Monthly Archives: December 2019

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – Muriel Spark (1961)

Posted on December 31, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a novel by Muriel Spark, the best known of her works. It first saw publication in The New Yorker magazine and was published as a book by Macmillan in 1961. The character of … Continue reading →

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Tom Hayden: The Rolling Stone Interview

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

“When Tom Hayden was 17, he wrote his swan song editorial for the Daily Smirker (rhymes with worker) back at Royal Oak High School in Detroit, Michigan, on the overcrowding of public schools. Bland as the body of the editorial … Continue reading →

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Richard Nixon’s visit to the Lincoln Memorial

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

“In the early hours of May 9, 1970, President Richard Nixon made an unplanned visit to the Lincoln Memorial where he spoke with anti-war protestors and students for almost two hours. The protestors were conducting a vigil in protest of … Continue reading →

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Newsreel, Third World Newsreel and California Newsreel

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

TWN: El Pueblo se Levanta (Newsreel #63) The People Are Rising “Newsreel was a production and distribution company founded in 1967 in response to the political turmoil that surrounded the Vietnam war and the Civil Rights movement. Its mission was … Continue reading →

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Minimal music

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

Steve Reich- Piano Phase (1967) “Minimal music is a form of art music that employs limited or minimal musical materials. In the Western art music tradition, the American composers La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass are … Continue reading →

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Loren Glass – Counterculture Colophon

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

“This book has turned out to be one of the most influential on my recent thinking  about publishing and how it should work, proving that history can tell us a great deal about both the present and the future. Grove … Continue reading →

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The Twilight Zone

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

“The Twilight Zone (marketed as Twilight Zone for its final two seasons) is an American anthology television series created and presented by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964. Each episode presents a stand-alone … Continue reading →

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Ram Dass (1931 – 2019)

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

Ram Dass speaking at the Alternative Media Conference at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vt., in 1970. “Baba Ram Dass, who epitomized the 1960s of legend by popularizing psychedelic drugs with Timothy Leary, a fellow Harvard academic, before finding spiritual inspiration … Continue reading →

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Art and Literature – John Ashbery, Anne Dunn, Rodrigo Moynihan, and Sonia Orwell. Paris (1964–67)

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

“On Monday, November 5th, I attended the John Ashbery reading at the Folger Library in Washington DC. I found out about it at the last minute and assumed that it would be sold out (like a Ferlinghetti reading years before) … Continue reading →

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Slaughterhouse-Five – Kurt Vonnegut (1969)

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

“Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a science fiction-infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut, first published in 1969. It follows the life and experiences of Billy Pilgrim, from his early years to his time as an … Continue reading →

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