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The Love Pageant Rally drew several thousand people. It was a warm-up for the Human Be-In [ 4 ] the following January, which brought 30,000 together and established media attention to hippie culture that then led to The Summer of Love .
Alto, Isla Vista, 1967–1969 [9]; Berkeley Barb, Berkeley, 1965–1980; Berkeley Tribe, Berkeley, 1969–1972 (split from the Berkeley Barb after staff went on strike); The Black Panther, Oakland
"Old Hippie" is a song written by David Bellamy, and recorded by American country music duo The Bellamy Brothers. It was released in April 1985 as the first single from their album Howard & David . The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in July 1985 [ 1 ] and No. 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [ 2 ]
A love-in is a peaceful public gathering focused on meditation, love, music, sex and/or use of recreational drugs. The term was coined by Los Angeles radio comedian Peter Bergman, creator of comedy group The Firesign Theater, who also hosted the first such event on Easter, 26 March 1967 in Elysian Park. [1] Poster for a Love-In in New Orleans, 1969
As a hippie Ken Westerfield helped to popularize Frisbee as an alternative sport in the 1960s and 1970s. Much of hippie style had been integrated into mainstream American society by the early 1970s. [57] [58] [59] Large rock concerts that originated with the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival and the 1968 Isle of Wight Festival became the norm ...
Amidst our people here is comeThe madness of the dance.In every town there now are someWho fall upon a trance.It drives them ever night and day,They scarcely stop for breath,Till some have dropped ...
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Summer of Love, by Lisa Mason, novel about the period; Baby Driver, a semi-autobiographical novel by Jan Kerouac, daughter of Jack Kerouac; My Hippie Grandmother, a children's picture book by Reeve Lindbergh and Abby Carter, 2003; Existential Trips, a short alternative science fiction story on Kindle by William Bevill.