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Beach Boy Brian Wilson, surf rock poet, dies at 82
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» NEW YORK - Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys co-founder who masterminded the group's wild popularity and soundtracked the California dream, has died, his family announced on Wednesday. He was 82.
Legalising magic mushrooms under Trump? Psychedelic fans remain sceptical
AFP, Published on 18/03/2025
» COLORADO SPRINGS (UNITED STATES) — Dressed in a floral shawl, Benji Dezaval carefully places hallucinogenic mushrooms on the tongues of the faithful of his Colorado "psychedelic church," as if they were communion wafers.
Great shoes, perfect fit: Bring on the Birkenstocks
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 26/09/2023
» This year has been nothing short of happening for German footwear brand, Birkenstock. Just recently, the company -- best known for its premium sandals -- filed an initial public offering at the New York Stock Exchange, which could value the company at US$8 billion (288 billion baht), according to estimates.
Power Design Project 2022 “REBIRTH”
Published on 11/08/2023
» The project designers talk about the seven REBIRTH creations.
Nepal ganja campaign seeks return of Himalayan high times
AFP, Published on 29/04/2022
» KATHMANDU - Nepal's marijuana ban could soon be up in smoke, as lawmakers mull a return to the liberal drug policies that once made the Himalayan republic a popular pit stop on the overland "hippie trail".
Remembrance of scents past
Life, Published on 29/09/2020
» The time and place was mid-August 1969 at a dairy farm in Bethel, New York, where the masses gathered for a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Experience: 3 Days Of Peace and Music".
Quentin's Hollywood, circa 1969
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 13/09/2019
» Not everything ended in the year 1969. Not every sunshiny starlet died gruesomely in her own Cielo Drive villa at the hands of crazed hippies. And not every potbellied actor, fading cowboy and washed-up stunt double bit the Hollywood dust kicked up by the changing of the guard and the closing of that heady decade. Not, at least, in Quentin Tarantino's affectionate, good-humoured, and surprisingly elegiac film about Hollywood and its oddball residents.
'Easy Rider' star Peter Fonda dead at 79
AFP, Published on 17/08/2019
» LOS ANGELES: US actor Peter Fonda, the star of the classic 1969 road movie "Easy Rider," died Friday aged 79 from respiratory failure due to lung cancer, his family said.
Woodstock, pinnacle of the hippie dream, turns 50
AFP, Published on 13/08/2019
» NEW YORK: A freewheeling weekend of indulgence. A New York farm transformed by idealistic youths into a mid-size city. A celebration of rock music and utopian ideals.
Finding the heart
Life, Sawarin Suwichakornpong, Published on 05/07/2019
» Elaine Castillo's deep dive into California's Filipino diaspora is warm and layered, filled with wonderful language.