Shot:
WTFFFFFFFFFF http://t.co/GJjPj6nEax pic.twitter.com/8BrQ8oy08y
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) September 15, 2014
Not surprisingly, when it comes to epatering les bourgeois — and not issuing a mealy-mouthed apology afterwards — Kathy Shaidle did it better and first, five years ago.
But then, the collective pop culture history of both events is very, very wrong:
● “Of Kent State’s Brick-Throwing Pacifists.”
● “Altamont: When the Hippies Were Expelled From the Garden”
Exit tweet:
I’ll tell you this much: if I’m gonna pay $129 for a sweatshirt, that damn we’ll better be real hippie blood on it
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) September 15, 2014
Exit question: Still think the early 1970s were fun, kids?
Update (9/16/14): “Alas, I can’t take credit for that brilliant ‘ALTAMONT’ t-shirt,” Kathy writes today; noting that it was created by the artists at the Hollywood Loser T-shirt Website. I think she certainly helped to popularize it, though.
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