Tag Archives: 70s
The forgotten art of hitchhiking — and why it disappeared
In 1950, Pete Koltnow had just graduated from college and needed to get from New [...]
THE ATARI INTERNATIONAL ASTEROIDS TOURNAMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO 1981
They came in droves during the Fall of 1981, players of all ages, filing into [...]
The golden age of the video rental store
Before video rental stores, movies were solely watched in theaters, leaving studios hesitant to embrace [...]
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius…
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely [...]
The Farallon Islands Are Off Limits to Humans, but Not Wildlife
Just outside the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay, we followed the footprints of [...]
The 1999 Super Bowl Ad That Tanked Athletic Shoe Retailer Just For Feet
During the 1999 Super Bowl, athletic-shoe retailer Just For Feet ran a commercial that showed [...]
Big Twin Chopper
If you own the earliest copies of Street Chopper, you know the Big Twin trike [...]
Boogie Van Life
Traveling is always an option when you live in a boogie van… Contreras Customs 1975 [...]
Apollo-Soyuz Mission: When the Space Race Ended
On July 17, 1975, the U.S. and the Soviet Union docked two spacecraft together in [...]
Tribute to Childhood – Atari 2600
If you’re of a certain age, the Atari 2600 has a place in your heart, [...]