Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture (Hardcover)

Mark Voger

ISBN 10: 1605490806 / ISBN 13: 9781605490809

Published by TwoMorrows Publishing, Raleigh, 2017

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Hardcover. Its all too beautiful! From Woodstock to The Banana Splits, from Sgt. Pepper to H.R. Pufnstuf, from Altamont to The Partridge Family, GROOVY is a far-out trip to the era of lava lamps and love beads. This profusely illustrated hardcover book, in psychedelic color, features interviews with icons of grooviness such as Peter Max, Brian Wilson, Peter Fonda, Melanie, David Cassidy, members of the Jefferson Airplane, Cream, the Doors, the Cowsills and Vanilla Fudge; and cast members of groovy TV shows like The Monkees, Laugh-In and The Brady Bunch. GROOVY revisits the eras rock festivals, movies, arteven comics and cartoons, from the 1968 mod Wonder Woman to R. Crumb. A color-saturated pop-culture history written and designed by Mark Voger (author of the acclaimed book MONSTER MASH), GROOVY is one trip that doesnt require dangerous chemicals! Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture (Hardcover)
• Publisher: TwoMorrows Publishing, Raleigh
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1605490806
• ISBN 13: 9781605490809
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

It’s all too beautiful! From Woodstock to “The Banana Splits,” from “Sgt. Pepper” to “H.R. Pufnstuf,” from Altamont to “The Partridge Family,” GROOVY is a far-out trip to the era of lava lamps and love beads. This profusely illustrated hardcover book, in psychedelic color, features interviews with icons of grooviness such as Peter Max, Brian Wilson, Peter Fonda, Melanie, David Cassidy, members of the Jefferson Airplane, Cream, the Doors, the Cowsills and Vanilla Fudge; and cast members of groovy TV shows like “The Monkees,” “Laugh-In” and “The Brady Bunch.” GROOVY revisits the era’s rock festivals, movies, art―even comics and cartoons, from the 1968 ‘mod’ Wonder Woman to R. Crumb. A color-saturated pop-culture history written and designed by Mark Voger (author of the acclaimed book MONSTER MASH), GROOVY is one trip that doesn’t require dangerous chemicals!

About the Author

Mark Voger is a journalist formerly working for the Asbury Park Press as a writer and designer for the periodical, writing the retro-pop culture "PAGE X" page and the "CELEBS" celebrity gossip and fashion column. He currently designs pages for At Home New Jersey and lives at the Jersey Shore, while working on acclaimed books on pop culture history.