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While Anne still has "her babies," the sand colored Birkenstock sandals she lived in while in Israel, she now wears Nike Airs. I was shocked. Nikes just don't say "hippie." She's taken to high fashion and expensive clothing. Anne even adores J. Crew. Two years ago, she would have recycled the catalogue without a second thought...
...popular culture from all perspectives. They successfully fulfill their attempt at vicious comedy with songs such as "I Left my Gun in San Francisco," which is about killing hippies, sung from the point of view of the killer. Thom Bone, one of several loud bass players, warns all Birkenstock-wearers, "I'm an easy going guy/but I'm even more mellow when hippies...
...knew the Dunster reputation: "You know, Birkenstock-wearing, long hair, as much of a hippie house as you can expect to get at Harvard. It seemed pretty mellow. I thought it would be a good environment...
...People in Dunster have a thing about being called granola types," DeMay says. "We're environmentally conscious, but we're not crunchy Birkenstock-wearing people. We're very accepting and friendly...
...SPEAKING OF FOLK MUSIC . . . Well, we weren't, were we? Does anyone? Outside of Birkenstock dealerships, natural-food markets and the occasional bold bookseller who might risk putting a copy of Bound for Glory on the counter next to Vox, folk music -- both traditional and the highly modified and individualized form practiced in the '60s -- has tumbled from the pop culture jet stream and gone to earth somewhere in the deep woods of nostalgia...