Tag: bars

Modernist New York: A Guide to New York for mods

Modernist New York: A Guide to New York for mods

Huge thanks to Derek from the excellent The Electric Mess for his help in putting together this mod’s guide to New York. Read on for what we have and if you can any comments or can add anything to it, please get in touch with us (we suspect this one […]

Cult Clip: Vintage London coffee bars

Another clip spotted on the forums, this one a vintage Look At Life movie in over-glorious technicolour. It looks like a late 50s look at London's coffee bars (or it could be just sneaking into the 60s) – the music indicates the former. Nonetheless, it's an interesting look at coffee […]

London Calling book by Barry Miles

Big thanks to Ed for flagging up a book that has passed us by – London Calling by Barry Miles. Described as 'a major and definitive history of the counterculture' by a 'pre-eminent chronicler of the cultural underground' (the author was indeed a leading light on the 60s underground scene), […]