Monthly Archives: May 2019

Why Vietnam Was Unwinnable

Posted on May 30, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

An American paratrooper sergeant shouts orders to his squad as they charge brushline while subject to sniper fire in Vietnam on June 1, 1965. “While I was working for the Pentagon in the early 2000s, wounded veterans from Iraq and … Continue reading →

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Stonewall riots

Posted on May 29, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Stonewall Bar 1969. Disturbance on Sheridan Square, NYC. Scenes at Christopher St. and 7th Ave. South with police trying to clear crowds. “The Stonewall riots (also referred to as the Stonewall uprising or the Stonewall rebellion) were a series of … Continue reading →

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Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band – Strictly Personal (1968), Mirror Man (1971)

Posted on May 29, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The tracks for Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band’s second album were recorded between October 1967 and May 1968. One reason for giving the album the title Strictly Personal was that Van Vliet wrote all the songs, with no song … Continue reading →

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A Humument – Tom Phillips (1960s)

Posted on May 27, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“A Humument: A treated Victorian novel is an altered book by British artist Tom Phillips, published in its first edition in 1970 and completed in 2016. It is a piece of art created over W H Mallock‘s 1892 novel A … Continue reading →

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The Literary Sophistication of François Truffaut

Posted on May 26, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

François Truffaut on set of Fahrenheit 451 (1966) “Truffaut is not literate merely because his films contain allusions to Renoir, Walsh, Vigo and Hitchcock, although they are the sources of the film conventions he manipulates, nor because Jules and Jim contains … Continue reading →

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Gloria Emerson – Winners & Losers (1976)

Posted on May 26, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“When Gloria Emerson’s Winners & Losers, a sprawling portrait of the United States in the wake of the Vietnam War, was first published in 1976,it was hailed as a classic and won the National Book Award. But it also inspired … Continue reading →

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Whatever Happened to Avon Bard?

Posted on May 24, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Among other things, the book imprint, Avon Bard, was known for its surreal, often dream-like and vivid covers. Also distinctive was the white banner across the top of the cover announcing the title, author’s name and one or two short … Continue reading →

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Sharp suits, thin ties and the coolest musicians on Earth: Jazz 625 is back!

Posted on May 23, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Singular vision … Bill Evans in the BBC studio. “The camera holds its close-up on the pianist’s hands, his long fingers adding delicate inner voicings to the familiar melody of Come Rain or Come Shine. Then, very slowly, the camera … Continue reading →

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Apollo 11

Posted on May 22, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two people on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC. Armstrong became … Continue reading →

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16-Year-Olds Want a Vote. Fifty Years Ago, So Did 18-Year-Olds.

Posted on May 21, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

A pamphlet that activists in New Jersey used to gain support for lowering the voting age to 18 in 1969. There is a similar effort underway today to lower it again to 16. “JAMESBURG, N.J. — Stuart Goldstein still has … Continue reading →

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Jane Jacobs Walk

Posted on May 20, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Who was Jane Jacobs? Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) was an urbanist and activist whose writings championed a fresh, community-based approach to city building. She had no formal training as a planner, and yet her 1961 treatise, The Death and Life of … Continue reading →

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“The Paranoid Style in American Politics” – Richard J. Hofstadter (1964)

Posted on May 18, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“‘The Paranoid Style in American Politics‘ is an essay by American historian Richard J. Hofstadter, first published in Harper’s Magazine in November 1964; it served as the title essay of a book by the author in the same year. Published … Continue reading →

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Pleasures of the Harbor – Phil Ochs (1967)

Posted on May 17, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Pleasures of the Harbor is Phil Ochs‘ fourth full-length album and his first for A&M Records, released in 1967. It is one of Ochs’s most somber albums. In stark contrast to his three albums for Elektra Records which had all … Continue reading →

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Lolita – Stanley Kubrick (1962)

Posted on May 16, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Lolita is a 1962 British-American comedy-drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick. Based on a 1955 novel of the same title, Vladimir Nabokov also wrote the screenplay. It follows a middle-aged literature lecturer who becomes sexually obsessed with a young adolescent … Continue reading →

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Division Street riots

Posted on May 15, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Division Street riots were episodes of rioting and civil unrest, which started on June 12 and continued through June 14, 1966. These riots are remembered as a turning point in Puerto Rican civic involvement in Chicago. This was the … Continue reading →

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Mexico City Blues (242 Choruses) – Jack Kerouac (1959)

Posted on May 14, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Mexico City Blues is a poem published by Jack Kerouac in 1959 composed of 242 ‘choruses’ or stanzas. Written between 1954 and 1957, the poem is the product of Kerouac’s spontaneous prose, his Buddhism, and his disappointment at his failure … Continue reading →

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The Passionate, Progressive Politics of Julia Child

Posted on May 12, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

After the wild success of “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” Child cultivated an apolitical mien. But, as she became more comfortable with her fame, she spoke more openly about her beliefs. “In 1942, Julia McWilliams moved from New York … Continue reading →

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A Black Panther Guide To Algiers

Posted on May 12, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

August 9, 1969 Black Panther Community News Service cover. “For a brief spell in the early 1970s, global revolutionaries flocked to Algiers much in the same way that galactic freighter pilots descended on Mos Eisley. They came at the behest … Continue reading →

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Solaris – Stanisław Lem (1961)

Posted on May 10, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Solaris is a 1961 philosophical science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. The central theme of the book is the complete failure of human beings to understand an extraterrestrial intelligence. A team of human scientists is probing and examining the … Continue reading →

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#10 The Best of Chicago Blues (1970)

Posted on May 10, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“These mostly ’60s recordings of tough Chicago blues were produced by Samuel Charters and feature James Cotton, Junior Wells, Otis Spann, Buddy Guy, J.B. Hutto, Homesick James, Big Walter Horton, and Johnny Young. They’re very successful snapshots of what was … Continue reading →

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Buddhist crisis

Posted on May 8, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Buddhist crisis (Vietnamese: Biến cố Phật giáo) was a period of political and religious tension in South Vietnam between May and November 1963, characterized by a series of repressive acts by the South Vietnamese government and a campaign of … Continue reading →

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From The Third Eye: The Evergreen Review Film Reader

Posted on May 7, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Over a decade and a half in the making, From The Third Eye: The Evergreen Review Film Reader is the first comprehensive look at Barney Rosset and Grove Press’s contribution to film culture, collecting close to four dozen articles of … Continue reading →

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At Columbia, Revisiting the Revolutionary Students of 1968

Posted on May 6, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Strikers on the ledge of Mathematics Hall, one of five buildings at Columbia University that students took over in April 1968. “The campus of Columbia University is dotted with monuments to illustrious alumni and high-minded ideals. But on a sunny … Continue reading →

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Malcolm X on Front Page Challenge, 1965: CBC Archives

Posted on May 6, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“On January 5, 1965, Malcom X appeared on the longstanding Canadian television program ‘Front Page Challenge’. Following the program format in which the four panelists try to guess the identity of the program guest, who sat out of sight (in … Continue reading →

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Jazz Deconstructed: What Makes John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps” So Groundbreaking and Radical?

Posted on May 5, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“John Coltrane bore an unusual burden. Many experimental artists who radically change their forms of music, and music in general, are so out on the edge and ahead of their time they elude the public’s notice. But Coltrane was responsible … Continue reading →

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Dead Fingers Talk – William Burroughs (1963)

Posted on May 4, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“… The Dead Fingers Talk is the more desirable book. Dead Fingers Talk is the coolest first edition hardcover available to the Burroughs collector. In a publishing history dominated by incredible paperback editions like the Olympia Press titles, the Ace … Continue reading →

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Bread and Puppet Theater in Gotham

Posted on May 3, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Uncle Fatso, Bread and Puppet Museum, Glover Vermont “On May 15, 1962, in New York City’s Judson Memorial Church, an audience assembled to see Peter Schumann’s first production in the United States, Totentanz, The Dance of Death. Schumann, a German immigrant … Continue reading →

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Kent State shootings

Posted on May 2, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre, were the shootings on May 4, 1970, of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University in Kent, … Continue reading →

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Alphaville – Jean-Luc Godard (1965)

Posted on May 1, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Alphaville: une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (Alphaville: A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution) is a 1965 French New Wave science fiction noir film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It stars Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Howard Vernon and Akim Tamiroff. The … Continue reading →

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