“No cultural or social ethic”: The 1970s band Grace Slick struggled to enjoy
Hated being a sell-out.
Counterculture
The Gaslight Café: The most important “basket house” in New York’s history
“I kept my eyes on the Gaslight. How could I not?”
The simple reason Woodstock 1969 came perilously close to “the world’s largest riot”
“There wasn’t gonna be a Woodstock, to tell you the truth.”
Haight in your heart: The causes and lasting effects of the ‘Summer of Love’, 1967
A dream that might have been realised if fewer people had known about it.
“Separate having orgies from doing business”: Grace Slick’s Altamont regret
“Turned out to not be right.”
“There’s something happening here”: The 10 most famous venues of Los Angeles’ counterculture
“I’d be safe and warm / If I was in LA.”