70s culture

The idea of a female hopping into a random stranger’s car is so foreign to today, that it almost seems impossible that a world existed where this was actually a thing. It likely was never actually a safe practice for females, but was a highly popular means of transport for girls in the hippy era. … Continue reading "The Hitchhiking Craze: When Women Thumbed a Ride"

No one expected the 1969 Woodstock concert and festival to draw a crowd estimated at half-million — nor that the gathering would become a legendary touchstone for the counterculture of…

Last week, we took a trip — and we use that word with a certain degree of tongue-in-cheek — back to the early Seventies and the show car scene. And what’s so cool about that movement is the way it was interpreted out on the street, as it were. Panels, lace, fishscale, cobwebbing, scallops, flames,…

Those long-haired tree-huggers sure had a unique way of talking. Here are some excellent hippie words, phrases, and slang with descriptions of what they mean and examples of how to use these terms in conversation. Let your freak flag fly!

Afro, sometimes abbreviated to 'fro' and also known as a 'natural', is a hairstyle worn naturally by people with lengthy kinky hair texture ...

Exhibition dates: Tuesday 22nd July – Saturday 26th July, 2014 Opening: Tuesday 22nd July 6-8pm Nite Art: Wednesday 23rd July until 11pm Artists represented: Philip Potter, John Storey, John …

Bohemian life with a dash of surrealism, and let's not forget the protests of 1968 were characteristic features of the hippie movement.

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David Johansen of the New York Dolls and Richard Hell of Television backstage at CBGB. From White Trash Uncut by Christopher Makos, © 2014, published by Glitterati Incorporated New York punks in the mid 70's were clearly

The 1970s seems to be still in fashion at the moment – it feels like it’s been around for most of this year – so I thought I’d take a look at the decade’s fashion. As …