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California gothic?

ryanshepard — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:30:26 -0800

I really enjoyed the "You're as Cold as Ice" segment of This American Life's "Mistakes Were Made" show - can anyone recommend other documentaries / books / articles about the creepy / gothic side of California counterculture and technofuturism in the 60s and 70s?

"Now, before we heave a brick through that window..."

beaucoupkevin — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:46:43 -0800

Asking for a friend: Where can I, a mainstream whitebread exemplar, find useful info about counterculture movements that doesn't read like dry scholarship and actually gives one a feel for how it works? In particular, he's looking for real-world examples of initial creation, in-group communication, and organization with a focus on the use of new technologies.

RISC architecture is gonna change everything.

Skyanth — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 02:22:14 -0800

Cyberpunk, hacker culture, BBSs and alt.2600 newsgroups... have they really all gone? Is it really all virus breeders and script kiddies now? What has happened to the cyberpunk movement - I keep reading it has died and post-cyberpunk doesn't seem to be doing much. What is the current counterculture on the net? Please don't tell me it's goths weeping on their keyboards? Extended question: can you point me at some ezines like New World Disorder, Neofiles, Mindjack? Active ones, that is. Please?