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Paul Krassner : In Praise of Indecency
Paul Krassner depicted in Oui Magazine advertisement for an upcoming October 1975 interview. Graffiti includes references to the Realist mascot, Lenny Bruce, and Jerry Rubin. Image from the Realist Archive Project.In praise of indecency:Paul Krassner is our ‘Satirist-Laureate’ By Harvey … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Authors, Censorship, Comedians, Humor, Journalists, Political Satire, Pornography, Sixties, Yippies
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R.I.P. Bill Narum : Legendary Artist of the Texas Counterculture
Below, cover of Space City!, June 1, 1971. Illustration and design by Bill Narum. Bill Narum was a dear friend of The Rag Blog and my personal friend and colleague for more than four decades. He was art director at … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Artists, Austin, Counterculture, Deaths, Graphic Design, Houston, People, Psychedelic Rock, Sixties, Space City, Texas, Underground Culture, Underground Press, Underground Radio
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Bitter Tears : The Untold Story of Johnny Cash
Top, Cash’s album, “Bitter Tears,” met with opposition from the music industry. Below, Pima Indian Ira Hayes, celebrated by Johnny Cash, helped raise the flag at Iwo Jima, an act caught in the famous photograph by Joe Rosenthal. Hayes died … Continue reading
Through the Gate in ’66 : Howling Wolf Au Go Go
Chester Arthur Burnett, aka Howling Wolf.When I was sixteen:Hitting the Village with my grandfather Wolf sang every song to the pretty hippie boy sitting directly in front of me, who turned out to be Davy Jones of the Monkees. By … Continue reading
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Tagged Deaths, Jazz, Music, Music History, Music Venues, New York, Rock 'n Roll, Sixties
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Dick J. Reavis : SDS and the Great Divide
Image from Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History.Today’s Red Book and the demise of SDS Nobody present had repudiated Leftism, but everyone seemed to have reached a consensus that the heedlessness of youth had been our common flaw. … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Books, Civil Rights Movement, Military Draft, Peace Movement, Progressive Labor Party, SDS, Sixties, SNCC, SSOC, The Left, The Rag Blog, Vietnam
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FILM / William Kunstler : Disturbing the Universe
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe… Remarkable film tells story ofFamed civil rights attorney By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / October 28, 2009 William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe, a film by Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler, premiered as part … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Black Panthers, Chicago 8, Civil Rights, Documentary, Film, Movement Lawyers, New Left, Political Activists, Sixties, The Movement
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Larry Ray : Echoes from Vietnam
Larry Ray in Cu Chi Vietnam, late summer 1966.Echoes from Vietnam: Dying again in Afghanistan Afghanistan is an even older and thornier problem [than Vietnam]. And one that cannot be bombed into submission. By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, Journalism, Obama Administration, Sixties, Vietnam
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Harvey Wasserman : Obama’s LBJ Moment
President Lyndon B. Johnson listens to tape sent by Captain Charles Robb from Vietnam, July 31, 1968. Photo by Jack Kightlinger / LBJ Library.Obama’s LBJ moment He has inherited from George W. Bush the beginnings of a horrific quagmire. How … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, American History, LBJ, Obama Presidency, Sixties, Vietnam
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Ragamuffin Reverie : Star Wars and Repubs
Republican singles bar?Enough crooks to go around… On the left as well as on the right, there are those who anthropomorphize ‘government’ as a criminal conspiracy that has existed since H. sap crawled out of the slime. By Steve Russell … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Republican Party, Sixties, The Rag, Two Party System
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Freakence : Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis De Didier Mainguy / The Rag Blog / August 30, 2009 Plus connu sous le nom de Juvenal. (Ier siècle et du début du IIe siècle) Etait-il beat, hippie, autonome ultra-gauchiste, anarchiste ? L’histoire ne le dit … Continue reading
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Tagged France, Philosophy, Sixties, The Rag, Underground Press
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Leonard Peltier : Your Support Could Make the Difference
The clock ticks ever faster for Leonard Peltier Leonard’s release would do much to begin the healing process between the native community and the U.S. government. By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / Austust 11, 2009 By Tuesday, August … Continue reading
Didier Mainguy: Letter to The Rag
From Freakence Sixties:A Letter to The Rag By Didier Mainguy / The Rag Blog / July 29, 2009 It’s difficult to express some feelings and concepts in a foreign language. When writing in English, I’m feeling like an idiot. (I … Continue reading
