Amchitka is the rock concert that launched Greenpeace. It's also the concert that launched a ship: the Phyllis McCormack, which sailed out into the first Greenpeace action protesting US nuclear testing in the Aleutian Islands. Continue reading Amchitka: the 1970s rock concert that launched Greenpeace...

... a little time, I took down a DVD I picked up about a month ago and popped it in: Peanuts 1970s Collection Volume 1. Like the 1960s collection I reviewed a few months ago, this DVD ... that Lucy’s plan may actually be working… until she discovers the recital she’s signed him up for is a rock and roll concert — no Beethoven allowed. As you can imagine, Schroeder is none too ...

Remember the old Pet Rock craze of the 1970s? Well, it’s back and with a USB upgrade no less. I never understood the appeal of Pet Rocks myself, but maybe that’s because I’m not a sucker. ... s predecessor and does nothing. Much like the Tauntaun sleeping bag, the USB Pet Rock was an April Fools Day joke that has turned into a real product. For some reason. ...

... 8217; home, too. An international Ford model in the 1960s and 1970s, Andrews picked up the camera and saw a world that few people knew ... ; Andrews’ collection of photos shot mostly in the 1970s. Not all the photos were taken in that decade, and a few are credited to other artists, including a ... her introduction into the world of mad dogs, Englishmen and a rock ‘n’ roll world ...

... 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s will perform at Madison Square Garden here to celebrate the silver anniversary of the Rock and ... is losing its vitality or allure. He pointed out that over the last three years, the rock hall's Cleveland museum has tracked a ... Beatles." Wenner and Peresman both said that debate about who belongs in the Rock Hall is an entrenched tradition. Fans of Black Sabbath ...

... regime. It spotlights the Plastic People, whose persecution in the 1970s inspired the human rights movement that would eventually ... Skvorecky and other Czech literary figures, Wilson was just a rock-loving graduate student himself when he came to Czechoslovakia to teach ... encountered the Plastic People, who, despite an official crackdown on rock music, continued to perform as an underground band ...