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The 1960s have become synonymous with all the new, exciting, radical, and subversive events and trends of the period, which continued to develop in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and continue today as we look fondly back at the coolest decade of all!
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ANN ARBOR IN THE 60\'S MOVIE
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.JFK, MLK, LBJ, and RFK. Hawks, doves, panthers, and pigs. Black power, red power, brown power, and flower power. Folk rock, garage rock, acid rock, and throwing rocks. Sit-ins, teach-ins, love-ins, ...
CAROL SCOTT: RETRO FANTASTIC ART
ARTIST CAROL SCOTT"Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit."Carol Scott is a budding young artist that I met at my day job. Ms Scott uses all mediums and if you look at her work closely you'll see the influences o...
BRIDGET RILEY AND OP ART
Bridget Riley is the fantastic 1960s era British Artist best know for her optically vibrant and visually tension evoking paintings known as "OP ART" Ms Riley was the Ultimate 1960's Mod Pop Artist.Flashback to 1964. In the United States, we were sti...
VANESSA: VICTOR SKREBNESKI PHOTOGRAPHY
Tonight my friend Heather Harris (Fast Film) the ultra smooth rock photographer from Hollywood commented on the gorgeous photograph taken of Vanessa Redgrave and used in Carl Lundgren's great rock poster. The original photograph was taken by Victor S...
RETRO:KIMMER CARL LUNDGREN AND ? AND THE MYSTERIANS
At Carl's invitation (My daughter)Lesley, her friend Stephanie and RK made a short jaunt up to Flint yesterday to see Flintstock a show about the fabulous American Rock Poster Art. OF course one of the best of these poster artists is Carl.'Vanessa'...
STONER ROCK NIGHT:BLUE SNAGGLE TOOTH
Blue Snaggletooth / Black Irish / The Crooks /DJ Wheeler @ The Elbow Room!Stoner Rock jams from new band Blue SnaggletoothFridaySeptember 25th 20099:30pmElbow Room6 S. WashingtonYpsilanti, MIStoner Rock Night: featuring, Blue Snaggletooth (Chris from...
CARL LUNDREN AT FLINTSTOCK TOMORROW
SEPT 26 200912:00-10:00pTHE FLINT INSTITUTE OF ARTS1120 E. KEARSLEY STFLINT MI 48503810.234.1695Tomorrow RK and crew are heading up to Flintstock to visit with the fabulous Artist Carl Lundgren. Tonight is the preview which we had to miss due to an...
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE
One of my biggest heroes of all time is Painter Georgia O'Keeffe. Here was a woman born in the late 1880's who was an independent artistic soul that was born with ambition and drive to create her own world.No picking the perfect husbnd and then foll...
RETRO KIMMER: PEOPLE'S ART FESTIVAL
My friend Richard Peardon called and invited Retro:Kimmer and hoped Machinegun would come along to the ultra cool Detroit People's Art Festival last weekend in the Russell Industrial Center on Clay St. Most of my favorite Retro fantastic rock artists...
RETROKIMMER'S BLUES AND NEWS ON SATURDAY
Though Kimmer tends to generally hang around the retro eras of music she definitely has a thing for the Blues. Especially on Saturdays.... No work and relaxing with Albert King..YESJust met the owner of the very cool MOTORCITY MUSIC FACTORY the char...
