1960-1969

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The first time I heard The Beatles it was I Want to Hold Your Hand. It had come wafting across a university lawn somewhere on campus. It sounded great but it was a little disconcerting. There was no precedent. Rock ‘n’ rollers were solo performers, not groups. I went to the supermarket and bought the […]

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I was ten when Elvis came along. I sang his songs in front of the mirror. I imitated his smile, raising the corner of one side of my mouth. I tried to move like him, rotating one leg from the hip. And I tried to comb my hair like him. I used Vitalis, Butch Wax, […]

Slowly, a strange thing began to dawn on me: you never heard The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, or any of what would be the royalty of England’s rock on their own on broadcast radio. (Unbeknownst to me this had not always been the case. Pirate Radio had filled that void but had been […]

Slowly, a strange thing began to dawn on me: you never heard The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, or any of what would be the royalty of England’s rock on their own on broadcast radio. (Unbeknownst to me this had not always been the case. Pirate Radio had filled that void but had been […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIApQbZLDAk&feature=youtube_gdata_player Inside the studio, the set is some television designer’s idea of “far out.” Tall crescent shapes rise from the stage floor to approximate an underground cavern. The stage behind is lit with orange gels. Bleachers are set up in part of the studio for a small audience, but they are empty except for what […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMc-T6z0YyM&feature=youtube_gdata_player I went to see the movie Easy Rider. Two freaks on their motorcycles (Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda) decide to go to New Orleans for the Mardi Gras. Along the way they pick up Jack Nicholson. Before they go to the Mardi Gras they drop some acid, but not much happens as I recall. except […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LvggTKHwpY&feature=youtube_gdata_player I am never sure how the audience was chosen. They are mostly kids. I’ve been told that somehow or other tickets were given away free. I’m not certain the audience even knew, when they arrived, what they were going to see. So, it must have come as something of a surprise to them when […]