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Ivan Koop Kuper : Huey P. Meaux Was the Crazy Cajun

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Huey P. Meaux was the Crazy Cajun By Ivan Koop Kuper / The Rag Blog / September 22, 2011 One Friday evening in 1973, a burly looking biker entered the control room of community radio station KPFT FM, the Pacifica … Continue reading →

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Ivan Koop Kuper :
Stacy and Bunni: A Montrose Love Story

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

If Stacy Sutherland of the 13th Floor Elevators were alive he’d be celebrating his 65th birthday this May. By Ivan Koop Kuper | The Rag Blog | March 31, 2011 HOUSTON — On the corner of Pacific and Hopkins streets … Continue reading →

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Ivan Koop Kuper : Ken Kesey’s Houston Acid Test

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

The original “Furthur,” the magic bus of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, on the road. Photo from NoFurthur.Paying Larry McMurtry a visit:The Merry Pranksters’ last acid test By Ivan Koop Kuper / The Rag Blog / December 1, 2010 … Continue reading →

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Ivan Koop Kuper : KFMK-FM Was Houston’s ‘Mother Radio’

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Bumper Sticker design for FM radio station KFMK. Graphic © Joel R. Cheves 1965 – 2008. Image from OmegaGraphix. Progressive Radio Roots:KFMK-FM was part of a radio revolution By Ivan Koop Kuper / The Rag Blog / September 22, 2010 … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 3, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

In a fascinating intersection of history, real estate, and the legacy of a 1960s guru, Ivan Kuper tells the story of the Heaven on Earth Inn, an abandoned hotel in downtown Houston that was purchased by former Beatles spiritual guide, … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 23, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Ivan Kuper was a colleague of “Crazy Cajun” Huey Meaux (the self-proclaimed “producer extraordinaire”) when Meaux hosted a radio show at Houston’s KPFT in the 1970s. Ivan brings us a remarkable story about the life and legacy of the charismatic … Continue reading →

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Bob Simmons :
Elevators Reunion: (I Done Got) Levitation
at Psych Fest 2015

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Thorne Dreyer

Like Icarus, the 13th Floor Elevators, a band that should have a special alcove in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, flew too close to the sun. Text and photos by Bob Simmons | The Rag Blog | May … Continue reading →

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Rag Bloggers

Posted on September 4, 2013 by RagBlog

Alan Locklear Alan Pogue Alan Waldman Alan Wieder Alice Embree Alyce Guynn Anne Lewis Bernardine Dohrn Bill Ayers Bill Fletcher Jr. Bill Freeland Bill Meacham Bill Narum (1947-2009) Bob Feldman Bob Simmons Bruce Melton Carl Davidson Carl R. Hultberg Carlos … Continue reading →

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Thorne Dreyer : Houston Was an Unlikely ’60s Hotbed

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

The staff of Space City!, Houston’s late ’60s-early ’70s underground newspaper. Cover photo — from the paper’s June 8, 1971, issue — by Jerry Sebesta. Image from Wikimedia Commons. Boys From Houston:Bayou city was unlikely ’60s hotbed Houston may not … Continue reading →

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