Culture
Becoming Westerly book launch and party at 71a
Reading, Q&A and live music — Former pro surfer and writer Jamie Brisick shares his new book Becoming Westerly, about surf champion Peter Drouyn’s transformation into Westerly Windina. Tuesday July 28, 6PM.
Written by: HUCK HQ
The Summer of Love has found its forever-home, and it’s called Freetown Christiania
Rad Copenhagen: Insider's Guide Part IV — In 2013, we headed out to Copenhagen's CPH Pro to put together this alternative city guide on the city's thriving creative community. In the final instalment, Huck meets the lurkers, lifers and outsiders carving an alternative Copenhagen, free from restraint in Freetown Christiania.
Written by: Natalie Davies
Complicated Universal Cum’s psychedelic assault on your senses
Rad Copenhagen: Insider's Guide Part III — In 2013, we headed out to Copenhagen's CPH Pro to put together this alternative city guide on the city's thriving creative community. Cold War bunkers and quantum physics are on the cards as Frederik Valentin of Complicated Universal Cum shows us Copenhagen through his eyes.
Written by: Natalie Davies
Skate photographer Sarah Meurle brings her Swedish cool to Copenhagen
Rad Copenhagen: Insider's Guide Part II — In 2013, we headed out to Copenhagen's CPH Pro to put together this alternative city guide on the city's thriving creative community. In the second instalment, we cruise with globe-wandering skateboarder and photographer Sarah Meurle as she explores Copenhagen's lesser-known spots.
Written by: Natalie Davies
Shumon Basar had to lose his bearings before he found his way
Things I Learned Along the Way — Writer and curator Shumon Basar had to leave home to find his own perspective. Along the way he made friends with Generation X author Douglas Coupland and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. Together, they've created The Age of Earthquakes: A Guide to the Extreme Present — a provocative survey of our fast evolving digital era.
Written by: Shumon Basar
Kim Kardashian, Rolling Stone and the constant 'death of music'
The glory days were all in our heads — Kim Kardashian's Rolling Stone cover pushed Sinead O'Connor to declare the death of music - at least the third time that music has “died” in recent years. But is it time to stop shouting about pop culture on life support - and stop being sexist and awful to Kim, too?
Written by: Alex Robert Ross
Alternative bike culture’s heroes and zeros come together for Dirt Quake IV
Start your engines — Sideburn Magazine editor Gary Inman on his raucous Dirt Quake event, which descends on Kings Lynn for a weekend of two-wheeled madness at the Adrian Flux arena, July 17-18.
Written by: Mike Fordham
Huck’s intergalactic sounds playlist
Space jams — As Nasa’s New Horizons probe beams back images from its Pluto flyby, we dig out the artists cruising the outer reaches of the sonic universe - featuring Gil Scott-Heron, Sun Ra and more.
Written by: Michael Fordham
The ruthless democracy of Channel 101
Our favourite 5-minute shows from the ongoing LA-based pilot festival — With the second season of cult animated TV show Rick and Morty released next week, we look back at the strange world of Channel 101 that spawned it, where the viewer is the executive and the drama is always cut short.
Written by: Alex Robert Ross
The Smarteez on South Africa’s ongoing struggle for equality
Things I Learned Along the Way — Huck’s Fiftieth Anniversary Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we’ll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, we hear from young fashion crew The Smarteez, about the creative revolution taking root in Soweto, and how they're pushing into the future while refusing to be beholden to the past.
Written by: Huck HQ / Alex King
