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R.I.P. - Tom Wilkes (1939-2009)

jerrysmolin wrote 5 hours ago: “Tom Wilkes, an art director, photographer and designer whose posters for the Monterey Pop Fes … more →

Tags: Design, Obituaries, Popular Culture, Popular Music, Rock 'n' roll

Counter Culture- Vegan Trailer5 comments

lazysmurf wrote 1 day ago: Yesterday while perusing the vegan internets I gleaned some information that changed the course of m … more →

Tags: Food, Austin, Philly, Vegan Trailer

Rebel culture feeds consumerism1 comment

Ujwal Arkalgud wrote 2 days ago: I’ve constantly wondered why brands like Apple manage to maintain a rebellious and anti-establ … more →

Tags: marketing commentary, Apple, consumer culture, consumerism, cultural conditioning, rebel culture

Punk Visual Imagery

hoodidge wrote 4 days ago: What was Punk? Rock music? Anarchy?  Rebellion?  A fashion statement?  All of them?  I believe so, a … more →

Tags: Punk Imagery, Punk, visual imagery, sub culture, Punk Rock, Anarchy, Multimedia

This Baby Boomer Finally Has His Dream Job

pittsburghflashfictiongazette wrote 6 days ago: Yes, I served in Vietnam, grew up in the counter culture listening to The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, … more →

Tags: Commentaries, Age, baby bommer, Beer, dream job, Editor, Hendrix, janis joplin, Jefferson Airplane

Black Acid Co-op

kounterkulture wrote 1 week ago: Artists Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe fresh off their first project, Hello Meth Lab in the Sun, whi … more →

Tags: Art, Black Acid Co-op, Jonah Freeman, justin lowe, Sub Cultures

Some Readings on Hipsters

lettrist wrote 2 weeks ago: This is a reading list I am putting together for a discussion on hipsterism. Why Hipsters Aren … more →

Tags: communism, Saul Williams, situationism, Detournement, Raoul Vaneigem, hipsterdom, hipsters, Forrest Perry, jon fine

Marriage...2 comments

crowdedhours wrote 2 weeks ago: Recently things have been crazy-busy at work.  And in this uncertain economy (and especially when yo … more →

Tags: Family Life, God, Marriage

Iran, Green Dam and the 'Man'.1 comment

cb3blog wrote 2 weeks ago: Who’s the ‘Man’? You know – the ‘Man’!  Jack Black, School of Ro … more →

Tags: New Media, Political Communications, Public Affairs, Public Relations, Supporting democracy, Publics, Gutenberg, State and society, Iran

Counter-to-what-culture?

lalfrey wrote 2 weeks ago: This morning I started reading the Jameson classic, Post-Modernism.  Five pages into the book … more →

Tags: thesis, Culture, Fredric Jameson, hipsters, identity, Modernism, post-moderism, representation

Crips aren't Flawed, We're Bent on Self-Determination

Woody Lassitor wrote 2 weeks ago: Her name was Schwartz, Gertrude Schwartz. Or maybe it was Jennifer Logan. No, she was definitely a G … more →

Tags: Childhood, Disability, Independence, Poetry, ableism, attitudes, Civil Rights, cripple, crips

A Christians' Commitment Matthew 7v21-29

Dave Roberts wrote 3 weeks ago: A Christians’ Commitment Matthew 7:21-29 Right mouse click to save this Podcast as a MP3. Mat … more →

Tags: mp3, partake, Sermon, commitment, Culture, God who saves, Jesus Christ, light, Matthew 7

Goodbye Hipster

jaycruz wrote 3 weeks ago: The Rise and Fall of Hispter Criticism The post over at Flavorwire basically declares hipsterdom dea … more →

Tags: Hipster, Culture

Lessons from a counter-culturalist

psypressuk wrote 3 weeks ago: What a strange and un-nerving presence Timothy Leary’s writings have in this post-psychedelic era. T … more →

Tags: Timothy Leary, Social Comment, Cannabis, UK, Politics, leary, activism

Super Crip Gets Props From Peeps Who Recognize a Brother2 comments

Woody Lassitor wrote 3 weeks ago: Popping wheelies, hopping down a short set of stairs and sliding around corners on slick floors at h … more →

Tags: Disability, Humor, Independence, African-American, Attitude, Civil Rights, Cultures, disabilities, Life

Natural Hair and The Green Movement

Anu Prestonia wrote 3 weeks ago: The trend towards natural hair began originally in the ‘60s with the advent of the Afro and then di … more →

Tags: hair, Consciousness, Diet, Going Natural, green movement and natural hair, spiritual path, sustainability

Betty the Bombshell and the Great Black Void

mpdiederich wrote 3 weeks ago: I watch the way the light gleams off the lenses of her sunglasses, watch the way her skin soaks up t … more →

Tags: Fiction, Stories, Buddhism, desert, drugs, road, sex, Travel

The sincerest form of flattery: Coffee and Conservation

Mike White wrote 3 weeks ago: Counter Culture Coffee Bags Is Starbucks copying Counter Culture?  Or is this just a coincidence? Th … more →

Tags: Coffee, starbucks

Facebook doesn't have enough writers.

G.J. Frye wrote 1 month ago: I was scrolling through “friends’ notes” today and the entire first page was all s … more →

Tags: God, change, Life, HOPE, facebook, Positive, Attitude, Living, Lives