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Rise and Fall of the Haight-Ashbury
This rockumentary includes sounds and video clips along with original collages by legendary artist Alton Kelley.

Hippies on the Web. A collection of commented links to sites related to the Haight-Ashbury. Includes many of the organizations and bands that contributed to the Summer of Love and helped define the hippie counterculture lifestyle.
Video: The making of the Beatles Sgt. Pepper during the Summer of Love
These clips tell the story in a very concise style with extraordinary interviews and film footage.
Haight-Ashbury CD-ROM movie trailer. The CD-ROM title Haight-Ashbury in the Sixties! was released in 1996. It was the first to combine history with licensed music from popular bands.

This 2-disc CD-ROM set, produced and directed by Tony Bove, included video clips, images by hundreds of artists (including Alton Kelley, who designed the artwork for the package), and words from the Haight-Ashbury and the San Francisco Oracle (edited by Allen Cohen), and music by the Grateful
Dead, the Jefferson Airplane, Big
Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin, and Tom Constanten. Haight-Ashbury in the Sixties! was acclaimed in reviews (New York Times, USA Today, S.F. Chronicle, etc.) at a time when interactive documentaries and musical experiences were new to the digital media.

Summer of Love
By Allen Cohen, editor of the S.F. Oracle: "The Summer of Love was the peak of the Haight Ashbury experience. Over 100,000 youth came to the Haight. Hoards of reporters, movie makers, FBI agents, undercover police, drug addicts, provocateurs, Mafioso and about 100,000 more tourists to watch them all followed in their wake."
 
Beatles-Get Back Time Capsule
Rockument's Beatles time capsule offers news, anecdotes, fab Beatles trivia, Beatles merchandise, recommended CDs, DVDs, and biographies, and the "Red Album" fantasy.
Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys Smile Sessions
Rockument chronicles the fabled lost Beach Boys "psychedelic doo-wop" album by Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, along with commentary, suggested CD purchases, a playlist of the original "Smile" and a review of the recently finished version by Brian Wilson.
Jimi Hendrix Official Site. This site offers lots of information on the most innovative electric guitarist of the 1960s, along with news from the Jimi Hendrix estate and official merchandise.
 
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San Francisco Oracle History
The San Francisco Oracle, true to its name, was one of the first underground papers, and it spread the word of change throughout the hip community. By Allen Cohen.
The Facsimile Ed. of the S. F. Oracle
Painstakingly assembled by editor Allen Cohen, it includes reproductions of every single S.F. Oracle that appeared, including the P.O. Frisco issue which appeared before issue 1.

Allen Ginsberg. Poet Allen Ginsberg will be remembered as one of America's greatest literary figures and counterculture heroes. He leaves behind an incredibly inspirational body of work. There are lots of web sites devoted to his poetry, such as this one that analyzes "Howl" and other poems.
Timothy Leary. He pioneered the use of LSD in the 1960s, escaped prison in the 1970s, wrote inspired essays on mind expansion and evolution while dabbling in software in the 1980s, and became a multimedia star in the 1990s, and even since passing on, he continues to be in the forefront of whatever counterculture you have in mind.
The Digger Archives
Preserves and presents the history of the anarchist guerilla street theater group that challenged the emerging Counterculture of the 1960s and whose actions and ideals inspired (and continue to inspire) a generation (of all ages) to create models of Free Association. For many people, the Diggers epitomized the 1960s Haight-Ashbury experience. For some, they were its heart and conscience.
Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic
Founded in 1967 by Dr. David Smith. The doctors who work there believe that health care is a right, not a privilege. It should be free at the point of delivery, and it should be comprehensive, nonjudgmental, demystified, and humane. Rock Med is but one of their wonderful projects.
 
S.F. Psychedelic Pop
Rockument's history of the pop music of San Francisco in the 1960s.
S.F. Psychedelic Rock
Rockument's history of rock and jam music of San Francisco in the 1960s.
Rockument Podcast
Episodes by Tony Bove devoted to rock music history. Subscribe to the free podcast to receive each show automatically, or play the show right from the Web page. You can even download the show as an MP3 file, all for free.
   
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The Family Dog
Responsible for some of the legendary shows of the Sixties in San Francisco at the Avalon Ballroom and actively putting on shows today, such as the Chet Helms Tribute.

Ken Kesey and Merry Pranksters. Carry on Furthur with the Merry Pranksters, an on-going Acid Test in cyberspace. You are either on the net or off the net. Never trust a Prankster.

History of the Grateful Dead
Rockument's history includes a special video interview of the Grateful Dead in 1967 at their house, 710 Ashbury, in the Haight-Ashbury. Illustrated with original collages by Alton Kelley.

Elegy for Jerry Garcia
By Allen Cohen, a poem written on Aug. 9, 1995. Jerry, may the four winds blow you safely home.
Map of the Haight-Ashbury
By Ed Stephan, who roomed with Sam Andrew of Big Brother and hung out with Dan O'Neill, the cartoonist. It has just about every Haight-Ashbury point of interest you might care to visit, if you were to go on a pilgrimmage to the birthplace of the hippie counterculture. Everything's changed, yet everything remains the same.
 
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Overall Copyright © 1996-2007 by Tony Bove
Individual art, music, and video clips are copyrighted by their respective owners. Images by Alton Kelley and Tony Bove.
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