"It was the summer of 1969: Man took his first walk on the moon. Nearly 450‚000 people gathered in upstate New York to witness the historic Woodstock concert. And Doris and Don Fisher opened the first Gap store in San Francisco" (Gapinc.com 2007). Today‚ Gap Inc. is one of the world ’s largest specialty retailers‚ with more than 3‚100 stores and fiscal 2006 revenues of $15.9 billion. Gap Inc. operates four of the most recognized apparel brands in the world Gap‚ Banana Republic‚ Old Navy and Piperlime
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Sly and the Family Stone | Sly and the Family Stone in 1969. Clockwise from top: Larry Graham‚ Freddie Stone‚ Gregg Errico‚ Sly Stone‚ Rose Stone‚ Cynthia Robinson‚ and Jerry Martini. A similar photograph was used as the cover of Rolling Stone #54 (March 19‚ 1970). | Background information | Origin | San Francisco‚ California‚ United States | Genres | Funk‚ soul‚ rock‚ psychedelic soul | Years active | 1966–1975‚ 1976–1983‚ 2010-present | Labels | Epic‚ Warner Bros. | Associated acts
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H. Tripping: A Memoir. Provincetown: Provincetown Arts‚ 2006. Print. Kennedy‚ Robert F.‚ and Arthur M. Schlesinger. Thirteen Days: a Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis. New York: W.W. Norton‚ 1999. Print. Layman‚ Richard. American Decades: 1960-1969. New York: Gale Research‚ 1995. Print.
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this assignment will take an in depth look how special events and festival have a positive and negative effect on the environment the economy‚ society and culture. Festivals especially have developed dramatically since the first known weekend long concerts in California in the summer of 67. With new technology and production it has allowed festivals to improve the quality of events and provide more in ways of entertainments to meet guests needs. This in turn also allows festivals and special events
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Hippies‚ sex‚ drugs‚ and rock and roll. These are some things that might come to mind when you think about the counterculture movement of the 1960s. But although it may seem that way‚ the 1960s was not just one giant party. It was a radical social‚ political‚ and cultural movement that changed America and much of the Western world. It consisted of students‚ anti-war protestors‚ political figures‚ social activists‚ environmentalists‚ civil rights movement leaders as well as famous musicians and was
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The Concert That I Live For Warped is an adjective defined as disapproving‚ humorous‚ strange‚ and unpleasant. One would think that a music event titled Van’s Warped Tour would be crazy or different; some may even think badly upon it. To the fans who attend this concert every summer‚ it means so much more. It is a replacement of all negative aspects of outside life with a unity bound by a common love of music. I can guarantee that anyone who goes to this concert will be able to experience a different
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getting their video and news feed straight from the source‚ the people back home could no longer be lied to by the government of how they were winning when in reality they really weren’t. The can most notably be seen by the gathering at Woodstock in 1969. Woodstock was a music festival that took place over the three day period of August 15 to August 18‚ and it was built around the idea of peace and music‚ where many anti-war artists and bands played their songs that
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and fund raising activities that make them known; however‚ one crime is well known around most of the United States. “Altamont was the brainchild of the Rolling Stones‚ who hoped to cap off their U.S. tour in late 1969 with a concert that would be the West Coast equivalent of Woodstock‚ in both scale and spirit.” (“The Altamont”). The Hells Angels received gratuity of massive amounts of beer for acting as the informal security for the event. Some of the bands were concerned‚ and even left before
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Several advancements in medicine occurred during the 1960s‚ which allowed for better treatment today. The coronary bypass had been done before the 1960s; however‚ with better technology it was performed more efficiently. In 1967 “Surgeon Rene Favaloro [performed] [the] first coronary bypass operation using [a] patient’s vein in Cleveland‚ Ohio” (Medicine and Madison Avenue). With the new efficient way of doing the coronary bypass‚ many lives were saved. As technology rose in efficiency‚ so did
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The Relationship Between The Vietnam War And Music Of The U.S.A. Case Study: Jimi Hendrix This essay looks at musician Jimi Hendrix’s musical reactions to the American involvement in the Vietnam War. This research has taken place as part of a larger piece of work examining the links between the Vietnam War and Music in the U.S.A. US troops became officially involved in the war from 1965 and didn’t withdraw until 1973 following the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. During this time 58
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