The 1960s were all about consciousness raising: middle class white kids discovering the poverty and discrimination suffered by people of color, apolitical guys getting drafted and sent to the war in Asia, young women running up against the patriarchal system and nearly everybody expanding—or blowing—their minds on drugs. This lifting…
You Don’t Need A Weatherman…
Students For A Democratic Society chronicles the winds of change in the 1960s
May 20th, 2008 · No Comments
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Ellis Meets Monk (Finally)
…and finds they have things in common
May 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment
In the liner notes to his Thelonious Monk tribute, Ellis Marsalis admits that there was a time he saw Monk’s music as an “anomaly.” He also admits to being in awe of the man, too self-conscious to introduce himself to Monk once upon a time at the New Orleans Jazz…
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