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JFK Researcher Lisa Pease on Black Op Radio
On 5/13/10, longtime JFK researcher Lisa Pease gave a fascinating interview to Black Op Radio which is here (click on show #474, part two–Real Player required). In the talk, she addresses the ignorant and dangerous recommendations of Cass Sunstein, whom she took on in a letter reprinted here on her blog. Not only is infiltration/manipulation [...]
Continue reading...Strummer by Temple: The Future is Unwritten
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
When I was a kid, punk always left me cold–really cold. I didn’t dig the aesthetic of ugliness; I didn’t dig the discordance; I didn’t dig the alienation. It seemed like just another set of rules masquerading as freedom. And the supposed “sincerity”–what might have been absolutely vital and sincere in London in 1977, had [...]
Continue reading...George Brett’s Night at the Bellagio
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
So baseball season is in full swing (har) here at Casa del Mike. Got the Gameday Audio package—only $19.95 for hometown radio broadcasts over the iMac, and Mike Shannon’s ridiculous St. Louis accent is worth twice that. Got a good team this year, got a definite underemployment situation, things are lining up perfectly. Baseball fans [...]
Continue reading...Documentary: John and Yoko’s Year of Peace
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
I can’t figure out how to embed it, but you can watch the documentary here. I’ve always felt that John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s activities for peace were a bit cringeworthy—a misapplication of solution to problem, as if human aggression were the product of people being merely petulant, or distracted or forgetful. While I’m not [...]
Continue reading...Fri Doc: Timothy Leary, the Man Who Turned On America
Friday, March 5, 2010
This Friday’s documentary, originally aired by the BBC in the late 90s (?), tells the strange, dramatic, and ultimately quite sad story of acid guru Timothy Leary. The question with Leary—and perhaps with all such larger-than-life characters—is this: what was behind the surface we all saw? What was inside him? What made him different from [...]
Continue reading...A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
The murder of American scientist Frank Olson has long been one of the darker corners of the United States’ decades-long dalliance with LSD. Now a new book called A Terrible Mistake by H.P. Albarelli shows just how dark that corner truly was. Here’s an interview with the author from the Swedish radio program “Red Ice,” [...]
Continue reading...The JFK Assassination in two photographs
Friday, February 12, 2010
The assassinations of the 60s have been on my mind of late, thanks to these Beatle mysteries I’m writing (anybody interested in finding out when they’re coming out should email mikesnewbooks[at]gmail[dot]com). One of the most persistent canards about the JFK assassination is that it’s incredibly difficult to understand, and that one must do a ton [...]
Continue reading...A few thoughts on Teddy Kennedy
Thursday, August 27, 2009
This blog is rapidly becoming a parade of thoughts on the recent dead. What can I say except welcome to middle-age, Mike! Teddy Kennedy was to his brothers what Wings was to The Beatles; an attenuated, not-quite-satisfying echo of the real thing, but vastly better than nothing at all. He was Seventies Liberalism incarnate, a [...]
Continue reading...Interesting video (JFK and Vietnam)
Saturday, June 6, 2009
For those (like my commenter) who desire a more conclusive discussion, one can be found in James K. Galbraith’s article here.
Continue reading...Michael Caine
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Michael Caine is quintessential Sixties cool, and I love him (and the National Health glasses he wore in The Ipcress File). Here’s a brief but interesting interview from New York magazine. Included is John Wayne’s acting advice, and why famous people should never wear suede shoes.
Continue reading...At last! It's here!
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