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21 Jul 09

1969 - The New York Times

Led Zepplin, CCR, the Beatles, John & Yoko, Woodstock, Altamont -- musical landmarks in a notable year, marking the beginning of the modern era.

www.nytimes.com/...20090717-1969-feature - Preview

music culture

08 May 09

David Pogue - The Culture of the Internet - NYTimes.com

  • one person has carefully compiled a list of the 99 videos he thinks you need for a basic education (as he puts it, "unless you're a loser or old or something"): www.youshouldhaveseenthis.com.
  • the Internet Meme Timeline, which puts the world of viral Web stuff into a historical perspective.
05 Mar 09

U.K. University Offers MA In Beatles - CBS News

  • a local university says it rolling out a graduate program entirely devoted to the Fab Four.
  • Brocken said students would be expected to study the Beatles' songs, stardom, hometown and cultural impact through four 12-week courses and a dissertation.
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27 Jan 09

The Myth of Rampant Teenage Promiscuity - NYTimes.com

Why we ought to listen more to scientists ... and worry less.

www.nytimes.com/...27well.html - Preview

sexuality teens culture

  • While some young people are clearly engaging in risky sexual behavior, a vast majority are not. The reality is that in many ways, today’s teenagers are more conservative about sex than previous generations.
  • rates also went down among younger teenagers. In 1995, about 20 percent said they had had sex before age 15, but by 2002 those numbers had dropped to 13 percent of girls and 15 percent of boys.
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31 Dec 08

Remembering 1988, The Year Prozac Was Born : NPR

the music, television, toys and drugs of 1988, with refs to 1968 and the present...a good bridge from the 60s to today for MUSE class.

www.npr.org/...story.php - Preview

1988 music 1968 retroland culture npr

  • the music, television, toys and drugs of 1988.
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