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Tom Miller : Stoney Burns Was Dallas’ Underground Iconoclast
Remembering Stoney Burns:Dallas’ underground iconoclast He lived up to his image: longish brillo hair, loads of dope, young cuties by his side, and a great appetite for outrage and graphic explosion. By Tom Miller / The Rag Blog / May … Continue reading
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Tagged Dallas, Dallas Notes, Sixties, Space City, Stoney Burns, The Rag, Tom Miller, Underground Press
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Sue Katz : May Day in Vermont
Poet Verandah Porche (left) and author Sue Katz. Photos from Sue Katz, Barry Hock, and Consenting Adult.May Day in Vermont By Sue Katz / The Rag Blog / May 10, 2011 I think you’ll get some enjoyment from reading this … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Young, Communes, Counterculture, LNS, May Day, New England, Ray Mungo, Sixties, Sue Katz, Verandah Porche
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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Wachsberger’s ‘Insider Histories’ of the 60’s Underground Press
Keeping the Sixties alive:Ken Wachsberger’s ‘Insider Histories‘ arepassionate essays about the underground press By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / May 3, 2011 [Insider Histories of the Vietnam Era Underground Press, Part I, edited by Ken Wachsberger; (Michigan State … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Jonah Raskin, Journalism, Ken Wachsberger, Sixties, Space City, Underground Press, Vietnam
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Thorne Dreyer / James McEnteer : Dallas Underground Icon Stoney Burns Dead at 68
Stoney Burns is arrested by Dallas Police officers at Lee Park on April 12, 1970, after what The Dallas Morning News called “a clash between law officers and young people” that “occurred when police tried to arrest several hippie-types” at … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Dallas, Deaths, James McEnteer, Journalists, Police Harassment, Political Activists, Sixties, Stoney Burns, Thorne Dreyer, Underground Press
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Stacy and Bunni: A Montrose Love Story
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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Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Houston, Ivan Koop Kuper, Montrose, Popular Music, Psychedelic Rock, Sixties, Stacy Sutherland
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Paul Krassner : My Encounter with Owsley
Owsley ‘Bear’ Stanley, left, with the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia in 1969. Photo by Ho / Reuters. “Investigative satirist” and former Realist editor Paul Krassner will join Thorne Dreyer on Friday, April 1, for a Rag Radio April Fool’s Special. … Continue reading
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Tagged Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, LSD, Owsley Stanley, Paul Krassner, Psychedelic Rock, Psychedelics, Sixties, Summer of Love
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Jonah Raskin : Don Cox, the ‘Wistful’ Panther
Former Black Panther Field Marshal Don Cox — shown with his son in exile in Algiers — died last month. Image from Black Bird Press.Donald Cox, 1936-2011:The beauty of the moon and the passion of the Black Panthers By Jonah … Continue reading
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Tagged Algeria, American History, Black Liberation Movement, Black Panthers, Don Cox, Jonah Raskin, Leftists, Sixties
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John McMillian : Gimme Shelter: Altamont and the Underground Press
Hell’s Angel takes the cue. The contrasting coverage of the disastrous Altamont rock festival by the Berkeley Tribe and the San Francisco Examiner tells us much about why the underground press became such a force. Image from morethings.com.When America was … Continue reading
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Tagged Altamont, American History, Berkeley Tribe, John McMillian, Journalism, Rolling Stones, Sixties, Underground Press
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BOOKS | John McMillian’s ‘Smoking Typewriters’
The curious case of the 1960s underground press. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | February 21, 2011 John McMillian, author of Smoking Typewriters, will appear at BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar Blvd, Austin, at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 25, … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Books, John McMillian, Jonah Raskin, Marshall Bloom, New Left, Ray Mungo, Sixties, Smoking Typewriters, Space City, The Rag, The Rag Blog, Thorne Dreyer, Underground Press, Yippies
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David P. Hamilton : The 1969 Chuck Wagon Riot
Police riot at the Chuck Wagon on the University of Texas campus in Austin in November 1969. Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog.1969 in Austin:The famous Chuck Wagon police riot By David P. Hamilton / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Chuck Wagon Riot, David P. Hamilton, Direct Action, SDS, Sixties, Student Movement, The Rag, UT-Austin
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David McReynolds : Egypt, Beyond the Pyramids
Image from Mystic Journey.Egypt, Beyond the Pyramids Now we are seeing one of the rarest of things — a moment when the people lose their fear of the State. By David McReynolds / The Rag Blog / February 2, 2011 … Continue reading
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Tagged David McReynolds, Egypt, Kent State, Middle East, Peace Movement, Revolution, Sixties, World History
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