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Anarchy Babies

In 2008, Caleb J. Clark was working on a Masters degree at The Interactive Telecommunications Program in the Tisch School Of The Arts at New York University. His thesis was a short film of interviews with the children of hardcore, 1960′s hippies. In Born Dropped Out: 12 Questions for Hippie Kids, Clark examines the perspectives [...]

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Beat. Bad. Baraka!

Writer Amiri Baraka was born Everett Leroi Jones in 1934, but changed his name in 1961. Baraka’s poetry included insightful and incendiary critiques of social mores and politics during a time when the American way of life at home and at work, in the bedroom and the boardroom and at the ballot box was being [...]

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Adrian Pride: Psychedeverly

Last night we lost Phil Everly of The Everly Brothers, ending one of rock music’s greatest duos forever. It’s always a big blow when a band loses a member, but when you’re talking about two brothers who sang together all of their lives, it’s a regretful coup de grace. Phil’s death is a sad occasion, [...]

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A Punk Prayer

As any fan of the Coincidence Control Network knows, we’ve been following the Pussy Riot story very closely since the band/action art collective’s infamous performance at Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior on February 21, 2012. Although the podcast has committed itself to being a weekly at this point, we’ve experienced a number of technical [...]

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Great Gift for Gaming Geeks

Christmas has come and gone but the gifts just keep coming. My family and friends plundered my Amazon wish list on my behalf, handing me a healthy stack of the DVD’s and books that I look forward to at this time of year. I love films and reading so I didn’t think I could be [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving from William S. Burroughs

Thanksgiving is an important day: It marks the beginning of the traditional holiday season for most white, Christian Americans and it reminds all citizens of when we first began to call this land our home. These events have importance in and of themselves and should not be dismissed. However, the world is a more complicated [...]

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Zapruder Film: Frame by Frame

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JFK: Stoned

With the tragedy of the JFK assassination marking its 50th anniversary this month, I’m continuing my regular posts exploring that dark day in Dallas. Not only was the assassination of JFK one of the most important events in U.S. history, the mystery that surrounds the tragedy created the modern conspiracy theory and continues to plague [...]

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Oswald: Patsy

The television show In Search Of is a strange little chestnut from my childhood. I knew the show’s host, Leonard Nimoy from his turn as “Spock” in Star Trek repeats, and In Search Of’s focus on unexplained phenomena, missing persons and extraterrestrial encounters was right on target for a kid who already loved Sci-Fi. I [...]

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JFK: DOA

This past Sunday over 2 million viewers tuned-in to the REELZ channel to watch a brand new documentary about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. With the tragedy marking its 50th anniversary this month, I’m planning on regular posts exploring that dark day in Dallas. Not only was the assassination of JFK one of the [...]

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