Monthly Archives: October 2020

Cleveland Summit

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

Fight in Vietnam. Those present are: (front row) Bill Russell, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Lew Alcindor; (back row) Carl Stokes, Walter Beach, Bobby Mitchell, Sid Williams, Curtis McClinton, Willie Davis, Jim Shorter, and John Wooten. “It was a sunny Sunday … Continue reading →

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1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests

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

Protesters demonstrating in the swimming pool of the Monson Motor Lodge in St. Augustine, Fla., scream as motel manager James Brock dumps muriatic acid into the water on June 18, 1964. “The 1964 Monson Motor Lodge protest was part of … Continue reading →

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Pushing Buttons: In Our Divided America, Political Pinbacks Give Anyone a Voice

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

Top: A group of Americana pinbacks from Aisthorpe’s collection. Above: Several of Aisthorpe’s antiwar buttons, circa 1967-1971. “In this modern age of political polarization, we Americans increasingly surround ourselves with friends, neighbors, and news sources that reinforce our worldviews rather … Continue reading →

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‘Prairie Fire’ Memories

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

“I could wallow in nostalgia about my days with the Weather Underground in the early 1970s: at Coney Island with Bernardine Dohrn, eating Bill Ayers’ soufflés and Jeff Jones’ homemade breads and the thrill of having my left earlobe pieced … Continue reading →

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The Press of Freedom: An Ofay’s Indirect Address to LeRoi Jones – Vivian Gornick (1965)

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

“Four men — each a well-known practitioner of one of the arts — appeared on a recent Monday night in the small basement room of the Village Vanguard to address an overflowing crowd on the grandly entitled subject ‘Art vs. … Continue reading →

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Townes Van Zandt (1969), Southbound – Doc Watson (1966), Streetnoise – Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity (1969), The Lady and the Unicorn – John Renbourn (1970), It’s a Beautiful Day (1967)

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

“Townes Van Zandt is the third studio album by the American singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt, released in September 1969 by Poppy Records. It includes re-recordings of four songs from his 1968 debut album, including the first serious song he ever … Continue reading →

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Recipes from the Kitchen of Georgia O’Keeffe

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

“What shall we read before bed? Georgia O’Keeffe was a fan of cookbooks, telling her young assistant Margaret Wood that they were ‘enjoyable nighttime company, providing brief and pleasant reading.’ Among the culinary volumes in her Abiquiu, New Mexico ranch home … Continue reading →

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An Anthology of Chance Operations (1963)

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

“An Anthology of Chance Operations (An Anthology) was an artist’s book publication from the early 1960s of experimental neodada art and music composition that used John Cage–inspired indeterminacy. It was edited by La Monte Young and DIY co-published in 1963 … Continue reading →

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Dorothy Parker Comes Home By Gloria Steinem (1964)

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

Gloria Steinem in 1964, one year before she interviewed Dorothy Parker. “In moments of family stress my mother often would quote a line or two by Dorothy Parker (‘…better a heart a-bloom with sins/Than hearts gone yellow and dry,’ for … Continue reading →

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Walter Kaufmann’s Classic Lectures on Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and Sartre (1960)

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

“Walter Kaufmann spent 33 years (1947-1980) teaching philosophy at Princeton. And more than anyone else, Kaufmann introduced Nietzsche’s philosophy to the English-speaking world and made it possible to take Nietzsche seriously as a thinker – something there wasn’t always room … Continue reading →

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