Monthly Archives: June 2019

Impulse! Records

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

“Impulse! Records is an American jazz record company and label established by Creed Taylor in 1960. John Coltrane was among Impulse!’s earliest signings. Thanks to consistent sales and positive critiques of his recordings, the label came to be known as … Continue reading →

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Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon – Jorge Amado (1962)

Posted on June 28, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon (Portuguese: Gabriela, cravo e canela) is a Brazilian modernist novel. It was written by Jorge Amado in 1958 and published in English in 1962. It is widely considered one of his finest works. Gabriela, Clove and … Continue reading →

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Roz Payne

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

“Roz Payne was born in Patterson, New Jersey, and grew up in a political household. Her mom, Edith Berkman, was of Jewish and Polish descent and a Communist labor organizer. She was arrested during the Lawrence, Massachusetts, textile strike in … Continue reading →

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Rocco and His Brothers – Luchino Visconti (1960)

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

“Luchino Visconti arguably founded the Italian neorealist movement with his brooding Ossessione in 1943, yet the great heyday of that important school was gone when he premiered Rocco and His Brothers at the Venice Film Festival in 1960. There’s a … Continue reading →

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Debating the Working Class 50 Years Ago in SDS: Lessons for Today?

Posted on June 25, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Fifty years ago in August 1966 delegates from across the United States attended the annual Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) Convention in Clear Lake, Iowa. Located in north central Iowa and held at a local Methodist camp, it provided … Continue reading →

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The Hemingway Marlin Fish Tournament

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

Joe Russell and Ernest Hemingway with a marlin, Havana Harbor, 1932 (young man at left not identified). “On March 4, 1960, the French freighter La Coubre, delivering Belgian arms to Havana Harbor, exploded, killing 101 people. Fidel Castro immediately denounced … Continue reading →

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Pain in My Heart – Otis Redding (1963)

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

“Pain in My Heart is the debut album of soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding. Redding recorded for Volt Records, a subsidiary of Stax Records, based in Memphis, Tennessee. Volt LPs were initially issued on the Atco label, which released this album … Continue reading →

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Hermann Hesse – Siddhartha (1951)

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

“When New Directions decided to publish the first English translation of Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha in 1951, it could not have foreseen the enormous impact it would have on American culture. The novel’s ostensibly simple narrative—the story of a young, accomplished … Continue reading →

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The turning point: 1968

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

President Johnson reviews reports from Khe Sanh in the White House situation room “It was February 5, 1968, and Washington Star reporter Jack Horner had an angry President Lyndon Johnson on the phone. Johnson liked Horner and was willing to … Continue reading →

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Women of the Beat Generation: The Writers, Artists and Muses at the Heart of a Revolution – Brenda Knight

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

“History has not been kind to the women of the Beat Generation. Their presence is largely unknown to most casual readers, and considered largely unimportant to those who would delve a little further. Perhaps it is because the feminists that … Continue reading →

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The Pawnbroker – Sidney Lumet (1964)

Posted on June 19, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Actors don’t get much hammier than Rod Steiger, who mugged and gesticulated his way through enjoyably over-the-top performances in movies like The Big Knife, The Loved One, and No Way To Treat A Lady, where he played a cross-dressing serial … Continue reading →

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Black skin, white ally

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

Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul at the 6th Anniversary of Founding of Communist China in Beijing. “Few European intellectuals concerned themselves with the dissolution of the imperial projects across the Global South in the mid-20th century; even fewer advocated outright … Continue reading →

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Willy and the Poor Boys – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)

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

“Willy and the Poor Boys is the fourth studio album American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released by Fantasy Records in November 1969, and was the last of three studio albums that the band released in that year. The album … Continue reading →

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Frank O’Hara Dies in Accident – Peter Schjeldahl – August 11, 1966

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

“It was 3 a.m. of a Saturday night on Fire Island, pitch black on the beach except for the head­lights of a disabled taxi and those of another jeep headed its way, sloughing through deep ruts at maybe 25 miles … Continue reading →

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The Night the Ali-Liston Fight Came to Lewiston

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

The heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali stood over Sonny Liston in the first round of their title fight in Lewiston, Me., on May 25, 1965, and was heard to say, “Get up and fight, sucker!” “LEWISTON, Me. — A couple of … Continue reading →

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Gregory Rabassa

Posted on June 13, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Gregory Rabassa once received the ultimate accolade for a translator: his author admitted he thought Rabassa’s translation was better than the original. And since the author was Gabriel García Márquez, and the book One Hundred Years of Solitude, this was … Continue reading →

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Blood and Echoes: The Story of Come Out, Steve Reich’s Civil Rights Era Masterpiece

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

“On a spring day in 1964, police in Harlem’s 32nd precinct tried to beat a confession out of two black teenagers for a crime they did not commit. The young men, Wallace Baker and Daniel Hamm, were repeatedly bludgeoned with … Continue reading →

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Stand in the Schoolhouse Door

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

Attempting to block integration at the University of Alabama, Governor of Alabama George Wallace stands at the door of Foster Auditorium while being confronted by US Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. “The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door took place at … Continue reading →

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Dexter Gordon – Night in Tunisia, Whats New, Blues Walk (1964-64)

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

“… When the performances on this DVD were filmed in Europe in 1963 and 1964, Dexter Gordon was not on tour from the United States. He was living in Copenhagen, Denmark, working for months at a time at the Montmartre … Continue reading →

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‘Write me and tell me your heart’ — Leonard Cohen’s letters to Marianne Ihlen

Posted on June 9, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Two parallel stories unfold across this remarkable correspondence between Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen, his muse and lover. The first is that of the romantic relationship that inspired songs such as So Long, Marianne  and Hey, That’s No Way to Say … Continue reading →

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How Vietnam Changed Journalism

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

The last journalists leaving Saigon in April 1975. “When I first got to Saigon as a journalist, in 1963, I took it for granted that American policy to counter Communist expansion into the southern part of Vietnam was the right … Continue reading →

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Rockwell & Race

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

The Problem We All Live With, Norman Rockwell (1964) “In June 2011 at the White House, Norman Rockwell’s 1963 painting, The Problem We All Live With, depicting a famous school desegregation scene in New Orleans, began a period of prominent … Continue reading →

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150: Students on the Move, Part I

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

“The last handful of years have seen an explosion in student organizing, here in the States, but also across the world, with hot spots in the UK, Austria, Sudan, and a slew of other countries. But here in the U.S. … Continue reading →

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The Shooting / Ride in the Whirlwind – Monte Hellman (1966)

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

“Acid westerns are not easily defined. They are said to have evolved out of the 1960’s counter-culture’s admiration for spaghetti westerns, which effectively subverted a classic genre through the use of violence. Those who took up this new subgenre did … Continue reading →

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Delaney & Bonnie – Accept No Substitute (1969)

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

“The Original Delaney & Bonnie, also known by its subtitle Accept No Substitute,[ is the second studio album by American recording duo Delaney & Bonnie. It was recorded with many of the ‘friends’ that would form the core of their … Continue reading →

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The Looking Glass War – John le Carré (1965)

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

“The Looking Glass War is a 1965 spy novel by John le Carré. Written in response to the positive public reaction to his previous novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, the book explores the unglamorous nature of … Continue reading →

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Angela Davis on Protest, 1968, and Her Old Teacher, Herbert Marcuse

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

“As I write in May 2018, in the city of Paris, French students and workers are conducting demonstrations, sit-ins, and occupations with the aim of challenging the Macron government’s harsh attacks on labor and its announced efforts to restrict access … Continue reading →

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Realize Your Desires: Underground Press from the Library of Stefan Brecht

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

“Printed Matter presents Realize Your Desires: Underground Press from the Library of Stefan Brecht, an exhibition of alternative and independently-published newsprint periodicals from the early ‘60s to mid ‘70s.  Featuring work from nearly 30 presses with over 400 individual issues, … Continue reading →

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