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1. The Altamont Speedway Free Festival of 1969: A Video Gallery It was meant to be a day of peace and love—a "Woodstock West," echoing the Bethel, New York festival held four months earlier in August 1969. The Altamont Speedway Free Festival was a one-day event held in northern California, on the pass betwe...
2. Sixties Memories - Woodstock Nation Woodstock nation - more than half a million barely dressed, muddy and bleary-eyed young folks cavorting in the rain and mud in celebration of art, music and peace. Were you at Woodstock? Even if you missed the history-making rock festival in 1969, y...
3. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous Go Ask Alice by Anonymous is a story about a teenage girl written in the format of a diary. Not much is told to us about the setting but the culture seems late 60's and the girl has no name, so we'll call her 'Alice'. Lots of spoilers on this lens. Wh...
4. Hemp Necklaces You might think hemp necklaces are just for hippies, but trust me - this versatile material can be used for far more than that. It has also come a long way from the scratchy, rough material that you might remember. This hemp is smooth and polished, f...
5. A Baby Boomer Defines Life After World War II I was born in 1952 in Oakland California. My father had been in the Army during World War II. My mother was very young. I was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area towns of El Cerrito and Richmond. The following free-form narrative explains my feelin...
6. Psychedelic Drugs Psychedelic means "soul manifesting" or "mind manifesting" and refers to a class of coupounds ingested for thier mind-changing, consciousness expanding effects. This lens features some of the best resources for understanding and h...
7. An Ex-Hippie Remembers: Long-Haired Hippie Music "Old hippies don't die, they just lie low until the laughter stops and their time comes round again." Joseph Gallivan, British journalist. Yep, I was a commune living hippie back in the 70's. And as time has rolled on, I am finding very little to li...
8. 60s Style I was born in 1969. I do love the style of the 1960's though. The heavy eyeliner, light lips, pouffed hair. A really cool look. My Mom was so beautiful in the 60's. I love looking at pictures of her & her friends. I also loved a lot of the actresses/...
9. Guppies -- They Are Not JUST Fish! For the most part, guppies are fish.  Guppy, the Fish:  The guppy, also known as guppie is one of the most popular freshwater aquarium fish species in the world.  It is a small member of the Poecilidae family and like all other members...
10. Counterculture  According to Wikipedia In sociology, counterculture is a term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural group that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day, the cultural equivalent of political opposition. T...
11. Woodstock Music Festival In August 1969 over 500,000 men and women and more then a few children gathered in a pasture on a farm owned by Max Yasgur. The 600 arce farm where it happened was in the small town of Bethel, New York from August 15 to August 18, 1969. The name Woods...
12. Tom Robbins The first book of Tom Robbins I read was Jitterbug Perfume back in 1998. It as a rich textured story, a journey of the senses about how to make scent. It is also a story about a woman finding herself through her travels to New Orleans of search of th...
13. Anti-War Antiwar news, articles, info, links, art, protests, peace, marches, activism, activists, merchandise and much more!
14. Betty Davis: Undisputed '70s Queen of Funk Want to better understand the deep persona of this legendary, feminist funk-mommie?  Well, you'll know Betty Davis was one gorgeous, badass "trick" if you view her '70s antics through the lens of today's drama queens... Imagi...
15. WookieFoot: Maximize Your Bliss with Beats WookieFoot loves music and plays across half a dozen styles to create meaningful, dance-able tunes. Your mind will expand while your toes tap. Learn more about the music, the philosophy, and the charity work that this band lives every day. They're wh...
16. Sixties Rock T he decade of the 60's was one of many accomplishments as well as tragedy, war and violence. It was a time of technological advances and great individual accomplishments, a decade of firsts: the first heart transplant, the first televised Presidenti...
17. Messenger from the Summer of Love This book inspires us to remember that love is the most important thing, and that we can live life in a way that brings joy to our souls and thereby uplift the consciousness of others whose lives we touch. Messenger from the Summer of Love is a fun...
18. Timothy Leary Timothy Leary is considered by some to be one of the greatest men of his generation. He wrote over 40 books, was a professor at Harvard University in Psychology and had roles in many Hollywood movies. Perhaps his most important role was as the father...
19. The LSD Story LSD is the most powerful mind changing compound in the world! Just a small fleck almost too tiny of LSD Crystal too tiny to see has the potential to send you on the trip of your life, an experience you will always remember. In the Sixties, LSD was t...
20. Fifty Years-Life, Anniversary, Accomplishments The idea of looking at 50 seems to be huge. It is a huge affair to celebration 50 years of marriage! It is a huge thing to turn fifty years old! It is a huge thing to look back on a half century of history and see all of the changes! And to me, it is...