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The Panic in Needle Park – Jerry Schatzberg (1971)

Posted on September 25, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Panic in Needle Park is a 1971 American romantic drama film directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Al Pacino and Kitty Winn. The screenplay was written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, adapted from the 1966 novel by … Continue reading →

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The Cut-Up Method of Brion Gysin – William S. Burroughs

Posted on September 24, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“At a surrealist rally in the 1920s Tristan Tzara the man from nowhere proposed to create a poem on the spot by pulling words out of a hat. A riot ensued wrecked the theater. Andre Breton expelled Tristan Tzara from … Continue reading →

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When the Nobel Prize Committee Rejected The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien “Has Not Measured Up to Storytelling of the Highest Quality” (1961)

Posted on September 23, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“When J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings books appeared in the mid-1950s, they were met with very mixed reviews, an unsurprising reception given that nothing like them had been written for adult readers since Edmund Spencer’s epic 16th century English poem The Faerie Queene, perhaps. … Continue reading →

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I Called Him Morgan – Kasper Collin (2016)

Posted on September 22, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“I Called Him Morgan is a 2016 Swedish produced documentary film written and directed by Kasper Collin which gives an account of the life of and relation between jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife Helen Morgan, later responsible … Continue reading →

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Clarke’s three laws

Posted on September 21, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke formulated three adages that are known as Clarke’s three laws, of which the third law is the best known and most widely cited. They are part of his ideas in his extensive writings … Continue reading →

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John Ashbery: On The Inside Looking In by Roger Gilbert

Posted on September 20, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Hudson: A gloom one knows. Dining room. “Some poets invite us into their homes. W. B. Yeats’s Thoor Ballylee and Robinson Jeffers’s Tor House figure prominently in their poetry while remaining coldly majestic edifices. Not so Gertrude Stein’s Paris apartment, … Continue reading →

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Everything you need to know about the Greenwich Village of 1961 in one map

Posted on September 20, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“‘Geographically speaking, the Village is only a small part of New York City,’ so states the copy on the side of this remarkable map of the Greenwich Village of 1961 (click the map to enlarge it), which details the restaurants, … Continue reading →

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Henry Miller: Hungry, Homeless, Happy

Posted on September 19, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“There’s only one historical figure I’ve ever come across who claimed he was hungry, homeless, and happy simultaneously. Given the brashness of his personality and his legacy, it is not surprising that it was Henry Miller who declared that these circumstances … Continue reading →

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Ken Kesey: One Who Wigged Out (May 1966)

Posted on September 18, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Where is novelist Ken Kesey? It has been months and still no word on him. Not since O. Henry, 70 years ago, has an American lit­erary figure taken it on the lam after getting into trouble with the law. O. … Continue reading →

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Popol Vuh

Posted on September 17, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Popol Vuh in 1971: Bettina von Waldthausen, Frank Fiedler, Florian Fricke “Popol Vuh were a German musical collective founded by keyboardist Florian Fricke in 1969 together with Frank Fiedler (sound design, fine cut), Holger Trülzsch (percussion), and Bettina Fricke (tablas and … Continue reading →

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