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    Item specifics

    Condition
    Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
    ISBN
    9781909394124

    About this product

    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    Headpress
    ISBN-10
    1909394122
    ISBN-13
    9781909394124
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    172349250

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    Weird Scenes inside the Canyon : Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops and the Dark Heart of the Hippy Dream
    Number of Pages
    320 Pages
    Language
    English
    Publication Year
    2014
    Topic
    Murder / General, Sociology / General, Composers & Musicians, Popular Culture, General, Customs & Traditions
    Illustrator
    Yes
    Genre
    Music, True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
    Author
    David Mcgowan
    Format
    Trade Paperback

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    0.5 in
    Item Weight
    14.7 Oz
    Item Length
    8 in
    Item Width
    5 in

    Additional Product Features

    Intended Audience
    Trade
    Dewey Edition
    23
    Reviews
    "David McGowan is among the smartest and funniest researcher/writers in our intrepid Alternative Media." -Revolutionary, "David McGowan is among the smartest and funniest researcher/writers in our intrepid Alternative Media." -- Revolutionary
    Dewey Decimal
    306.10979494
    Synopsis
    As a native Angeleno who was born in 1960 and came of age in the 1970s, the music produced by the artists who populate this book provided the soundtrack to my youth, so it is a subject matter that is close to my heart. But what really set the hook was discovering, early on in my research, that there were a number of aspects of the Laurel Canyon scene that didn't really seem to fit in with the prevailing image of a hippie utopia that was ostensibly all about peace and love. Having grown up right alongside this scene, I was shocked to learn that I didn't even know that it had existed at all! And after asking around, I discovered that no one else that I know in this city did either. After the passage of nearly 50 years, it seemed that this was a story that was long overdue for greater exposure. Even more overdue, it seemed to me, was an expose of some of the hidden truths of Laurel Canyon. Though a few books exploring the scene have popped up over the last several years, all of them have a certain sameness to them, with the same stories told in much the same way. I felt it was time to tell a different version of the story -- the one that can be found hiding in the details that are usually left out or glossed over., As a native Angeleno who was born in 1960 and came of age in the 1970s, the music produced by the artists who populate this book provided the soundtrack to my youth, so it is a subject matter that is close to my heart. But what really set the hook was discovering, early on in my research, that there were a number of aspects of the Laurel Canyon scene that didn't really seem to fit in with the prevailing image of a hippie utopia that was ostensibly all about peace and love.Having grown up right alongside this scene, I was shocked to learn that I didn't even know that it had existed at all! And after asking around, I discovered that no one else that I know in this city did either. After the passage of nearly 50 years, it seemed that this was a story that was long overdue for greater exposure.Even more overdue, it seemed to me, was an expose of some of the hidden truths of Laurel Canyon. Though a few books exploring the scene have popped up over the last several years, all of them have a certain sameness to them, with the same stories told in much the same way. I felt it was time to tell a different version of the story the one that can be found hiding in the details that are usually left out or glossed over., Laurel Canyon in the '60s and early '70s was a magical place where musicians gathered to create much of the soundtrack to those times. The Doors, the Beach Boys, Frank Zappa, James Taylor, Carole King, Joni Mitchell and more lived and jammed together here. But the scene had a dark side. Many didn't make it out alive, and many of those deaths remain shrouded in mystery. Far more integrated into the scene than most would like to admit was Charles Manson and his infamous Family. It also seems these colourful characters all coexisted alongside a covert military installation., As a native Angeleno who was born in 1960 and came of age in the 1970s, the music produced by the artists who populate this book provided the soundtrack to my youth, so it is a subject matter that is close to my heart. But what really set the hook was discovering, early on in my research, that there were a number of aspects of the Laurel Canyon scene that didn't really seem to fit in with the prevailing image of a hippie utopia that was ostensibly all about peace and love. Having grown up right alongside this scene, I was shocked to learn that I didn't even know that it had existed at all And after asking around, I discovered that no one else that I know in this city did either. After the passage of nearly 50 years, it seemed that this was a story that was long overdue for greater exposure. Even more overdue, it seemed to me, was an expose of some of the hidden truths of Laurel Canyon. Though a few books exploring the scene have popped up over the last several years, all of them have a certain sameness to them, with the same stories told in much the same way. I felt it was time to tell a different version of the story - the one that can be found hiding in the details that are usually left out or glossed over.
    LC Classification Number
    HN80

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