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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|[...]]]"--Sholem Stein | "On [[March 6]], [[1970]], an explosive the [[Weather Underground|Weathermen]] were constructing was accidentally detonated, costing three Weathermen their lives. [[Greenwich Village townhouse explosion|[...]]]"--Sholem Stein | ||
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- | "When [[Kent State shootings |they shot them down at Kent State]] that was the end of the [[Flower Power]] era. That was it. You just throw your flowers and rocks at us, man, and we'll pull the guns on you. Essentially, the revolution, which was sort of tolerated as long as it wasn't a significant material threat, was not tolerated anymore. And everybody went 'Ooops' and scurried for cover and licked their wounds. They became isolated – which was the point of it all. Because the less togetherness there is, the more room there is for exploitation."--[[Peter Tork]] in ''[[When The Music Mattered: Rock In The 1960s]]'' (1984) by Bruce Pollock | + | "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]], the [[Manson murders]] and the deaths of [[Jimi Hendrix]] and [[Janis Joplin]]."--Sholem Stein |
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"On March 6, 1970, an explosive the Weathermen were constructing was accidentally detonated, costing three Weathermen their lives. [...]"--Sholem Stein "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, the Manson murders and the deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin."--Sholem Stein |
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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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Art and culture
- Publication of Schoolkids OZ
Music
- Minimoog
- the musical output of black America around 1970 had changed towards funk - music which was still by predominantly black artists but generally not 4/4
Singles
- The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott-Heron
- Oba, la vem ela by Jorge Ben
- Express Yourself by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
- Suicide Is Painless, M*A*S*H theme
- A Love I Can Feel by John Holt
- Ali Baba by John Holt
- Groove Me by King Floyd
- E. V. A. by Jean-Jacques Perrey
- I Like London In The Rain by Blossom Dearie
- Zozoi by France Gall
- Sugar Man by Sixto Rodriguez
- Wake the Town by U-Roy
- Rain by Dorothy Morrison
- The Ghetto by Donny Hathaway
- 400 Years by Bob Marley and the Wailers
Albums
- Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow by Funkadelic
- Soul Rebels by Bob Marley & the Wailers
- Funkadelic by Funkadelic
- Bitches Brew by Miles Davis
- Just Another Diamond Day by Vashti Bunyan
Film
- The Honeymoon Killers by Leonard Kastle
- Performance by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg
- Five Easy Pieces by Bob Rafelson
- White Sun of the Desert by Vladimir Motyl
- Performance by Cammell and Roeg
- El Topo by Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Zabriskie Point by Michelangelo Antonioni
- Colossus: The Forbin Project by Joseph Sargent
- Gimme Shelter by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin
- Hi, Mom! by Brian De Palma
- Le Boucher by Claude Chabrol
- Wanda by Barbara Loden
Guilty pleasures
- A History of the Blue Movie by Alex de Renzy
- A Summer Day by Shinkichi Tajiri
- Myra Breckinridge by by Michael Sarne
- The Lickerish Quartet by Radley Metzger
- Groupie Girl by Derek Ford
- Quiet Days in Clichy by Jens Jørgen Thorsen
- Bloody Mama by Roger Corman
- Matalo! by Cesare Canevari
- Trash by Paul Morrissey
Short films
- "Serene Velocity" by Ernie Gehr
Literature
Fiction
- Il paradiso by Alberto Moravia
- The Atrocity Exhibition by Ballard
- A Humument by Tom Philips
Non-fiction
- The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre by Todorov
- Future Shock by Alvin Toffler
- The Aesthetics of Rock by Richard Meltzer
Art
- Tourists by Duane Hanson
- Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson
- Hatstand, Table and Chair by Allen Jones first exhibited
Births
Deaths
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