“The End Of The Age Of Aquarius”
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Stroke Of Midnight:
“…The effects of the violent disaster at Altamont was that it exposed the dark underbelly of the counter-culture, the dark forces that had always provided at least half of its propulsion, and to burst the bubble of the youth culture’s illusions about itself…we had witnessed the famous collectivity of a generation cracking into thousands of shards. It represented the end of “The Age of Aquarius”, Todd Gitlin recalls. “And no one knew what new age would replace it.”
One more time:
“…The effects of the violent disaster at Altamont was that it exposed the dark underbelly of the counter-culture, the dark forces that had always provided at least half of it’s propulsion, and to burst the bubble of the youth culture’s illusions about itself…we had witnessed the famous collectivity of a generation cracking into thousands of shards. It represented the end of “The Age of Aquarius”, Todd Gitlin recalls. “And no one knew what new age would replace it.”
And now we know:
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