Monthly Archives: January 2026

Piero Milesi

Posted on January 31, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Piero Milesi is an Italian composer who approached minimalism from a unique angle on Modi (Cherry Red, 1982 – Cuneiform, 1984). The six movements of Modi No 1 (1980) is heavily influenced by Steve Reich and achieves the same kind … Continue reading →

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Interview: Marco Repetto on Grauzone’s “Eisbär” and Beyond

Posted on January 30, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“When I first met Marco Repetto, I barely had a clue about his past. It was in May 1994, as I was getting ready to move into his old flat in the centre of Bern. I knew that Repetto was … Continue reading →

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Bruce Springsteen Revives the Protest Song, Condemns ICE Violence in “Streets of Minneapolis”

Posted on January 29, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“If there’s a silver lining to our tumultuous times, it’s that musicians are reviving the protest song, a tradition that has withered since the end of the Vietnam War. Credence Clearwater Revival’s ‘Fortunate Son,’ Arlo Guthrie’s ‘Alice’s Restaurant,’ Jimi Hendrix’s … Continue reading →

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How long has this faded 7Up sign been hanging on a West Side corner tenement?

Posted on January 28, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“I know I’m not the only New Yorker whose eyes routinely scan corner buildings and intersections for left-behind street and store signs. It’s a habit that pays off when you find something that looks like a true relic, like this … Continue reading →

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Niney The Observer – Sledgehammer Dub In The Streets Of Jamaica (1977)

Posted on January 27, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Niney The Observer’s Sledgehammer Dub In The Street Of Jamaica LP has always been considered to be a long lost gem with Dub collectors. Originally released in early 1977 and pressed in a limited quantity of between 300 to 400 … Continue reading →

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Cyberpunk

Posted on January 26, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Blade Runner “Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction set in a dystopian future. It is characterized by its focus on a combination of ‘low-life and high tech‘. It features a range of futuristic technological and scientific achievements, including artificial … Continue reading →

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Quarter To Three – Gary “U.S.” Bonds, Have I The Right? – Honeycombs, Baby, I Love You – Ronettes, California Sun – Rivieras, etc.

Posted on January 25, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Quarter to Three is a popular song, adapted and expanded from ‘A Night with Daddy G’ – Part 1, an instrumental by the Church Street Five, which was written by Gene Barge, Frank Guida and Joseph Royster, and sung by Gary … Continue reading →

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Victory Is Assured: Uncollected Writings of Stanley Crouch

Posted on January 24, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“… Few will agree with all of Stanley Crouch’s opinions.  It is not a book to read if you want a reaffirmation of your views.  It is, however, powerful, pugilistic writing from a man who constantly provokes and issues challenges. … Continue reading →

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Elevating the Underground: The ’70s NYC Loft Jazz Scene

Posted on January 23, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“… That’s how Smith describes the origins of the loft music scene that arose in 1970s New York City, a DIY network of literally homegrown venues created by and for musicians who transcended the conventions of jazz—even the term itself. … Continue reading →

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Best Sam Cooke Songs: 20 Gospel And Soul Essentials

Posted on January 22, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Sam Cooke invented soul music as we know it. His transition from successful gospel singer to one of the world’s most influential pop icons was one of popular music’s truly seismic events. He was a true original whose influence is … Continue reading →

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Algerian Raï: The Maghreb Underground Sound of Resistance

Posted on January 21, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“As authoritarian regimes continue to rise around the world, today we take a look at one of the great song forms of marginalized people: Raï is a long-standing genre of North African folk music that originated in the 1920’s in … Continue reading →

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Spirits Rejoice – Albert Ayler (1965)

Posted on January 20, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Spirits Rejoice is a live album by American free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler recorded in New York City in 1965 and first released on the ESP-Disk label. The recording session took place without an audience at Judson Hall, which had … Continue reading →

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The hucksters, housewives, and pageant of humanity once on display at Paddy’s Market in Hell’s Kitchen

Posted on January 19, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“It began in the 1870s. On Saturday afternoons, wagons loaded with produce, meat, poultry, bread, and seafood would arrive at the center of a growing tenement neighborhood on Ninth Avenue and 42nd Street. Rows of trucks, wheelbarrows, and pushcarts would … Continue reading →

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Peter Schumann

Posted on January 18, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Peter Schumann (born 11 June 1934) is the co-founder and director of the radical puppet theater company Bread & Puppet Theater. Born in Silesia, he was a sculptorand dancer in Germany before moving to the United States in 1961. In … Continue reading →

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Click Clack: Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band on German TV, 1972

Posted on January 17, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band (Zoot Horn Rollo, Ed Marimba, Roy Estrada, Rockette Morton and Winged Eel Fingerling) performing at Radio Bremen’s Funkhaus for German TV Beat Club, on April 12, 1972. Zoot Horn Rollo (Magic Band guitarist Bill … Continue reading →

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Crammed Discs celebrate 42 years with digital reissue of 250 rare tracks

Posted on January 16, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“To mark their 42nd anniversary, cult Belgian label Crammed Discs will digitally reissue 250 rarities from their back catalogue. ‘From The Crammed Archives’ will be drip fed as a string of releases over the next 18 months and will dig … Continue reading →

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Universe in Blue – Sun Ra & His Blue Universe Arkestra (1972)

Posted on January 15, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“… Universe in Blue, a collection of undated live club performances by Sun Ra & His Blue Universe Arkestra, was issued in small-run pressings with two different LP covers on Sun Ra’s Saturn label in 1972. Until now it has … Continue reading →

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Au Pairs

Posted on January 14, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

‘There was just so much to be angry about’ … Lesley Woods performing with Au Pairs in Leeds, June 1981. “The Au Pairs were a British post-punk band that formed in Birmingham in 1978 and continued until 1983. They produced … Continue reading →

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Poet in New York – Federico García Lorca (1929)

Posted on January 13, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Poet in New York (in Spanish, Poeta en Nueva York) is one of the most important works of the Spanish author Federico García Lorca. The book of poems was composed in 1929 and 1930 during the poet’s residency at Columbia … Continue reading →

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Balaklava – Pearls Before Swine (1968)

Posted on January 12, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“This year marked a spate of classic albums from 1968 rebirthed, reimagined, and re-spat out into the world to honor the fifty year milestone. A half-century is no joke in the world of music, especially when that year marks one … Continue reading →

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Tom Verlaine Was a Mystery. His Archives Reveal More of His Story.

Posted on January 11, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

A leather jacket Tom Verlaine wore in the 1970s, hanging in his former apartment above some of the boxes containing his archive. “For months last year, the artistic legacy of Tom Verlaine, the influential but enigmatic frontman of the punk-era … Continue reading →

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Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary Recordings – Ornette Coleman (2022)

Posted on January 10, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“For many an Ornette Coleman devotee, devotion was pledged with the singular saxophonist’s The Shape of Jazz to Come (Atlantic). It was recorded in May and released in November of 1959, and it’s a matter of when in our life … Continue reading →

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Hear James Joyce Reads From Ulysses and Finnegans Wake In His Only Two Recordings (1924/1929)

Posted on January 9, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“As much as it is about every part of Dublin that ever passed by James Joyce’s once-young eyes, Ulysses is also a book about books, and about writing and speech—as mythic invocation, as seduction, chatter, and rhetoric, fulsome and empty. Words—two-faced, … Continue reading →

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Hugh Mundell – Jah Will Provide, Etc……

Posted on January 7, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“… In reviewing Mundell’s performance in the local city paper, music journalist Bruce Dancis wrote the following: ‘Nineteen year old Jamaican singer Hugh Mundell, backed by Ras Kidus Roots Connection, contributed a brief set that was marred by the fact … Continue reading →

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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Dexter Gordon

Posted on January 7, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Midway through the documentary ‘Speaking in Tongues,’ David Murray lists all the tenor saxophone giants upon whose styles he built his own. From Lester Young, he says, he learned how to play lyrically. From Coleman Hawkins, to play rhythmically. From … Continue reading →

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Fun Maps: Tracing NYC’s NBA Basketball Roots for the All-Star Game

Posted on January 6, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“New York City is buzzing about the NBA All-Star Game this weekend at Madison Square Garden. Yesterday, we looked at the history of the New York Renaissance team, aka the Harlem Rens, the most famous of the black fives. We also … Continue reading →

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Italy: Autonomia: Post-Political Politics

Posted on January 5, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Most of the writers who contributed to the issue were locked up at the time in Italian jails…. I was trying to draw the attention of the American Left, which still believed in Eurocommunism, to the fate of Autonomia. The … Continue reading →

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Espresso

Posted on January 4, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

A cup of espresso served in Ventimiglia, Italy “Espresso (/ɛˈsprɛsoʊ/, Italian: [eˈsprɛsso]) is a concentrated form of coffee produced by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee beans. Originating in Italy, espresso has become one of the most … Continue reading →

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Hackers Before There Were ‘Hackers’: Phone Phreaks in Midtown

Posted on January 3, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Who you gonna call? In this early-’70s file photo, a man approaches a bank of Ma Bell’s pay phones, near Bryant Park. If he’d had a Blue Box — or a Black or Red one — he could have checked … Continue reading →

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The classic John Lennon song Yoko Ono thought was too “ahead of its time” to be a hit

Posted on January 2, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Across the music landscape, no band has ever been more significant than The Beatles, and perhaps there never will be another to match them. Peerless. One of the main reasons for their incredibly vast and longstanding influence over music lies … Continue reading →

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Arabic Roots of Maltese: A Semitic Tongue Shapes Island Nation

Posted on January 1, 2026 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Mohamed Kasem remembers the shock when the passport control officer at Malta International Airport told him, ‘Għandek viża għal ħmistax-il jum.’  ‘He said I had a visa for 15 days,’ says Kasem, ‘but I couldn’t believe he would say this … Continue reading →

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