GENERATIONS

WHEN ASKED IF HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT HIS PLACE IN HISTORY WINSTON CHURCHILL REPLIED NO SINCE HE PROPOSED TO “WRITE IT MYSELF.” YOU MAY NOT BE INTERESTED IN HISTORY (TO PARAPHRASE TROTSKY) BUT HISTORY IS INTERESTED IN YOU.  GENERATIONS ARE THE THROUGH-LINE.  IT’S YOUR HISTORY. HELP WRITE IT.

Joan Baez HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN 1960

by Ethan Russell

WOODSTOCK NATION 1969

by Ethan Russell

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Hyde Park had been the largest outdoor concert ever held but within months it was eclipsed by Woodstock. There the up-and-coming, down-and-out, long-haired, freaky, and high, all showed up and for four days camped outside and listened to the music. Except for the Big Three (Dylan, The Stones, The Beatles), everyone who was anyone in […]

MAN WALKS ON THE MOON 1969

by Ethan Russell

All copyrights remain with original copyright holder. This video is a link from You Tube.

The BEATLES ARRIVE IN AMERICA 1964

by Ethan Russell

http://youtu.be/-5opFHD9cXo February 7th, 1964 All copyrights remain with original rights holders. This video is a link from You Tube.

The Who QUADROPHENIA mash-up 1974

by Ethan Russell

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QUEEN AT LIVE AID 1985

by Ethan Russell

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“Sex, drugs and rock n roll” once a rebellious rallying cry was now a marketing term for a lifestyle. I watched in dismay as a member of the band Aerosmith whined (with no sense of irony at all) that Steven Tyler should receive royalties from another artist because the artist used a scarf in his […]

The Beatles TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS 1966

by Ethan Russell

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In August 1966, The Beatles play their last live concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. That same month Revolver is released. From Revolver the single is Eleanor Rigby….Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream. It is not dying. FROM AN AMERICAN STORY This video is a link from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a3NcwfOBzQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player. All copyrights remain with […]

Britney Spears I AM A SLAVE 4 U 2001

by Ethan Russell

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I finally left Los Angeles to return to San Francisco. I made my last movie, another homage to the singer songwriter, based on the work of Rickie lee Jones, and then I devoted myself entirely to interactive media in education, working with UCLA and the Seeds University Elementary School in their graduate school of education. […]

Michael Jackson BLACK OR WHITE 1991

by Ethan Russell

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Chuck Berry HAIL HAIL ROCK N ROLL (“School Days”) 1957

by Ethan Russell

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