Many people I know in Los Angeles believe that the Sixties ended abruptly on August 9, 1969, ended at the exact moment when word of the murders on Cielo Drive traveled like bushfire through the community, and in a sense this is true. The tension broke that day. The paranoia was fulfilled.
Lire la suiteThe gem of the day comes from Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and his film Summer of Soul (… or, when the revolution could not be televised.) A nearly two-hour documentary that looks back on the legendary Harlem Cultural Festival which took place in Mt. Morris Park in New York in the summer of 1969. That same summer, 100 miles away, it was however the Woodstock festival that made its mark on history.
Lire la suiteSound of the day: Venus in Furs. Written and composed by Lou Reed, the song is from the Velvet Underground's first album, The Velvet Underground & Nico, released in 1967 and today considered one of the best rock albums of all times.
Lire la suiteA gem : “Janis: Little Girl Blue” by Amy J. Berg.
Lire la suite“As Tears Go By”a cappella by Marianne Faithfull.
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