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Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon
- Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops, and the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream
- Narrated by: Bill Fike
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
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Summary
The very strange but nevertheless true story of the dark underbelly of a 1960s hippie utopia. Laurel Canyon in the 1960s and early 1970s was a magical place where a dizzying array of musical artists congregated to create much of the music that provided the soundtrack to those turbulent times.
Members of bands like the Byrds, the Doors, Buffalo Springfield, the Monkees, the Beach Boys, the Turtles, the Eagles, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Steppenwolf, CSN, Three Dog Night, and Love, along with such singer/songwriters as Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, James Taylor, and Carole King, lived together and jammed together in the bucolic community nestled in the Hollywood Hills.
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. Far more integrated into the scene than most would like to admit was a guy by the name of Charles Manson, along with his murderous entourage. Also floating about the periphery were various political operatives, up-and-coming politicians, and intelligence personnel - the same sort of people who gave birth to many of the rock stars populating the canyon. And all the canyon's colorful characters - rock stars, hippies, murderers, and politicos - happily coexisted alongside a covert military installation.
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- Lenny B
- 01-10-18
Amazing and Inciteful
A fascinating read. As soon as I finished the book I went on the hunt for a another by this author.
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- Sean
- 20-12-20
Mind blowing read. The filth that is entertainment
You'll never think about entertainment both music and film the same way again. pure filth the lot of them
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- Smurf Tech
- 18-01-24
-You need hippies....
...is not a statement I hear much, if ever,
After listening to this, pop over to the Sheep Farm for more tasty nonsense.
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- em you en ay
- 03-11-22
Simply jaw dropping stuff.
If you consciously decide to wipe away all the preconceived MSM preamble about famous pop, rock and film stars, you will appreciate that nothing or nobody is famous accidentally, not without someone deciding their fate beforehand. A remarkable tome.
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- DMK
- 11-08-19
Smashed the Fourth wall
An absolute mind expansion of a listen thats smashed the fourth wall - superb narration.
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- Kelly
- 15-11-20
Excellent
Fascinating trip down the rabbit hole
Got through this in a couple of days
Very enjoyable
Fascinating read
Highly recommended this work
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- Anonymous User
- 11-06-23
Wow
Some speculation, but mostly eye opening information. I can hardly believe acts that I’ve listed to and enjoyed over the years are involved in such a culture.
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- Red Stephens
- 02-06-19
Well researched
The claims of this book are incredible... The fact that it is well researched, with names and dates so accurately. Leads one to be believe it is fact. Wow!
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- Mehran
- 10-04-21
Could have been much better
There are things in this book that are undeniably true, like the links between military and naval intelligence with most of the residents of Laurel Canyon, or the fact that the young musicians and actors seem somehow to have escaped the draft without any consequences. But the writer often goes off on a tangent when describing events or characters with only a very tenuous link to the main participants, and then he rambles on for such a long time that you forget what he was talking about. A lot of the joining of the dots only results in circumstantial evidence that would have been laughed out of court. Above all, the knowing, sarcastic tone of the book begins to grate after a while. There are only so many times you can hear 'You'll never guess what', and 'Would you believe it' without wanting to scream. This book could have done with a good editor who could have separated the wheat from the chaff and got rid of all the inconsequntial fluff and made it a solid work of research. Even now I think if the David McGowan's estate can be persuaded, someone can knock this book into shape, if only for the important information it contains.
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- mr k.
- 23-03-24
Get the foil on
Great book although evidence seems mostly rumours and theory. The weirder the theories around the CIA the more likely they are actually accurate
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