Mod today means many things to many people. To those of us in the Uppers organization, it amounts to a striving for the best - in fashion, in music, in life - in everything. That's what we like, that's what we write about - and that's what you'll find on this site.

[Music:Expose]

Farewell: Uppers Music Editor Bill Luther steps down

[Music:Reviews]

Various Artists - The In Kraut Volume Three CD (Marina Records)

The third installment of the excellent 60's/70's Teutonic music series "The In Kraut" arrives!

[Music:Reviews]

Various Artists - In the Naked City (Kent CDKEND 299)

"There are eight million stories in the naked city". Bob Rockchild has listened to a compilation of soulful urban dwellers

[Music:Reviews]

The Five Aces - Shout & Shimmy (Saagaloo Records)

Harmonica, Hammond, recorded on reel to reel, a cover of “I’m Gonna Do It By Myself”. Some of the details about this record that should spark an interest and make any fan of proper music curious. Read on!

[Music:Reviews]

VARIOUS ARTISTS-Take My Tip
-Fairytales Can Come True
-British Blue Eyed Soul 1966-1969

A slew of new CD compilations of British 60's sounds

[Culture:Books & Magazines]

Thrilling fumetti of the 1960s - Italian Comics Part II
KRIMINAL, SATANIK AND THE OTHERS

There's more to Italian comics than Diabolik - Luciano Panella gives us the second part of his history of 60s Fumetti.

[Music:Reviews]

The Soul of Sue - The Sue Label Story, Volume 3 (Kent CDKEND 235)

And finally it’s here, the much awaited 3rd volume of the Sue story. Richard Karström reports.

[Gallery:Pictures]

Smashed! Blocked! New York 2002-2003

Persevering through terrorist alarms, smoking bans, and no-dancing laws, Smashed! Blocked! keep things happening in NYC. By Layla Lozano.

[Culture:Websites]

This month I have mostly been visiting . . .

[Culture:Art & Design]

Yesterday a Pierce Arrow had me in its sites

Jonathan Ogilvy travels back in time but can't escape the pleasures of modern living. It's a quick review of the extensive Art Deco exhibit currently on tour.