1960-1969

“In our enthusiasm and excitement we welcomed back all the forgotten or discredited dreamers, from William Blake to Lewis Carroll, from the American Indian to Walt Whitman. Out of the overwhelming materialism of the fifties we tried to institute the abiding power of the spiritual, and we were not talking about going to church.” (From […]

“Spring came and the trees blossomed. By summer they were full and green, and it came time to think about getting a job. In Westport, Connecticut, I walked into Klein’s department store on Main Street because Klein’s had the largest book department in the area. I asked Stanley Klein, the son of the owner, if […]

This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See out link policy) It seemed as though every album — from every artist — was a major creative leap further. In 1965 Bob Dylan released Bringing It All Back Home. He was on the cover with an unnamed […]

    This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See out link policy) (1964)The Beatles’ first film, A Hard Day’s Night, came out. I could barely understand their accent. Pursued everywhere by screaming fans, the Beatles never stopped running. In the United States in 1965 The […]

This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See out link policy) Jim Morrison didn’t leap off the page for me when I saw him at London’s Roundhouse in 1968. There were many reasons, all perfectly valid, that might—in a different view—classify under “Opinions are like…. everyone […]

This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See our link policy) The Rolling Stones’ 1969 tour was not given a formal name although it could certainly have been the “Let It Bleed” tour since it was promoting the album of that title. But if I had […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzAEtLPSzRg This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See our link policy) The “trap” I am forever pointing out to others — how Americans took what the British were singing and doing at face value (and in particular The Rolling Stones) was of course, a trap […]

  This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See out link policy) “The Beatles’ first film, A Hard Day’s Night, came out. I could barely understand their accent. Pursued everywhere by screaming fans, the Beatles never stopped running. In the United States in 1965 The Beatles […]

Incomplete 6-12-12 Temporary link: BRIGITTE BARDOT

Incomplete 6-10-12 TIME TO BREAK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5VhCvrEcPY&feature=youtube_gdata_player This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See our link policy) Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen: I need not pause to say how very delighted I am to be here tonight, and how very delighted I am to see you […]