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Tag Archives: Phil Ochs
WBCN and The American Revolution
“It’s been a decade since WBCN rode Boston’s airwaves. In mass media terms, that’s an eternity. Today, if you tune to its old spot on the FM dial, you’ll hear a ‘hot contemporary adult’ format, Mix 104.1, a world away … Continue reading
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Blowin’ in the Wind: A Folk-Music Revolt – Jack Newfield (Jan. 14, 1965)
“On the frontier of every art form guerilla bands of prophets and crackpots are nourishing the orthodoxies and fashions of tomorrow. A decade ago the frontier outlaws were men like Miles Davis, Paul Goodman, and Norman Mailer. Bereft of followers, … Continue reading
Posted in Black Power, Bob Dylan, Burroughs, Civil Rights Mov., CORE, Jazz, Music, Phil Ochs, Poverty, SNCC, The Fugs, Vietnam War
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John Sinclair: ‘We wanted to kick ass – and raise consciousness’
“I meet John Sinclair in a canalside coffeeshop in Amsterdam, where the vibes are mellow, the air perfumed, and the soundtrack a stream of vintage rock songs of the more laidback kind. Compared to slightly self-conscious young pot tourists skinning … Continue reading
Posted in Black Power, Bobby Seale, CIA, Ed Sanders, Hippie, Huey P. Newton, Jazz, LSD, Marijuana, Music, Phil Ochs, Poetry, The Beatles, The Fugs, Vietnam War
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Folk: Clouds – Joni Mitchell (1969), The Way I Feel – Gordon Lightfoot (1967), Tape from California – Phil Ochs (1968), Inside Dave Van Ronk (1964), Ramblin’ Boy – Tom Paxton (1964), Songs from a Room – Leonard Cohen (1969)
“Clouds is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released on May 1, 1969, by Reprise Records. After releasing her debut album to considerable exposure, Mitchell recorded the album at A&M Studios in Hollywood. She produced most of … Continue reading
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Greenwich Village
The corner of St. Marks Place and Second Avenue in the East Village in March 1969. “… Greenwich Village again became important to the Bohemian scene during the 1950s, when the Beat Generation focused their energies there. Fleeing from what … Continue reading
Posted in Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Books, Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, James Baldwin, Music, Phil Ochs, Poetry, Street theater
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We Shall Overcome: The Power Of Protest Songs
“… The idea of protest singers as finger-picking folkies had been long cemented in popular culture, going back to the 60s, when Bob Dylan brought songs such as ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’’ to the masses, spawning countless copyists voicing … Continue reading
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Lillian Roxon’s Rock Encyclopedia (1970)
Rolling Stone, February 7, 1970 “If you’re looking for an encyclopedia wait until a few cats who know what they’re doing get ready to spend a few years on the job. This book has its entertainment value—it will remind any … Continue reading
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Pleasures of the Harbor – Phil Ochs (1967)
“Pleasures of the Harbor is Phil Ochs‘ fourth full-length album and his first for A&M Records, released in 1967. It is one of Ochs’s most somber albums. In stark contrast to his three albums for Elektra Records which had all … Continue reading
Not talkin’ bout a revolution: where are all the protest songs?
Joan Baez performs at an anti-Vietnam war demonstration in Trafalgar Square in 1965. “… In a year that marked the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta and 750 years since the Simon de Montfort parliament, the four celebrated … Continue reading
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Cafe church
‘Cafe in the Crypt’ of St Martin-in-the-Fields “A cafe church is a Christian church centered in cafés. These edifices are associated with alternative worship and the emerging church movements, and seek to find new forms and approaches to existing as … Continue reading