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On [[March 6]], [[1970]], an explosive the [[Weather Underground|Weathermen]] were constructing was accidentally detonated, costing three Weathermen their lives. [[Greenwich Village townhouse explosion|[...]]] On [[March 6]], [[1970]], an explosive the [[Weather Underground|Weathermen]] were constructing was accidentally detonated, costing three Weathermen their lives. [[Greenwich Village townhouse explosion|[...]]]
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-"[[Death of Meredith Hunter|Altamont]] and [[Kent State shootings|Kent State]] in particular shattered the [[hippie]] illusion that if enough youthful minds trusted the inherent power of love, community, rock and roll music, the arts, and dope, especially LSD, all the ills of late 1960s liberal/bourgeois [[American culture]] and society would be rectified, or at the very least significantly ameliorated. However, such was not to become the new reality. In fact, according to [[By The Time We Got to Woodstock: The Great Rock 'N' Roll Revolution Of 1969|Bruce Pollock]], the Kent State tragedy, which occurred only five months after the Altamont ... [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Janis Joplin]], and [[Jim Morrison]] reached the end of the road."--''[[The Hippies: A 1960s History]]'' (2017) by [[John Anthony Moretta]]+"[[Death of Meredith Hunter|Altamont]] and [[Kent State shootings|Kent State]] in particular shattered the [[hippie]] illusion that if enough youthful minds trusted the inherent power of love, community, rock and roll music, the arts, and dope, especially LSD, all the ills of late 1960s liberal/bourgeois [[American culture]] and society would be rectified, or at the very least significantly ameliorated. However, such was not to become the new reality. In fact, according to [[By The Time We Got to Woodstock: The Great Rock 'N' Roll Revolution Of 1969|Bruce Pollock]], the Kent State tragedy, which occurred only five months after the Altamont ... [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Janis Joplin]], and [[Jim Morrison]] reached the end of the road."--''[[The Hippies: A 1960s History]]'' (2017) by John Anthony Moretta
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"In December 1970, [[Jonas Mekas]] was organizing one of his periodic festivals of avant-garde films at the [[Elgin Theater |Elgin Cinema]], a rundown six hundred seat theater, not unlike the [[Charles Theatre|Charles]], on [[Eighth Avenue]] just north of [[Greenwich Village]]. Although the program was laden with major avant-garde figures, the most widely attended screenings were those on the three nights devoted to the films of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The Elgin management took advantage of the hippie crowds to announce an added feature-Alexandro Jodorowsky's ''[[El Topo]]'' to be [[Midnight movies|shown at midnight]] because, as the first ad announced, it was "a film too heavy to be shown any other way."" --''[[Midnight Movies]]'' (1983), page 80 "In December 1970, [[Jonas Mekas]] was organizing one of his periodic festivals of avant-garde films at the [[Elgin Theater |Elgin Cinema]], a rundown six hundred seat theater, not unlike the [[Charles Theatre|Charles]], on [[Eighth Avenue]] just north of [[Greenwich Village]]. Although the program was laden with major avant-garde figures, the most widely attended screenings were those on the three nights devoted to the films of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The Elgin management took advantage of the hippie crowds to announce an added feature-Alexandro Jodorowsky's ''[[El Topo]]'' to be [[Midnight movies|shown at midnight]] because, as the first ad announced, it was "a film too heavy to be shown any other way."" --''[[Midnight Movies]]'' (1983), page 80

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On March 6, 1970, an explosive the Weathermen were constructing was accidentally detonated, costing three Weathermen their lives. [...]

"Altamont and Kent State in particular shattered the hippie illusion that if enough youthful minds trusted the inherent power of love, community, rock and roll music, the arts, and dope, especially LSD, all the ills of late 1960s liberal/bourgeois American culture and society would be rectified, or at the very least significantly ameliorated. However, such was not to become the new reality. In fact, according to Bruce Pollock, the Kent State tragedy, which occurred only five months after the Altamont ... Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison reached the end of the road."--The Hippies: A 1960s History (2017) by John Anthony Moretta

"In December 1970, Jonas Mekas was organizing one of his periodic festivals of avant-garde films at the Elgin Cinema, a rundown six hundred seat theater, not unlike the Charles, on Eighth Avenue just north of Greenwich Village. Although the program was laden with major avant-garde figures, the most widely attended screenings were those on the three nights devoted to the films of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The Elgin management took advantage of the hippie crowds to announce an added feature-Alexandro Jodorowsky's El Topo to be shown at midnight because, as the first ad announced, it was "a film too heavy to be shown any other way."" --Midnight Movies (1983), page 80

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1970 was a point when - set against the backdrop of the ongoing Vietnam War - the hippie ideal of peace and love lay shattered in the aftermath of Altamont and Manson murders and the deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin.

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