Sixties

The sixties was one of the most tumultuous decades of the twentieth century. Although today many who were alive at the time tend to romanticize it as the era of peace and love, hippies and flower power, and the Beatles and Woodstock, the 1960s was also a decade of war, political assassinations, and a volatile cultural climate which pitted the young against the old.

Driven by the twin issues of civil rights and America's involvement in the Vietnam War, mostly college-aged protesters demonstrated in cities and on college campuses across the nation. The young generation further demonstrated its complete rejection of the values of their parents by openly experimenting with psychedelic drugs and the new sexual concepts of free love. Led by the Beatles and Bob Dylan, the rock music of the sixties reflected these same political and cultural values, producing wildly experimental and innovative works ranging from Sgt. Pepper to Blonde On Blonde.

The sixties are also remembered for the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert, as well as civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Other landmark events of the period include the United States landing a man on the moon and the 1969 Woodstock music festival.

Today the sixties continue to be analyzed and celebrated on cultural and historical blogs like hippy.com and Sixties City.

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• A World Without California?

  
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  There was a fun song that came out in the nineteen sixties that had the refrain I dont care what you say I wont stay in a world without love. Is it even possible to imagine what a world would…
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• Sixties Faces: Astrid Kirchherr

  
  Incurable Insomniac — Authority: 496
  Well, that title is a bit misleading, isnt it? This entry is really about a woman who created faces--or images--that still hold power over our thinking half-a-century later. Astrid Kirchherr was a mere 22 when she met the as yet unfamous Beatles in 1960. They were playing in a dive in the St. Pauli district of ...
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  R.I.P. Tony Kendall The world has lost another spy hero, one sadly unknown to the masses. Tony Kendall, the irascible star of the immensely entertaining "Kommissar X" series of Eurospy Bond knockoffs, has died. The actor passed away in Rome at the age of 73 following a serious illness, according to an Italian ...
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• Random Picture Spam: Eyeliner

  
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  Im far too tired, achy and discombobulated to post anything too long and rambly tonight, so heres a random picture post so I can attempt to maintain my unusual prolificacy at the moment.... I wish it were profligacy though; I love how I have to really think about which word I want to use. Ah well, that will come ...
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  Double O Section — Authority: 426
  Movie Review: Jerry Cotton In Death And Diamonds aka Dynamit in grüner Seide (1968) While Jerry Cotton is technically an FBI man and not a spy, most of the movies–especially the later, color ones –still situate themselves firmly in the James Bond-inspired Eurospy genre by way of fantastic Bondian ...
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• Kate Spade Cornelia Street Tote | Geometric Patterned Patent Noel Stevie Satchel

  
  BagBunch - Bags, Handbags & Purses — Authority: 570
  Kate Spade keeps with her current 60s inspired design palette with this classic combination of red, white and black. Part sixties mod girl and part Parisian fashionista, this purse is undeniably sophisticated. The fun geometric print and bright contrasting trim all combine to create something very fashion savvy that ...
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• Donovans heaven on earth: Santa Monica

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 969
  The Sixties singer-songwriter Donovan on his love for Santa Monica, the city where he penned Sunshine Superman.
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• A surprisingly good Psych-Out from 1968

  
  Old Hickory's Weblog — Authority: 133
  I recently saw a 1968 movie called Psych-Out about hippies in Haight-Ashbury called 1968, produced by Dick Clark. (Yes, the eternally young Dick Clark.) I think its considered a bit of a "cult movie" and I expected it to be entertainingly hokey. But sometimes low expectations are an advantage. Its actually a ...
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• A surprisingly good Psych-Out from 1968

  
  The Blue Voice — Authority: 429
  I recently saw a 1968 movie called Psych-Out about hippies in Haight-Ashbury called 1968, produced by Dick Clark. (Yes, the eternally young Dick Clark.) I think its considered a bit of a "cult movie" and I expected it to be entertainingly hokey. But sometimes low expectations are an advantage. Its actually a ...
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• Jonah Raskin : 40 Years Later: The Assassination of Fred Hampton

  
  The Rag Blog — Authority: 550
  Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in 1969. Photo by Paul Sequeira.I will never forget...The assassination of Fred HamptonI protested in New York with hundreds of other people, all of us outraged... I was arrested and beaten on 51st Street opposite St. Patrick’s Cathedral by plainclothes police officers, and, along ...
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• Boden - Sixties Jacket - £95.00 - Womens Clothing

  
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  £95.00 Info / Buy Product Information To steep ourselves in the spirit of the time, we spent a whole day rifling though an archive of 1960s fashion magazines. This instantly recognizable shape has been rendered in easy-to-wear colours so you can get plenty ...
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  Double O Section — Authority: 426
  BIG NEWS: Black And White Callan Episodes Come To DVD At Last! 2010 is already shaping up to be a great year for spy fans. UK company Network has announced that they will release the surviving episodes of the first two black and white seasons (1967-69) of the stellar Edward Woodward spy series Callan on DVD ...
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• Music For Hippies-Long Mix

  
  Groovy Time With DJ Useo — Authority: 119
  Heres a live mix I did of sixties psychedelic rock. All from before my time, but great-sounding stuff. Be sure & enjoy the other b00mb0x mixes. playlist ------------ 01-Giant Crab - A Giant Crab Comes Forth 02-The Projection Company - Boil The Kettle 03-Flied Egg - Dr.Diegels Fried Egg Shooting Machine 04-First ...
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• Black Women’s Hairstyles: It’s Not Just About The Hair

  
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  Throughout the decades, the social significance of black hairstyles has remained a relevant part of black history. Unlike other American cultural trends, black hairstyles represent a significant history and pride amongst black women. Where else does one?s self worth and self image play such a high role in society? ...
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• You only love us because we are ugly

  
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  Hating dance music is for wussies. Loving trance, I’m afraid, is far worse. The only clubbing I feel like doing, given today’s piss poor excuse for party music, is one that involves cracked skulls on the dancefloor and my friend’s baseball bat. I really thought Intelligent Dance Music would catch up in my ...
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• it is finished

  
  Deborah Wiles - One Pomegranate — Authority: 119
  Dear Alan Smagler: We have never met, but you wrote me the most wonderful, heartfelt letter 21 months ago when Scholastic acquired "The Sixties Trilogy:Three Novels of the 1960s for Young Readers." Last night I finished the last-gasp refashioning of the scrapbooks for book one, which we have titled Countdown , and ...
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• Paul Krassner : In Praise of Indecency

  
  The Rag Blog — Authority: 550
  Paul Krassner depicted in Oui Magazine advertisement for an upcoming October 1975 interview. Graffiti includes references to the Realist mascot, Lenny Bruce, and Jerry Rubin. Image from the Realist Archive Project.In praise of indecency:Paul Krassner is our Satirist-LaureateBy Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / ...
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• Uncle Jay’s Word of the Week is ‘Class’

  
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  Uncle Jay reminds viewers today that it’s almost Thanksgiving, a time when we go from sharing our blessings with friends and family one day to trampling them to death at the mall on Black Friday.  His word of the week is “class” — as in having good taste or showing respect.In this week’s edition of [...]
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• Penny Lane: Literal Video Version

  
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  T-SHIRTS NOW AVAILABLE! Ever wish songs just sang what was happening in the music video? Well now they do, in my second continuation of Dusto McNeato’s “literal video” concept! Lyrics/singing: DASjr 2/28/09 BUY MERCHANDISE! www.printfection.com Twitter linked by Tyler Stewart!!! (Barenaked Ladies) 3/11/09: ...
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• The Sixties

  
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  From : The Los Angeles Times Photo :www.renaud-bray.coM The Sixties . "The past," Jenny Diski writes at the start of her memoir-cum-social-history, "The Sixties" (Picador: 148 pp., $14 paper), "is always an idea which people have about it after the event." This is true in regard to no period of recent ...
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