From prudish Victorians to arrows in the eye – 10 things from history everyone gets wrong
Mexico’s Most Celebrated Pachuco: Tin Tan
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How Neolithic farming sowed the seeds of modern inequality 10,000 years ago
The plastic tide is a symptom of a sickness in society: Surfers Agains – Gather Outdoors
Hidden Beat-era Enclave Could Get National Historic Status
Is This The Solution To Plastic Waste Pollution?
How to Etch Aluminum / Etched Guitar Pedals
The article that changed my view … of humanity’s impact on the planet
Fmr FBI Agent Turned Surf Guitarist Using Her Voice To Advocate For The LGBTQ Community. She released her ‘Love Is’ compilation in October
Source: Fmr FBI Agent Turned Surf Guitarist Using Her Voice To Advocate For The LGBTQ Community – GirlTalkHQ
Source: Blackboy: A Portrait of Deni Firdaus
The Jetsons is actually a bone-chilling dystopia – The Verge
Source: Australian Lawmakers Propose Outlawing Parody, Having A Sense Of Humor | Techdirt
Source: Under – Snøhetta
Can it be true? A working ‘Dick Tracy Wrist Watch’
Source: Can it be true? A working ‘Dick Tracy Wrist Watch’
Languages of the US before European Colonisation
Source: Zealandia drilling reveals secrets of sunken lost continent | World news | The Guardian
Tiki drinking first bloomed after Prohibition, and now—after a protracted decline—it has returned, integrated into the larger classic cocktail canon.
Honda’s new classic Super Cub motorscooter looks as good today as it did 60 years ago
Source: Honda’s new classic Super Cub motorscooter looks as good today as it did 60 years ago
Source: Mapping 15 of Los Angeles’s Most Glorious Remaining Googies
Source: the unbelievable story of transgender soul singer jackie shane – i-D
Source: Honda’s new classic Super Cub motorscooter looks as good today as it did 60 years ago / Boing Boing
There’s a new Sims documentary coming out soon and we had a chance to chat with Scott Clum who has been working on it for some time. For more info on Tom, see
Source: New Tom Sims Documentary – Pure Juice | Concrete Wave Magazine
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Source: Pacific Longboarder News / Reviews / Events
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Video: Sea of Joy – Wayne, Nat, Ted & Crew
Source: Pacific Longboarder News / Reviews / Events
Source: Charles Phoenix: Addicted to Americana – Book Launch Party
Source: Rare Surf Tees – Vintage classic retro surf t-shirts, singlets and hoodies
Source: How Alexander Girard’s Folk Art Obsession Changed The Course Of Modernism
Distant volcanic eruptions disrupted climate, a new study suggests, causing life-giving rains along the Nile to fail.
Source: How Volcanoes Caused Violent Uprisings in Cleopatra’s Egypt
The Pacific Southwest Exposition embodied the spirit of 1920s Hollywood: spectacle for its own sake, cheerful vulgarity, and commercial hard sell.
Source: Flappers and Indians in the Dream City: The Jazz Age Ends in Long Beach
Source: Pacific Longboarder News / Reviews / Events
Source: Caliber Truck Co. – Microcosm – SKATE[SLATE]
Source: Lace Music Products – The Teliki – Custom Electric guitar from Lace.
Source: When Wall Street Owns Main Street — Literally | naked capitalism
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Source: Moondog: the Man on the Street : Free Streaming : Internet Archive
Source: One of world’s largest marine parks created off coast of Easter Island | Environment | The Guardian
Source: Elektroauto Jaguar E-type Zero: “Das schönste Elektroauto der Welt” | heise online
Source: Soul & Mod – Mod Subculture Directory & Soul Events Advertising – Mods
1960s James Bond-inspired retrofuturistic design comes together in a pair of wireless audio speakers that may leave you both shaken and stirred.
Source: Bossa Moonraker Retro-Futuristic Stereo Speaker System – Design Milk
Source: Record Amazon fires stun scientists; sign of sick, degraded forests
Source: I Went Undercover at a Boot Camp for Young Conservatives—Here’s What I Learned | Alternet
Source: Where is the musical underground in 2017? | Music | The Guardian
Source: Tiki Death Punch | Modern Tiki
Tribes people from around the world watch the BBC’s programme Protecting Our Parents.
Source: BBC Two – Tribes, Predators & Me, Web exclusive: Tribes react to care homes
Source: Gin Wong: 5 LA projects by the modern architect – Curbed LA
Source: Home (2009)
The Archivist: The Aquatic Ape | The Surfers Journal
Has Keystone XL Become Obsolete?
Sabine Jessen discusses Trudeau’s plans to increase offshore oil exploration that undermine oceans protection commitments Canada has made.
Source: Canada Undermines Targets for Protecting Oceans by Increasing Oil Exploration
Journey-based charts from the past can help us track the progression of transportation technology.
Source: Atlas Obscura
Mexico markets Trump themed tp, proceeds help migrants
Source: Boing Boing
Yet another white guy cast in a non-white starring role
In another one of our occasional posts on crazy continental architecture here we look at a groovy German coastguard station on the island Rugen in northern Germany. It may look like it’s in the middle of a field but don’t let these photos deceive you – it’s not, it’s by the sea, where it should [&hellip
Source: Space Age German Lifeguard Station – Voices of East Anglia
There are numerous ruins of Tiahuanaco origin which were later occupied by the Incas. These are sacred places for the peoples of the Andes.
Source: The Precursors of the Inca – Top Documentary Films
It started back in the 1950s. Bill Haley and Elvis burst onto the scene. Rock ‘n’ roll was born. The guitar took center stage, and it never left.
Source: The Story of the Guitar: The Complete Three-Part Documentary | Open Culture
Last month, we highlighted for you The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays, a largely-forgotten 1957 educational science film. The production is notable partly because it was shot by Frank Capra, the influential director who had won not one, not two, but three Oscars for best director.
Source: Frank Capra’s Science Film The Unchained Goddess Warns of Climate Change in 1958 | Open Culture
