To be a bit fussy about it fifty years marks the anniversary of the book being published which will be in early 2017. The whole thing began as an article commissioned by Carey McWilliams. It was published in The Nation Newspaper (or magazine depending on how fussy one is) on 17th May 1965. Hunter […]
New York, Hunter spent some time there in the 50s and 60s. If you ever find yourself there and don’t want to do any of the usual tourist things, why not take a tour of the places where Hunter lived or stayed when his was there. Here’s a list of addresses where he stayed. Just […]
The magazines we get today like Time or Newsweek although have a history they are largely mainstream. They give us the usual lo-down on what is going on in the world but not much more. Peter Richardson sheds some light on how it used be done with his book about Ramparts magazine A Bomb in Every Issue: How […]
Here’s the interview I did with William McKeen a few months ago for Beat Scene Magazine. Many thanks to William for taking the time to answer my questions. The Photo credits are as follows.. The first two black and white photos by Don Bruce. The color photo William McKeen. The last black and white photo […]
(From Gadfly) “Created in February 1997, Gadfly launched as a full-size print publication in January 1998, morphed into a heftier bi-monthly in the fall of ’99, and folded with the March/April ’01 issue. Called “odd, eccentric and eclectic” by The Washington Post, the Reader selected Gadfly in 1999 for best Cultural Coverage for their Eleventh Annual Alternative Press Awards. “Gadfly’s stupendous […]
Scanlan’s Magazine (Named after a pig farmer) was a short-lived monthly magazine which ran from March 1970 to January 1971. It was started by Warren Hinckle and Sidney Zion, and whether intended or not it became a “political muckraking exercise” And by 1971 it was boycotted by publishing technicians as “Un-American” and also investigated by the […]
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