Monthly Archives: September 2020

Harold Cruse – The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual (1967)

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

“Polemics seldom age well. But when Harold Cruse published The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual during the fall of 1967, he aimed his verbal artillery in so many directions that it seems as if some of the missiles are still … Continue reading →

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The Rolling Stones ‎– Between The Buttons (1967)

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

“Brian Jones looked like hell. Fame had not rested easily upon the golden Stones’ shoulders as Gerard Mankowitz’s photo of the band on the cover of Between the Buttons revealed. The blurry portrait of the Stones shot on a brisk … Continue reading →

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Toward a Radical Middle – Renata Adler (1969)

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

“When male reviewers take on the clever women, the McCarthys, Brophys and Sontags, rumors of old playground wars can sometimes be heard in the distance. Little Caesar has just learned to his dismay that the best girls are cooler and … Continue reading →

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The Now By Luc Sante

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

“When I was a teenager I was, like most teenagers, preoccupied with the idea that somewhere on the horizon there was a Now. The present moment came to a peak out there; it achieved a continuous apotheosis of nowness, a … Continue reading →

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Liberation theology

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

The entrance of the community building serves as a reminder and commemoration of the work and life of Archbishop Oscar Romero, Colonia Dolores, San Salvador, El Salvador. “Liberation theology (Spanish: Teología de la liberación, Portuguese: Teologia da libertação) is a … Continue reading →

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The Moment of Enlightenment Is a Sound – Tony Conrad

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

Tony Conrad, Long String Drone, 1972, wood, bass strings, electric pickup, tuning keys, tape, rubber band, metal hardware… “In a video tour of his 2012 exhibition at Galerie Buchholz in Cologne, Germany, Tony Conrad bounces excitedly from one three-dimensional element … Continue reading →

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Decent interval

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

Henry Kissinger and President Richard Nixon discussing the Vietnam situation in Camp David, 1972. “Decent interval is a theory regarding the end of the Vietnam War which argues that from 1971 or 1972, the Nixon Administration abandoned the goal of … Continue reading →

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The Revolt of the White Lower Middle Class – Pete Hamill (April 1969)

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

“They call my people the White Lower Middle Class these days. It is an ugly, ice-cold phrase, the result, I suppose, of the missionary zeal of those sociologists who still think you can place human beings on charts. It most … Continue reading →

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Reporter Sightings: Art Chronicles, 1957-1987 – John Ashbery

Posted on September 22, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Poet John Ashbery, whose ‘Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror’ won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1975, is perhaps less well known for his art criticism. The best of these essays, written over the course of 30 years and ranging … Continue reading →

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Five Spot Café

Posted on September 21, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Charles Mingus, Shafi Hadi, Curtis Porter & Booker Ervin. The Five Spot Cafe, NYC, 1958 “The Five Spot Café was a jazz club located at 5 Cooper Square (1956–1962) in the Bowery neighborhood of New York City, between the East … Continue reading →

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