Monthly Archives: September 2019

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)

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

“John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is the debut solo album by English musician John Lennon. It was released in 1970, after Lennon had issued three experimental albums with Yoko Ono and Live Peace in Toronto 1969, a live performance in Toronto … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged | Leave a comment

White Horse Tavern

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

1961 “The White Horse Tavern, located in New York City‘s borough of Manhattan at Hudson Street and 11th Street, is known for its 1950s and 1960s Bohemian culture. It is one of the few major gathering-places for writers and artists … Continue reading →

Posted in Bob Dylan, Documentary, Hunter S. Thompson, Jack Kerouac, James Baldwin | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Hearts and Minds (Vietnam)

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

“Hearts and Minds (Vietnam) or winning hearts and minds refers to the strategy and programs used by the governments of Vietnam and the United States during the Vietnam War to win the popular support of the Vietnamese people and to … Continue reading →

Posted in CIA, Henry Kissinger, John Kennedy, Lyn. Johnson, Nixon, R. McNamara, Vietnam War | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

N. Scott Momaday – House Made of Dawn (1968)

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

“In 1969, N. Scott Momaday’s House Made of Dawn won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, helping usher in the Native American Renaissance. It was his first novel and second published book, after the folkloric The Journey of Tai-me (1967). The … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, LA Boom | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Training Teenagers for Guerrilla Warfare in the Wealthy Suburbs? Welcome to 1969

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

Stephen Kling using a toy gun and a water balloon “grenade” while teaching guerrilla war tactics to students from Scarsdale High School. The girl in pigtails played a “peasant,” as the original caption put it. Aug. 14, 1969. “In the … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Power, Draft board, Jerry Rubin, LSD, Marijuana, Pacifist, SDS, Vietnam War, Weather Underground | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Alone Together – Dave Mason (1970)

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

“Over the years there have been many records that have been given the tag, ‘lost classic’ or ‘forgotten masterpiece’, and perhaps many of them are. But we like to think that this Dave Mason album released in June 1970 in … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged | Leave a comment

Another Side of Kerouac: The Dharma Bum as Sports Nut

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

“Almost all his life Jack Kerouac had a hobby that even close friends and fellow Beats like Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs never knew about. He obsessively played a fantasy baseball game of his own invention, charting the exploits … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Jack Kerouac, Sports | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Trial of Clay Shaw

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

District Attorney Jim Garrison “On March 1, 1967, New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison arrested and charged New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw with conspiring to assassinate President Kennedy, with the help of Lee Harvey Oswald, David Ferrie, and others. On … Continue reading →

Posted in CIA, Cuban Revolution, John Kennedy | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Albany Movement

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

“The Albany Movement was a desegregation and voter’s rights coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, in November 1961. Local black leaders and ministers, as well as members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the National Association for the Advancement … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights Mov., MLKJr., SCLC, SNCC | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

A Secret Location on the Lower East Side

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

“A library is a living organism. I consider my book collection a beneficial and benevolent version of the Burroughsian virus. The books on my shelves are fluid, mutating, multiplying. After close to twenty years of intense collecting, it has become … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Burroughs, Poetry | Tagged , , | Leave a comment