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Critic's Notebook: Of 'Mad Men' and a long-lost Beatles cartoon
Show TrackerIn what must be the most talked-about licensing of a song in television history, "Mad Men" ended its Sunday episode with "Tomorrow Never Knows," the last track on the Beatles' 1966 album "Revolver." Acquired for a reported $250,000, this track capped an... -
Peter Bergman dies at 72; comedian in Firesign Theatre troupe
Peter Bergman, a founder of Firesign Theatre, the comic quartet that channeled the absurdist sensibility and chaotic impulses of the countercultural 1960s and '70s into a popular radio show and a series of cult-classic albums, has died at 72.
A...Tags: Cults and Sects, Radio Industry, Peter Bergman, HBO (tv network), John Goodman
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Leonard Weinglass dies at 77; defense lawyer in Pentagon Papers case
Leonard Weinglass, a crusading lawyer who championed radical and liberal causes and clients in some of the most controversial trials of the 1960s and '70s, including the Chicago 7 and Pentagon Papers cases, died Wednesday in New York City. He was 77.
The...Tags: Lawyers, Wars and Interventions, Jane Fonda, Judges, LSD
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Owsley Stanley dies at 76; 'Acid King' of the '60s psychedelic era
Nearly everyone familiar with the history of the 1960s has heard of Timothy Leary and Ken Kesey, the pranksters who spread the gospel of psychedelics to the countercultural generation. But far fewer remember Owsley Stanley.
Stanley, who died Saturday...Tags: Keith Richards, Jimi Hendrix, Politics, Ken Kesey, Steely Dan (music group)
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Final two days for 'Bright White Underground' at Schindler's Buck House
Culture MonsterIt's not quite a haunted house. But "Bright White Underground," a mind-bending transformation of Rudolph Schindler's Buck House, is close enough to warrant a visit this Halloween weekend. Under the auspices of Country Club, a Cincinnati gallery that... -
Remembering Owsley "Bear" Stanley (1935-2011) [Audio]
Pop & HissThe obituary for Owsley "Bear" Stanley ran in the news pages of the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, but it spiritually inhabits the music section. Though he never received the cult of his contemporary, Timothy Leary, the eccentric Stanley did...... -
Airport carpets: Don't be floored by blogger's area of interest
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWeary travelers may long to linger over a cup of coffee or snuggle under a plush duvet. But when it comes to airports, lingering is loathed, because it's synonymous with layover. When George Pendle found himself stuck longer than expected at a New York...Tags: London Heathrow Airport, Singapore, Metal and Mineral, Edvard Munch, Building Material
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Music review: 'Professor Bad Trip' invades Monday Evening Concerts
Culture Monster“Professor Bad Trip” is Fausto Romitelli’s most ecstatic plunge into psychedelia and spectralism. The Doors meet -– and unapologetically drown out -– Pierre Boulez. Completed in 2000, an Italian composer’s nearly 45-minute confrontation... -
The Siren's Call: Love energy
Los Angeles TimesThis month's column is about love. Not the Valentine's Day variety. The Siren's Call is interested in love as an elemental force — as something experienced by mystics and glimpsed by poets. Dante caught a glimpse — this column recently...Tags: Poetry, Family, LSD, Lotteries, YouTube
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The Siren's Call: Stillness, where art thou?
Isn't the quest for stillness hopeless? All those efforts to attain slowness -- what good are they, especially when the rest of the world isn't paying attention? Sure, you can achieve some meditative balance and create an island of serenity in yourself --...Tags: Culture, Education, Books and Magazines, Health and Safety at School, Buddhism
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Dennis Hopper dies at 74; actor directed counterculture classic 'Easy Rider'
Dennis Hopper, the maverick director and costar of the landmark 1969 counterculture film classic "Easy Rider" whose drug- and alcohol-fueled reputation as a Hollywood bad boy preceded his return to sobriety and a career resurgence in the films " Hoosiers"...Tags: Dennis Hopper, Francis Ford Coppola, Photography, David Lynch, Movies
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Old enough to know better
It's a lovely irony: Gertrude Baines, 114, the world's oldest person, lives in L.A., the world's most youth-obsessed city. It's like finding a vintage Ferrari in a parking lot full of Yugos.
During the 20th century, we added almost three decades to the...Tags: Death, Philip Roth, Madison Square Garden, Joan Didion, Henrik Ibsen
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