Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon by Dave McGowan deals with this, mostly through the Laurel Canyon scene during the 1960's and 70's. Manufacturing the Deadhead is also a well written piece about the Grateful Dead being a front for the MKULTRA program.
The Hoax Busters podcast has done a few episodes about it, including the linked episode about the punk rock scene.
Many years ago, there was also an anonymous post about a meeting between music execs and private prison owners discussing the promotion of gangsta rap in order to fill prisons. I don't know if anyone ever verified that the meeting took place, but with what we know of social engineering, it seems plausible.
I highly recommend the Our Interesting Times podcast. It really is the best podcast on the Web, and Tim Kelly had the aforementioned Dave McGowan as his first guest. Jay Dyer also has some outstanding insights on the film side of things, if you're interested in that.
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Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon by Dave McGowan deals with this, mostly through the Laurel Canyon scene during the 1960's and 70's. Manufacturing the Deadhead is also a well written piece about the Grateful Dead being a front for the MKULTRA program.
The Hoax Busters podcast has done a few episodes about it, including the linked episode about the punk rock scene.
Many years ago, there was also an anonymous post about a meeting between music execs and private prison owners discussing the promotion of gangsta rap in order to fill prisons. I don't know if anyone ever verified that the meeting took place, but with what we know of social engineering, it seems plausible.
I highly recommend the Our Interesting Times podcast. It really is the best podcast on the Web, and Tim Kelly had the aforementioned Dave McGowan as his first guest. Jay Dyer also has some outstanding insights on the film side of things, if you're interested in that.