Tagged grateful dead

Within the past month as I have been rewatching the 1999 television drama Freaks and Geeks, I am reminded of the first time I watched it and became introduced to the Grateful Dead.  As I now watch high scho...

Mac DeMarco is arguably the closest thing we have to a contemporary Jerry Garcia. He lives on the principles of having fun, loving everyone, and making music. His fans remind me of less-committed Dead-Heads: wo...

Growing up as a closeted indie kid means I’ve spent many nights being dramatic and crying to Bright Eyes and Elliott Smith, stressing out about some high school dramas that I was convinced would last forever ...

“You see that girl over there?” asked someone in the crowd. “That’s Mariah. All the hippies in Berkeley know her. She’s like the queen of the hippies.” As I stood in the back of the crowd, too intim...

On October 14th, children in tie-dyed shirts pranced in the middle of the streets, puffing ginormous bubbles and finger painting colorful sketches that reflected the swirls on their t-shirts. College students �...

On February 12, Donald J. Trump, blubbering rocker who is recognized by less than half of the American population as "their president," and his boy band of puppets — together known as the Sad Hombres — drop...

When American author and countercultural leader Ken Kesey said “You’re either on the bus or off the bus,” he was referring to the Merry Pranksters….or acid…or the combination of the two on the psyched...