Monthly Archives: September 2018

Military–Industrial Complex

Posted on September 30, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The military–industrial complex (MIC) is an informal alliance between a nation’s military and the defense industry that supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy. A driving factor behind this relationship between the government and defense-minded … Continue reading →

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The History of Spiritual Jazz: Hear a Transcendent 12-Hour Mix Featuring John Coltrane, Sun Ra, Herbie Hancock & More

Posted on September 30, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Jazz has inspired a great many things, and a great many things have inspired jazz, and more than a few of the music’s masters have found their aspiration by looking — or listening — to the divine. But that doesn’t necessarily mean … Continue reading →

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Eric Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales

Posted on September 30, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“It’s a mistake to privilege any one of Eric Rohmer’s ‘Six Moral Tales’ over another, though the temptation exists and is easily indulged, especially if one takes the disparate, yet complementary, viewpoints of this inimitable sextet as entirely representative of … Continue reading →

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This Fall, the Eyes of the Voice are Everywhere

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

“This fall, whether in the East Village, in Chelsea, or in print, Fred W. McDarrah is everywhere, and so we’ve gone back half-a-century to remind readers and viewers why we still care. 1968 had been a tumultuous year and McDarrah … Continue reading →

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From Russia, with Love – Ian Fleming

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

“From Russia, with Love is the fifth novel by the English author Ian Fleming to feature his fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond. Fleming wrote the story in early 1956 at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica; at the time … Continue reading →

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Sir George Williams affair

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

Sir George Williams “The Sir George Williams Riot (also referred to as ‘The Sir George Williams Computer Incident’) was a 1969 event at Sir George Williams University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, now a part of Concordia University. It was the … Continue reading →

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A brief history of psychedelic psychiatry

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

Hallucinogenic Liberty Cap mushrooms, picked near Pulborough, West Sussex. Psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in these and other ‘magic’ mushrooms, has therapeutic potential. “On 5th May, 1953, the novelist Aldous Huxley dissolved four-tenths of a gram of mescaline in a glass … Continue reading →

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The Death of a President – William Manchester (1967)

Posted on September 25, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Death of a President: November 20–November 25, 1963 is historian William Manchester‘s 1967 account of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The book gained public attention before it was published when Kennedy’s widow Jacqueline, who had initially asked Manchester … Continue reading →

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The Rascals

Posted on September 25, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Rascals, along with the Righteous Brothers, Mitch Ryder, and precious few others, were the pinnacle of ’60s blue-eyed soul. The Rascals‘ talents, however, would have to rate above their rivals, if for nothing else than the simple fact that … Continue reading →

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The Andromeda Strain – Michael Crichton (1969)

Posted on September 25, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Andromeda Strain is a 1969 techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton documenting the efforts of a team of scientists investigating the outbreak of a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism in Arizona. The Andromeda Strain appeared in the New York Times Best Seller … Continue reading →

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Jack Spicer

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

“Although known primarily among a coterie of poets in the San Francisco Bay Area at the time of his death in 1965, Jack Spicer has slowly become a towering figure in American poetry. He was born in Los Angeles in … Continue reading →

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Kissinger and Nixon in the White House – Seymour M. Hersh

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

“I. The Wiretaps. Roger Morris quickly won Henry A. Kissinger’s trust in the early months of the Nixon presidency. Not only was he a good friend of Lawrence S. Eagleburger, who had emerged, after Colonel Alexander M. Haig, Jr., as … Continue reading →

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Jo Freeman

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

“Jo Freeman (born August 26, 1945) is an American feminist, political scientist, writer and attorney. As a student at the University of California, Berkeley in the 1960s, she became active in organizations working for civil liberties and the civil rights … Continue reading →

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee – Dee Brown (1970)

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

“Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West is a 1970 book by American writer Dee Brown that covers the history of Native Americans in the American West in the late nineteenth century. The book … Continue reading →

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Presence at the Creation

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

Al Giese’s contact sheet of, from left, Deborah Hay, Lucinda Childs, and Yvonne Rainer, New York, March 3, 1965. “The grammar of it all is nearly impossible to parse, slippery in the mind and unwieldy in the mouth. Questions—though not … Continue reading →

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Fairport Convention: Liege & Lief, What We Did on Our Holidays, Unhalfbricking (1969)

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

“Fairport Convention are a British folk rock band. Formed in 1967, they are widely regarded as a key group in the English folk rock movement. Their seminal album Liege & Lief is considered to have launched the British folk rock … Continue reading →

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Robert F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories

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

“The conspiracy theories relating to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, a United States Senator and brother of assassinated President John F. Kennedy, relate to non-standard accounts of the assassination that took place shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, … Continue reading →

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Radiant and Radical: 20 Years of Defining the Soul of Black Art

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

Elizabeth Catlett’s 1968 mahogany sculpture “Black Unity” and Faith Ringgold’s 1967 painting “American People Series #18: The Flag Is Bleeding” “It will be a happy day when racial harmony rules in this land. But that day’s not coming any time … Continue reading →

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Elvira Madigan – Bo Widerberg (1967)

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

“Somewhere in these pages today there is doubtless an advertisement describing Elvira Madigan as the most beautiful film ever made. That has been the New York critical line, expressed in turn by the New York Times, Newsweek and the New … Continue reading →

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Fritz the Cat

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

“Fritz the Cat is a comic strip created by Robert Crumb. Set in a ‘supercity’ of anthropomorphic animals, the strip focused on Fritz, a feline con artist who frequently went on wild adventures that sometimes involved sexual escapades. Crumb began … Continue reading →

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Disputed Land, Disputed Souls

Posted on September 16, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

A North Vietnamese soldier helping a wounded South Vietnamese soldier in 1971. “Almost 50 years ago, Hoang Thi Lien became a full member of the People’s Revolutionary Party, the political leadership of the Vietcong. To win this honor she had … Continue reading →

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Our Man In Havana – Graham Greene (1958)

Posted on September 16, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Our Man In Havana (1958) is a novel set in Cuba by the British author Graham Greene. He makes fun of intelligence services, especially the British MI6, and their willingness to believe reports from their local informants. The book predates … Continue reading →

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Weatherman – edited by Harold Jacobs (1970)

Posted on September 16, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The first complete picture of the Weatherman in the words of those who theorized, those who acted and those who watched it all – from the SDS split in June 1969 to the bombings in June, 1970. Selected by Harold … Continue reading →

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I Stand Alone – Al Kooper (1969)

Posted on September 16, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Listening to I Stand Alone for the first time is a lot like first hearing the Sgt. Pepper album, except that this album challenges and rewards the listener in ways that the Beatles‘ psychedelic classic never tried to or could … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles Free Press

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

“The Los Angeles Free Press, also called ‘The Freep’, was among the most widely distributed underground newspapers of the 1960s. It is often cited as the first such newspaper. The Free Press was edited and published weekly, for most of … Continue reading →

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Miloš Forman

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

“Jan Tomáš ‘Miloš’ Forman (Czech: [ˈmɪloʃ ˈforman]; 18 February 1932 – 13 April 2018) was a Czech American film director, screenwriter, actor and professor who, until 1968, lived and worked primarily in the former Czechoslovakia. Forman was an important component … Continue reading →

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Francis Ponge

Posted on September 13, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Francis Ponge: Things “Francis Jean Gaston Alfred Ponge (French: [pɔ̃ʒ]; 27 March 1899 – 6 August 1988) was a French essayist and poet. Influenced by surrealism, he developed a form of prose poem, minutely examining everyday objects. … From 1952 to … Continue reading →

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Parks are for the People: The Piedmont Park Riot and the Politics of Late 1960s Atlanta

Posted on September 13, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In the summer of 1967, Atlanta Journal reporter Michael Palmer went undercover as a hippie. Hoping to provide his readers with some insight into a movement that had recently made its way into the national consciousness, Palmer put on a … Continue reading →

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The Women Who Covered Vietnam

Posted on September 13, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Kate Webb earned a reputation as a fearless reporter during the Vietnam War. “This year Australia put the journalist Kate Webb on a stamp to commemorate the country’s Veterans Day. It is a reproduction of a famous photo of Kate … Continue reading →

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A Sand County Almanac – Aldo Leopold (1949)

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

“A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There is a 1949 non-fiction book by American ecologist, forester, and environmentalist Aldo Leopold. Describing the land around the author’s home in Sauk County, Wisconsin, the collection of essays advocate Leopold’s idea … Continue reading →

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See a Full Jimi Hendrix Experience Concert on Restored Footage Thought Lost for 35 Years

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

“Maybe there’s truth to the old joke about the 60s—’If you remember it, you weren’t there’—but it’s hard to believe anyone could forget seeing Hendrix. If you caught him in Stockholm in 1969 however and it somehow slipped your mind, … Continue reading →

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Aquarius Rising

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

A protester at a demonstration against the Vietnam War during the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, 1968 “Certain years acquire an almost numinous quality in collective memory—1789, 1861, 1914. One of the more recent additions to the list is 1968. Its … Continue reading →

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The Prevalence of Ritual: On Romare Bearden’s Projections

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

The Street, 1964. Photostat on fiberboard, 31 x 40 in. “On October 6, 1964, at the height of the American civil rights movement, fifty-three-year-old Romare Bearden, a mature artist with a moderately successful career as a painter behind him, debuted nearly … Continue reading →

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Hands over the City – Francesco Rosi (1963)

Posted on September 9, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In the 1960s, serious Italian cinema led by Fellini, Antonioni and Visconti moved decisively from neorealism into a new phase of more formal and personal movies with a wider social focus. Alongside them was Francesco Rosi, a former lawyer and … Continue reading →

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“Daisy” (1964)

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

“‘Daisy’, sometimes known as ‘Daisy Girl’ or ‘Peace, Little Girl’, was a controversial political advertisement aired on television during the 1964 United States presidential election by incumbent president Lyndon B. Johnson‘s campaign. Though only aired once (by the campaign), it … Continue reading →

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Hippie trail

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

“The hippie trail (also the overland) is the name given to the overland journey taken by members of the hippie subculture and others from the mid-1950s to the late 1970s between Europe and South Asia, mainly through Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, … Continue reading →

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Cambridge Riots of 1963

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

Gloria Richardson, local leader of the Cambridge movement, pushes away the bayonet of a National Guard officer “The Cambridge Riots of 1963, were race riots that occurred during the summer of 1963 in Cambridge, Maryland, a small town on the … Continue reading →

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Live/Dead – Grateful Dead (1969)

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

“Live/Dead is the first official live album released by the San Francisco-based rock band Grateful Dead. Recorded over a series of concerts in early 1969 and released later the same year, it was the first live rock album to use … Continue reading →

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Political graphics of the “long 1960s”

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

Hell no, nobody goes. 1967. Frank Cieciorka, artist. Poster. Collection of Oakland Museum of California. “Posters are among the significant ephemera of the long 1960s. Synonymous with rebellion and visual wit, these fragile documents were densely packed cultural viruses capable … Continue reading →

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Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing – A. S. Neill (1960)

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

“Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing is a book about the English boarding school Summerhill School by its headmaster A. S. Neill. It is known for introducing his ideas to the American public. It was published in America on … Continue reading →

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