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10 Pithy Observations About Boulder (Part Two)

Bob Wells | Posted 10.01.2009 | Denver

Read More: Hiking, Yoga, Aspen, Boulder, Paul Krugman, Real Estate, Bill Mckibben, Hippies, Buddhism, Naropa University, Denver News
Bob Wells

Yoga studios proliferate. My stereotype of Boulder has had to change. Formerly it was a blonde mom driving a Land Rover and on her cell phone. Now: a 20-something carrying a yoga mat.

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Baby Boomers and Hippies Were Not the Same

Paul Krassner | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Counterculture, 1960s, Barack Obama, Hippies, Boomers, Chez Pazienza, Politics News
Paul Krassner

It gives me a sense of hope, as well as a sense of continuity, that countercultural values have "infiltrated" mainstream awareness.

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What a Long, Strange, Thoroughly Obnoxious Trip It's Been

Chez Pazienza | Posted 10.17.2009 | Style

Read More: Baby Boomers, Edward Kennedy, Woodstock, Hippies, Woodstock Anniversary, Taking Woodstock, Style News
Chez Pazienza

Never in the history of this country has there been a generation that's cast a longer shadow without really having done anything to earn it than the children of the 60s.

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The Road to Woodstock

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 09.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Catskills, Free Love, Concerts, Hippies, Woodstock, Entertainment News
Jackie K. Cooper

In her new film Taking Woodstock, Ang Lee does nothing to capture the joy and excitement leading up to the event.

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Woodstock Wisdom

James S. Gordon | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Support, Music Festivals, 1960s, Woodstock Music and Arts Festival, Complementary Medicine, Music Festival, Selfcare, Woodstock Music Festival, Woodstock Legacy, Self-Help, Self-Care, Cam, 1969, Woodstock Music, Woodstock, Woodstock New York, Woodstock Anniversary, Hippies, New York News, Living News
James S. Gordon

I hadn't planned on going, but then another doctor as young as I was then called me up, desperate for help. That's how I found myself on a plane to Bethel, N.Y. with Joan Baez.

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Sex, Drugs, Rock 'N Roll in Redneck Country

Ethel Grodzins Romm | Posted 09.15.2009 | New York

Read More: President Nixon, Joan Baez Woodstock, Marijuana, Vietnam War, Acid, Woodstock, Catskill Mountains, Politics of Ecstasy, Pot, Hippies, Timothy Leary, Lsd, Woodstock Anniversary, Joan Baez, New York, Music Festival, Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll, American Music Festivals, New York News
Ethel Grodzins Romm

He introduced his girlfriend as "my old lady." She was maybe 17. They were both stripped to the waist, lying in a zipped-open sleeping bag, like hundreds, thousands, of couples around them.

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Woodstock 40 Years Later: Legacy Still Present At Today's Music Festivals

AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 09.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Woodstock, Woodstock Legacy, Music Festival, Music Festivals, 1960s, 1969, Woodstock Music and Arts Festival, Woodstock New York, Woodstock Music, Woodstock Music Festival, Hippies, Woodstock Anniversary, New York News

NEW YORK — Today's robust festival culture owes much to Woodstock – lessons from both its incredible success and its logistical nightmares...

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Hair: The Tribe Has Spoken

Jon Chattman | Posted 08.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 1960s, War, Tony Awards, Kacie Sheik, Broadway, Hippies, Concert, Peace, Tribe, Tom Hanks, Shakespeare in the Park, Ato Blankson-Wood, Vietnam, Hair, Billboard, Steel Burkhardt, Conan, Love, 1970s, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

The stars of Hair know how lucky they've been to experience a journey that started in a concert in Central Park last summer: they've scored the Willy Wonka Golden Ticket in landing this gig.

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It's Official: Nobody's Cool. (Kerouac Posthumously Blows It)

Dean Sluyter | Posted 06.19.2009 | Style

Read More: Baseball, James Dean, Nirvana, Jack Kerouac, Cool, Lester Young, Prez, Beats, Beatniks, Hipsters, Hippies, Buddha, Miles Davis, Jazz, Fantasy Baseball, Charlie Parker, Beat Generation, Meditation, Marlon Brando, Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, Dan Brown, Fashion, Style News
Dean Sluyter

But cool as an outer pose, as an attitude you can cop, is dead. When the truly cool people show up in your life, you won't recognize them -- they'll be too cool for that.

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The Summer Fun All Kids Deserve

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 05.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Parenting, Camping, Summer, Humor, Conspiracy Theory, Conspiracy Theories, Night Owls, TV Anchors, Night-Owls, Hippies, t.V. Anchor, Happiness, Comedy News
Jeffrey Shaffer

As winter slowly loosens its grip around the country, many parents suddenly experience a chilling realization: It's already time to think about summer camp for the kids.

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Rewind: Looking Back in Harsh Economic Times

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Depression, David Foster Wallace, Legal Aid, Peace Train, Economy, Seven Ages of Rock, Hippies, Bob Dylan, Reaganomics, Recession, Peace Corps, Unemployment, Woodstock, Joni Mitchell, Kahlil Gibran, Aclu, Jetblue, Kahlil Gibran the Prophet, Living News
Stephanie Gertler

What did my generation do? I see all this anger and sorrow in the neighborhood. I can't help but stare.

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Woodstock in Washington

Darryle Pollack | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Togetherness, 1960s, Obama Crowds, Obama's Inauguration, Inauguration Day 2009, Obama Inauguration, Jubilation, Drugs, Barack Obama Inauguration, Hippies, Peace, Barack Obama, Happiness, Joy, Dancing, 1969, Inauguration, 60s Culture, Woodstock, Excitement, Love, Excitement Obama, Living News
Darryle Pollack

In the election of Barack Obama, the mood of fear and anger that has gripped our country for eight years seems to have vanished overnight. At least for now.

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50 Years Later We Ask: When did the Cuban Revolution Die?

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cuban Revolution, Yoani Sanchez, Cuba, Generation Y, Fidel Castro, Revolutionaries, World, 1968, Spanish, Black Spring, Hippies, Sierra Maestra, Politics News
Yoani Sanchez

In 1975, the year I was born in Cuba, nothing remained of the rebellion that the older people remembered. We had neither long hair nor euphoria.

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Son of a Gambler's Guide to Holiday Books

Don McNay | Posted 12.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Ted Turner Book, Hugh Hefner, Ken Kesey, Holiday Season, Hugh Heffner Book, Books, Merry Pranksters, Poker, Grateful Dead, Kentucky, Don McNay, John Eckberg, Business Books, Joe Nocera, Warren Buffett Biography, Facebook, Joe McNay, Hippies, Holiday Gifts, Ed McClanahan, Hippie, Ted Turner, Gambling, Preparing for the Holidays, Martha Frankel, Donald Trump, Newport Kentucky, Cincinnati, Warren Buffett, Cincinnati Enquirer, Bill Moyers, Personal Finance, Colbert Report, The Colbert Report, Business News
Don McNay

It's a lesson to me, the ablers and the beggars and the thieves -The Grateful Dead If you read my book, Son of a Son of a Gambler, you'll know that...

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Where Will Conservatives Threaten to Move To When Obama Takes Office?

Jason Notte | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Ronald Reagan, John McCain, Alaska, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin, Secession, Alaska Secessionist Party, Hippies, Barack Obama, Canada, Politics News
Jason Notte

Alaskans may actually welcome secession and a few more like-minded friends with whom to celebrate it.

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Making Sense of the Sixties: Reflections for the 40th Reunion of the Harvard-Radcliffe Class of 1968

Stephen Mo Hanan | Posted 12.19.2008 | Style

Read More: Counterculture, 1960s, The Sixties, Loose Morals, 1968, Counter Culture, Gop, Rebelling, Harvard, Hippies, Style News
Stephen Mo Hanan

The dress, music, drugs and loose morals of the emerging counterculture must have looked to a Sixties puritan like a reversion to chaotic paganism.

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Whole World Watching Grant Park, Again

Howard Wolinsky | Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Hippies, Mayor Richard Daley, Barack Obama, Yippies, Grant Park Rally, Obama Rally, Chicago Riots, Obama Victory, Grant Park, Chicago News
Howard Wolinsky

American flags were waving Tuesday night over Grant Park as they celebrated the Obama win. Back in '68, the riot in Grant Park started when a protester tried to lower an American flag.

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Old Hippie Becomes New Radical

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.25.2008 | Living

Read More: 1960s, Don Stannard-Friel, Notre Dame De Namur University, Activism, Community Work, Julia Moulden, New Radicals, Hippies, Students, Old Radicals, Giving Life, Tenderloin, Living News
Julia Moulden

Don Stannard-Friel didn't have to go far to create a New Radical role for himself. Don is a professor of sociology and anthropology at Notre Dame de N...

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