Since it appears the nation has somehow regressed to the violence of 1970, I felt it was a good time to post about something fun. […]
Category: Counterculture
Hippies, History, etc
Anatomy of a Phenomenon: Dark Shadows Fans Taxonomy
Three years ago, I broke down the degrees of Dark Shadows Fandom. I’m posting this as a separate reference as people keep asking me about it. […]
Review: Strange Days: My Life With and Without Jim Morrison, by Patricia Kennealy
Dutton/Penguin Group; May, 1992 “Jim Morrison Goes to the Renfaire!” Strange Days is a roman à clef recounting Patricia Kennealy’s brief affair with Jim Morrison, the […]
John Lennon and “Run For Your Life”
A kerfuffle arose on FB before Christmas on the MidCentury Fashions page. Some folks took umbrage over a post featuring John and Yoko’s “War is […]
Ode to Angelique: Lamar Rickey Hawkins (aka Lara Parker) Dies Aged 84
It’s been two weeks. As most of us scurried through the second week of spooky season, none of us knew the woman who played witch […]
A “Truthy” Story:
Communion Turns 37
It came and went, and no one noticed – 25 February was the 37th anniversary of the publication of Whitley Strieber’s Communion in paperback. Yes, it’s been thirty-seven years […]
That Time I Looked for UFOs:
The UFO Flap of October 1973
October 1973. US involvement in Viet Nam ended with the springtime Paris Accord, and the Nation was moving on. The meat shortages of summer were behind […]
A Bewitching Scent and a Spell:
The Witchy World of Styx
There are those few times that social media serves a purpose other than pointless arguments. Midcentury Fashion is one of those rare groups where fights […]
The Sad Story of “Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March”
[Yes, I’ve been lazy. Here’s a new post! – Ed.] Nineteen-sixty-eight turned to 1969. The world, filled with an equal feeling of hope and dread, […]
Fifty Shades of Scrooge
I had planned a whole bunch of cheerful mid-century themed posts for this Christmas season. But, on the day after Thanksgiving, Omicron decided it was a […]