Monthly Archives: March 2020

Repulsion- Roman Polanski (1965)

Posted on March 31, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Repulsion is a 1965 British psychological horror film directed by Roman Polanski and based on a story by Polanski and Gérard Brach, who wrote the screenplay with David Stone. It stars Catherine Deneuve as a young, withdrawn woman who finds … Continue reading →

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Born Under a Bad Sign- Albert King (1967), Bo Diddley – 500% More Man (1963), Jimmy Reed – Big Boss Man (1960), etc.

Posted on March 30, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“‘Born Under a Bad Sign’ is a blues song recorded by American blues singer and guitarist Albert King in 1967. Called ‘a timeless staple of the blues’, the song also had strong crossover appeal to the rock audience with its … Continue reading →

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The Maids – Jean Genet (1947)

Posted on March 29, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“When I was writing my novel Indelicacy, I felt myself in conversation with Jean Genet’s play The Maids. First performed in Paris in 1947, the play is loosely based on the story of the infamous Papin sisters, who murdered their … Continue reading →

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The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 4: Mr. Sixties!

Posted on March 28, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Robert Crumb is one of the most important and influential artists to have emerged from comics, with a career spanning decades. He has always been in at the start of movements, from the early rumblings of the Underground comix scene … Continue reading →

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Merging of Messages, Proliferation of Protest (May 2, 1968)

Posted on March 28, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“I remember a year ago, when the march began in the Sheep Meadow, and the people walked through the midtown streets until they came to the plaza of the United Nations to hear the man they now mourn repeat as … Continue reading →

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Help Save Your Children – Johanna Fernández

Posted on March 27, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Puerto Ricans demonstrate for civil rights at City Hall in Manhattan, 1967. “Identified as a distinct condition in the first decade of the twentieth century, childhood lead poisoning, more serious and potentially fatal than its counterpart among adults, is usually … Continue reading →

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‘Power To The People’: John Lennon’s Revolutionary Statement

Posted on March 26, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“John Lennon’s fourth single with the Plastic Ono Band ‘Power To The People’ was a call to action, one that had its roots in the radical politics of the 1960s and its title is one of those expressions that has … Continue reading →

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Smithsonian: Revolutionary Road

Posted on March 25, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Where thousands of soldiers ferried supplies toward the front, a new road swings through Quang Tri Province “The old Ho Chi Minh trail passes right by Bui Thi Duyen’s doorstep in the hamlet of Doi. The hamlet, quiet and isolated, … Continue reading →

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Jorge Luis Borges – Book of Imaginary Beings (1969)

Posted on March 24, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“… Falling between these two is The Book of Imaginary Beings, a compendium of brief, almost stark descriptions and stories about fantastic animals from many older texts and sources, including the bestiaries of medieval Europe and their classical antecedents, Chinese … Continue reading →

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Army of Shadows – Jean-Pierre Melville (1969)

Posted on March 23, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Army of Shadows (French: L’armée des ombres) is a 1969 French drama–suspense film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. It is a film adaptation of Joseph Kessel‘s 1943 book of the same name, which blends Kessel’s own experiences as a … Continue reading →

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