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    Freedom Exists: Jim Morrison and the Crime That Defined a Career

    Fifty years ago, Jim Morrison was arrested for ‘lewd and lascivious behaviour’ after allegedly exposing himself on stage in Miami. Although hundreds of photographs of the concert are in evidence, not one actually shows the incident, and keyboardist, Ray Manzarek, has long referred to it as a ‘mass hallucination.’ Morrison was arrested four days after the event, […] More

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    Some Kinda Love: The 1969 album from the Velvet Underground

    “There are problems in these times, but none of them are mine” — Beginning To See The Light If you think of pop culture in America in 1969, it would generally be split between the two coasts. There was the dark, grainy, monochrome rock and film scene of New York, and on the other side, […] More

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    Cancelled Too Soon: My So-Called Life

    My parents keep asking how school was. It’s like saying “how was that drive-by shooting?” You don’t care how it was. You’re lucky to get out alive. 1994 was a year that changed a generation. Music and culture experienced a shift toward the DIY attitude. Teens were feeling empowered and able to express themselves more. […] More