Baudelaire’s argument against photography expressed his rejection of modernity in general; theolder generations’ rejection of the rock-and-roll music of the 1950s and 1960s reflected a broader generational conflictaround counterculture (and teenage rebellion). “AI” art.“AI” art suffers from ma...
The Seventies Shift: When Michael Barone Began His Career as a Political Observer, Los Angeles Was like Des Moines by the Sea and America Was Transfixed by the Vietnam War and the Counterculture. Nobody Saw the Deeper Forces That Were Beginning to Transform the Nation By Barone, Michael ...
Signs of official reaction to an emerging counterculture were warnings about the use of 'hip flasks' that people hid illegal liquor in and the establishment of the federal Narcotics Control Board by President Harding. Harding also banned liquor from all ships entering US harbors. Coal strikes made...
Iconic counterculture group the Grateful Dead were already more than a decade into their career when they appeared on 'Saturday Night Live' for the first time. The band started its performance with “Casey Jones,” a fan-favorite track from their 1970 album ‘Workingman’s Dead.’ From there,...
Lil Bo Weep, real name Winona Brooks, was an Australian artist and social media personality. According to her father, who shared the news of her death on Facebook, she died on March 5. “She fought hard against her demons as we all did side by side next to her and picking up the ...