Monthly Archives: August 2018

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends

Posted on August 31, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends is the blanket title for an American animated television series that originally aired from November 19, 1959, to June 27, 1964, on the ABC and NBC television networks. … Produced by Jay … Continue reading →

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How Coffeehouses Fueled the Vietnam Peace Movement

Posted on August 31, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Army G.I.s opposed to the Vietnam War at the Shelter Half Coffeehouse in Tacoma, Wash., in 1969. “In the summer of 1967, Fred Gardner arrived in San Francisco with the Vietnam War weighing heavily on his mind. Gardner was 25 … Continue reading →

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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – East-West (1966)

Posted on August 29, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“East-West is the second album by The Butterfield Blues Band, released in 1966 on Elektra Records, EKS 7315 in stereo, EKL 315 in mono. It was recorded at the famed Chess Studios on 2120 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago. It … Continue reading →

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The Death of the Hippies

Posted on August 29, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In 1967, just after the Summer of Love, The Atlantic published ‘The Flowering of the Hippies,’ a profile of San Francisco’s new youth culture. ‘Almost the first point of interest about the hippies was that they were middle-class American children … Continue reading →

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Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent – Eduardo Galeano (1971)

Posted on August 28, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Imagine: a proud lion has been chased, shot and trapped by poachers who descended heavy-footed upon his land. The poachers are winged and foreign to the lion’s land, as well as dispassionate, or passionate only to wealth’s nefarious whispers. The … Continue reading →

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Renaissance of the Upper West Side – Nicholas Pileggi

Posted on August 28, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Five years ago the West Side of Manhattan was considered such a dangerously blighted area that invitations to parties on Riverside Drive were often rejected, large rent-controlled apartments were voluntarily given up and even Chicken Delight wouldn’t deliver. Today, while … Continue reading →

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The Cavern Club

Posted on August 27, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The original Cavern Club entrance in 1963. “The Cavern Club was a nightclub at 10 Mathew Street, Liverpool, England. The Cavern Club opened on 16 January 1957 as a jazz club, later becoming a centre of the rock and roll … Continue reading →

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Blood in Chicago: Covering the Convention that Changed History

Posted on August 26, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Lyndon Baines Johnson became president when John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. Early on, LBJ told his aides that he wanted to expand on his predecessor’s policies for alleviating systemic poverty in the richest nation the world had ever … Continue reading →

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European art cinema

Posted on August 26, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Rocco and His Brothers – Luchiano Visconti (1960) “European art cinema is a branch of cinema that was popular in the 1960s. It is based on a rejection of the tenets and techniques of classical Hollywood cinema. European art cinema … Continue reading →

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Buffalo Nine

Posted on August 24, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Buffalo Nine was a group of nine Vietnam War protesters arrested together on August 19, 1968, at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Buffalo, New York. During the Vietnam War there was a rise in draft resistance as a political … Continue reading →

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A Brief History of “Happenings” in 1960s New York

Posted on August 23, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Pat Muschinski and Claes Oldenburg in Claes Oldenburg’s Snapshots from the City, performed during Ray Gun Spex at Judson Church, February 29, March 1–2, 1960. “A man dressed all in red feverishly paints the words ‘I LOVE WHAT I’M DOING, … Continue reading →

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Did the news media, led by Walter Cronkite, lose the war in Vietnam?

Posted on August 22, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite went to Vietnam to provide viewers with an assessment of the war’s progress. His one-hour special report aired on Feb. 27, 1968. “Until 1968, Walter Cronkite believed what his government told him about the Vietnam … Continue reading →

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Garage rock

Posted on August 21, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The Leaves “Garage rock (sometimes called ‘60s punk or garage punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced various revivals in … Continue reading →

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The Edible Woman – Margaret Atwood (1969)

Posted on August 20, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Edible Woman is a 1969 novel that helped to establish Margaret Atwood as a prose writer of major significance. It is the story of a young woman whose sane, structured, consumer-oriented world starts to slip out of focus. Following … Continue reading →

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Edward Dorn – Gunslinger

Posted on August 19, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“… Reading this encouraged me to re-read Edward Dorn’s Gunslinger 1 &2, published together in 1970 when I got my copy and read aged 16. I’m not sure I’ve read it since, but loved revisiting and perhaps understanding much more … Continue reading →

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The Young Lords’ Legacy of Puerto Rican Activism

Posted on August 19, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court has stirred a wide sense of pride among Puerto Ricans. But some the roots of that Puerto Rican pride, many would argue, took hold 40 years ago this summer, with the … Continue reading →

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Last Year in Marienbad – Alain Resnais (1961)

Posted on August 18, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“L’Année dernière à Marienbad (released in the US as Last Year at Marienbad and in the UK as Last Year in Marienbad) is a 1961 French-Italian Left Bank film directed by Alain Resnais from a screenplay by Alain Robbe-Grillet. Set … Continue reading →

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A Young Reporter’s Dazzling (and Tragically Short) Career at the Village Voice

Posted on August 18, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Don McNeill at the Yip-In (March, 1968) “It all started last year when I read an Esquire magazine interview with the accomplished writer Ron Rosenbaum, known for his insightful and compulsively readable long-form pieces. In 1971 he had published ‘Secrets … Continue reading →

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The Drugs That Built a Super Soldier

Posted on August 17, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Two U.S. soldiers in Vietnam exchanging vials of heroin. “Some historians call Vietnam the ‘last modern war,’ others the ‘first postmodern war.’ Either way, it was irregular: Vietnam was not a conventional war with the frontlines, rears, enemy mobilizing its … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan – Drifter’s Escape / John Wesley Harding (1967)

Posted on August 17, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Wikipedia – “‘Drifter’s Escape‘ is a song written by Bob Dylan that he recorded for his 1967 album John Wesley Harding. Columbia Records released it as a single in the US and the UK in 1969 as the B-side to … Continue reading →

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For All Mankind – Al Reinert

Posted on August 15, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In the ‘America in the 60’s’ montage that used to play in my head when someone mentioned the era, the moon landing got about five seconds. And you know exactly what five seconds they were; the blurry television feed we’ve … Continue reading →

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Mexico’s Tlatelolco Massacre, and Its Echoes Today

Posted on August 14, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The violent suppression of anti-government protests only 10 days before the start of the Mexico City Olympic Games. “Elena Poniatowska is the author of more than 50 books that span almost every literary genre. Despite her wide-ranging production, she is … Continue reading →

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Mumbo Jumbo – Ishmael Reed (1972)

Posted on August 12, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Mumbo Jumbo is a 1972 novel by African-American author Ishmael Reed. Literary critic Harold Bloom cited the novel as one of the 500 most important books in the Western canon. Mumbo Jumbo has remained in print for 45 years, since … Continue reading →

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Spaghetti Western

Posted on August 11, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Spaghetti Western, also known as Italian Western or Macaroni Western (primarily in Japan), is a broad subgenre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone‘s film-making style and international box-office success. The term was … Continue reading →

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How ‘Summer in the City’ Became the Soundtrack for Every City Summer

Posted on August 10, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Little did members of Lovin’ Spoonful know that a few months after this photo was taken, their song would be a huge hit and that they — and New York — would be at the center of a brief pop … Continue reading →

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‘Random Murder, Rape, and Pillage’: A US Soldier Describes 1968 in Vietnam

Posted on August 10, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Richard Brummett was born into a family of true believers—in Jesus, in war, and in a particular idea of America. He spent his youth at odds with, and trying to live up to, his father, a combat veteran of World … Continue reading →

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Revolutionary Road – Richard Yates (1961)

Posted on August 8, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Essay; American Beauty (Circa 1955) by Richard Ford: “As ‘Revolutionary Road’ approaches its 40th year in print, it seems odd to imagine readers opening it for the first time. So primary and forceful have been this novel’s appeal and effects … Continue reading →

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Venceremos Brigade

Posted on August 7, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Fidel Castro “The Venceremos Brigade is a politically motivated international organization founded in 1969 by members of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and officials of the Republic of Cuba. It was formed as a coalition of young people … Continue reading →

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Radical feminism

Posted on August 6, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

As transgender rights gain acceptance, radical-feminist views have been shunned. Illustration by Alex Williamson. “Radical feminism is a perspective within feminism that calls for a radical reordering of society in which male supremacy is eliminated in all social and economic … Continue reading →

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The Great White Hope – Pete Hamill (June 23, 1969)

Posted on August 6, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

 Joe Frazier/Jerry Quarry “In the ski lodge at Grossinger’s, a tall, lanky sparring partner named Alan Boursse played listlessly with a speed bag. He slapped it gently, listening to the sound echoing around the room, then ripped off a barrage … Continue reading →

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The Siege of Chicago at 50: Todd Gitlin Remembers

Posted on August 5, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Demonstrators greet military police with jeers outside the Democratic National Convention headquarters, August 29, 1968. “A key figure in and historian of the New Left, Todd Gitlin was president of Students for a Democratic Society in 1964–65 and helped organize … Continue reading →

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Something Else – The Kinks (1967)

Posted on August 4, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“If you were an average American pop consumer in 1967, you very likely had a confused impression of the Kinks. If what you knew were the hits you heard on Top 40 radio, you knew them as prophets of the … Continue reading →

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The Neglected History of the May ’68 Uprising in France

Posted on August 4, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Three Parisians take an al fresco snack on the remains of a barricade in the Rue Cujas, in Paris’s Left Bank, on May 26, 1968, after the previous night’s demonstrations by students and workers. “On the morning of June 10, … Continue reading →

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One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel García Márquez (1967)

Posted on August 4, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“One Hundred Years of Solitude (Spanish: Cien años de soledad, American Spanish: [sjen ˈaɲoz ðe soleˈðað]) is a landmark 1967 novel by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez that tells the multi-generational story of the Buendía family, whose patriarch, José Arcadio Buendía, … Continue reading →

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Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems – William Carlos Williams (1962)

Posted on August 2, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems by William Carlos Williams was first published by New Directions in 1962. The book consists of a collection of 105 poems (figs. 3-5) written from 1949-1962. Akin to Williams’s imagist poetry, the beginning of the book consists … Continue reading →

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The Second Emancipation

Posted on August 2, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

March on Washington, DC, 1963. “I want to reacquaint people with King. We tend to misremember him as primarily a civil rights activist when his agenda for change went beyond civil and voting rights to changing the structures of racism, … Continue reading →

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Everybody Is Crying About Vietnam – Vietnam War Blues

Posted on August 1, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“On today’s program we spotlight blues and gospel songs dealing with the Vietnam war. All of the research for this show comes from two Guido Van Rijn books: President Johnson’s Blues and The Nixon and Ford Blues with some of the songs … Continue reading →

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Provo

Posted on August 1, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Provo was a Dutch counterculture movement in the mid-1960s that focused on provoking violent responses from authorities using non-violent bait. It was preceded by the nozem movement and followed by the hippie movement. Provo was founded, on 25 May 1965, … Continue reading →

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