Spreading Woodstock's stardust - Albany, N.Y.: Timesunion.com

Taking Woodstock, a film about the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival that is being directed by noted director Ang Lee of Brokeback Mountain fame, has finished shooting in New Lebanon, N.Y., and is set to be released in August in time for the 40th anniversary of Woodstock.

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Patrick McGoohan has died | Prime-Time TV commentary | '60s mind-blowing, Television | Ken Tucker's Watching TV | EW.com

Most of us won't remember him, although his name may sound oddly familiar, but counterculturally-based spy actor Patrick McGoohan has died at the age of 80. Appearing in the British T.V. show The Prisoner,, McGoohan's character was stripped of his name and known only as Number Six, prompting his character to scream defiantly, "I am not a number, I am a free man!" McGoohan also appeared in the movie Ice Station Zebra and more recently in Braveheart

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Patrick McGoohan has died | Prime-Time TV commentary | '60s mind-blowing, Television | Ken Tucker's Watching TV | EW.com

Lang book to explore height of counterculture - poughkeepsiejournal.com

A new book, The Road to Woodstock, is being written by Woodstock concert promoter Michael Lang and will come out this summer, in time for the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. Had the book been published last year, my frustration in trying to find a definitive text for this course could have been alleviated. (*sigh*) Even so, the book should make for excellent reading. Look for it.

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End Comes for Outpost of East Village Counterculture - NY Times

This month marks the end of a New York vintage clothing and bric-a-brac shop that has endured as a psychedelic oasis for 42 years. Love Saves the Day (aka "L.S.D."), located at the corner of 2nd Ave. and 7th St. in the East Village, is closing after the death of the owner's wife left the store "without its soul," according to owner Richard Henson.

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End Comes for Outpost of East Village Counterculture - NY Times