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02914aam a2200313Ma 4500 001 7A9B11441F8A11E4970098BADAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140809010026 008 131205s2014 enka bk 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1909394122 (pbk.) 020 $a 9781909394124 (pbk.) 040 $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ca 082 04 $a 306.10979494 $2 23 100 1 $a McGowan, David, $d 1960- $e author. 245 10 $a Weird scenes inside the canyon : $b Laurel Canyon, covert ops & the dark heart of the hippie dream / $c by David McGowan. 260 $a London : $b Headpress, $c 2014. 300 $a 315 p. : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm. 504 $a Includes selected bibliography and filmography (pages 302-305) and index. 505 0 $a Foreword / by Nick Bryant -- Village of the damned: by way of an introduction -- Power to the people: call this a counterculture? -- Dig!: the Laurel Canyon death list -- Related lives: and relative deaths -- Desirable people: the Canyon's peculiar past -- Vito and his freakers: the sinister roots of hippie culture -- The death of Godo Paulekas: anger's instant Lucifer -- All the young turks: Hollywood tripping -- Weird scenes inside the Canyon -- Helter skelter in a summer swelter: return of the death list -- Detours: Rustic Canyon & Greystone Park -- Riders on the storm: The Doors -- Eight miles high and falling fast: The Byrds -- The great serendipity: Buffalo Springfield -- Beyond Buffalo Springfield: and the Monkees, too -- Altamont Pie: Gram Parsons -- The lost expedition: of Gene Clark -- The Wolf King of LA: "Papa" John Phillips -- Hungry freaks, daddy: Frank Zappa -- Born to be wild: John Kay -- A whiter shade of pale: Arthur Lee and Love -- Endless vibrations: The Beach Boys -- The grim game: Houdini -- Won't get fooled again: punk and new wave arrive -- Epilogue. 520 $a In the 1960s and early 1970s a dizzying array of musical artists congregated in Laurel Canyon to create much of the music that provided the soundtrack to those turbulent times. But there was a dark side to that scene as well. Many didn't make it out alive, and many of those deaths remain shrouded in mystery to this day. Charles Manson was integrated into the scene more than most would care to admit, as well as various political operatives, up-and-coming politicians, and intelligence personnel, happily coexisting alongside a covert military installation. Discover the dark underbelly of a hippie utopia. 650 0 $a Counterculture $z Los Angeles $z Los Angeles $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Rock musicians $z Los Angeles $z Los Angeles $x History. 650 0 $a Hippies $z Los Angeles $z Los Angeles $x History. 651 0 $a Laurel Canyon (Los Angeles, Calif.) $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Rock music $x History and criticism. 941 $a 1 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20140809010308.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7A9B11441F8A11E4970098BADAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search