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NEWS ABOUT: hippies

hippies stories: 8 news summaries
OPINION

 Woodstock Was a 'Nightmare' 


Aug 13, 09 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Hosenball of Newsweek was at Woodstock, and not only did he not have a good time, but he can’t quite figure out how we’ve “transformed a chaotic mudfest into an epic pageant of peace and love.” Hosenball reminisces about the “massive, teeming, squalid mess”... More »

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entertainment • Barack Obama • Democratic National Convention • hippies • concert • 1960s • rock music • Election 2008 • performance • Jay-ZTV • Woodstock

OPINION

 Hipsters 101: 
 Their History, 
 Bleak Future 

Their main enclave is threatened, but no one seems to care

Jul 29, 09 11:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hipsters. They “sneer when you cop to liking Coldplay”; they “sport cowboy hats and berets”; they’re “the only ones in America who still think Pabst Blue Ribbon is a good beer.” But they’re certainly not a new phenomenon, writes Dan Fletcher for Time.... More »

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Bob Dylan • Brooklyn • hippies • Norman Mailer • Coldplay • trend • Pabst Blue Ribbon • Jay-ZTV • Converse • hipster

Unrepentant Ayers: I Was 'Demonized'

Campaign piñata says of his radical past:
We didn't do enough

Nov 14, 08 8:56 AM CST
(Newser) - William Ayers broke his silence this morning on Good Morning America, and he was anything but repentant. The former ‘60s radical called the attacks on him “a profoundly dishonest narrative” designed to “demonize” him, ABC reports. But he didn’t apologize for controversial deeds by him or... More »

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Barack Obama • radical • hippies • interview • Bill Ayers

Bill Ayers Will Appear on ABC Tomorrow

Campaign bogeyman will discuss path to
'60s radicalism

Nov 13, 08 11:08 AM CST
(Newser) - After keeping a low profile through the presidential election in which he became a talking point, Chicago activist Bill Ayers will appear on Good Morning America tomorrow, ABC News reports. In the exclusive TV interview, Ayers will discuss his transformation into a 1960s radical and his memoir, Fugitive Days. More »

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presidential campaign • GOP • hippies • activists • interview • Bill Ayers

 Dalai Lama's Home-in-Exile
 Is Hippie Haven 

Ex-pats turn Himalayan town into counterculture zone

Apr 13, 08 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Western ex-patriots have turned the Dalai Lama's home-in-exile into a hippie hotspot, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The Himalayan town of Dharamsala, population 20,000, has become a center for for espresso-sipping yoga-lovers and web-surfing monks. Many more come in search of wisdom, but the town is not without its... More »

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hippies • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Tibetans in exile • Dharamsala

Kerouac Was Klutzy Fatalist, Tragic Goofball

For On the Road's 50th, friends remember
the real Jack

Sep 5, 07 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - For today’s 50th anniversary of On the Road’s publication, Slate canvassed some of Jack Kerouac’s associates, creating a dramatic and nostalgic picture. The poet’s agent remembers he was thrown for a loop by the “demon” of “public reaction, celebrity,” and Carolyn Cassady recalls... More »

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literature • Jack Kerouac • hippies • Lawrence Ferlinghetti • Carolyn Cassady • Neal Cassady • On the Road • anniversary • beatniks

Burning Man Torched Early

Vandal charged with arson after icon of hedonistic arts festival bursts into flames

Aug 29, 07 6:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A San Francisco vandal torched a giant effigy four days before it was slated to burn as part of the annual hedonistic Burning Man arts festival, according to police. The vandal was arrested for arson and possession of fireworks. Most of the 40-foot Man is still standing, and organizers are... More »

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festival • hippies • arson • Burning Man • Nevada • effigy

Summer of Love Turns 40

Jun 23, 07 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of young people, dubbed hippies, came to San Franciso beginning in June 1967 to celebrate what became known as the Summer of Love.  And to "turn on, tune in, and drop out."  PBS' American Experience reprises that summer, born of utopian ideals, and ending in... More »

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San Francisco • Summer of Love • hippies • PBS • American Experience

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