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Drugs, music, and sex, Oh My! The 1960s were some of the most turbulent years in American history. Vietnam conflict, Civil Rights, and the counterculture were all coursing through the nation, all of which contributed to modern American culture and society. From Woodstock to LSD to psychedelic rock, the counterculture produced some of the most iconic elements of the decade. The counterculture movement of the 1960s had a significant impact on American society and culture. Evidence of this impact…

THE HIPPIES CHALLENGED THE SOCIAL STRUCTURES AND VALUES OF AMERICA IN THE 1960’S A ‘hippie’ can be defined as someone of an alternative appearance and typically ‘associated with a subculture involving the rejection of conventional values.’ The hippies challenged various aspects of American society in the 1960’s, including their mainstream culture and ‘The Establishment.’ They ‘believed the dominant mainstream culture was corrupt and inherently flawed and sought to replace it with a utopian…

The book, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd opens with a fourteen year old white girl, Lily Owens. She lives in Sylvan, South Carolina with her abusive father T. Ray and her housemaid, Rosaleen. Lily was only four years old when her mother died. She heard that it was because of her as well, and this is the only memory she has of her. The only physical items from her mother she had were a pair of gloves and a picture of a black Mary. Rosaleen decides to register to vote once the Civil…

“Comparing Solo Artists and Bands” Rock music has been defined and altered by a plethora of incredible individuals and groups. While solo artists were common in the United States during the early stages of rock and roll, between the 50s and 70s times changed and bands grew into a bigger part of Rock history as well. When trying to establish which of the two, bands or solo artists, are most successful in rock music, there are several areas to look at. One, the time period, and two, the number of…

The closest one would get to know the true story of the iconic singer, Prince’s life, would be the Grammy award winning movie, ‘Purple Rain’. ‘The movie was indeed not an autobiography of Prince’s life but it was as close as the director could get. In the movie, Prince was a young, African American man, who was an up and coming musician. He was from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He meets a woman named Apolonia, she was an aspiring singer to him, she also was not just a singer to him, and he fell in…

Influence of Fusion Jazz Fusion Jazz is a genre of jazz which mainly includes a collaboration of Jazz music with one or more musical genres. Other musical genres which are combined with Jazz include funk, rock, rhythm and blues, and Latin Jazz. Fusion Jazz started to develop in the late 1960’s and this was an era when a huge number of jazz musicians experimented with creating new sounds with electric instruments. The origins of fusion jazz are known to be jazz, rock, bebop, blues, funk, and…

If a solid story, and am favorable with the subject content, I tend to enjoy a good period piece film. In a way it's the closest thing we have to a machine that can go back in time, that we can actually see events unfold for ourselves. Researched thoroughly, it's contents can not only be entertaining, but a learning experience as well. Unless if based on a conspiracy theory, then all bets are off. And this is where the film, Moonwalkers, comes in. The premise being that the American Government…

The year is 1955, in the middle of the Eisenhower administration; rock music is replacing the jazz based aesthetic in American popular music (Peterson). 1955 was not just the birth of a new genre of music, but it was the birth of an extremely controversial genre of music; rock music. Rock music has been criticized by everybody but the devout listeners. Despite the occasional fads rock music is the most popular choice of America’s youth (Leming 365). Music is a way of reflecting feelings, values…

What did McLuhan mean when he said that ‘the medium is the message’? Is this idea any use in understanding contemporary mass media? When McLuhan said ‘the medium is the message’, he meant that the “message” of any medium or technology is the change of scale or pace or pattern that it introduces into human affairs (McLuhan, 1964), insisting that when trying to understand the influence of media on human senses, people should focus on the properties of media rather than the messages they carry…

non conformist era, and the movement known as the counterculture. The times were defined by free thought, new ideas of love, psychedelic music, long hair, and drug experimentation . Big names in music like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and The Jimi Hendrix Experience had gained a massive following from young people all over America in just a few years. But, none of those groups stormed the culture of the time quite like The Doors did in 1967. According to Mick Wall, after only one album and…