The ’70s still remain one of the best eras for cinema. This is The Shout, a totally nuts movie starring John Hurt (he’s the first guy to die in Alien), Susannah York, and Alan Bates.

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Legendary in the Japanese music scene of the 70s, the folk-rock band Happy End was virtually unknown (and probably still is) to the Western world until Sofia Coppola included their hit, Kaze wo atsumete, in Lost in Translation. The childlike simplicity of the tune is addicting, especially when played by two anonymous Japanese men with a recorder and a guitar.

Injecting you back into the 70s with his expired polaroids, director and photographer Neil Krug’s work will encourage you to pull out your Hendrix records and flash back to the days that were. Capturing beautiful yet simple images recreating a psychedelic world of cowboys and Indians, and all with a vintage feel, Krug encapsulates that golden era of music with an impressive portfolio of work ranging from music videos and photography for bands like Tame Impala, My Chemical Romance and Ladytron.

This exhibition at Barbican, London, about the New York art scene, during the 1970s was literally a nugget of history. Thoroughly mesmerising, inspiring and evocative, the ideas being explored are still as powerful as they were at the time they were made. I loved the dimensions and multiplicity of forms, a truly interdisciplinary exhibition spanning movement, sound, installation, architecture and film. Next time, let’s step back in time to the London art scene in the 1970s.

Heavy on motorcycles, Steve McQueen and the 70s, this blog covers topics I’m already fairly familiar with and adds amazing photography.

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Using a 1970s Polaroid, aura camera artist Carlo Van De Roer has created a series of photographs that explore the unseen aura energy and characteristics of his friends and family. Along with the photographs are aura charts that show what each color and location means according to the particular person photographed. The resulting images are colorful and dream-like.

Digging on Netherlands-based photographer Qiu Yang’s awesome, subtly surreal photos that riff on color-saturated, ’70s-style furturist minimalism.

Even back in the ’70s people hated hipsters. Look at Charles Bronson decimating the hipster population of New York back in the day.

In honor of Carl Sagan day on November 9th, Seeland Records released some remixes of the recordings that were launched into space on the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecrafts in 1977.

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Terrence Towel, son of Terry the ‘mythical rogue‘ of the 1970s fashion world, has started a revival of his father’s vision in Melbourne. This Australian owned label that manufactures locally has extended the concept of the Terry Towel bucket hat to include items that make up both a summer and a winter range. The clothes are comfortable, colourful, and great if you can’t be bothered towelling down after a shower.

I like boobs as much as anyone, but Douglas Lee’s aesthetic is so the opposite of what happens in my brain most of the time. That’s not to say it isn’t great, it’s just that his tentacle of the current ’70s-inspired chic is rooted more Elton John than Black Sabbath.

Paul Roberts was brought up by artist parents in Wales. Gaining early recognition in the 1970s, his career as a painter was interrupted when he had worldwide success with the rock band, Sniff ’n’ The Tears, in 1978 (whose cover artworks were all his creation). In 1988, he moved with his family to Somerset, where he has continued to paint and make music. His work can currently be seen at the Plus One Gallery London.

Sorting through the racks at op and vintage shops can be tiring, right? Given time is money, and you and I have little of either, shopping for one-off vintage finds at Spanish Moss makes sense. With a few clicks you can connect with the beautifully curated collection of amazing ’80s jumpsuits, ’40s kimonos or ’70s caftans as well as their signature range of new clothes – American Gold.

The range available is fantastic – from special occasion pieces, with commensurate price-tags, to affordable gems. And if you thought things couldn’t get any easier – you can search by size, brand or clothing type and they ship anywhere in the world!

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Alan Powdrill is a London-based advertising photographer. Of this project, SHUT IT!, he says: ‘I’ve always been really interested in the surreal and bonkers world of the ventriloquist, especially the mute half of the double act. SHUT IT! is influenced by the 70s world of Bob Carolgees, Roger de Courcey, and the late great Lord Charles’.

My love for laneway bars instigated after the City of Sydney Council drew up plans for a temporary venue called 7 Metre Bar. Since then, I’ve found several bars hidden in nooks and crannies all around the city. A particular favorite is Grasshopper, an up-and-coming bar tucked away in Temperance Lane, just off George Street. The staff is friendly, the atmosphere chilled, and you can order any drink, just as long as it’s served in a jar. It’s cool and funky, with retro ’70s armchairs scattered around the room.

SodaStream, a status symbol amongst children of the seventies and eighties, is making a comeback. Environmentally-friendly, economical, and fun(ish), these home carbonation contraptions have had a complete overhaul.

The new designs are sleek and modern, with a special edition version from designer Karim Rashid, and the brand is advertising on TV for the first time in twenty years. The timing’s perfect for the revival-trend that’s sweeping our streets these days — though the new models lack a bit of that old-school charm.

If you were born in the late 70s or early 80s, you probably remember Super-Soakers, Mr. Wizard, and Darkwing Duck with great fondness. I’m Remembering takes you down Gen Y memory lane with pictures and links to both your favorite and the long-forgotten toys, TV-shows, and snacks from your childhood.

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This Nipple Bra from the ’70s might seem ridiculous to us now, but think of all the various ways people still create illusions and deceptions with their bodies — butt lifting underwear, padded bras, weaves, implants, and bound feet. People are just so weird.

Archigram is recognised as an influencer of many of the world’s greatest contemporary architects and buildings. Exhibitions of their work from 1961-1974 have been touring major institutions worldwide since 1992, and Archigram was awarded the RIBA Gold Medal in 2002. Despite this, the architectural vision of Archigram is mainly unbuilt and the bulk of their visionary work remained difficult to access, largely stored domestically or in temporary storage. 

The Archigram Archival Project is an online inspiration gallery of Archigram’s work; featuring almost 10,000 items including digitised drawings, collages, paintings, photographs, magazines, articles, slides and multi-media material, accompanied by original texts by Archigram wherever possible.

SKY was a super-fusion group from the late 1970s and early 1980s who combined the elegant romanticism and technical proficiency of Australian classical guitarist John Williams, with the funk and world music influences of Herbie Flowers and Tristan Monk. They were an extraordinary group, largely unheralded, but revered by music-philes for decades for their adventurous approach to instrumentation and their genre defying arrangements, as reflected in this beautiful original composition, Carillon.