Each band member had their own nickname and became well known for travelling the country with numerous rock bands. In the film, Penny Lane is based on Penny Thrumbull who formed the groupie in the girl band ‘The Flying Garter Girls’ in the 70’s. #2 Penny Lane, Almost Famous – Kate HudsonĪlmost Famous is a semi-autobiographical film based on the producer, Cameron Crowe’s experience as a young teenage writer at Rolling Stone magazine. Ginger is the ultimate glamour puss in her sequin evening gowns and fur shawls. The styling throughout is the making of both characters, it is everything you want from 70’s new money American hustlers. The couple were both known for their involvement in criminal activity. Based on real people Sam was inspired by Frank Rosenthal ‘Lefty’ who ran several casinos and his wife Geri who was an American socialite, model and showgirl. Ginger Mckenna is the wife to Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein in the iconic crime film Casino set in 70’s Las Vegas. Emma Recchi, I am Love – Tilda Swinton.Penelope Lannier, A Bigger Splash – Dakota Johnson.Nina Sayers, Black Swan – Natalie Portman.Cecilia Tallis, Atonement – Kiera Knightley.Jenny Cavilleri, Love Story – Ali MacGraw.Vivian Ward, Pretty Woman – Julia Roberts.Penny Lane, Almost Famous – Kate Hudson.From the androgynous aesthetics from Annie Hall to the 50’s High Society chic from Grace Kelly these are the roles that are unforgettable and have left their mark within the fashion world.Īnd the nominees for Best Dressed Women in Film are Some of the most iconic roles played by women have gone down in history but today we are looking at those whose significance was due to their unquestionable style. We romanticize the stories in the movies and the characters and although it probably sets us up to fail in adult life they have a profound effect on us, especially our personal style. This makes Acid Hype especially valuable as a resource.We all adore Hollywood and even more so the heavenly wardrobes that come with it. "Siff does a very good job of explaining the relationship between the legal system and social environment, as well as the key players in government and society during the so-called psychedelic years in the United States. Ehrlich, author of Radio Utopia: Postwar Audio Documentary in the Public Interest Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University This study unquestionably will be cited extensively by historians."-Patrick S. Painstakingly researched, it provides a highly interesting trip through an era where it seemed all Americans were aware of the drug and many were taking it. "This examination of the media's heightened interest in LSD in the 1950s and 1960s is an important book. "A well-researched work of narrative history."- Journal of American History " Acid Hype is a conscientiously researched, thoughtfully conceptualized, and clearly written account of the media's significant role in manufacturing the LSD craze in America in the late 1960s."- H-Net Reviews is never less than shrewd and readable in his assessment of how various news media differed in method and attitude when covering the psychedelic beat."- Inside Higher Ed The first focuses on the history of LSD, its popularity beginning in the mid-1950s and its fall from grace a decade later the second concerns the way in which media attention to LSD changed journalistic methods. Reviews"Siff provides two parallel narratives about LSD. It also traces how the breathless coverage of LSD gave way to a textbook moral panic, transforming yesterday's refined seeker of truths into an acid casualty splayed out beyond the fringe of polite society. Siff's history takes readers to the center of how popular media hyped psychedelic drugs in a constantly shifting legal and social environment, producing an intricate relationship between drugs and media experience that came to define contemporary pop culture. As Stephen Siff shows, the early attention lavished on the drug by the news media glorified its use in treatments for mental illness but also its status as a mystical-yet legitimate-gateway to exploring the unconscious mind. Time and Life, messengers of lumpen-American respectability, trumpeted its grand arrival in a postwar landscape scoured of alluring descriptions of drug use while lesser outlets piggybacked on their coverage with stories by turns sensationalized and glowing.Īcid Hype offers the untold tale of LSD's wild journey from Brylcreem and Ivory soap to incense and peppermints. About the BookNow synonymous with Sixties counterculture, LSD actually entered the American consciousness via the mainstream.
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