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IN THE SUMMER OF 1964, A RETIRED SCHOOL BUS LEFT A SMALL TOWN IN CALIFORNIA AND SET OFF ACROSS AMERICA. WHAT FOLLOWED WAS PART ROAD TRIP, PART SOCIAL EXPERIMENT, AND PART CULTURAL MYTH. HOW DID A GROUP OF FRIENDS, A PAINTED SCHOOL BUS, AND A LARGE SUPPLY OF LSD HELP BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE BEAT GENERATION AND THE PSYCHEDELIC COUNTERCULTURE THAT FOLLOWED? Still from The Adventures of Picasso (1978) at one of Babcock's screenings It began, simply enough, with a practical ne

IN A CITY NOW DEFINED BY SKYROCKETING RENTS AND DIGITAL PROMOTION, ONE FILM ENTHUSIAST CONTINUES TO BUILD COMMUNITY THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY. HOW DID A NETWORK OF SQUATS, BARTER ECONOMIES, AND UNDERGROUND SCREENINGS SHAPE A CULTURAL TRADITION THAT STILL THRIVES QUIETLY IN AMSTERDAM TODAY? Still from The Adventures of Picasso (1978) at one of Babcock's screenings Jeffrey Babcock is a cultural activist and lifelong film obsessive whose story feels inseparable from the underground

IN CONVERSATION W ITH SÃO PAULO DJ, PRODUCER, AND PERFORMER SLIM SOLEDAD, WE DISCUSS HER DEBUT ALBUM NOCHES CALIENTES DE LA SOLEDAD, A RECORD THAT MOVES BETWEEN THE BODY ON THE DANCEFLOOR AND SOMETHING FAR MORE PERSONAL. ROOTED IN BRAZIL’S UNDERGROUND, SLIM REFLECTS ON CHAOS, FUNK, AND THE SOUND OF THE CITY SHAPING HER MUSIC, ALONGSIDE COLLABORATIONS WITH SOME OF BRAZIL’S MOST VITAL CULTURAL VOICES. WE ALSO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY, TRANS-LED PARTIES THROUGH THE CHERNOBYL COLLECT

MOVING BETWEEN BARS, DANCE FLOORS, AND CROWDED STREETS WHERE MOST OF THE NIGHTLIFE HAPPENS OUTSIDE, SITTING OVER CHEAP TEA AND SHISHA UNTIL THE EARLY MORNING. Kadıköy 22:47. We get on the ferry without thinking too much about it. It’s the easiest way to start the night, a slow crossing over to the European side of the old city. The air is heavy and warm, carrying the smell of salt and diesel from the water below. Most people have already started their chain-smoking for the ni