On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 12:00 PM, <luv-talk-request@lists.luv.asn.au> wrote:

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From: Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> Subject: Re: [luv-talk] hipsters vs geeks

I was told by two people who claim to remember the 60s, (I do myself, but I was an mis-(in)formed child then), that in Australia "Hippies" were called "Freaks". I read somewhere that many in the rest of the world used that term for themselves too. They felt "Hippies" was a mainstream media label as (proto-hippies?)

E.g. in the Crosby Stills Nash and Young song "Almost cut my hair" referring to "letting my freak flag fly" (ie his long hair). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4YpqRPLIWc

And Malcolm Muggeridge said he had seen the 60s before, except then it was called the 20s. 20s nostalgia is apparently taking off right now due to another "The Great Gatsby" movie but will likely be over way before the 2020s.

The similarities were almost uncanny, such as authors like Herman Hesse who were recycled with great enthusiasm. Tim Josling