Words & Music: Susan Whitall Forum

Thu. 10/22/09 10:56 AM

Culture gap was a chasm

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Long after large swaths of mainstream culture met counterculture, the maestro and his fans orbited in an unchanging universe.

In WelkWorld, roaches referred only to insects, rolling papers was something newspaper carriers did, hash was served with eggs and a bong was presumed to be an Asian percussion instrument that's not needed in the LW Orchestra.

Sadly, some folks still think that was -- is? -- The Real America.

Alan Stamm, Birmingham, MI

Alan --

Yeah but I've always said, there would be no counter-culture if there weren't things like Lawrence Welk to "rebel" against. Without AM radio, what would Frank Zappa have attacked? I liked the yin/yang aspect of culture in the '60s. I'm not sure if we have that today or not. A little bit with "Dancing with the Stars" etc., but where is the intelligent counter-culture? -- Susan Whitall

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