Dave McGowan is interviewed about his new book Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon: Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops and the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream. This book is based on his very popular web article series about the dark side of the Laurel Canyon music scene in the late sixties and early seventies.
Topics include: Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon, book release, good reviews, accessible information, mainstream appeal, controversial, popular music, Laurel Canyon, Charles Manson, hippie ideals, community, dark underbelly, military intelligence connections, police state, authoritarian state, police violence, Christopher Dorner, cabin standoff, Pentagon and hollywood, blurred lines, fiction vs reality, Sandy Hook, Woolwich murders, shaping society, knowledge is empowering, hard to discuss alternate views on tragedies, psychological warfare, winning hearts and minds, Los Angeles, costume party, Boogie Nights, Kenneth Anger, buy direct from the author, Summer Solstice, book signing event at Book Soup, Sunset Blvd
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