The Americanization of Volkswagen Won’t Skip Brand’s Electric Hippie Bus, Crossover

In the wake of Volkswagen Group’s diesel emissions scandal, VW turned its attention to electric vehicles. Yup, EVs, and many, many crossovers. Can’t forget those. At the time, building the brand’s future EVs in America seemed like the right thing to do — good PR, and good penance for its dirty crimes. The plan’s still […]

Marsha Hunt: Star of hippie counterculture musical Hair and muse of Mick Jagger

Opening amid 1967’s “Summer of Love”, as sexual freedom and psychedelic drugs encouraged millions to tune in, turn on and drop out, Hair became a cultural touchstone, a Broadway and West End hit. Nothing embodied the spirit of Hair more than the giant coiffure of its poster girl and star of the West End production, […]

There’s no crisis in paradise: Tracing Greece’s youth ‘hippie trail’

Alex King September 26, 2017 Share this article In the midst of one of the worst financial crises the European Union has ever seen, young Greeks are finding freedom on the storied island of Ikaria. Athens-based journalist Alex King visits this new ‘hippie’ haven in search of the young people refusing the hand they’ve been […]

Junkyard Gem: 1989 Dodge Ram Hippie Van

The stereotypical vehicle of the San Francisco Bay Area hippie who follows a jam band all around the country is the Type 2 Volkswagen Transporter, preferably the pre-1968 models. In reality, though, actual hippies (the kind without trust funds) travel the country in vehicles more like today’s Junkyard Gem: a big Detroit van. Here’s a […]