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Robert Rauschenberg

Posted on March 28, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The property “Robert Rauschenberg worked in a wide range of mediums including painting, sculpture, prints, photography, and performance, over the span of six decades. He emerged on the American art scene at the time that Abstract Expressionism was dominant, and … Continue reading →

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Sometimes a Great Notion – Ken Kesey (1962)

Posted on March 28, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Sometimes a Great Notion is Ken Kesey‘s second novel, published in 1964. While One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1962) is arguably more famous, many critics consider Sometimes a Great Notion Kesey’s magnum opus. The story involves an Oregon family … Continue reading →

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The Midnight Hour: The Watts Uprising – Mike Davis

Posted on March 26, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“1965 will be the longest and hottest and bloodiest year of them all. It has to be, not because you want it to be, or I want it to be, or we want it to be, but because the conditions … Continue reading →

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The Newsreel

Posted on March 25, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Newsreel, most frequently called Newsreel, was an American filmmaking collective founded in New York City in late 1967. In keeping with the radical student/youth, antiwar and Black power movements of the time, the group explicitly described its purpose as … Continue reading →

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Yvonne Rainer – Decade of Radical Experimentation

Posted on March 24, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“As someone cursed with the wayward gait of a drunk learning to ice-skate, I’m prone to thinking of dancers as a special, slightly frightening breed of magical creature, like the earthly descendants of certain birds. How, then, to make sense … Continue reading →

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Ann Beat, “Junkie Culture ,” excerpted from Books and Bookmen, November 1963.

Posted on March 23, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Norman Mailer describes Burroughs as ‘the only American novelist living today who may conceivably be possessed of genius.’ An odd offshoot of the adding machine family, he lives in a squalid Paris room where he appeared to the Observer as … Continue reading →

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Nоva – Samuel R. Delany (1968)

Posted on March 22, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Nоva is a science fiction novel by American writer Samuel R. Delany and published in 1968. Nominally space opera, it explores the politics and culture of a future where cyborg technology is universal (the novel is one of the precursors … Continue reading →

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KPFK

Posted on March 21, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“KPFK (90.7 FM) is a listener-sponsored radio station based in North Hollywood, California, United States, which serves Southern California, and also streams 24 hours a day via the Internet. It was the second of five stations in the non-commercial, listener-sponsored … Continue reading →

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The Complete Stax / Volt Singles: 1959–1968

Posted on March 20, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Understanding the music from Stax is easy, understand the business of Stax could probably take you a lifetime, as the label has been intermixed not only with the old Atlantic record label, Gulf Western, Concord Records but that of the … Continue reading →

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Barbie

Posted on March 19, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by American toy company Mattel, Inc. and launched on March 9, 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration. … Continue reading →

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