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Welcome to Nakhchivan, the San Francisco of the Caucasus Mountains
As my plane touched down in Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, I half expected to step out into a crumbling landscape ripped from a still of 'Enemy at the Gates.' Admittedly, I’d formed this image based on scant and stale stories, but the modern history of this massive exclave—a 2,000 square mile chunk of Azerbaijan cut off from the main body of the country by hostile Armenia—doesn’t lend itself to hope and happy thoughts. Full story
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Living, Learning, and Going Long with Gypsy Boots, America’s First Hippie
I met Gypsy Boots in 1970, before I knew he was the nationally famous founder of the hippie movement, and became friends with him in 1995, nine years before America's archetypal holy fool passed away. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about him—what he meant to history and what he… Full story
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I Went to a Futuristic Hippie Commune in the Desert
An hour or so outside of Phoenix, Arizona, lies the town of Arcosanti. According to the sign on the way in, Arcosanti is an "urban laboratory," which sounds like a church-run program to trick inner-city kids into becoming Christians, so I'm not sure why they called it that. It's Full story
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People Who Think They Can Change the World with 'Free Hugs' Are Fatuous Dickheads
Turns out the people of Reclaim Love are incredibly difficult to love. Full story
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Burning Man Vs. Superstorm Sandy
Yes, a bunch of people who head out to the middle of a desert in Nevada every year to do a bunch of drugs, dress up like gay aliens, and light a bunch of shit on fire have formed what appears to be an extremely efficient charitable organization that helps people in ways more bure… Full story
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Cleaning Out Sheds with the Merry Pranksters' Ken Babbs
It's been almost half a century since Babbs, Kesey, and the Pranksters painted technicolor murals across their 1939 Harvester school bus, stocked it full of acid, and drove from LA to New York's 1964 World Fair. Time has been good to Babbs. At 73, he still bursts with energy and Full story
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The Science Behind Tripping Balls
Recently, my trips have been horrible. They have alternated between terrifying hallucinations and mediocre experiences, but are always followed by disgust-tinged regret. I decided I needed some help from The Experts, so I devoted last weekend to Horizons: Perspectives on Psychede… Full story
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These Boobs Kill Capitalists
Although the overthrowing of the Spanish government is hitting some kinks, one image from last week's protests shone like a ray of karmic light through all the police brutality and debris of smashed dreams. Or actually a bunch of images, most of which were taken by pervy Spanish Full story
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Vito Fun Went to Bonnaroo
He shot a ton of Dos and Don'ts (mostly Don'ts). Full story
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Vermont's Human Weirdness
Vermont is made up of Jeep-loads of chickens, shotguns, chainsaws, and rednecks. Full story
The Mare
A New Story by Mary Gaitskill 
Toppling a Delicate World
Being Gay and South Asian In America 
There's No Sex in Prison Showers
We Usually Wore Our Underwear 
Try Not to Destroy Your Life
The First Time I Took Molly 
A Teacher and Her Student
Marilynne Robinson on Staying Out of Trouble 
"Whitey" Isn't Very Popular in Boston
Interviews with Some of His Old Friends 
