Sex, Drugs, Rock ‘n Roll, and Freedom
Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n Roll, a saying most folks identify with the Sixties, though the phrase comes from a punk rock song of the same name by Ian Dury, released in 1977. And though Dury coined the phrase, all three were around well before the Sixties, and two of the three from the beginning […]
The Sound of Silence – Disturbed Visions of Reality
I have been struggling with an essay: “Six Ways the Sixties Changed the World.” It wasn’t until I saw Disturbed’s cover of “The Sound of Silence,” written by Paul Simon, that something clicked, and I realized why I was having problems defining how my generation changed the world. I have believed the world is a […]
