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The "hippie movement" was a huge topic of discussion on all fronts in the 60s. The nightly news had reports every day of what this rock star or that political activist was doing. I have a distinct memory of watching some news story about Grace Slick and something she did, on the news, and thinking "wow- that's really cool."

Radio was still a vibrant, living media then, unlike today. Everyone had a transistor radio and we listened constantly. Radio DJs were bastions of hip lingo and were far more influential in spreading words and phrases. People- I WAS THERE.

I'm not denying that movies had some influence- but the 60s was such an important, chaotic time with so much going on in every different aspect of life- spirituality, politics, culture- it's a mistake to give too much weight to movies.