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Surfer Magazine known for pushing the boundaries of surf journalism, observes: Surfing has always been known as a counter-culture sport, but there's a tension between the freedom surfers experience in the water and the close-minded thinking they encounter when trying to fit in to surf culture.
The Guardian World News Cori Schumacher 2011
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Gus Van Sant: When I was in junior high in Darien, Conn., the art that really influenced me came out of the record shops with their oversized posters by counter-culture artists like Aubrey Beardsley and all those classic album covers that seemed like art themselves.
A Director's Own Private Watercolors Kelly Crow 2011
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This has often been used as an analogy for how the Buddha's teachings have been counter-culture from day one.
Lodro Rinzler: Buddhism and Activism: How Would Sid Produce Social Change? Lodro Rinzler 2011
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It was at once America's culture and counter-culture.
Rajeev Goyal: It's Time for the Peace Corps Administration to Wake Up and Reform Rajeev Goyal 2011
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In addition to these blogging efforts, various Facebook solidarity groups were created and Roy Chicky Arad, a journalist-blogger involved in counter-culture activity, has organized a guerilla poetry reading titled “the closed university” that was held on May 12th in front of the private residence of the Open University's president.
Global Voices in English » Israel: Bloggers Back the Struggle for Workers’ Rights 2009
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MR: Now, back in the day, "The Weight" was used often as a counter-culture anthem, and there seemed to be an anti-war sentiment in "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"--although, when you follow those songs' storylines, they don't overtly commit to those themes.
Mike Ragogna: How To Become Clairvoyant: A Conversation with Robbie Robertson Mike Ragogna 2011
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The mystery cults were seen as counter-culture at best, and a challenge to authority at worst, particularly in Rome.
New Book Explores Secret Ancient History of Rock 'n Roll 2011
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And given that Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin appear albeit briefly in the script for "Good Morning, Chicago," I always wondered how these two counter-culture icons would have felt about going from being the master planners of Yippie Day at Disneyland to then being depicted as characters in a Disney-produced film.
Jim Hill: Yippie-Dee-Doo-Dah, Part 3: When The Yippies Invaded Disneyland Jim Hill 2011
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MR: Now, back in the day, "The Weight" was used often as a counter-culture anthem, and there seemed to be an anti-war sentiment in "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"--although, when you follow those songs' storylines, they don't overtly commit to those themes.
Mike Ragogna: How To Become Clairvoyant: A Conversation with Robbie Robertson Mike Ragogna 2011
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And given that Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin appear albeit briefly in the script for "Good Morning, Chicago," I always wondered how these two counter-culture icons would have felt about going from being the master planners of Yippie Day at Disneyland to then being depicted as characters in a Disney-produced film.
Jim Hill: Yippie-Dee-Doo-Dah, Part 3: When The Yippies Invaded Disneyland Jim Hill 2011
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