william_kent
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I've read that book about the Laurel Canyon scene - I love a conspiracy theory as much as the next person, but I remember it being a bit 'weak' - the whole 'their dad was in the military' was especially flimsy considering that there was a high probability that your father was in the military if you were born in the 40s or 50s like the 70s rock elite, because World War 2...their fathers probably had no choice...
for a more grounded and prosaic look at the London Notting Hill / Ladbroke Grove / RELEASE / International Times / Frenz, etc., scene I'd recommend 'Days in the Life, Voices from the English Underground 1961 -1971' which is an 'oral history' which, when I read it, opened my eyes to the sexism that was prevalent in the 'scene' - almost all the women interviewed recall how their role was 'to roll joints for the men' or br pressured into unwanted sex by men who were telling them 'don't be so uptight', 'free love, baby'...
any book on the US 60s commune scene will reveal some horrible cases of child abuse ranging from simple neglect while the parents are getting high, to more serious cases of kids kept in cages as punishment, etc.
for a more grounded and prosaic look at the London Notting Hill / Ladbroke Grove / RELEASE / International Times / Frenz, etc., scene I'd recommend 'Days in the Life, Voices from the English Underground 1961 -1971' which is an 'oral history' which, when I read it, opened my eyes to the sexism that was prevalent in the 'scene' - almost all the women interviewed recall how their role was 'to roll joints for the men' or br pressured into unwanted sex by men who were telling them 'don't be so uptight', 'free love, baby'...
any book on the US 60s commune scene will reveal some horrible cases of child abuse ranging from simple neglect while the parents are getting high, to more serious cases of kids kept in cages as punishment, etc.