{"id":46,"date":"2011-02-07T11:07:49","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T11:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/popcultureroadtrip\/2011\/02\/pyramid-power-in-massachusetts.html"},"modified":"2011-02-07T11:07:49","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T11:07:49","slug":"pyramid-power-in-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/popcultureroadtrip\/2011\/02\/pyramid-power-in-massachusetts.html","title":{"rendered":"Pyramid Power in Massachusetts!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had the privilege of speaking with inventor\/internet pioneer Dan Harple recently for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aolnews.com\/2011\/02\/07\/todd-rundrens-utopia-found-the-great-pyramid-of-massachusetts\/\">this story I wrote for AOL News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It starts like this:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Those great stage sets of the mid-1970s took arena rock where it had never gone before.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/>Pink Floyd delighted its fans with a giant, inflatable pig. The Rolling Stones had a six-pointed &#8220;lotus petal&#8221; stage that opened to reveal the entire band. And the Electric Light Orchestra had its own onstage spaceship.<\/p>\n<p>That era brought rock concertgoers their first taste of strawberry wine, and also their first taste of high-concept stage productions.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s all but impossible to track down what happened to all of these elaborate (and expensive) stage props, there is one that remains today, blissfully suspended in a state of 1970s animation.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Georgia\" size=\"4\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Georgia\" size=\"4\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\">From there, you learn about one artifact that Harple has preserved on his property &#8211; it&#8217;s amazing what he&#8217;s done, and I hope you get a chance to read the story&#8230;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had the privilege of speaking with inventor\/internet pioneer Dan Harple recently for this story I wrote for AOL News. 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