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Through a bong, darkly: A new book argues that the '60s counterculture achieved nothing of lasting importance. So why does the era continue to fascinate us?; By Gary Kamiya Apr 9, 2008
Why is "Sgt. Pepper" so overhyped?: The Beatles' magnum opus came out 40 years ago this week. Salon's David Marchese huddled with Gina Arnold to examine it anew.; Jun 2, 2007
Talkin' bout my generation: A new book argues that the baby boomers were a "greater generation" than the one that beat the Depression and Hitler. But what did we really do?; By Gary Kamiya Feb 3, 2006
"Drop City" by T.C. Boyle: A group of stoned, free-loving hippies set up a commune in backwoods Alaska -- and discover that Nature is a lot crueler than they dreamed.; By Laura Miller Feb 27, 2003
Dr. Hofmann's problem child turns 58: It started causing trouble as a teen and has never really stopped. We can't name names, but its initials are LSD.; By Chris Colin Apr 16, 2001
"Steal This Movie": This disgraceful biopic reduces yippie Abbie Hoffman to slogans and stunts.; By Charles Taylor Aug 18, 2000
Dinner at 8: Where, oh where, are the children who can mix a decent vodka gimlet?; By Jodi Greenbaum Jul 11, 2000
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury ...: There stands before you a murderer -- the band that killed rock 'n' roll.; By Ira Robbins Apr 10, 2000
Letters to the Editor: New Leftists Art Goldberg and Stew Albert fire back at David Horowitz
Plus: Amen to Joyce Millman's "year in TV" round-up; is it little girls -- or their moms -- who buy pink toys?; Letters to the Editor Dec 20, 1999
"Crazy in Alabama": Antonio Banderas directs his wife, Melanie Griffith, in this little morsel of easily digestible nostalgia.; By Mary Elizabeth Williams Oct 22, 1999
Sharps & flats: Greenwich Village folk tribute covers Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel and Tim Buckley. But how can Chrissie Hynde and Marshall Crenshaw, among others, forget that some art belongs to its creator?; By Robbie Woliver Jul 2, 1999
"Songs are for People": Patti Smith talks about the people and the poetry in her new collection, 'Patti Smith Complete: Lyrics, Reflections & Notes for the Future'; By David Bowman Oct 21, 1998
The Year of Dreaming Dangerously: This is the 30th anniversary of a series of tumultuous events that shaped a generation. To understand the activists of the '60s, you have to revisit 1968 and consider what it was like to those who lived through it.; By Stephen Talbot Jul 22, 1998
Were the '60s a fraud?: Gary Kamiya reviews two new books of revisionist culture criticism from The Baffler editors and asks: Was the '60s the fraud -- or its critics?; By Gary Kamiya Dec 22, 1997
Brain Clock: By David Bowman Oct 19, 1997
brain clock: An amateur Dylanologist takes on the bard's long-awaited "Time Out of Mind."; By David Bowman Sep 19, 1997
The Lateness of the Hour: By Mark Athitakis Sep 4, 1997
Farewells & Fantasies: By Dawn Eden Sep 3, 1997

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