60s

When the mid-60s oeuvre of the Shangri-Las is discussed, attention often focusses on the input of their producer, George “Shadow” Morton. You can see why. From the moment you dropped the needle on the New York City girl group’s first hit, 1964’s Remember (Walking in the Sand), Morton’s production style was hard to ignore. Working, so he claimed, without any experience or musical ability, he was not a man at home with subtlety or good taste. He drenched everything in echo and slathered on dramatic sound effects: screaming…

The further we get from the Nineties, the more it looks like a series of musical golden ages all stacked atop one another, a kaleidoscopic moment when grimy hip-hop and future-shock R&B hit artistic and commercial peaks at the same time as a procession of fuzz-pedal-toting rock bands found themselves at the center of pop culture. It was the best-ever era for one-hit wonders, even as major labels — suddenly uncertain in era when Nirvana or Wu-Tang Clan could beat out manicured product — also threw…

Legendary F1 engineer Steve Nichols made his mark during the 1980s and '90s, but at least a small part of him wondered what it would have been like to be in the game a quarter-century earlier. That spark grew into a blaze, pushing Nichols out of retirement to create his own company and street car project. The Nichols N1A race-inspired roadster has a pedigree like nothing else before it, designed as a modern take on the great race cars of the 1960s, specifically the very first car built by the McLaren team. The N1A's…

Sex And The City Star Kim Cattrall Promotes Fillers, Botox & More To Prevent Ageing ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia ) Actress Kim Cattrall is taking care of herself with cosmetic treatments. The former ‘Sex and the City’ star confessed that due to her being in her “60s now,” she maintains looking “a certain kind of way” via enhancements like injections and filler, reports aceshowbiz.com. “I’m in my 60s now, and I’m all about battling aging in every way I can. I play a certain kind of woman who looks a certain kind of…

Ed Ames, the youngest member of the popular 1950s singing group the Ames Brothers, who later became a successful actor in television and musical theater, has died. He was 95.The last survivor of the four singing brothers, Ames died May 21 from Alzheimer’s disease, his wife, Jeanne Ames, said Saturday.“He had a wonderful life,” she said.On television, Ames was likely best known for his role as Mingo, the Oxford-educated Native American in the 1960s adventure series “Daniel Boone” that starred Fess Parker as the famous…

Finally, a promising upgrade to the antique space radio systems that make orbital data transfer so ridiculously slow. Terran Orbit has set a new record for transmitting at high-speed from space to Earth as NASA's Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 (PTD-3) CubeSat used an optical laser system to beam data from 300 miles (480 km) up to a ground station at a rate of 200 gigabits per second.The advance of space travel since the first Sputnik launch in 1957 has been one of paradox. Humanity has gone from lofting crude…

Ford is making 1,966 models of the 2023 Bronco Sport in its Heritage editions. The 1966 number refers to the year the Bronco was introduced. The throwback trim levels for the Bronco Sport include steelie-appearing wheels, retro paint jobs, and nostalgic interior touches.At a glanceHarkens back to 1966 when the Bronco was introducedHeritage models are based on two trim levels of the Bronco SportTwo different drivetrain options, depending on trim chosenCool nostalgic colors and interiorsThe Ford Bronco Sport was introduced…

In 1963, when he was 14 years old, Nick Broomfield briefly crossed paths with Brian Jones. “We were on the same train. I was travelling to school and he was going back to Cheltenham, where he grew up,” recalls the documentary-maker 60 years later. “He was sitting all alone in a first-class compartment. I just tapped on the door and, with some temerity, introduced myself.”Jones, who was on the cusp of pop stardom with the Rolling Stones, the group he had formed the previous year, turned out to be warm and charming,…

This bold chunk of fiction comes garlanded with the promise that it is written in Polari, the historical cant of British gay male society. This turns out to be not quite true – Polari was only ever a vocabulary, rather than a full language – but it certainly indicates where we’re heading; back to the late 1960s, when Polari had its heyday, and far out into the choppy waters of linguistic transgression.The largest part of the book is taken up with what purports to be a typescript of the “anarcho-surrealist” memoirs of one…

Ana de Armas Once Revived The 60s’ Retro Style In A S*xy Way ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) When you are in the glitz and glamour industry, you have to maintain a certain level of fashion sense, and Ana de Armas has not only proved her worth as an actress but also as a fashionista. She enjoys a massive fanbase who admires and follows her. Ana has always tried to put her best fashion foot forward. Today we bring you a throwback photoshoot where Ana looked super s*xy in a fringe dress. Check out below! Ana received a lot…