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BOOKS / Gary Chason : Glenn Jones’ Novel is Paranoiac Psychedelic Memoir
A dark psychedelic flashback:‘Why Are We in Texas?’ By Gary Chason / The Rag Blog / November 15, 2010 [Why Are We in Texas? A novella by Glenn Jones (Lulu.com, 2010); Softcover; 93 pp.; $14. Also available as an electronic … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Books, Counterculture, Gary Chason, Psychedelia, Sixties, The Rag, Underground Press, University of Texas
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Ramsey Wiggins : Me and Gilbert Shelton: A Memoir
Legendary underground cartoonist and comix artist Gilbert Shelton.Me and Gilbert Shelton: A Memoir By Ramsey Wiggins / The Rag Blog / March 8, 2010 Legendary underground artist Gilbert Shelton will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Tuesday, March 9, … Continue reading
Long Strange Trip : Austin’s 13th Floor Elevators and Still Trippin’ Tommy Hall
Tommy Hall in his Tenderloin apartment in San Francisco. Photo by Jamie Soja. The story of the Thirteenth Floor Elevators – Austin’s favorite psychedelic sons – is rich, rowdy and textured. They sparked a counterculture, birthed a sound and inspired … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Austin, Musicians, Psychedelia, Rock 'n Roll, San Francisco, Sixties
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ART : R. Crumb: Mr. Natural Goes to the Museum
“Mr. Natural” (1974), paint on plywood, from “R. Crumb’s Underground.” Image courtesy of John Lautemann / NYT. R. Crumb’s Underground One of the more than 100 works in this exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. Image courtesy … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Comix, Counterculture, Exhibitions, Psychedelia, R. Crumb, Sixties, Underground Culture
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ART : Infinity Goes Up On Trial: The Questioning of Psychedelic Art
Janis Joplin and Tina Turner singing together at Madison Square Garden on November 27, 1969. Photo by ©Amalie R. Rothschild.Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era By Michael J. Kramer Michael J. Kramer is a lecturer in History and … Continue reading
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Austin Rock Musician Benny Thurman Dead at 65
By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | June 24, 2008 Benny Thurman, a founding member and bassist of the famed sixties rock group the Thirteenth Floor Elevators, died this past Sunday, June 22 in Austin. Thurman was in intensive … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Austin, Benny Thurman, Deaths, Music, Musicians, Psychedelia, Rock 'n Roll, Texas
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Mesmo’s Reflections on the Sixties
Janis Joplin, folksinger. Austin, Texas, 1965, at The 11th Door on Red River Street. Photo by Bob Simmons / The Rag Blog. Gerry Storm wrote the following reminiscence on Austin music in the sixties for the Texas Ghetto website in … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, History, Music, Psychedelia, Rock 'n Roll, Sixties, Texas, Texas Ghetto
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Alton Kelley : Master of Psychedelic Art
Alton Kelley, 1967. Photo by Bob Seidemann. Alton Kelley, 67, Artist of the 1960s Rock Counterculture, DiesBy William Grimes / June 4, 2008 Alton Kelley, whose psychedelic concert posters for artists like the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, and Big Brother … Continue reading
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Tagged Artists, Arts, Counterculture, Deaths, Music, Psychedelia, Rock 'n Roll, Sixties
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Guess That Makes Us Artifacts….
…Speak for yourself, Dreyer Photo by Chris Ramirez / NYT.Back to the Garden: A Woodstock MuseumBy Peter Applebome / May 29, 2008 BETHEL, N.Y. — A funny thing happened on the magic bus trip back to the tie-dyed land of … Continue reading
