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Simone de Beauvoir Understood the Link Between Gender and Class Oppression

Posted on May 12, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

1968-Paris, France: Simone De Beauvoir in a head and shoulders shot. “When Simone de Beauvoir died in 1986, Le Nouvel Observateur’s cover carried the headline ‘Women, You Owe Her Everything!’ This was a male editor’s audacious revision of philosopher Élisabeth … Continue reading →

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The Castafiore Emerald – The Adventures of Tintin (1963)

Posted on May 12, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Castafiore Emerald … is the twenty-first volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It was serialised weekly from July 1961 to September 1962 in Tintinmagazine. In contrast to the previous Tintin books, Hergé deliberately … Continue reading →

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National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam

Posted on May 10, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Anti-war demonstrators gather opposite the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 21, 1967, to protest the Vietnam War.  “The Spring Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, which became the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in … Continue reading →

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Review: ‘Catching Fire: The Anita Pallenberg Story’ Zeroes in on a Fashionable Force of Nature

Posted on May 9, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Who would’ve thought that one of the best rock documentaries in recent memory would be about someone who lived on the periphery of the tempest rather than inside the storm itself? Perhaps the view of the circus that was the … Continue reading →

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Jimi & The Experience back in January 1969 on the Happening for Lulu Show

Posted on May 8, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In our haste, the lump of hash got away and slipped down the sink drainpipe. Panic!”: What happened when Jimi Hendrix created havoc and got banned by The BBC: “On January 2 1969, the Jimi Hendrix Experience flew into London … Continue reading →

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The Beats’ Holy Grail: The Letter That Inspired On the Road

Posted on May 6, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The audience at the Beat Museum in San Francisco’s North Beach was small, and it fit a certain profile. About 20 people, mostly older—gray hair, jeans and open sandals—occupied a few rows of folding chairs in an upstairs gallery on … Continue reading →

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27 Important Facts Everyone Should Know About The Black Panthers

Posted on May 6, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Black Panther Party was founded 50 years ago ― and still, many misconceptions about its revolutionary work run rampant. ‘The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,’ a documentary by Stanley Nelson which aired on PBS Tuesday, shined a necessary … Continue reading →

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‘Dr. Strangelove’ explained: The truth behind Stanley Kubrick’s comedy ending

Posted on May 4, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The 1964 movie Dr. Strangelove (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) consistently ranks among the greatest comedy films of all time. I mean, what couid be funnier than an atomic device capable of blowing up … Continue reading →

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Bootleg recording

Posted on May 4, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The first popular rock bootleg, Bob Dylan‘s Great White Wonder, released in July 1969 “A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. Making and distributing … Continue reading →

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Robert Nighthawk / Houston Stackhouse – Masters Of Modern Blues

Posted on May 3, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“After an absence of several years, playing mostly juke joints in the south, Nighthawk returned to Chicago and attempted to reestablish himself on the local blues scene. Competition was tough for Nighthawk who didn’t play in the popular styles of … Continue reading →

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Fall of Saigon

Posted on May 1, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

A CIA officer helps evacuees up a ladder onto an Air America Bell 204/205 helicopter at 22 Gia Long Street 29 April 1975. “The fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam … Continue reading →

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‘Taxi’: Andy Warhol’s cruel eulogy for Edie Sedgwick

Posted on April 30, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Edie Sedgwick is remembered as Andy Warhol’s ultimate Superstar. With her distinctive eye makeup, her pixie cut and her supreme beauty, she’s one of those faces that defined an era. But her story was a tragic one as the scene … Continue reading →

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Kwame Nkrumah today

Posted on April 29, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Arrival of President Kwama Nkrumah, to the Non-Alignment Movement conference, Belgrade 1961. “One of the most important dates for the Ghanaian left is February 24, 1966, the day the country’s first president Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown. At this year’s commemoration, … Continue reading →

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Gondor

Posted on April 28, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Gondor is a fictional kingdom in J. R. R. Tolkien‘s writings, described as the greatest realm of Men in the west of Middle-earth at the end of the Third Age. The third volume of The Lord of the Rings, The … Continue reading →

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The Ghost of the 1968 Antiwar Movement Has Returned

Posted on April 27, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“At the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, anti-Vietnam War protesters clashed with police officers — whose brutal role in the confrontation was later described by a federal commission as a ‘police riot‘ — hijacking the focus of the convention. … Continue reading →

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Guerrilla Warfare – Che Guevara (1961)

Posted on April 27, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Guerrilla Warfare (Spanish: La Guerra de Guerrillas) is a military handbook written by Marxist–Leninist revolutionary Che Guevara. Published in 1961 following the Cuban Revolution, it became a reference for thousands of guerrilla fighters in various countries around the world. The … Continue reading →

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Lou Harrison: La Koro Sutro

Posted on April 26, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Lou Harrison playing one of his homemade instruments. “Can you ever have too much gamelan? Not with Lou. Lou Harrison’s La Koro Sutro isn’t exactly what you expect. Known for his wonderfully imaginative blend of Asian and Baroque styles, the … Continue reading →

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My First Antiwar Protest

Posted on April 24, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Vietnam War protesters in the Sheep Meadow of Central Park in April 1967. “Fifty years ago this spring, on April 15, 1967, a cold, damp Saturday morning, I walked from a friend’s apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, … Continue reading →

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Theatre of Cruelty

Posted on April 23, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Theatre of Cruelty (French: Théâtre de la Cruauté, also Théâtre cruel) is a form of theatre conceptualised by Antonin Artaud. Artaud, who was briefly a member of the surrealist movement, outlined his theories in a series of essays and … Continue reading →

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Orson Welles Cinema

Posted on April 23, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Globe Sunday magazine showing the Orson Welles Cinema. “The Orson Welles Cinema was a movie theater at 1001 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts that operated from 1969 to 1986. Showcasing independents, foreign films and revivals, it became a focal point … Continue reading →

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1960 World Series – “The Mazeroski Moment”

Posted on April 22, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

October 1960; Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: No. 9 of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Bill Mazeroski, has just hit a pitch that is heading for the trees beyond the left field wall. It is an historic home run, occurring in the bottom … Continue reading →

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Various – Fame Northern Soul

Posted on April 20, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Mention Southern Soul, and there are certain record labels that spring to mind, including Stax, Hi Records and Fame Records. It’s no exaggeration to say that these three labels are synonymous with Southern Soul. Together they released some of the … Continue reading →

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A user’s guide to détournement

Posted on April 20, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Every reasonably aware person of our time is aware of the obvious fact that art can no longer be justified as a superior activity, or even as a compensatory activity to which one might honorably devote oneself. The reason for … Continue reading →

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The Great Distraction: On Aaron Sorkin’s “Trial of the Chicago 7” – J. Hoberman (2020)

Posted on April 17, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“OK BOOMER, the consensus (or maybe the algorithm) has spoken: the last time I checked, Aaron Sorkin’s Trial of the Chicago 7 had a Tomatometer rating of 91 percent and an audience score of 92 percent. How is it that … Continue reading →

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Various Artists: Chess Blues

Posted on April 16, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In the 1950’s and ’60’s, one of the most significant and successful labels offering blues as a strong part of its catalog was run by Leonard and Phil Chess. As Polish immigrants who landed on these shores in 1922, the … Continue reading →

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Family favourites: Lawrence and Gerald Durrell

Posted on April 14, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“‘Somewhere between Calabria and Corfu, the blue really begins,’ wrote Lawrence Durrell. For TS Eliot, the walls of Magnus Martyr in London held ‘inexplicable splendour in Ionian white and gold’. Edward Lear was in raptures over ‘olive grove and orange … Continue reading →

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WNET (Koch & Ashbery) – John Ashbery

Posted on April 13, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“JA: ‘I met Kenneth (Koch) when I was first a student in Harvard in 1947 and I met Frank (O’Hara) a couple of years later. We all wound up in New York more or less by accident , and got … Continue reading →

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12/17: the writing of Deborah Jowitt

Posted on April 13, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Deborah Jowitt at her apartment in Greenwich Village. The 14th Street Y is honoring Ms. Jowitt with a series of performances next week. “Deborah Jowitt was born in 1934 and began dancing professionally at the age of nineteen.  She performed … Continue reading →

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Diner

Posted on April 11, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

W – Mickey’s Diner “A diner is a type of restaurant found across the United States and Canada, as well as parts of Western Europe. Diners offer a wide range of foods, mostly American cuisine, a casual atmosphere, and, characteristically, … Continue reading →

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Sumer Is Icumen In: The Pagan Sound Of British And Irish Folk 1966-75

Posted on April 11, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“… With both sets intended to act as companion pieces to each other, there is much for both the casual fan and serious archivist to enjoy. However, the tightened theme of ‘Sumer is Icumen In’ lends it a coherence occasionally … Continue reading →

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Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In

Posted on April 10, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In (often simply referred to as Laugh-In) is an American sketch comedy television program which ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to March 12, 1973, on the NBCtelevision network, hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick … Continue reading →

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The Fire Within – Louis Malle (1963)

Posted on April 9, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The Fire Within: Day of the Dead “When he shot The Fire Within in the spring of 1963, Louis Malle had already established a strong reputation. Incredibly precocious, he won a Palme d’Or at the age of twenty-four, at the … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Psychedelic London

Posted on April 8, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“There’s a clip that gets shown on British TV every time there’s some news item about ‘Swinging London.’ It starts with some turned-on teens perusing a rack of Chelsea Pensioner-meets-Hendrix military jackets on Portobello Road, and ends a few frames … Continue reading →

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Marian Zazeela (1940–2024)

Posted on April 6, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Bear Lake Overlook, Utah, 1992 “Light art pioneer Marian Zazeela, whose vibrant illuminated environments profoundly influenced Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable, died March 28 in New York. She was eighty-three. A member of the 1960s avant-garde collective The Theatre of Eternal … Continue reading →

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Massacre at Huế

Posted on April 6, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Bits of tattered clothing, sandals and slippers are examined by South Vietnamese women who lost relatives in the 1968 Tet massacre. The latest mass grave discovered in Hue yielded remains of 250 victims. “The Huế massacre (Vietnamese: Thảm sát tại … Continue reading →

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Silver Apples

Posted on April 4, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Silver Apples were an American electronic rock group from New York, active between 1967 and 1970, before reforming in the mid-1990s. It was composed of Simeon (born Simeon Oliver Coxe III, June 4, 1938 – September 8, 2020), who performed … Continue reading →

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The Fort Hill Community

Posted on April 3, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“… It was his relationship with Judy Silver that brought him to Boston in 1963. Again, Lyman became acquainted with many artists and musicians in the vibrant Boston scene, including Timothy Leary‘s group of LSD enthusiasts, International Foundation for Internal … Continue reading →

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Reading Fanon in Algeria, reading Algeria beyond Fanon

Posted on April 2, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In his biography of Frantz Fanon, intellectual historian David Macey narrates that in August 1955, Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) leader Moustafa Lacheraf suggested to Fanon that they collaborate on a book on Algeria. Fanon, however, declined, telling Lacheraf that … Continue reading →

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Martha Graham was ‘Where the Action Was’

Posted on April 1, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“From 1967 through 2011, Deborah Jowitt wrote a weekly dance column for the Village Voice. Her substantial experience as a dancer, choreographer, critic, mother, teacher, and writer of a clutch of valuable books; her long marriage to a composer; and … Continue reading →

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“Send my love to Rosie”: The song John Lennon called his “all-time favourite”

Posted on April 1, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Whether it was Elvis, Roy Orbison, Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly, music has always been bubbling in the blood of John Lennon. Ever the rebel, Lennon found comfort in the persistent non-conformity of rock ‘n’ roll and cherished it until … Continue reading →

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