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The Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh dies at 84

NPR

The Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh dies at 84 toggle caption Michael Buckner/Getty Images North America Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of countercultural rock band The Grateful Dead, has died. Sponsor Message “On a day-to-day basis, the psychic pivot to the Dead is Phil Lesh, the most aggressive purist, the anti-philistine Artist,” wrote Grateful Dead biographer Dennis McNally in …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Jon Voight’s surreal journey from countercultural hero to A-list Trumpster

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Voight, however, has claimed that Jolie has actually been “influenced by …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Joan Baez: I Am A Noise goes beyond adulation to uncover the artist's true, often tragic story

ABC

Joan Baez has achieved a lot in her 83 years. Loading YouTube content Despite this, recent documentary Joan Baez: I Am A Noise is not a self-aggrandising laundry list of the folk singer and countercultural icon's greatest moments. Decades of distance gives her perspective on why her marriage to fellow anti-war campaigner and father to her son David Harris failed …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: This Easter, hope is an act of will and a gesture of defiance

LA Times

In the 1960s, the Peace Corps ran an ad on TV and in countless magazines that showed a tumbler partially filled with water. If you answered half full, the small print and the voice-over said, you were suited to the Peace Corps — that is, you viewed the world through a lens of hope rather than despair. In this season …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

How Chinese science fiction went from underground magazines to Netflix extravaganza

Associated Press

CHENGDU, China — For a few days in October 2023, the capital of the science fiction world was Chengdu, China. “Sci-fi has always been a bridge between different cultures and countries,” says Yao Haijun, the editor-in-chief of Science Fiction World, China’s oldest sci-fi magazine. Tao Bolin, a 25-year-old influencer and science-fiction fan, holds a signed copy of “The Three-Body Problem” …

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1 year, 2 months ago

‘Sex, friends, rock ’n’ roll’: Boygenius rewrites the rules of rock stardom

LA Times

Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker grimaced as they thought about their time together ending. Hozier joined Boygenius onstage in Boston on Sept. 25 to sing the trio’s “Salt in the Wound,” a feelings-forward rock ballad that explodes in a cacophony of noise. “There were fireworks!” Dacus said, gleefully, of the group’s own debut headlining show there, where 25,000 …

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1 year, 4 months ago

More Tramspotting than Trainspotting: Leith has reinvented itself as a music and countercultural hub

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The first passengers arrived in a Leith unrecognisable from even half a decade ago; the tram’s impending arrival has already …

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1 year, 4 months ago

How Free Radicals Harm Your Skin And How To Counteract Them

Huff Post

simarik via Getty Images You may have heard "free radicals" referenced in a skin care context. If you’ve done any research into skin care tips and products, you may have encountered the term “free radicals.” Dermatologists often talk about “free radical damage,” but don’t always define what that means. “Typically, our body’s own antioxidant defense system and certain foods that …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Missoula feels more divided from the rest of Montana as GOP silences transgender lawmaker

LA Times

The sun rises beyond Missoula, Mont., a college town that elected Zooey Zephyr, the state’s first openly transgender legislator. “We will uphold the people’s will that sent 68 Republicans to Helena,” several said in a statement Monday evening, after activists — including dozens from Missoula — jeered them from the House gallery. “They’ve stripped 11,000 Montanans of their voice,” said …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Jimi Hendrix, fire hazards and Saturday Night Live: Rock’n’roll’s raucous history of trashing guitars

The Independent

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Parallels between riots, 9/11 terror attacks: Police in court during Khalid’s bail hearing

Hindustan Times

Opposing the bail petition moved by former JNU student Umar Khalid, an accused in the case of overall conspiracy behind 2020 northeast Delhi riots, the Delhi Police on Friday told a trial court that the accused tried to embarrass the government before the international media, and drew parallels between the planning for the 9/11 World Trade Centre attacks and the …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Countercultural filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. dies at 85

Associated Press

Robert Downey Sr., the accomplished countercultural filmmaker, actor and father of superstar Robert Downey Jr., has died. “He was a true maverick filmmaker, and remained remarkably optimistic throughout,” Downey Jr. wrote. “According to my stepmom’s calculations, they were happily married for just over 2000 years.” Downey was a Hollywood journeyman who made a name for himself with radical, anti-establishment films, …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Harold and Maude: The film that broke several taboos

BBC

Harold and Maude: The film that broke several taboos Alamy Harold and Maude bombed when it was first released, but had a revival later Emma Madden explores the unique appeal of this dark comedy about a death-obsessed teenager who falls in love with a life-adoring septuagenarian, now celebrating its 50th anniversary. In one of the most famously scathing reviews Harold …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Opinion: What we forget about Jimmy Carter’s legacy

CNN

Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and author of the book, “Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party.” Follow him on Twitter @julianzelizer. Watch CNN Films’ “Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President” Sunday, January 3 …

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The Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh dies at 84

Jon Voight’s surreal journey from countercultural hero to A-list Trumpster

Joan Baez: I Am A Noise goes beyond adulation to uncover the artist's true, often tragic story

Opinion: This Easter, hope is an act of will and a gesture of defiance

How Chinese science fiction went from underground magazines to Netflix extravaganza

‘Sex, friends, rock ’n’ roll’: Boygenius rewrites the rules of rock stardom

More Tramspotting than Trainspotting: Leith has reinvented itself as a music and countercultural hub

How Free Radicals Harm Your Skin And How To Counteract Them

Missoula feels more divided from the rest of Montana as GOP silences transgender lawmaker

Jimi Hendrix, fire hazards and Saturday Night Live: Rock’n’roll’s raucous history of trashing guitars

Parallels between riots, 9/11 terror attacks: Police in court during Khalid’s bail hearing

Countercultural filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. dies at 85

Harold and Maude: The film that broke several taboos

Opinion: What we forget about Jimmy Carter’s legacy