Geranium Pond, 1968 This is going to be my last post for a while. During next few months, I will be far too busy to regularly update this blog. I can't really tell how long this hiatus is ...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/09/from-here-to-uncertainty.html
New Untouchables Brighton Mod Weekender is traditionally a high point of my summer. Especially since Brighton's own (once great) Mod/Psych scene went from being rubbish to being virtually no...
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Today, The Herd are mostly known as 'Peter Frampton's first band', which is a shame, because they certainly deserve to be remembered for more than that. Not only they were one of the best Br...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-herd-1960s-peacock-style-icons.html
As Eddie Cochrane used to sing, There ain't no cure for the summertime blues....I must admit, I'm generally not too keen on summer. I'm terrible at dealing with heat, and I hate when weathe...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/08/bad-vibrations-10-great-dark-songs-from.html
From Biba's advertising campaign, London, Kensington, 1966 Recently, I've been flicking through London fashion/culture magazine Jocks & Nerds, where I found the article about 1960's Londo...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/07/rowan-bulmer-swinging-londons-forgotten.html
Carnaby Street, 1967 When it comes to male fashion, kaftans will always be associated with that brief period between late 1966 and early 1968. For those several months kaftans were all t...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/07/dandies-in-kaftans.html
Co-managers of Speakeasy Roy Flynn and Mike Carey with female friends, 1967 Recently, I found this NME article from May 1967 about Swinging London club Speakeasy. It was a regular hango...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/06/this-way-to-speakeasy.html
Small Faces photographed by Gered Mankowitz in 1968 For some reason, I've never devoted much space to Small Faces in here, so it's about time I did a little post about them. Not only they ...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/06/small-faces-1960s-peacock-style-icons.html
Since everybody else seems to be doing it, I started tumblr page . Basically, It's just like this blog, but without a text. At least for now. I've spent a lot of time this week putting up ...
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I finally got round to reading Groupie by Jenny Fabian and Johnny Byrne. This book, first published in 1969 quickly achieved cult status for more than one reason. Not only it was the first d...
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Cover of Men In Vogue, Autumn/Winter 1969 Issue Three issues of Men In Vogue are currently for sale on ebay. This short-lived edition of British Vogue is something of a holy grail for col...
To Jump Like Alice boutique, 1967 Here's some more photos of cool 60's London boutiques.. Exterior and interior of King's Road boutique Just Looking, 1967 Interior of Way...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/05/more-swinging-london-boutiques.html
The laptop/scanner situation is finally sorted (for now, at least) so I can resume blogging. Here's some photos of my girlfriend, myself and random stuff from her flat. Also, I've enclosed so...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/05/guess-i-was-dreaming.html
Before I start discussing the book, I just want to say that in the past few weeks, I have been forced to take a temporary hiatus from blogging. Unfortunately, my laptop broke down, and my ...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/05/disgrace-by-barbara-hulanicki-swinging.html
Before Deep Purple established themselves as a hard rock band in early 1970's , they started off as one of the most promising psychedelic/progressive acts in Britain. Their 1968-1969 line-up...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/05/deep-purple-wearing-clothes-by-mr-fish.html
Here's some more articles, fashion features, ads and great psychedelic comics from Valentine Magazine. I love that shirt! (1970) Front and back covers of issue from...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/04/valentine-magazine-1970-1971-2.html
The film Permissive, directed by Lindsay Shonteff and released in 1970, was another British movie penetrating the promiscuous Rock scene of late 1960's and early 1970's. Just like Groupie Gir...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/04/permissive-1970.html
Chrissie Shrimpton and Thane Russal photographed in 1966 by Richard Avedon. Thane Russal, whose real name was Doug Gibbons, was an Australian singer lived and recorded in Britain in the m...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/04/thane-russal-and-chrissie-shrimpton-1966.html
Recently, I got a few issues of Valentine - a magazine for teenagers from late 1960's/early 1970's. Like every teen magazine, Valentine was full of silly love stories, features on fashion ...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/04/ilustrations-in-valentine-magazine-1971.html
The BBC documentary about British Summer Of Love emerged recently on YouTube. I vaguely recall seeing it on television when it was originally broadcasted in 2007. This hour-long program is d...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/04/1967-and-all-that.html
One of my favorite songs at the moment is 'Hold On' by Mod/Psych singer Sharon Tandy. I recently discovered this video of her performing it on German TV show The Beat Club in 1968. It is wor...
The Soft Machine poster, 1967 Some time ago I bought this book (from 1979) about the art of Michael English, titled 3D Eye. It is the collection of posters, prints and paintings of Michae...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/04/michael-english-and-psychedelic-art-of.html
After examining Polish 60's Beat/Garage/Psyche scene in my last post, now I would like to focus on depictions of 1960's youth in Polish cinema of the time. Using stills from various films, I...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/04/sixties-in-poland-part-two.html
Perhaps it's because of Easter - a family holiday - but I feel it may be the right time to do a post devoted to a country in which I was born - Poland. Or maybe I'm getting temporarily bor...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/04/sixties-in-poland-part-one.html
I do not often do any of these types of posts, but since opportunity presented itself, I thought, why not? My girlfriend and I took some photos before (and during) Temples gig in Brighton la...
http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2013/03/outfit-post-temples-gig-review-playlist.html