Life is what happens when you are making other plans~ John Lennon
An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind~Gandhi
The time is always right to do what is right~ Martin Luther King Jr.


Tuesday, July 26, 2011

1960s!!!!!!!!!!!

IDK why, I've been in a 1960s mood lately. I just adore this decade, all the cool fahions, all the cool music, all the cool pop culture, you name it, if I could, I'd live in this decade!!!!

Pop Culture

History
  • August 28, 1963- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his famous I Have a Dream speech in Washington D.C.
  • August 7, 1964-The Beatles come to America and that is what is believed to bw what started the time known as the British Invasion, where suddenly large amounts of British pop/rock bands and artists come to America to strike it famous
  • George Harrison was always my favorite!!! He was so cute.......
  • February 21, 1965- Malcolm X is killed in NYC

  • Oct. 2, 1967- Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first black Supreme Court Justice
  • Dec. 6, 1969- The Rolling Stones give a free concert at the Altamont Speedway in N. California. And it is believed that the Hell's Angels there had a hit out on Mick Jagger's life. 4 people died there as well.
  • I think thet only one dressed normal in this picture is Charlie Watts!
  • Cassius Clay, aka Muhammad Ali, wins the Heavyweight Chapmionship
  • Woodstock- 3 days of peace, love and music
  • May 1, 1960- American "U2" spy plane shot down over the USSR
  • Stonewall Riots in NYC mark the start for the movement for gay rights
  • Dec. 3, 1967- first open heart transplant by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in South Africa
Music
  • The Beatles
  • The Rolling Stones
  • Sly and the Family Stone
  • The Mamas and the Papas
  • The Monkees
  • The Doors

Movies
  • Performance
  • Goldfinger
  • On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  • Georgy Girl

  • Yellow Submarine
  • Midnight Cowboy
  • The Flower Drum Song
  • In the Heat of the Night
People Born/Famous
Celebrities and people popular:
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr
Malcolm X
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Julie Andrews



People born:
Jet Li
Bono(What a sexy hunk of guy!!!!)
Federico Castellucio
Hugh Grant
Hiroyuki Sanada
Elizabeth Hurley
Hugh Jackman(Man is he hot!)

Daniel Dae Kim

Jeremy Clarkson

James May

Richard Hammond

Michael Imperioli

Pictures from the 1960s

Fashion







Cars



Music!



Mick is my favorite one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
George was my favorite!!
Pop Art
Pop Culture

If only this came in a VW Mini Bus!

British model Twiggy

Martha and the Vandellas

Sorry, just had to throw this in, because today, the 26th of July, is Mick Jagger's b-day, the big 6-8. He'll stay sexy 4 ever!!

Hey look, my future car, lol!

Gerry and the Pacemakers. Since the 1960s was known as the Swinging 60s in England, I'll put up some pics of some of the popular British bands of that decade.

The Dave Clark Five

Original poster for Woodstock


Singer David Bowie in the movie Labyrinth

Picture of David Bowie in the 1960s, here you can really tell he has 2 different colored eyes!! That is so cool!!! And it makes him very attractive!!




I'm a sucker for tie dye!!

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