This interview was first published in VICE March 2nd 2010 British photographer and political activist John “Hoppy” Hopkins spent the 1960s documenting jazz, poetry, The Rolling Stones, Nelson Mandela, the sexual revolution – basically everything that defined the decade. When he wasn’t working, he was launching the legendary UFO club at The Roundhouse in…
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KT Tunstall on falling in love with Venice Beach: ‘It’s bohemian … and a bit barefoot’ http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/sep/02/kt-tunstall-venice-beach-california-us-interview?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
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Beyond the Beatles: Peter Blake’s pop art on paper http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/aug/23/beyond-the-beatles-peter-blakes-pop-art-on-paper-in-pictures?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
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Documentary telling the story of Britain’s postwar infatuation with old New Orleans jazz. With rare 78rpm imports as their only guide, a generation of amateur jazz enthusiasts including Humphrey Lyttelton and Chris Barber created a traditional jazz scene that strove to recreate the essence and freedom of 1920s New Orleans in 1950s Britain. While…