Tag Archives: Sixties

Mesmo’s Desert Digest : Seed and Ceremony

Petroglyphs from Willow Springs in northern Arizona. These engravings, made by Hopi Indians during ritual pilgrimages, depict the individual clan symbols of the pilgrims. Not all North American rock art is shamanistic in origin. This is especially true of rock … Continue reading

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Rudi Dutschke Strasse : From Our Man in Berlin

Rudi Dutschke, then. Rudi Dutschke Strasse, now.Street Party Celebrates Memory of Sixties German ActivistBy David MacBryde / The Rag Blog / May 30, 2008 [David MacBryde was an Austin activist and a contributor to The Rag Blog’s historical precursor, The … Continue reading

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Guess That Makes Us Artifacts….

…Speak for yourself, Dreyer Photo by Chris Ramirez / NYT.Back to the Garden: A Woodstock MuseumBy Peter Applebome / May 29, 2008 BETHEL, N.Y. — A funny thing happened on the magic bus trip back to the tie-dyed land of … Continue reading

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To Play the VGC Opening for Velvet Underground

This just discovered today, a new Austin e-mag called the Blunderbuss. Randy Kirchhoff is part of the effort, and a fine one it looks to be. Our congratulations to all involved. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Vulcan Gas Company … Continue reading

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Austin’s Legendary Oat Willie’s, In Art

Oat Willie’s, Austin’s venerable sixties headshop, a living monument to counterculture history in one of the true birthplaces of the sixties counterculture, recently observed its fortieth birthday with a gala celebration at Austin’s Moose Lodge. Hosted by founder and proprietor … Continue reading

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Michael Rossman, Berkeley Activist from 60s, Dies at 68

Ron Anastasi and Michael Rossman carrying the Free Speech banner from Sproul Hall to demonstration outside the Regent’s Meeting. November 20, 1964. Photo by Ronald L. Enfield.Free Speech Movement leader dies at 68By Kristin Bender / May 17, 2008 BERKELEY … Continue reading

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We Have the Answer, and It Is Us

Dismantling Peace Movement Mythsby Frida Berrigan [From a speech for Peace Action Maine on April 26th, 2008]This moment in time contains so much hope and possibility and so much death and destruction. These are not easy times and they are … Continue reading

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A. Embree : 1968 Columbia Student Revolt Remembered in New York

Mark Rudd and Grace (Linda) LeClair, vets of the 1968 Columbia occupation, at 40th anniversary of the uprising in New York. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.Columbia 1968: The View From TexasBy Alice Embree / The Rag Blog … Continue reading

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Books : Tangled Up in Dylan

Suze Rotolo, the musician’s first muse, has written an entertaining memoir about their love affair that is also a remarkable portrait of living and making art in the 1960s.By Stephanie Zacharek / April 26, 2008 Face it: The art — … Continue reading

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Hayden and Ayers on Fact and Fantasy

Why Hillary Makes My Wife ScreamBy Tom Hayden / April 22, 2008 [Tom Hayden is a highly-respected state senator in California and was one of the founders of Progressives for Obama. In the early 1960’s Hayden was a prime mover … Continue reading

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Un-Fuck ‘Em Or Another Sign of a Sick Society

To learn the story of this picture, click here(©1970 by Ron Mesaros & Playboy)Ignorant History: In Praise of Hippies and the Counter-CultureBy Bill Hatch / April 12, 2008 These thoughts are provoked by Gerald de Groot’s Reflections on The Sixties … Continue reading

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M. Wizard on Documentary Film CHICAGO 10

CHICAGO 10 – OFFICIAL TRAILER Power to the People : Chicago RememberedBy Mariann Wizard / April 10, 2008 / The Rag Blog I took a little time this afternoon and went to see the movie Chicago 10 at the Regal … Continue reading

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