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What Music In The 1960's Meant To Me. by George Vreeland Hill . views: 244 | rating: 10 | comments: 40

December 11, 2007 05:50 PM EST -- The 1960's were a time of change. In that decade, perhaps nothing changed more than music. In 1960, Rock and Roll was on, well, a roll. All types of music was going strong, and the words . . . more

Hippie Phrases by Lela M. views: 458 | rating: 10 | comments: 70

September 09, 2007 09:27 PM EDT -- Welcome to Hippies Galore.   This will be our first game.   Post as many different hippie phrases as you can think of, but remember only one answer per post.  You are welcome to post . . . more

Let's Return for a Moment to "The Summer of Love" (40th Anniversary) by Sue * views: 167 | rating: 10 | comments: 37

June 15, 2007 03:00 PM EDT --      How can it be? Forty years have passed since the “Summer of Love.” The year was 1967, and the hippy culture was alive and well in the Haight-Ashbury district of San . . . more

Echoes of Radio in the Summer of Love by gil asakawa views: 11 | rating: 10 | comments: 6

June 21, 2007 08:39 AM EDT -- Interesting exercise in nostalgia with irony: KCUV-FM in Denver is celebrating the official kickoff of summer by recreating the sound of Denver's FM radio from 1967, complete with news items, radio . . . more

What's in a Name? The Story of "Sukiyaki" by gil asakawa views: 466 | rating: 10 | comments: 20

September 27, 2006 09:04 AM EDT -- The Japanese are crazy about anything Western, especially anything American, right? It's true in many ways and on many levels, but one of my passions as a pop-culture critic has been to note how Americans . . . more

A previous generation's pop culture references by gil asakawa views: 43 | rating: 10 | comments: 12

September 17, 2006 10:55 AM EDT -- One of my ongoing passions is pondering the passing of pop culture references. Baby boomers have lived through decades of new hip phrases -- for instance, the hip word for "good" has evolved . . . more

Merry Christmas from the Putz and the Round men. by Doc,... Dr. of Curmudgeon; esq. views: 29 | rating: 10 | comments: 8

December 24, 2006 10:41 AM EST -- I posted this on Christmas Eve on the squeezebox newsgroup. It's all fiction except about the box coming from Alabama... and me owning the box.. It had been dark in that box for a long time. I was . . . more

Love Child - First submssion for Storytime Tapestry Group by Carol Roach views: 42 | rating: 10 | comments: 41

November 05, 2006 12:55 AM EST -- This will be the first submission from my online newsletter Storytime Tapestry.  I will not only feature my own stories but stories and poems from my many writers as well.  I will try to select . . . more

Introduction to "The Toy Book" by Gil Asakawa and Leland Rucker by gil asakawa views: 12 | rating: 10 | comments: 4

September 06, 2006 10:54 PM EDT -- Note: This is the introduction to "The Toy Book" (Knopf, 1991), written by Leland  Rucker and me  as an homage to the playthings of the baby boom generation. Our original working title . . . more