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The Acid House Revolution
Between 1988 and 1994, the UK scrambled to make sense of acid house, with its radical new sounds, new drugs and new ways of partying. In a recent piece for the paper, Chal Ravens considers a reappraisal of the origins and political ramifications of the Second Summer of Love. She joins Tom to unpack the social currents channelled through the free party scene and the long history of countercultural ‘collective festivity’ in England. Read more, and listen ad free, on the LRB website: lrb.me/acidhousepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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