Meet Mariska

I wanted to say this somewhere.

My opinion of the hippies is that this counter-culture directly branched out from the Civil Rights Movement. However, I think that these people were naive and thought that The Power of Rock could change the world. They were wrong, mainly because this rock was being fed to them by "The Man". Furthermore, they had structures that were just as strict as the establishment (true story, before learning this, I cried at the ending of D'oh in the Wind [link]).

Frank Zappa also thought that the establishment and hippies were two sides of the same conformity coin. His "We're only in it for the Money" album supports this belief while simultaneously presenting Zappa and the Mothers of Invention as the true outsiders. If Mariska really wants to expand her mind, she'd want to listen to Zappa's pre-"Over-Nite Sensation" albums (I'd also argue that she'd like 70's prog rock which I feel is an extension of Psychedelia).

By the way, here's "We're only in it for the Money" in its entirety. [link] Also, here's a review of that album. [link]