Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers
Unauthorized Dwellings 26
Source: The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, California) 14 Nov 1966, Mon Page 7
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 22, 2022 -
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Category: Unauthorized Dwellings, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, North America
Charles Garland and his Love Farm
Elon Musk, stand back!If you inherited a ton of money at a young age, you too might be confused about how to live. At first, you might radically decide not to accept the fortune. Then, you might decide to use it for charitable purposes. Finally, you might opt to establish a free-love commune.
That's the path that one Charles Garland took. Read his whole story at Wikipedia.
After his separation from his wife, Garland established two successive agricultural communes, or "colonies of idealists", both named April Farm.[19] The first April Farm, in which Garland lived from January 1922, was at North Carver, Massachusetts.[22] In 1924, Garland moved to a new "April Farm" in Lower Milford Township, Pennsylvania.[19]
Garland scandalized polite society by inviting young women to live with him at these colonies, where he planned to "work out the problems of life".
Naturally, newspapers had a field day with all this.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 10, 2022 -
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Category: Money, Communes, Utopias, and Other Alternative Societies, Public Indecency, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1920s
The Hog Farm
Their Wikipedia page.
Source of article below: Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, New York) 10 Dec 1968, Tue Page 10
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 25, 2022 -
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Category: Drugs, Communes, Utopias, and Other Alternative Societies, Documentaries, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s
Unauthorized Dwellings 25
b'Mudflats Living', b'Robert' b'Fresco' & b'Kris' b'Paterson', provided by the National Film Board of Canada
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 22, 2022 -
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Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Unauthorized Dwellings, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1970s, North America
Woodstock X 3
A little late for the anniversary, but still, I hope, of interest.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 13, 2022 -
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Category: Music, Parades and Festivals, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, TV News
The Electronic Record for Children
Bruce Haack's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 30, 2022 -
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Category: Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Children, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s
Unauthorized Dwellings 23
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 02, 2022 -
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Category: Unauthorized Dwellings, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, United Kingdom
Jazz Poetry
The Wikipedia entry, followed by some examples from the Boston Post, 09 Jan 1921, Sun Page 53.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 28, 2022 -
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Category: Fads, Music, Poetry, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1920s
The Witch Dance
I am a little late to this fad, initiated in 2016. But since it is still currently surging (this article ((possibly paywalled))) cites a current instance in my native state, I thought we needed to know about it.This older article explains.
But at the end of April, the women of Wolfshäger Hexenbrut (in English: The Wolf Hunter's Coven), located in Wolfshagen im Harz, Germany, do something a little different.
They get together to celebrate Walpurgis, a holiday celebrating fertility, celebrations including lots of dancing, foods, and drinking, which usually occurs every year on April 30th.
However, in 2016, their celebrations included a choreographed dance to Schüttel deinen Speck, in English: Shake Your Bacon, by German Reggae-Pop artist, Peter Fox, in 2008.
The dance went viral once posted to YouTube -
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 21, 2022 -
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Category: Holidays, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Europe, Twenty-first Century
Burlap Interior Design
Much as the enthusiastic Mr. Namkin or the dapper corporate icon Mr. Deburco wished it, burlap was not fated to become the next hot interior design fabric. As we all know, burlap was too closely associated with beatniks to be wholly respectable.
Article source: The Record (Hackensack, New Jersey) 01 Oct 1954, Fri Page 24
Article source: The Monroe News-Star (Monroe, Louisiana) 06 Mar 1962, Tue Page 12
Article source: The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 30 Jan 1960, Sat Page 6
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 08, 2022 -
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Category: Fads, Interior Decorating, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1950s
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