#60s music conspiracies

[mymusicsucks]

"Waterloo" by ABBA and "Build Me Up Buttercup" by The Foundations have the same beat. Noticed this today while watching Mama Mia! (sigh) 🫣😳😔

[lanadilfs]

who are you, lana del rey?

[cruelsister-moved2]

lesson i keep forgetting to learn with literature is. the thing with music is 9/10 times if someone comes back 15+ years later and releases more music its really horrendous so I have the habit of seeing am author I like put out another book 20 years later and not wanting to read it but the same is NOT true with literature and people generally produce better books later in their career and even direct sequels that are added years later are often really good and worth it. ESPECIALLY in spec fic where the generally female authors I read are coming back to their worlds later ready to consider gender issues more thoroughly etc I need to remember this

[sun-and-moon-mushroom]

AU where, at some point after Bingge gets thrown into the Abyss, SJ decides he’s had enough of the murder accusations and having to listen to teenage attempts to play music and wrote poetry, and decides to fuck off. He tells YQY he’s going into ‘seclusion’ for his cultivation and proceeds to change his clothes, hairstyle, and wear something that covers his face as he starts travelling around as a wandering cultivator under his original name (if asked if he’s related to that Shen, he just tells the truth — he’s an orphan who never knew his family). This eliminates at least 60% of his stress and anxiety since he’s actually able to relax without worrying about insults or keeping his reputation as a cold and elegant immortal master intact.

Time goes on, and eventually Bingge comes back. Hearing that SQQ is away, he figures he’ll just use the time to focus on gathering power and collecting evidence before he can take his revenge. Along the way, he ends up in a small town, where he ends up going to a brothel because Xin Mo is being annoying and he left his wives at home. He steps in the door and — is that Shen Qingqiu???

SJ doesn’t recognise this handsome stranger who’s uncommonly polite to prostitutes. It’s been years since he saw LBH and he was an underfed teenager then, no taller than him. Even the name wouldn’t jog his memory since it’s not like he ever used the little beast’s name outside of the occasional bit of paperwork. So, he invites him over for tea and they talk.

LBH is immediately convinced that this cannot be SQQ because he’s actually being nice to him. He invited him to sit down and have tea! He’s asking for his opinion on the music! He’s smiling! LBH is pretty sure SQQ would rather drop dead than smile at anyone, let alone him! He goes into conspiracy mode: is this a long lost relative? amnesia?? an alternate universe counterpart??? possession????

SJ now has to deal with this strange cultivator following him around, always ‘coincidentally’ visiting the same towns he does and offering to help him on night hunts… because LBH is too curious about this not-Shen-Qingqiu to leave him alone. Eventually, SJ decides the best way to get rid of this stranger is to become disliked by him, something he’s got plenty of experience with. Of course, his entire life story (who’s going to connect it to the Qing Jing peak lord anyway? and it feels surprisingly good to actually tell someone) is the perfect choice.

This has the opposite of the intended effect, as now they’re bonding over their mutually awful childhoods. SJ complains about how at least LBH had a mother, LBH points out that maybe it’s better to never have someone than loose them, and SJ brings up Yue Qi. LBH says he was abandoned in the Demon Realm, because the Endless Abyss is a bit unrealistic for an ordinary cultivator to escape, SQQ points out that he would probably have preferred the Demon Realm to the sect he ended up in, and LBH has to agree. LBH talks about his shitty master and SJ can’t help but compare him to Qiu Jianluo.

Bingge is Bingge, so of course this ends up with them in bed together. In a moment of passion, LBH accidentally calls him Shizun… and SJ realises, and immediately goes into crisis.

[therealjohnlennon]

No that’s Paul’s job

beatles or beach boys?

Jhon Lennon do you have a fear of being replaced?

[bedknees]

You always leave your cool headcanons in the tags! If you're up to it, do you have some for Simon and Betty your up for sharing? I'd love to hear them 🥺

lol sorry ha ha! I like whispering in the tags a lot lmao. And sure! I don't think I ever really gave headcanons on these two disasters but I have a ton so buckle up, and thanks for the ask. ^^

Betty

She was born to Russian Jewish first-gen immigrants somewhere in New England. They were medical doctors by trade, running a practice together and everything. She is an only child. Her parents worked a lot so she was often alone at home when she got old enough.

Due to relative solitude at home, Betty became an avid reader and allowed it to occupy her time when she was lonely. She has a particular penchant for mystery novels that persisted into adulthood. Her general love of the unknown led her into being interested in real world mysteries.

Her birthday is April 11, 1966 - making her an elder Gen X and an Aries.

Has always been very smart, especially in regards to mathematics and has a minor in it. It's definitely her forte, if not made obvious by Temple of Mars.

She is bipolar II and has learned to manage it well over years, as long as no major stressors enter her life she is pretty good to go [crying cat giving thumbs up image]

Loves plants and mushrooms! She's especially fond of succulents. Very adept at fungi identification and foraging properly.

When she's not deep into her work, she likes taking nature hikes either on foot or on her bike. She's always loved the outdoors.

Betty loves all genres of music, but is particularly partial to Depeche Mode and Journey.

She also loves all animals, but really enjoys alligators and crocodilians. The first time she went down South and saw an American Alligator just casually hanging out near a river, she nearly burst into tears.

Simon

His birthday is August 25th, 1965. He is a Virgo because of course he is. Just misses Boomer status, as Gen X began in '65 lmao.

His father was a first-generation Russian/Yakut immigrant, while his mother was a second generation Filipina American. They were borderline hippies that met at a music festival, but break the (objectively flawed) stereotype by being very well educated with successful careers in teaching.

Simon had a younger sister and developed Older Sibling Syndrome that defines part of his personality to this day.

Stemming from his parents, Simon has always had a thirst for adventure. In addition to being exposed to camping at young age due to his family taking him to festivals in his youth, he also has always had a general inclination to explore the unknown.

Loves 60s-70s rock and roll a la Mountain and Jimi Hendrix, but just prefers the genre in general. This manifests later a bit in Ice King's love for Marceline's music, which is of course rock-centric.

He is autistic; his first special interest was cryptids, something that never really left him. He eventually developed one for playing the drums (also seen in IK later) and Cheers obv. His main interest is by far ancient artifacts. He was the kid that checked out books on Ancient Egypt every week.

Got his PHD in Archaeology by 27 due to being wicked smart and starting intro college classes all the way back in his Junior/Senior years of high school.

Unironically tuned into Art Bell's radio show because of his cryptid and conspiracy fascination. He never actually bought into any of it (mostly), but it was fun for him!

Is a cat person full stop. He will sometimes take walks in his neighborhood and be greeted by all the outside cats that he has made a point to get to know!

Simon and Betty

Met at a University-held science and sci-fi convention right before Betty was to leave for Australia. Simon held a small panel on the Enchiridion, talking about its history and his search for it. Betty fell fast and hard. They both did. After the panel they talked for hours about it.

Their shared love for mysteries and adventure made them a perfect match. They shared a ton in common and became inseparable almost instantly.

Were the couple that rarely ever fought, but they also possessed a level of obvious codependency. Betty was the first person to ever make Simon feel so seen and he loved her wit and eccentricity, and Simon proved so smart and sweet and genuinely interesting that their pull was magnetic.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Aaron Rupar at Public Notice:

MAGA-friendly CNBC host Joe Kernen dropped an interesting nugget right as Squawk Box went to commercial break on Tuesday. “Well, Trump canceled, and he was going to come on,” Kernen said. Not only did Trump once love going on CNBC, but Kernen’s revelation comes on the heels of Trump declining or canceling a number of other high-profile opportunities to make a pitch to voters on mainstream TV. Trump refused to debate Kamala Harris a second time, which would’ve aired on CNN. Trump then refused CNN’s offer to host a town hall. And Trump of course also recently backed out of a 60 Minutes interview. The explanation for all this is not that Trump has suddenly become camera shy. It’s that his campaign undoubtedly realizes his rapidly degrading condition doesn’t play well with audiences beyond the MAGA cult. As a result, they’re retreating to the safer terrain of nonstop rallies and fawning Fox hits.

Losing a step or three

The reason Trump’s campaign isn’t keen to get him in front of swing voters on mainstream platforms was on stark display Tuesday when Trump did a rare event that wasn’t a festival of sycophancy. By any objective standard, Trump’s Economic Club of Chicago interview was a disaster. He came out of the gates with an asinine proposal for 2,000 percent tariffs on imported cars, then was quickly reduced to insulting the moderator, Bloomberg’s John Micklethwait, when Micklethwait rightly pointed out that his his economic proposals are an inflationary disaster. 

Trump repeatedly refused to answer questions Micklethwait asked him, instead going on self-absorbed rants about how Google is unfair to him or about how he could do a better job as Federal Reserve chairman than Jerome Powell. By the end of the event, Trump had veered into making an impassioned defense of the big lie and his coup attempt, bragging about his crowd size on January 6 and absurdly claiming the events of that day were just “love and peace.” 

While Trump’s devoted fans might applaud him for starting fights with moderators and trying to own the libs, most everyone else can see that his policies are bad and his presentation is worse. Micklethwait’s pointed questioning helped expose those realities. And that’s why Trump is intent to do everything he can to avoid more settings like that until election day.

[...] These rallies may energize his base, but beyond that they mostly end up providing fodder for damaging video clips like the ones above. Trump, however, reliably gets help from a mainstream press that too often sanewashes his speeches for readers and viewers who aren’t watching them live and may not spend a lot of time on social media. The New York Times, for instance, described Trump as “swaying soberly” during his musical “detour” in Pennsylvania, adding that he’s known “for improvisational departures.” The WSJ’s headline about the event read “Trump’s Pennsylvania Town Hall Ends in Concert,” as though the plan all along was to have Trump behave like a maniac. ABC News’ TV report on the bizarre spectacle was even worse, with a reporter praising the “almost intimate” atmosphere and noting “people were having a good time. It did not seem out of the ordinary.” (It was very much out of the ordinary.)

But it’s harder to spin something that hundreds of thousands or millions of people are watching, like the debate in which Kamala Harris dominated Trump so thoroughly that MAGAs are still spreading conspiracy theories to try to explain it away. And so the Trump campaign is circling the wagons.

[...] Tellingly, instead of taking CNN up on its town hall offer, Trump opted to do a prerecorded “town hall” with sycophantic Fox News host Harris Faulkner that will air later today. Kamala Harris, meanwhile, is doing a Fox News hit of her own tonight, and she’s also reportedly in negotiations to appear on Joe Rogan’s podcast. She’s out there trying to make a case to voters who aren’t already part of her coalition while Trump ensconces himself in safe spaces.

Aaron Rupar’s Public Notice post today highlights why Donald Trump’s campaign is stowing him away in safe spaces where he won’t be facing real challenges, as when he does veer out of the right-wing bubble like with John Micklethwait of Bloomberg this week in Chicago, Trump crumbles for the world to see.

Recently, he has backed out of appearing on CBS’s 60 Minutes, the proposed Trump v. Harris CNN debate (that have since been repurposed as town halls… at least for Harris), and CNBC’s Squawk Box (a place where he repeatedly loved to go on).

[noys-boise]

wait have you not heard of the paul is dead conspiracy theory. in the late 60s beatles fans started spreading rumors that paul mccartney had died in 1966 and been replaced by a lookalike, and that the beatles were hiding clues about it in their music because they wanted people to know but they were being forced to cover it up by the british government. and people still believe this wholeheartedly. you can find a million videos about it on youtube it's batshit but oddly entertaining

is this supposed to be common knowledge???

[princetonsjp]

The Shy Politics of Fly Me to the Moon

By Joon Hwang

Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum’s Fly Me to the Moon, a revolutionary film on the popular conspiracy theory of the “fake” Apollo moon landing, is like butter on movie theater popcorn: subtle in taste, just like the film’s political commentary.

Johansson’s character Kelly fixes her hair, confidently saunters from the elevator, and brightly interrupts a company’s important product meeting. Leaning close to powerful executives with a lipstick adorned mouth, she feigns seduction to conduct her elaborate scam on misogynistic men. What I thought as this scene appeared was “Ah, feminism.” 

In so many contemporary films, critics have noted the modernization of feminist displays that have become a part of modern Western culture. And yet, the way that Johansson portrayed her character had more depth of political messaging than the average “feminist” show. The way that the music combined with Johansson’s sarcastic lip tilt and cunning gaze portrayed the misogyny found in the late ‘60s. The additional ways that she moved about the film grappling political figures with her con-woman talents as male characters stood awestruck lent an ironic tone to obviously sexist times.

In another political take, the film’s specific dialogue and shots demonstrated an interesting take on patriotism. The initial scene in the movie, with static-filled vintage shots of the Vietnam War and the tragic outcome of events surrounding the Space Race led elements of patriotism to create intent within the characters in the movie. And yet, the movie’s portrayal of the federal government as a deceptive character through Woody Harrelson’s Moe implicitly conveyed anti-patriotic sentiment because of his evil nature.

These messages were unsettling in their conveyance because of their supple properties. The messages of patriotism to some could be more prominent, leading to effects of movies such as Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick, which according to one Newsweek article had “ . . . Other prominent viewers who are also seemingly eager to celebrate America.” Additionally, Johansson’s character could be interpreted not as a feminist message, but one of sexism that continues to portray women as seductresses. However, from my understanding of the film, the film could prove to be a film that stands in solidarity with the colonized through its veiled criticism of the federal government and also for women through its proud portrayal of Johansson’s beautiful character.

Now, there are those that choose to disrespect the film’s mastery of delicate representation. It is exactly these properties that allow for films such as Minari to gain such wide recognition. Minari, after all, was a film about a Korean-American family moving to the Midwest to build a farm, but had the deep messages of remaining connected to your culture in the face of discrimination and lack of community. If only people took time to sit down and interpret the meanings behind the various shots of the film, they would begin to see that the film’s message is consistent throughout: be cautious of what you believe about history, and remember what was happening in the past in the contemporary tumultuous times.

[ouchpotatoex]

So Professor X can sing! Kinda! 😄

EDIT: Fixed some links and relinked to ThePoodleBites' version of "Does Not Exist."

Went on a bit of a deep dive today with Professor X's first VA, Cedric Smith. I knew long ago that he was a folk singer in the 1970's but couldn't find much in the 2000's in terms of information and songs except for "Carrighfergus" from Loreena McKennitt's Elemental.

Well today I decided to distract myself from work and was able to find more of his other songs on YouTube, most notably from Perth County Conspiracy. It's folksy, hippie music with some very nice harmonizing vocals. There are some songs that start with or lead into Cedric reading passages that can get pretty trippy. It makes so much sense that he went into acting and voiceover work, the man is a natural performer (hamminess and everything).

NGL I'm chuffed. I especially love the Touch the Earth and Road to Avonlea performances. Now I need a fic or something of Professor X singing to little Xandra is what I'm saying. 🥹

ThePoodleBites has lovingly restored "Does Not Exist" which many consider to be PCC's best album. It's on YouTube as well as for download as FLAC on his blog: https://upvhq.blogspot.com/search/label/Perth%20County%20Conspiracy

The Museum of Canadian Music has other songs available to listen to https://citizenfreak.com/artists/101080-perth-county-conspiracy

WARNING: "Hezekaiah" and a bunch of songs from the Alive LP contain terms (re: slurs). The 60's and 70's were definitely a time... There's some context in Hezekaiah because it's telling a story but it's still very jarring. It also contains quite a few instances of the g-slur to romanticize a free-spirited lifestyle (because hippies) but is still just... UGH. All to say that I'm not linking out to Alive for many reasons. I'll post the few songs that I like from this album separately.

Also, gore warning towards the end of "Easy Rider" into "Americanadian Way" that goes into a monologue about war. It literally starts with a bang (watch out for that too I guess).

[klapollo]

Thank you for the Who Trolled Amber podcast recommendation. I’ve recently started the first episode and I’m enjoying it immensely. Are there any other investigative journalism podcasts in a similar vein you recommend?

ooooh good question. these might not quite be in line but i do listen to a lot of analytical podcasts i find very edifying

any podcast by jamie loftus is excellent. i recently went through lolita podcast, but aack cast is one i revisit a lot. q anon anonymous is an investigative podcast about conspiracy theories, usually in the united states. they regularly do episodes with researched deep dives into specific topics within this sphere. the russell brand two-parter was fascinating.

spectacle: true crime was a great deep dive into true crime culture that i loved

60 songs that explain the 90s is a music podcast ON PAPER but it provides so much historical and cultural context to the songs it covers that i honestly think it's one of the podcasts ive learned the most from. rob harvilla is an amazing writer/orator too, very fun to listen to.

unsealed: the tylenol murders is a deep dive on a still-unsolved serial murder by contamination from the chicago tribune. but i will say it's VERY hard to listen to, especially the first episode where they go through the first deaths one by one. scamanda by lionsgate isnt really one i think you can LEARN from per se but i found it very engaging lmao

there are probably more i'm forgetting, but i hope you enjoy these!!!

[randomvarious]

Today's compilation:

Beach Blow-Out 1985 Surf Rock / Vocal Surf / Instrumental Rock / Garage Rock / Pop-Rock / Surf Pop

That whole surf-rock-and-pop phenomenon that combined the forces of the instrumental 'wet' guitar sound of Dick Dale with the multi-part vocal harmony sound of the Beach Boys, which then ended up yielding a mythically youthful vision of southern coastal California life where idyllic beach-blonde summers never ended, really just might be my favorite branch of 60s music altogether. But I cannot tell you folks how many of these comps that fondly look back on this whole vibe are nearly identical to one another. It feels like almost every time I put one of these things on, I'm guaranteed to get at least one Beach Boys song, Jan and Dean's "Surf City," and The Surfaris' "Wipe Out."

And, like, I know that all of those are classic standards, and that if you're trying to present an authentic comp of surf rock classics, you *have* to include them, but at the same time, it's still a bit uncanny and also a little tiresome that all of these comps end up being basically the same thing over and over, regardless of the label that puts them out. Outside of seemingly every single Halloween comp which has "The Monster Mash," I've never once come across a specific type or era of music where the selection is as fixed-in as it is with surf. And it would feel like some sort of grand conspiracy if I could ever figure out what the actual nefarious point of it all was.

So, if you don't know anything about 60s surf music, you can't really go wrong with this set, but at the same time, you really can't go wrong with any set, either. There are, of course, smaller labels that do a better job of specializing and digging deeper into the more obscure and ephemeral aspects of this whole scene, but for the most part, the bigger labels, like Priority Records here, just do what all of their peers do, and that is scratch the surface with pure, effortless and repetitive ease. This music's uniquely great, but would it have really killed any one of these behemoth businesses to stand out from the rest when it came to putting their 60s surf comps together?

Highlights:

Trashmen - "Surfin' Bird" Jan & Dean - "Ride the Wild Surf" The Ventures - "Walk, Don't Run" The Beach Boys - "Little Honda" The Surfaris - "Wipe Out" Jan & Dean - "Surf City" The Ventures - "Hawaii Five-O" The Beach Boys - "Surfin' Safari" Chantays - "Pipeline" Chris Montez - "Let's Dance"

[nightguide]

the worst reasons:

Jeff Buckley (b. 17th Nov 1966 - 29th May 1997)

LP (b. 18 Mar 1981)

okay, so no conspiracy dealt with both of those singers if they had their birth dates switched around per perspective of their discography in dialogue to the notion of music taken down with the Punk scene reviving with the 90's as they're both high synonymous to, you're looking at the range of their art taking away the scene catapulted from the 60's to meta-difference (talking about self biology) outside than any other singer songwriter emerged from the 2010's-mid 2020's because of those two, Jeff does not work alone but however basing on my self worth on those two singers have a generational difference nowadays with popular artists than LP not being that artist above social rank than being a 'somebody' than a man with a heart taking over the norms of a dead man believing in him being an everybody in LP's image and body (trans-man) so, with Jeff's idea and theocracy intact is him calling out for a soul angel to relieve him of his heartbreak by an immediate jump scare of the norms with hate infused artistry to inspire a dream than break the consequence than taking down the latter. Jeff does not have more connections than him believing to be a dead man than LP believing 'she' (apologies on the pronouns since my personal connection to the singer is purely analytical than biased thinking of the LGBTQIA+ at whole) was dead thinking nobody could have her sense of neurotic pain than anyone else existing to be than Jeff Buckley seeing her (despite having other singer songwriters or an idea inspiring her method of work) so there is no other version of LP than there is of Jeff Buckley quotation of his philosophical dream being presented through artists now such as Coldplay, Muse, Taylor Swift, like these are a few to stay true for if you are an LP being heartbroken over the reality than being a Buckley fan who is in severe heartbreak of being loved, so there is no paradox of being a man than there is being a woman or who are you,

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (8-14 Sep 2024)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

A Pocket Full of Rye (Miss Marple #6) (Agatha Christie, author; Richard E. Grant, narrator)

Three Doors To Death (Nero Wolfe #16) (Rex Stout)

4:50 From Paddington (Miss Marple #7) (Agatha Christie, author; Emilia Fox, narrator)

be kind, rewind (sparkagrace) - 47K, '90s historical AU shrunkyclunks, reread - a really enjoyable fic with one of my fave becca barnes characterizations

The Golden Spiders (Nero Wolfe #22) (Rex Stout)

I Understood that Reference (RedBlazer) - stucky bookclub pick. Shrunkyclunks with librarian!bucky. pretty entertaining with a lot of very funny lines. tho bc it was written in 2015 there's some jkr positivity that seems super jarring now (not enough to spoil it) also apparently I had already read this? when i went to leave kudos I'd already been here! definitely a 'i have no memory of this place' moment

💖💖 +28K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

Belonging (gryvon) - Suits: mike/harvey, 5K - reread of this short, super hot fic with a really good sounding scene

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Monét's Slumber Party - s1, e5

Handsome Podcast - Amanda Kloots asks about throwback songs

Handsome Podcast - Tom Hanks asks about road trips

Handsome Podcast - Pretty Little Episode #4

D20: A Starstruck Odyssey - "Every Day is Our Wurst Day" (s12, e4)

D20: Adventuring Party - "The Chaos, the Chaos of this Episode" (s8, e4)

D20: A Starstruck Odyssey - "All In a Hot Exit" (s12, e5)

D20: Adventuring Party - "To Me, This Is A Perfect Battle" (s8, e5)

D20: Quangle in Queal Quife

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Re: Dracula - September 8: A Presage of Horror

Re: Dracula - September 9: Health and Strength Give Love Rein

⭐ What Next: TBD - The Misguided Buzz About Mosquitoes

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Wave Organ

The Sporkful - The Pashman Family Takes Your Calls 2024

Pop Culture Happy Hour - The Perfect Couple

Code Switch - Ask Code Switch: Is this a racist question?

Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! - Outtakes: Secret menus are popping up in what business?

How To! - How To Survive a Disaster

How To! - Quick Fix: Building Trust in an Emergency

Re: Dracula - September 10: Make Yourself Strong

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Wood Island Lighthouse

It's Been a Minute - The SMACKDOWN: Gucci Mane vs. Angela Davis vs. Sun Ra

99% Invisible - Medellin, Revisited

Re: Dracula - September 11: Grim Purpose in All I Do

⭐ The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Day the Tractors Stood Still

Handsome - Paul Giamatti asks about scary movies

Shedunnit - Book Club Fact File: Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers

Films To Be Buried With - Joshua Jackson

Vibe Check - Put the NyQuil Down

Shedunnit - Book Club Conversation: Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers

Re: Dracula - September 12: The Pain of the Fear of Sleep

Imaginary Worlds - 10th Anniversary Special Part 2

⭐ Throughline - The Conspiracy Files

Consider This- Anne Lamott has some ideas on getting older in the United States

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Speak No Evil And What's Making Us Happy

Re: Dracula - September 13: All the Powers of the Devils

Endless Thread - A Reasonable Expectation of Privacy

Smart Podcast, Trashy Books - 632. Being Fine with Friends, with Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer

Dear Prudence - Prudie Plus: Jenée’s Q&A with Lizzie O’Leary

Today, Explained - We can't trust photos anymore

You're Dead to Me - History of Broadway

⭐ Hit Parade - What’s 1984 Got to Do with It Edition

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

'80s Soft Pop

The Clash

'60s Sunshine Pop

The Aquabats! Radio • Party

Machines Of Loving Grace Radio • Workout

'80s One-Hit Wonders

Jimmy Buffett Radio • 1970s

[letsgethaunted]

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Episode 194: The Laurel Canyon Hippie Conspiracy

Image 01: Towards the end of the war, hippies became synonymous with the anti war movement. Vietnam protestors outside the U.S. Capital, 1971. Image 02: Vito Paulekas and “The Freaks” were an anti violent cult-like group of dancers and sculptors who are credited with starting the Laurel Canyon scene of the 60s and 70s. Image 03: Vito and his wife Szou were outspoken about their disapproval of drugs. In an interview for BBC, pregnant Szou claims LSD is a military plot. Image 04: In 1969 the antiwar effort was a clean cut movement comprised of professors, intellectuals, and college students. Protestors often wore business suits to march. Image 05: The Doors help put up the first music billboard on The Sunset Strip, 1967. Jim Morrison is accused of being a CIA plant by conspiracy theorists. Image 06: The Grateful Dead lyrics and visuals are kinda sus. Image 07: Some conspiracy theorists argue that The Doors are not very good live and allege that the band must be a fraud. Image 08: Lookout Mountain Air Force Station is a government agency run studio equipped with its own sound stage and recording studio. Could this be the location where antiwar propaganda was produced? Image 09: Conspiracy theorists allege that the nuclear war bomb testing videos were faked on a soundstage at Lookout Mountain. Image 10: By 1971, antiwar protests had been taken over by hippie fashion and ideology, dividing the working class from the antiwar movement. Was hippie counterculture a CIA psyop?

[daughter-of-melpomene]

🦙 + Laurens!!!!

Thanks so much for this, Grace!! Also gonna tag Laurens’s other biggest fan @dancingsunflowers-ocs!! <3

Their go-to song to cry to: “Being Alive” from the musical Company.

Their love language: Acts of service for both giving and receiving.

Their favorite holiday movie: The second Home Alone movie.

Their pettiest moment: When he’d just started college, one of his classmates who recognized the story behind his last name made a few rude comments about his whole family being “crazy conspiracy theorists”. Never one to let his family be disrespected, even if he was trying to distance himself from them, Laurens stood up from his desk and announced to the entire lecture hall that he’d seen the guy making the comments making out with a girl who was definitely not his girlfriend at a frat party the previous evening.

Their favorite 60s song: “L-O-V-E” by Nat King Cole.

Their nicknames: I mean, Laurens is in itself a nickname, as well as his middle name, and beyond that he doesn’t really have any, aside from sometimes letting those close to him call him Laur or Laurie.

Their go-to karaoke song: “Yellow Submarine” by The Beatles.

A color you associate with them: Royal blue; it’s his favourite colour, so of course I associate it with him.

An event from their Prom night: He didn’t actually go to his prom, since he was embarrassed he didn’t have anyone to go with or even any friends to hang out with at the dance, but he did spend the whole night playing card games with his mom and helping her with some of her research, which he had fun doing.

Their favorite wild animal: Red pandas. He thinks they’re goofy and cute, and they remind him of Riley for some inexplicable reason.

send me 🦙 + an oc!!