THE DIAMOND GUIDE TO THE GRATEFUL DEAD: ANTHEM OF THE SUN (1968)

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The word ‘hip’ translates roughly as ‘wise’ or ‘tuned in’. A hippy is someone who ‘knows’ what’s really happening, and who adjusts or grooves with it. Hippies despise phoniness; they want to be open, honest, loving, free. They reject the plastic pretence of twentieth-century America, preferring to…

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SATURDAY SPIN: THE DOORS

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▪️ The Doors – The Doors (Elektra, 1967) It is only in recent years that I’ve gotten back into the Doors after three whole decades of hating on them because of Oliver Stone’s silly, hysterical 1991 film. I loved this album and then the movie came out…

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