"It is America's music – born out of a million American negotiations: between having and not having; between happy and sad, country and city; between black and white and men and women; between the Old Africa and the Old Europe – which could only have happened in an entirely new...

Jimi Hendrix asks in his song Purple Haze, "Am I happy or in misery?" This theme broadly defined the political and social unrest throughout the nation in 1969. The baby boomers in the late 1960's adopted a "hippie" culture which personified the music of the time and the concept of "sex, drug...

Film has been categorized by genres since it became popular in the early 1900\'s. Even within these categories (comedy, romance, action) genres often overlapped one another. George Melies\' 1902 classic A Trip to the Moon is a timeless piece that mixes science fiction with psychedelic aspects far be...

Relationship of Drugs And music Musicians use their music to express thoughts and feelings they have. These thoughts and feelings they have are reached by their fans and most fans usually listen to what they have to say. A common thing that many artist do is to promot...

Jefferson Airplane, The Beatles, and LSD:Alice's Connection to the 1960'sThe late sixties were a time filled with sex, drugs, and rock and roll. A huge part of American culture at the time was focused around these three things. Musicians possessed a tremendous amount of social influence, and like wi...

FLOWER CHILDREN AGAINST WAR: THE HIPPY MOVEMENT Peace, Love and Freedom In the 1960s USA a new movement appeared among young people. They rejected mainstream society and social habits, believed in the power of love, wore unusual clothes, had long hair, took both legal and illegal drugs and e...

Aviv GrillThe SixtiesFrom Recreation To Revolution"Don't worry, be happy." This phrase for the most part summed up the philosophy of the hippie culture. People were to love each other, and there was happiness and bliss. The hippie philosophy, though, didn't just create itself. The hippie moveme...

Hippies: Not Just a Style"Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can. No need for greed or hunger, a brotherhood of man. Imagine all the people sharing all the world (Lee)." The words of this famous song "Imagine" were sung by John Lennon, a member of the Beatle's and a hippy well-known for his ...

Lysergic Acid DiethylamideWhile drugs have existed for many years LSD is one of the most well known used drugs in the world today. LSD's technical term is lysergic acid diethylamide and it falls into the group of drugs known as hallucinogens or psychedelics. These groups of drugs may cause harm to ...

Ecstasy AbuseEcstasy use is getting out of control. More young people are using ecstasy now than ever before. It a time where usage of every other drug is going down, or staying at the same level ecstasy is seeing huge increases in the number of people using it. Ecstasy use has gone up 47% since 199...