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Getting In Touch With Your Inner Teen: Why Music Is Forever

Michael Sigman | Posted 12.25.2011

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Michael Sigman

Our pop treasures are still an essential part of who we are, so when we sit on that park bench we can remember them in all their detailed glory -- without CDs, iTunes or iPods.

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Fornatale Spreads Gospel of Woodstock-Era Music

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Sigman

These days, progressive radio isn't easy to find. It's been marginalized by the corporatization of commercial radio -- Clear Channel owns over 1200 cookie-cutter stations -- and the commodification of rock rebellion.

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Woodstock's 40th Anniversary

Pete Fornatale | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pete Fornatale

Woodstock was, without question, the high-water mark of the '60s youth revolution -- musically, politically, and socially.

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The Who vs Abbie Hoffman: Celebrating Woodstock's 40th Anniversary

Pete Fornatale | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pete Townshend, The Sixties, The Who, 1960's, Country Joe McDonald, Woodstock, Entertainment News, Music, Book, Peace, Pete Fornatale, Abbie Hoffman, Entertainment News
Pete Fornatale

What happened next provided one of the true Roshomon moments of Woodstock. Actually, that's not strictly speaking true. There were only two versions of what happened next: Hoffman's and everybody else's.

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