Sunday, September 23, 2007

Prophet of Dune

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I'll be gone for a fortnight, so to occupy any readers (hah!), here's a lengthy revival of what Frank Herbert had to say about envir...
Wednesday, September 19, 2007

William Stout, Artist

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The caricature of the Stones that introduced the previous blog chapter (below) and the illustration next to this paragraph are both the work...
Saturday, September 15, 2007

Let 'Em Bleed... (Part 2)

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((First: another serendipitous moment. Two nights after I posted the Monterey Pop chapter previous to this one, what should show up on Publi...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Rock Festivals Back Then (Part 1)

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I didn't make it to Woodstock. I was a laid-back West Coaster not interested enough to travel cross-country for some big rock festival w...
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Friday, September 7, 2007

John Keats Solo

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Back in the late Eighties when I was struggling to become a playwright, one good idea I had and worked on for a time was a one-man show base...
Monday, September 3, 2007

Some Days the Magic Works... (Part 2)

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Around 1971-72, I had an idea for a Native American film, a dramatic short meant to join King Screen's group of educational films intend...
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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Open-Ended Films (Part 1)

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In the late Sixties I was a writer/editor at Seattle Magazine , one of several divisions in the wealthy, liberal Bullitt family's King B...
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Sunday, August 26, 2007

Telephone Woes

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(Ironic note first. This posting was delayed for days by my fershluginer computer which kept sending error messages and shutting me down eve...
Monday, August 20, 2007

Newland of Animation

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Time to say a few words about my good friend Marv Newland, animator extraordinaire, known around the world for his quirky cartoon works and ...
Thursday, August 16, 2007

Bumper Cropredy (The Sequel)

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And so we resume... Back from England's green and pleasant land, my head buzzing with folk-rock and my wallet rendered ultra-light by th...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Fair Port, Crop Ready (The Prequel)

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The flood waters in England are receding, and the proper British getting on with it, shoveling out the damaged homes and inns. The sun has r...
Saturday, July 28, 2007

I'm Tore Down (Part 3)

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Bluesman John Hammond briefly had Jimi Hendrix as his lead guitar player, but then Jimi headed for England (see most recent post below)... ...
Wednesday, July 25, 2007

My Time After A While (Part 2)

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Hammond's career took off when he got a rousing reception at the Newport Folk Festival. We resume there... "I cut Big City Blues in...
Sunday, July 22, 2007

John Hammond, Bluesman (Part 1)

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Once there was a fine Boston-based rock-and-politics magazine called Fusion . It survived for several years in the late Sixties and early Se...
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