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FLOWER POWER - HIPPIES
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Jack White is Close to Finishing a New Album
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Lifestyle: The History of Hippies.
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Jack White is Close to Finishing a New Album Jack White's second solo album may be coming sooner rather than later. In a recent chat session with fans on the Third Man Records message board, the former White Stripe revealed that he's nearly done working on a new record. "I'm producing two albums this month, and finishing them," White wrote. "One of them is mine." If he's indeed referring to a solo venture, then the follow-up to 2012's Blunderbuss could see the light shortly. When describing the new material, t h e garageblues god said, "It's definitely not one sound. It's definitely several. Like you heard in Blunderbuss, there's many different styles there.
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"I'm producing two albums this month, and finishing them," White wrote. "One of them is mine."
Jack White announces new album "Lazaretto"
White will release“Lazaretto”on June 10, 2014 via his own Third Man Records and Columbia Records. In any other opinions, Jack W h i te ’s “ B l u n d e r b u s s ” ranked among the best rock records of last years.
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is first album under his ow n name — following CDs with the White Stripes, the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather — was certified gold and was his first to hit No. 1 in the U.S.
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herefore, today’s announcement that White will issue a followup to “Blunderbuss” this summer immediately
registered a new entry in my personal mostanticipated-albums-of-2014 list.
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psychedelic Pac-Man effects, and searing solos, a syncopated bassline the only thing keeping it a l l i n o r b i t . Ye t , w h i l e i t makes for a propulsive and antsy whole, the individual detours are basically just there to distract us from the song’s lack of a hook.
ith this latest reboot, rock’s last action hero harnesses the dangerous power of funk — to the dismay of fanboys everywhere. But fear not: ut you know what? on “Lazaretto”, Jack White delivers a hectic, gleefully Making a front-porch indulgent slice of Custard f i d d l e s o l o s e e m l i k e a Pie. natural follow-up to a spacey prog interlude is the t ’s a d i s o r i e n t i n g A O R type of inspired diversion f e v e r d r e a m c o m p r i s i n g only a superhero could pull a g a u n t l e t o f t e m p o s h i f t s , off.
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ince the 1960s, many aspects of the hippie counterculture have been assimilated by the mainstream. Hippies often chose brightly colored clothing and and the styles for the most part were loose and non-constricting. Styles such as bell-bottom pants, vests, tie-dyed garments, dashikis, peasant blouses, and long, full skirts with nature-inspired patchwork or non-Western clothing with Native American, African and Latin American prints. Much of hippie clothing was self-made in defiance of corporate culture, and hippies often purchased their clothes from flea markets and second-hand shops. Natural and foreign ccessories for both men and women included Native American jewelry, head scarves, headbands and long beaded necklaces. Tie-dyeing was very fashionable in the
West in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as part of hippie style and still is today. ippie culture spread worldwide through a fusion of rock music, folk, blues, and psychedelic rock; it also found expression in literature, arts, fashion, and the visual arts, including film, posters advertising rock concerts, and album covers. Eventually the hippie movement extended far beyond States, the Kingdom, Europe, and appeared in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Mexico, Brazil and many other countries. Neo-hippies, some of whom are sons, daughters and grandchildren of the original hippies, advocate many of the same beliefs of their 1960s
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counterparts. Drug use is just as accepted as in the "original" hippie days, although most neo-hippies do not consider it necessary to take drugs in order to be part of the lifestyle, and others reject drug use in favor of alternative methods
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of reaching higher or altered consciousness such as drumming circles, community singing, meditation, dietary practices, and yoga and dance.
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he neo-hippie movement also inspired festivals and workshops that advocated alternative lifestyles, clean and sustainable energy, and unadulterated foods. Nambassa is also the tribal name of a trust that has championed sustainable ideas and demonstrated practical counterculture and alternative lifestyle methods since the early 1970s. ovement has also morphed into the 'Green Movement.'
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This History of Hippies
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he radical-hippie alliance had been counting on the voters to repudiate the "right-wing, warmonger" elements in Congress, but instead it was the "liberal" Democrats who got stomped. The hippies saw the election returns as brutal confirmation of the futility of fighting the Establishment on its own terms. There had to be a whole new scene, they said, and the only way to do it was to make the big move—either figuratively or literally— from Berkeley to the Haight-Ashbury, from pragmatism to mysticism, from politics to dope, from the involvement of protest to the peaceful disengagement of love, nature, and spontaneity. he mushrooming popularity of the hippie scene was a matter of desperate concern to the young political activists. They saw a whole generation of rebels drifting off to a drugged limbo, ready to accept almost anything as long as it came with enough "soma" (as Aldous Huxley named the psychic escape drug of the future in his science-fiction novel Brave New World, 1932). lower Power" (their term for the power of love), they said, was nonpolitical. And the New Left quickly responded with charges that hippies were "intellectually flabby," that they lacked "energy" and "stability," that they were actually "nihilists" whose concept of love was "so generalized and impersonal as to be meaningless." And it was all true. heir slogan is "Now," and that means instantly. Unlike political activists of any stripe, hippies have no coherent vision of the future—which might or might not exist. The hippies are afflicted by an enervating sort of fatalism that is, in fact, deplorable. And the New Left critics are heroic, in their fashion, for railing at it. But the awful possibility exists that the hippies may be right, that the future itself is
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he radical-hippie alliance had been counting on the voters to repudiate the "rightwing, warmonger" elements in Congress, but instead it was the "liberal" Democrats who got stomped. The hippies saw the election returns as brutal confirmation of the futility of fighting the Establishment on its own terms. There had to be a whole new scene, they said, and the only way to do it was to make the big move— either figuratively or literally—from Berkeley to the H a i g h t - A s h b u r y, from pragmatism to mysticism, from politics to dope, from the involvement of protest to the peaceful disengagement of love, nature, and spontaneity. he mushrooming popularity of the hippie scene was a matter of desperate concern to the young political activists. They saw a whole generation of rebels drifting off to a drugged limbo, ready to accept almost anything as long as it came w i t h
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confirmation of the futility of fighting the Establishment on its own terms. There had to be a whole new scene, they said, and the only way to do it was to make the big move—either figuratively or literally—from Berkeley to the Haight-Ashbury, from pragmatism to mysticism, from politics to dope, from the involvement of protest to the 10
peaceful disengagement of love, nature, and spontaneity. he mushrooming popularity of the hippie scene was a matter of desperate concern to the young political activists. They saw a whole generation of rebels drifting off to a drugged limbo, ready to
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accept almost anything as long as it came with enough "soma" (as Aldous Huxley named the psychic escape drug of the future in his science-fiction novel Brave New World, 1932).
The mushrooming popularity of the hippie scene was a matter of desperate concern to the young political activists. They saw a whole generation of rebels drifting off to a drugged limbo, ready to accept almost anything as long as it came with enough "soma"...
Did you know? the world of rock n 'roll
The 5 Biggest Music Festivals in the World 1. DONAUINSELFEST (VIENNA, AUSTRIA)
The line-up is mostly made up of African artists, specifically those from French-African countries like Amadou & Mariam
3. SUMMERFEST (WISCONSIN, USA)
Attendance: 675,000 in 2013, Acts: About 190, Stages: 6 As a festival that started off as an effort to cater to the alternative and indie music scene, Coachella still retains a somewhat “hippie” vibe.
5. ROCK IN RIO (RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL)
Attendance: 800K-1 million (840,000 in 2013), Acts: 800+, Stages: 11 The Guinness Book of World Records named Summerfest the World’s Largest Festival, a title it proudly displays on its Attendance: 3.2 million in 2013, website. Acts: 2,000+, Stages: 21 Donauinselfest easily takes the crown for the biggest festival 4. COACHELLA in the world on all counts, and does so impressively over the (CALIFORNIA, USA) short course of three days. For reference, Summerfest and Mawazine take eleven and nine Attendance: 700,000 (in 2011), days respectively to amass a Acts: about 75 (500 more on million revelers. “Rock Street”), Stages: 4 Rock in Rio was huge from its very first show, which got 1.5 2. MAWAZINE (RABAT, million festival-goers to Rio de MOROCCO) Janeiro for the biggest acts of 1985 like Queen, AC/DC, and Attendance: 2.5 million in 2013, Iron Maiden. Acts: About 90, Stages: 7 This gargantuan festival is relatively unknown in America. 12
Festival Season is Coming... For instance, a mind-blowing number of people that make their way to Rabat, Morocco, every year to see acts like Rihanna, Angelique Kidjo, and Enrique Iglesias at the massive Mawazine
Festival. Read on to find out which festivals (by attendance, acts, and stages) are the biggest on Earth, and get ready to see some unexpected locations from Budapest to Brazil.
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Special Recommendation Plagues of Babylon I - Iced Earth
ced Earth or rather Jon Schaffer have brought us new Iced Earth record cheerfully named Plagues Of Babylon. Preceded by generally accepted Dystopia, which was definitely a step forward compared to the boring and annoying The Crucible Of Man, an album that may have sounded well in Jon’s head, but in practice the story was somewhat different.
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hether you are veteran or 15 year old school boy that just discovered this band, you will not be disappointed. Only problem is that very few people will be genuinely thrilled with this album. But, in the end, there’s enough quality material here to proclaim an album worthy representative of Iced Earth’s discography. If their sound continues to evolve in this direction I will not complain, just as long as they don’t return to the Crucible era. Year 2014 has started well, now we just need to hope it will continue in this direction.
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Special Recommendation Loud Like Love - Placebo
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he seventh album from English alt-rockers Placebo, Loud Like Love, almost didn’t happen. Its genesis was in three songs written by frontman Brian Molko, originally intended for a solo project.
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espite the album’s pull-somethingtogether creation, Loud Like Love doesn’t feel underdeveloped or halfhearted. It’s the band’s prettiest, most polished, most synthetic work to date, though this isn’t necessarily good news. The band work through track after track of modern alternative rock, never deviating from their sharp, bittersweet sound, but nothing on Loud Like Love is as strong as what has come before it.
Its genesis was in three songs written by frontman Brian Molko, originally intended for a solo project.
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Special Recommendation Bruce Springsteen - T High Hopes
his not only explains why he’s been able to churn out consistently gripping and aesthetically interesting albums for 40 years, it makes his decision to release a collection of covers, reworked old songs, and quaint tidbits titled High Hopes as his latest album all the more curious.
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it makes his decision to release a collection of covers, reworked old songs, and quaint tidbits titled High Hopes as his latest album all the more curious.
any, including Springsteen himself, have credited Morello with acting as the muse behind the entire project, but The Boss has never needed help in the proletarian indignation department. Morello’s influence is instead most mightily wielded on the rerecording of 1995’s The Ghost of Tom Joad, where together Morello and The Boss turn a weary
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Special Recommendation Motörhead - Aftershock
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nly a matter of months ago, Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister had a defibrillator implanted in his chest, then suffered a haematoma shortly after. he band were forced to pull a run of European festival dates after doctors ordered Kilmister to rest. It looked as though 21st studio album Aftershock would never happen, while fans dreaded the imminent end of one of rock & roll’s greatest bands.
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Motörhead’s 21st fulllength studio album Aftershock was released, 25th October 2013.
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“The only time I've seen any rebellion was in the fifties, sixties and early seventies. The rest of it you can keep.”
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regarding the band’s future, they’ve unveiled Aftershock to reassure fans of their position as “everything louder than everything else.” he beauty of a band like Motörhead, is that you know exactly what to expect upon first listen. Pulsating guitars pumping out like an out-of-control steam train, a driving rhythm section keeping everything in check, and, of course,
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Lemmy’s trademark gravelly voice sounding remarkably familiar for someone who’s been suffering ill-health for the past year. ftershock is a welcome return to form for a band whose legacy will live on long after the band eventually decide to call it a day, while mercilessly and unrelentingly stamping out any pesky rumours of Lemmy’s death.
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The beauty of a band like Motรถrhead, is that you know exactly what to expect upon first listen.
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