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Stark, raving mad

By Heather Havrilesky — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT

In its second season, the smooth-talking cads and resilient ladies of "Mad Men" are emboldened and chastened by the tumultuous '60s.

Time to move on from Afghanistan

By Garrison Keillor — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT

We don't admire quitters, but no one wants to be the last person to believe in a mission, either

Through a bong, darkly

By Gary Kamiya — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT

A new book argues that the '60s counterculture achieved nothing of lasting importance. So why does the era continue to fascinate us?

Why is "Sgt. Pepper" so overhyped?

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT

The Beatles' magnum opus came out 40 years ago this week. Salon's David Marchese huddled with Gina Arnold to examine it anew.

Talkin' bout my generation

By Gary Kamiya — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT

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?

"Drop City" by T.C. Boyle

By Laura Miller — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT

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.

Dr. Hofmann's problem child turns 58

By Chris Colin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT

It started causing trouble as a teen and has never really stopped. We can't name names, but its initials are LSD.

"Steal This Movie"

By Charles Taylor — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT

This disgraceful biopic reduces yippie Abbie Hoffman to slogans and stunts.

Dinner at 8

By Jodi Greenbaum — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT

Where, oh where, are the children who can mix a decent vodka gimlet?

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury ...

By Ira Robbins — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT

There stands before you a murderer -- the band that killed rock 'n' roll.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT

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?

"Crazy in Alabama"

By Mary Elizabeth Williams — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT

Antonio Banderas directs his wife, Melanie Griffith, in this little morsel of easily digestible nostalgia.

Sharps & flats

By Robbie Woliver — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT

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?

"Songs are for People"

By David Bowman — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT

Patti Smith talks about the people and the poetry in her new collection, 'Patti Smith Complete: Lyrics, Reflections & Notes for the Future'

The Year of Dreaming Dangerously

By Stephen Talbot — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT

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.

Were the '60s a fraud?

By Gary Kamiya — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT

Gary Kamiya reviews two new books of revisionist culture criticism from The Baffler editors and asks: Was the '60s the fraud -- or its critics?

Brain Clock

By David Bowman — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT

brain clock

By David Bowman — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT

An amateur Dylanologist takes on the bard's long-awaited "Time Out of Mind."

The Lateness of the Hour

By Mark Athitakis — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT

Farewells & Fantasies

By Dawn Eden — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT