Coachella 2009 attracts hippies and hipsters alike

Living in a recession apparently doesn’t have much of an effect on concert-goers. At least that’s what nearly 200,000 sunburned, sweat-covered fans proved to skeptics when they scampered around the Empire...

Part Two: Where Have All the Flower Children Gone?

by Bronte Baxter The hippies were an aware generation, on the edge of discovering and achieving remarkable things. Spiritual growth divorced from restrictive religion. A government accountable to the people....

Developing Reality - Some True Hippie wisdom - really worth a look

Some real hippie wisdom from a bonafide hippie. Surprising real and accurate. All about trying to realize that we can make change if we speak together and act on it.

You Have No Rights

i've been on the inside. Where the company is the state and the state is the company. i've been victimized by a sociopathic supervisor and his sociopathic boss, the dean of our particular part of the university. i've watched as one of the only females of colour on the staff...

JIM MORRISON OF "THE DOORS" IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN FLORIDA

by WILLIAM ROTHSTEIN Few artists personify their generation as iconically as does Jim Morrison of the 1960’s phenom band, THE DOORS. And with each passing year since untimely death in 1971 at the age of 27,...

Puff Puff Passenger Vehicle: VW Green Machine

Autoblog has this cook Cheech-an'-Chong story about a guy who, whilst restoring his VW bus, found fourteen pounds of ganja beneath the floor panels. Who forgets about thousands and thousands of dollars' worth of...

NYC Police Department Acts Like British Special Branch by Spying on Anti-Bush...

I'm getting this late, but, would you rather not know? Where are the Neo-Cons on this one?  What about political freedom in the United States?  Where is Barry Goldwater when the U.S. really needs him?In...

NYC Police Department Acts Like British Special Branch by Spying on Anti-Bush...

I'm getting this late, but, would you rather not know? Where are the Neo-Cons on this one?  What about political freedom in the United States?  Where is Barry Goldwater when the U.S. really needs him?In the city that Rudy G. turned into a de-facto police state, the...

School's in at Hippie U

Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Academia say Knowledge is "food for the soul", Universities are in place to nourish young minds, who upon graduation go out into the world to make their mark....

Lightning in a Bottle: Music & Art in the California Forest

The Lightning in a Bottle music festival wrapped up recently, and we're starting to see some amazing images across the Internet, but no real coverage so far. Self-sustained with mostly-renewable energy sources,...

The Dream Machine

Harry Martini and The Dream Machine At first glance the Dream Machine appeared to be an over sized Hippie, Lava lamp from the early 1960’s. Harry had remembered, seeing similar devices in the ‘Head Shops’ lining the streets of, Greenwich Village. Then DonJon...

Former hippie guru Einhorn loses appeal (AP)

" PHILADELPHIA - A former hippie guru who hid out in Europe after murdering his ex-girlfriend 29 years ago has lost an appeal of his murder conviction. A three-judge Superior Court panel rejected all 10 issues raised by Ira Einhorn, 66, who is serving life in prison without...

Top 10 Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) Songs - MediaKnows.com

1970s musical icon Cat Stevens just released his first album in over 25 years! I think Cat Stevens is a musical genius...Listen to these selections and I think you will agree.

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