Posted Sunday, May 24, 2020
1960s PROTEST NOVELS
Start here. Be prepared to compare different novels, their characters, individual conflicts, etc. I once compared the Starrett family in Shane with the Finches in To Kill a Mockingbird. The students liked the comparison since many of the families today resemble the Finches with one of the parents missing.
BOOKS WITH ANTI-WAR THEMES
Start here. Be sure to check out Dr. Thomas E. Woods’ Who Dared to Say No to War: American Anti-War Writing, 1812 to Now, Thomas Woods and Murray Polner, 2008.
Posted Saturday, June 10, 2017
1960’s COUNTERCULTURE
1. An excellent post by Charles Burris on Saturday, June 10, 2017, over at LewRockwell.com. The Strange But Mostly True Story of Laurel Canyon and the Birth of the Hippie Generation reviews a book, Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon: Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops, & The Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream, David McGowan & Nick Bryant, 2014. Here is the “searing but always engaging expose “Inside the LC: The Strange But Mostly True Story of Laurel Canyon and the Birth of the Hippie Generation.” Be sure to check out McGowan’s other books.
The late David McGowan was the highly-acclaimed author of the underground revisionist classic on the 1960s-1970s counterculture’s effect on American rock’ n’ roll music, Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon: Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops and the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream. Before it was published in book form, this searing but always engaging expose’ was available online as Inside The LC: The Strange but Mostly True Story of Laurel Canyon and the Birth of the Hippie Generation. What you know is wrong – find out the real shocking story of how you were manipulated by one of the most successful mind-control endeavors. Reading this compelling, mind-blowing account will truly change your life forever and how you view this seminal time in cultural world history.
Here is the cogent description of the text from the back cover: (MORE…)
2. Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968, Ryan H. Walsh, 2018. Jason Kottke explains.
3. The Covert War Against Rock: What You Don’t Know About the Deaths of Jim Morrison, Tupac Shakur, Michael Hutchence, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Phil Ochs, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, John Lennon, and others, Alex Constantine, 2000.
4. The Essential Mae Brussell: Investigations of Fascism in America, Mae Brussell,
MANSON MURDERS
5. CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties, Tom O’Neil, Dan Piepenbring, 2019. Thanks to the excellent July 23, 2019 post by Charles Burris over at LewRockwell, titled “Culture War.” War, not wars, meaning this is the decisive battle. Lots of evil out there that can suck the soul of one’s child.
BOOKS REFERENCED BY O’NEILL
Waiting for the Sun: A Rock and Roll History of Los Angeles, Barney Hoskyns, 2009.
The Family, Ed Sanders, 2002.
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders, Vincent Bugliosi, 1974.
YouMustRememberThispodcast.com, hosted by
Mansonmurders.com, was hosted by Bill Nelson.
6. Joe Rogan interviews author, Tom O’Neill, who discusses the facts surrounding Charles Manson, Louis Jolyon West, Tex Watson, Susan Atkins, Linda Kasabian, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Vincent Bugliosi. This is an incredible interview.
Thanks to Charles Burris @ LRC, who writes in his June 27, 2020 post, “Journey Down the Rabbit Hole,”
— into a bizarre labyrinthine world of intrigue and Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties. Longtime LRC readers are quite aware that most of my principal articles and blogs have focused upon the hidden subterranean history of the US, involving the deep state, power elite analysis, and other covert or clandestine forbidden topics. Join the over three million viewers of this fascinating in-depth interview which delves into one of the most arcane aspects of this sinister backstory which challenges ‘consensus reality,’ thus prompting unguarded readers/viewers to reassess their fragile mortality and understanding of base Establishment lies.
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ARTICLES ON 1960S COUNTERCULTURE
1. The Miracle of Van Morrison’s “Astral Weeks,” John Michoud, The New Yorker, March 3, 2018.
2. “Operation Chaos,” Mae Brussell, 1976.
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COUNTERCULTURE, THE MOVEMENT
1. “The Next Recession and the Work Ethics,” Gary North, February 23, 2018
But all around the West, the good times that have prevailed since 1946 have produced new generations that are not imbued with the work ethic that Western civilization had prior to World War II and immediately after the war. I’m not sure when the change came, but certainly, in the second half of the 1960s, we began to see it in articles about the youth culture. Remember, however, that the youth culture or counterculture was limited. It was not representative of the vast majority of American young adults. The vast majority of American young men went to work or college after high school. But most of them wanted to stay out of the Vietnam War after 1967. So, they shared the anti-war outlook of the hippie, counterculture activists.
The best description of the post-1970 activists can be found in David Brooks’ book, BoBos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There (2000). Bobos are the people who have combined the Bohemian mindset with the bourgeois mindset. This reflects what in retrospect has become known as the “me decade” of the 1970’s. (The phrase was coined by Tom Wolfe.) That shift fundamentally changed American culture and Western culture. The social disruptions between 1970 and 1980 changed Western society. New attitudes towards wealth became dominant. New attitudes towards work also became dominant. The Puritan work ethic got bad press after 1970. That bad press, when coupled with Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society welfare programs, led to the undermining of the older work ethic in the lower middle-class white culture. The best book on this is Charles Murray’s Coming Apart (2012).
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Posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024. The video’s title is Nik Schreck Reveals New Perspectives on Charles Manson.
Join Eric Hunley in this compelling interview with Nikolas Schreck, an esteemed author who has dedicated over 30 years to studying Charles Manson and his notorious activities. In this enlightening discussion, Nik shares unique insights and little-known facts about Manson, debunking widespread myths and offering a fresh perspective on the infamous figure. Dive deep into the contents of “The Manson File,” a comprehensive tome that sheds light on Manson’s relationships, his actions, and the media’s portrayal of him. Whether you’re a true crime enthusiast or just curious about one of history’s most enigmatic figures, this interview promises to reveal truths that challenge conventional narratives. Don’t miss out on this exclusive look at Charles Manson through the eyes of someone who knew him personally and has studied him extensively.
Nik’s book is titled The Manson File: The Myth and Reality of an Outlaw Shaman Surrealist Research, Nikolas Schreck,
5:15 from the interview above, Manson in His Own Words: The Shocking Confessions of the Most Dangerous Man Alive, Nuel Emmons, 1988. Emmons had been interviewing Manson for like 6 to 8 years, and when it came out Charlie absolutely detested it because the editors, Grove Press, mangled what he said and smoothed it out to the point that it didn’t even sound like him. According to Charlie, Emmons inserted a lot of sensational information from other books that Charlie didn’t say. It was complicated. I got to know Manson a little, and in a phone call, he said he knew exactly where Nuel Emmons was going to appear in an interview on Channel 5 in Los Angeles, where I happened to be at the moment and he said, “You go down there to Channel 5 and you tell Nuel Emmons Charlie Manson is angry with him,” and you do this, and you do that. That he was immediately being Mansonesqued. And I went down there, and Nuel was very affable and said, “Oh, Charlie’s always been like that since I’ve known him. He’s always threatening things.” And we got along fine. And I got to know Nuel, but Charlie wanted to do an antidote to Manson in his own words. And so he said, you’re a writer because I had sent him a pamphlet that I’d made for the Werewolf Order, or Radio Werewolf, which was like a culling of some of his philosophical insights. And he liked that and he said, “Why don’t you make really Manson in his own words?” Why don’t you write a book that is that? And that turned into the first Manson file in 1988. Then we got the idea of doing an interview with him that would also have an impromptu concert where he would take his guitar . . . again, my main focus with him was his music and his creative side. And as I’ve said to him in a tape you can hear on my YouTube channel, I said I was drawn to his creativity, not his destruction.
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