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Tag: hippies
Granny Takes A Trip With The Purple Gang
The hippest shop of Swinging London and the unlikely pop song that it inspired.
America Divided – Peter Watkins’ Punishment Park
Peter Watkins’ Vietnam-era study of protest, politics and punishment remains timely, but it’s too much in love with sloganeering to win over hearts and minds.
Birds, Orphans And Fools – Czechoslovakian Cinematic Liberation And Repression
The dying days of cultural freedom and the dark side of the hippy dream explored in Juraj Jakubisko’s defiantly anarchic film.
Classic Albums Revisited: Frank Zappa’s Apostrophe (‘)
Looking back at Frank Zappa’s magnum opus from 1974.
William Shatner And Canned Heat Work Together
Another unlikely musical collaboration from the legendary performer.
Experiments In Drinking: Impy Hating Hippie
A high-strength beer that announces itself in advance and delivers a bourbon-soaked punch to the senses.
The Great Western Express Music Festival Of 1972
A rare document of the culture clash between the straights and the freaks.
Bringing In The Summer With Nikolas Schreck’s This Hideous Thing
A Reprobate exclusive to mark the Summer Solstice: the bad-acid soaked, Sixties-invoking new video from Nikolas Schreck.
Portrait Of A Grumpy Old Man: The Quatermass Conclusion
Nigel Kneale’s final outing for Professor Quatermass is a bitterly misanthropic attack on youth and society by a man who felt himself above it all.
Barbie Death Camp: Bad Taste As Art
A gross-out art installation at Burning Man finally causes outrage after 20 years.
