Brown Acid and Werewolves on Wheels: The Endless Bummer of the '60s and '70s

The late 1960s and early 1970s in America were the site of massive, well-trodden cultural changes. The idealistic promise of the " Summer of Love " in 1967 and the years following proved more difficult to realize in practice. While the broad message was "love and peace," this didn't mean a culture-wide push for equality in terms of gender, race, sexual orientation and gender identity, or even an agreement on politics on any meaningful scale. This led to ideological and creative splintering, spawning a number of social…