Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music
Posted on June 8, 2009
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Hey ex-Hippies: It’s time to set your soul free again (”We are stardust, we are golden”). This year marks yet another benchmark for aging hipsters: the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. Though I was unable to attend the event ( I did, however, attend a few other benchmark musical events, including the first L.A. concerts of Pink Floyd, the Newport Rock Festival in Costa Mesa in August 1968, and the Last Days of Fillmore West in July 1971), I, like so many of my peers, just marveled at the news of the wonderful event. And the 1970 movie “Woodstock,” by Michael Wadleigh, summed up all the best aspects of the rock generation — to that point in time.
But the last year of the decade already was sounding the death knell for the 60s “revolution” (which we thought would go on forever): The virtual dismantling of SDS by the Weather Underground faction in late 1969, the debacle of the Altamont Free Concert in December, and even the breakup of The Beatles (late 1969 to early 1970) … with the decade being “finished off” by the Kent State Shootings on May 4, 1970. The idea of the 60s struggled on through the 1970s, seeing the end of the Vietnam War, a punk rock movement to offset the corporatization of rock ‘n’ roll, and a blossoming of grass roots art and theatre. The dream officially ended with the rise of Ronald Reaganism in 1980.
But hey, the 1960s did shine brightly for awhile, and Woodstock was one of it’s great beacons.
So today we celebrate Woodstock with the release of “Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music,” a director’s cut of that seminal film. Herewith is the press release from Warner Home Video:
Woodstock: The Director’s Cut:
40th Anniversary
Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music — the four-hour director’s cut of the 1970 Oscar-winning documentary about the landmark music event that featured some of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll performers in history — will be released June 9 in a spectacular new limited, numbered Blu-ray and DVD Ultimate Collector’s Edition. With two extra hours of rare performance footage — some of it newly-discovered, some only seen in part and some never seen at all — the set is destined to make its own history.
Today, four decades later, Woodstock still resonates deeply with those who attended and those who wished they had. Director Michael Wadleigh notes, “Based on the vast e-mails and calls I’ve received, many from young people, it’s very evident that people still relate so much to the film and view the ‘60s as an age when anything and everything was possible, mostly good. Many hope for a new Woodstock generation since what people loved back then was spontaneity, originality, innocence and honesty — even in superstars; that’s why Woodstock, with its open and natural philosophy, has become timeless.”
The two extra hours of rare performance footage features 18 new performances as never before seen from 13 groups, including Joan Baez, Country Joe McDonald, Santana, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Canned Heat, Joe Cocker and five (Paul Butterfield, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Grateful Dead, Johnny Winter and Mountain) who played at Woodstock but never appeared in any film version.
A third hour of bonus material also in the set includes a featurette gallery (”Woodstock: From festival to Feature“) showcasing interviews with Martin Scorsese, producer Michael Lang, director Michael Wadleigh, Hugh Hefner, Eddie Kramer (the concert’s original chief on-site engineer and producer-engineer for Jimi Hendrix) and others who chronicle the making of the festival and the film. Included are such segments as “3 Days in a Truck,” “No Rain! No Rain!” and “Living Up to Idealism.”
The discs will be packaged in a unique giftbox, numbered as part of a limited run with an array of collectibles that include a 60+ page reprint of a Life magazine commemorative issue, a lucite lenticular display of vintage festival photos, festival memorabilia and an iron-on patch with the classic dove and guitar Woodstock emblem.
VH1 Rock Docs and History have joined forces in a unique television collaboration to co-produce the definitive two-hour documentary, “Woodstock: 40 Years Later” (working title), which will premiere this August on VH1, History and VH1 Classic. Directed by two-time Academy Award winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple and executive produced by Michael Lang, the original festival organizer, the film examines Woodstock from the perspectives of not only the musicians who graced the stage, but the fans, concert promoters and countless others. The film will also take an important look at Woodstock’s legacy through the eyes of today’s musicians and activists examining why Woodstock and all it symbolizes is still relevant in today’s culture.
Woodstock Ultimate Collectors Edition: Band Roster
Arlo Guthrie
Canned Heat
Country Joe & the Fish
Country Joe McDonald
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crosby, Stills, Nash
Grateful Dead
Janis Joplin
Jefferson Airplane
Jimi Hendrix
Joan Baez
Joe Cocker
John Sebastian
Johnny Winter
Mountain
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Richie Havens
Santana
Sha-Na-Na
Sly & The Family Stone
Ten Years After
The Who
Full Description of 18 Bonus Performances
- Joan Baez “One Day at a Time”
- Country Joe McDonald “Flying High”
- Santana “Evil Ways”
- Canned Heat “I’m Her Man” and “On the Road Again”
- Mountain “Beside the Sea” and “Southbound Train”
- Grateful Dead “Turn On Your Love Light”
- Creedence Clearwater Revival “Born on the Bayou”, “I’ve Put a Spell on You” and “Keep on Chooglin’”
- The Who “We’re Not Going To Take It” and “My Generation”
- Jefferson Airplane “3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds”
- Joe Cocker “Something’s Coming On”
- Johnny Winter “Mean Town Blues”
- Paul Butterfield “Morning Sunrise”
- Sha Na Na “Teen Angel”
Full Description of “Woodstock: From Festival to Feature”
- The Camera: The Éclair NPR was the best camera around in 1969; Michael Wadleigh talks about why the Éclair was the right camera for this film.
- 365,000 Feet of Film: The stories of how Dale Bell and his crew begged, borrowed and stole just enough film to document the festival.
- Shooting Stage: Those up-close shots of performers didn’t just happen by magic; see how Wadleigh and his cameramen got those up close and personal shots of the performers.
- The Line Up: The Who, Sha Na Na, Santana, Ten Years After, Jefferson Airplane and many more; how did all these bands get on the roster for the festival of a life time?
- Holding the Negative Hostage: What does a filmmaker do when Technicolor is sending a copy of your negative to the studio without your permission? Well, you lock up the film and hire a lawyer.
- Announcements: “Don’t take the brown acid” or maybe it was green. We’ll hear about all the strange and informative announcements heard during those three days of peace, love and enlightenment.
- Suits VS. Longhairs: The clash between the hippie filmmakers and the Warner executives who didn’t understand what this film meant.
- Documenting History: Find out from Michael Wadleigh and Dale Bell, along with filmmakers, where the idea of capturing this event on film came from.
- Woodstock: The Journey: Some came by car, others by truck, a few came by helicopter but most walked to the most famous festival in history.
- Pre-Production: We’ll find out how this production got off the ground and meet the members of the crew that made it happen.
- Production: How many cameras were used? How much film did they go through? Did anyone sleep? All these questions and more will be answered here as we explore how Woodstock was captured on film.
- Synchronization: How do you sync all this material with out any slates? No slate, no problem. With the help of an upright Moviola, Dale Bell, Michael Wadleigh, Eddie Kramer and the editors were able to make magic from miles of tape and film.
- The Crowd: Half a million people of all colors, shapes, sizes, ages and sexes attended this historical event. We’ll hear stories about the number of people and how they all coexisted for three days with only minor incidents.
- No Rain! No Rain!: Everyone talks about the rain at this event as if it were a character. It was. It set the tone, provided moments of danger, fun and disgust.
- 3 Days in a Truck: Eddie Kramer heard some of the most amazing performances as he recorded this historic event. But during those three days of peace, love and music, he didn’t get to see any performances because he was stuck in a truck.
- Woodstock Effect: The film, the event and the album catapulted many musicians into the limelight, changing their lives forever.
- Living up to Idealism
- World’s Longest Optical
- Critical Acclaim
- Courtesy of The Museum at Bethel Woods: The Hog Farm Commune
- Hugh Hefner and Michael Wadleigh: The Woodstock Connection
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Return to Peyton Place
Posted on May 6, 2009
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On September 15, 1964, ABC began airing a twice-weekly primetime drama based on the then-scandalous best-selling novel “Peyton Place” by Grace Metalious (which had been made into a 1957 theatrical feature by Mark Robson starring Lana Turner, Lloyd Nolan, Arthur Kennedy, Russ Tamblyn, Terry Moore, Hope Lange, Diane Varsi and David Nelson). The show catapulted ABC from No. 3 to No. 1 in the TV ratings race.
With fine acting by Dorothy malone, Mia Farrow and Ryan O’Neal, among others, the nightime soap opera stretched the boundaries of what was considered morally acceptable in pre-sexual revolution America.
“Peyton Place” was one of those TV series that helped mold a generation of teens, becoming the topic of conversation in school yards and on campuses around the country. Others that come to mind are “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” (as David and Rick grew into teens) and “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,” which aired from 1959 to 1963.
“This is the continuing story of Peyton Place” the soothing voice of benevolent town elder Matthew Swain (Warner Anderson) would begin every episode. But the stories that followed were anything but soothing. Extramarital affairs, unwed teen pregnancies, family betrayals, mental illness and even murder were all lurking behind the storybook façade of this picture-perfect, centuries-old New England village and its citizens.
From the day Dr. Michael Rossi (Ed Nelson) arrives at Peyton Place to assume his role as town doctor, some of the townspeople’s lives begin to unravel, revealing unexpected and intersecting relationships long hidden by secrets and lies. The widow Constance MacKenzie (1950s melodrama star Dorothy Malone), her innocent daughter Allison (Mia Farrow), the wealthy but troubled brothers Rodney and Norman Harrington (Ryan O’Neal and Christopher Connelly) and their powerful father Leslie (Paul Langton), love-struck sex goddess Betty Anderson (Barbara Parkins) and others are revealed to be much more than they initially appear.
The series ran for 514 episodes until 1969.
In the 50s people were shocked by the book and teens had to carry their copies wrapped in book covers or plain paper; in the mid-60s we were shocked when Mia Farrow cut her loose, blond hair to less than a few inches in length before leaving the show and marrying Frank Sinatra in 1966; now we’re shocked that it’s taken so long for the series to come to home video.
The folks at Shout! Factory have put together two sets of episodes from the first year of “Peyton Place”:
Due May 19, 2009 is “Peyton Place: Part One,” a five-disc set with 31 episodes, to be followed by “Peyton Place: Part Two,” another five-disc set with 31 episodes, due July 14.
Both sets have a $39.99 list price.
Now if only Dobie would come to DVD.
Source: Shout! Factory press release.
For more info:
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The End Is Near (For Newspapers)?
Posted on January 14, 2009
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It was only a matter of time: A Pew Research Center survey conducted in early December found that the Internet has now overtaken newspapers as the second-most preferred news source among Americans.
According to the study: “The Internet, which emerged this year as a leading source for campaign news, has now surpassed all other media except television as an outlet for national and international news. Currently, 40% say they get most of their news about national and international issues from the Internet, up from just 24% in September 2007. For the first time in a Pew survey, more people say they rely mostly on the Internet for news than cite newspapers (35%). Television continues to be cited most frequently as a main source for national and international news, at 70%.
“For young people, however, the Internet now rivals television as a main source of national and international news. Nearly six-in-ten Americans younger than 30 (59%) say they get most of their national and international news online; an identical percentage cites television. In September 2007, twice as many young people said they relied mostly on television for news than mentioned the Internet (68% vs. 34%).”
Of course, the study doesn’t take into account which online news sources people are flocking to — we hope that people are using the Web sites of established news providers, with track records for comprehensive coverage and fact-checking — rather than relying on blogs and sites that deal in word-of-mouth, innuendo and rumors. What is the quality of the news that people are accessing online?
What does this mean for the future of newsprint? More and more newspapers will cut back on their “hard copy,”* using newsprint as “loss leaders” to “push” readers to their Web-based product. News providers will have to figure out ways to differentiate their product from the voluminous other voices online. There will always be a need for comprehensive and fair news reporting — it just may be more difficult in the future to hold it in your hands.
For more info, jump on over to “Internet Overtakes Newspapers as News Outlet.”
* After a century of continuous publication, The Christian Science Monitor abandoned its weekday print edition in late October to f
ocus on their innovative online publication; the cost-cutting measure made The Monitor the first national newspaper to largely give up on print (though they will be publishing a weekend paper “magazine”). According to The Monitor, the shift will take place in April.
Disclaimer: This entry was prompted by David Sarno’s “Free news comes at a cost” Web Scout column in the Calendar section of the Los Angeles Times, January 14, 2009.
More Yearend Tidings
Posted on January 11, 2009
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The Falsies
This year marks the Center for Media and Democracy’s fifth annual Falsies Awards. The Falsies are the non-partisan group’s attempt to shine an unflattering light on those responsible for polluting the information environment during the past year. According to the group: “Don’t think this is an award in name only. Heavens no! Falsies recipients can collect their prizes — a pair of Groucho Marx glasses, our two cents and a chance to atone for their spinning ways by making a detailed public apology — by visiting CMD’s office in Madison, Wisconsin (detailed directions available on request).
This year’s Gold and Silver Falsies go to masters of war deception. No. 1 is the Pentagon’s successful effort to turn retired military officers into the Bush Administration’s “message force multipliers,” mostly on broadcast and cable television. “You could see that they were messaging,” one former Defense Department official explained to New York Times journalist David Barstow, who first reported on the covert program. “You could see they were taking verbatim what the [Defense] secretary was saying … and they were saying it over and over.”
The Silver award goes to the reporters and commentators who placed ideology over accuracy when discussing and discounting studies by the prestigious British journal Lancet that suggests that some 650,000 Iraqis had died as of mid-2006, a number that may be more than one million by now.
The Bronze Falsie recognizes a massive greenwash campaign by the coal industry, which ramped up its public relations and marketing efforts in response to the public awareness of global warming that has made it difficult to build new coal-burning power plants. Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC), an industry front group formed by coal, mining, electric and railroad companies, nearly quadrupled its budget for PR, advertising and “grassroots” organizing, from 2007 to 2008. ABEC sought to influence the U.S. presidential election with a $35 million campaign touting “clean coal” in key primary and caucus states.
The first-ever Lifetime Achievement Falsie goes to a serial corporate front man:”It seems like just yesterday, when industry lobbyist and anti-labor lawyer Rick Berman was helping tobacco giant Philip Morris (PM) defend itself against pesky public health advocates. In 1995, Berman urged PM to create a front group called the ‘Guest Choice Network’ to foster ‘a proactive, aggressive mentality’ against smoking bans in restaurants and other public places. An ‘additional benefit,’ he explained in a letter to PM, would be if the group were ‘externally perceived as driven by restaurant owners’ giving it ‘more flexibility and creativity allowed than if it is ‘owned’ by Philip Morris.’ Today, the Guest Choice Network is known as the Center for Consumer Freedom. “60 Minutes” profiled Rick Berman in a segment titled “Meet Dr. Evil”
All the juicy details are available at Falsies 2008.
Fimoculous: The Lists 2008
And if you’re not yet tired out by the best of 2008 (what with all the bigtime awards shows coming soon (the Golden Globes, the Academy Awards, the Grammys) , then head on over to Fimoculous. Rex Sorgatz’ site lists hundreds of End of Year lists going back to 2001 in advertising, art, books, business, fashion, gadgets, music, paranormal, sex, travel and much much more. We’re just too out of breathe to go on.
2008 Toppers
Posted on January 2, 2009
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As 2008 drew to a close and 2009 began, we were inundated with Top 10 lists (movies, TV shows, books, etc.) and while we get tired of all the ballyhooing of the “tops” in the entertainment world, there are some lists we thoroughly enjoy. Below is a sample.
Let’s kick things off with:
The 10 Greediest People of 2008
as compiled by Website AlterNet:
According to the site, “We probably couldn’t have picked a better year than 2008 to so “honor” our most avaricious. This year’s stunning economic meltdown has fixed the attention of our entire nation — and world — on the grasping antics of those who yearn for ever more than they could rationally ever need. But this year also presents enormous challenges for anyone bold enough to rank the greedy. With so much greed out there, how could we possibly limit our list to a mere 10?
The latest greed explosion to hit the headlines — the $50 billion Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme — illustrates just how difficult a task ranking the greedy can be. In the end, we came to realize, the size of the fortune alone doesn’t determine greed. It’s the thought that counts. In that holiday spirit, we hope you find our top ten greedy list of some interest — and greed-busting inspiration.”
1. Republic Windows and Doors CEO Richard Gilman
2. High-finance Mr. Fix-It John Thain
3. Oracle business software chief exec Larry Ellison
4. Lockheed Martin CEO Robert Stevens
5. Steve Jobs of Apple
6. Comcast’s Ralph Roberts
7. ConocoPhillips chief exec James Mulva
8. Former Congressman Richard Baker from Louisiana.
9. Patrick Soon-Shiong of APP Pharmaceuticals.
10. Dwight Schar, the chair of homebuilding giant NVR Inc.
Jump on over to AlterNet for their profiles of greed.
Top 10 Censored Stories:
Every year for more than three decades Project Censored has put together a list of censored, overlooked and underreported stories. Below are the top 10 stories from their Top 25 Censored Stories of 2008:
1. No Habeas Corpus for “Any Person”
2. Bush Moves Toward Martial Law
3. AFRICOM: US Military Control of Africa’s Resources
4. Frenzy of Increasingly Destructive Trade Agreements
5. Human Traffic Builds US Embassy in Iraq
6. Operation FALCON Raids
7. Behind Blackwater Inc.
8. KIA: The US Neoliberal Invasion of India
9. Privatization of America’s Infrastructure
10. Vulture Funds Threaten Poor Nations’ Debt Relief
For the mainstream press’ take on undereported stories, jump on over to Time and Newsweek.
Top 10 Financial Scandals:
There’s a theme here, and to continue with it here’s one more perinent list: Top 10 finanical crises as reported by Time magazine:
1. Lehman
2. AIG’s Credit Default Swaps
3. The Detroit Three
4. The Citigroup Colossus
5. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Shareholders
6. Supposedly “Safe” Securities
7. Rating Agencies’ Credibility
8. Exploding Hedge Funds
9. Greenspan’s Reputation
10. Iceland Goes Belly Up
Time also has a Top 10 of Everything home page, which lists all sorts of scandals, fleeting celebrities, oddball news stories, scientific discoveries and more.
But wait, there’s more. Next time we’ll list the Center for Media and Democracy’s fifth annual Falsies Awards as well as information on Rex Sorgatz’s incredible Fimoculous site, which, among other things, has a gigantic master list of yearend lists (would you believe 775 or so?).
1968: Weeks 50-52
Posted on December 20, 2008
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Weekly timeline for 1968: A year of change and tumult
December 9: The Rolling Stones release “Beggar’s Banquet.”
December 10: Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk writer, dies in Bangkok, Thailand from accidental electrocution. He had just finished his seventh journal “The Other side of the Mountain.”
December 10: Carol Reed’s “Oliver!” starring Ron Moody and Oliver Reed, opens.
December 12: Robert Aldrich’s “The Killing of Sister George” opens.
December 12: Tallulah Bankhead dies at age 66.
December 18: “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” based on the novel by Ian Fleming, and starring Dick Van Dyke, opens.
December 19: Norman Thomas, founder of the ACLU and Socialist Party leader (1926-55), dies at age 84.
December 20: Author John Steinbeck dies from a bad heart in New York City at age 66.
December 20: Two teenagers, David Farraday and Betty Lou Jensen, are shot to death in a parked car on Lake Herman Road outside Vallejo, California. The murder is attributed to the Zodiac killer.
December 21: David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash premiere together in California.
December 21: Apollo 8, with astronauts Borman, Lovell and Anders, is launched on the first mission to orbit the Moon.
December 23: 82 crew members of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo are released by North Korea, 11 months after they had been captured.
December 24: Disney’s “The Love Bug” opens.
December 24: The three Apollo 8 astronauts, orbiting the moon, read passages from the Old Testament Book of Genesis during a Christmas Eve television broadcast. The first pictures of an Earth-rise over the Moon are seen as the crew of orbits the moon.
December 26: “Monterey Pop” is released.
December 28: The Beatles’ “White Album” hits No. 1 for 9 weeks.
Sources:
The Whole World Was Watching: An oral history of 1968. A joint project between South Kingstown High School and Brown University’s Scholarly Technology Group
Timelines of History
Timeline 1968
Rock Timeline
Wikipedia Music Timeline
Frank Eugene Smitha’s Macrohistory and World Report
1968: Weeks 47-49
Posted on December 10, 2008
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Weekly timeline for 1968: A year of change and tumult
November 18: Famed producer Walter Wanger dies at age 74.
November 20: The Monkees’ “Head,” directed by Jack Nicholson, opens.
November 22: The Beatles’ “White Album” is released.
November 23: Four people hijack a U.S. jet, with 87 passengers, from Miami to Cuba.
November 24: Eldridge Cleaver flees the U.S. with his wife rather than face assault charges from 1958. He returns to the States in 1975.
November 24: John Cassavetes’ “Faces” opens.
November 25: Upton B. Sinclair (born 1878), U.S. novelist and social reformer, dies at age 90.
November 25: Jill Hennessy is born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
November 26: Cream plays its farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London. It will be the last time Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker play together until their 1993 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
December 2: The Animals reunite for one benefit concert at the Newcastle City Hall while Eric Burdon & The Animals are disbanding. Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company perform their last concert together before Janis goes solo.
December 3: Elvis Presley’s 1968 “Comeback Special” airs on NBC.
December 5: Football star O.J. Simpson wins a Heisman Trophy.
Sources:
The Whole World Was Watching: An oral history of 1968. A joint project between South Kingstown High School and Brown University’s Scholarly Technology Group
Timelines of History
Timeline 1968
Rock Timeline
Wikipedia Music Timeline
Frank Eugene Smitha’s Macrohistory and World Report
1968: Weeks 44-46
Posted on November 15, 2008
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Weekly timeline for 1968: A year of change and tumult
October 30: “The Lion in Winter,” starring Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn and Anthony Hopkins, opens.
October 31: Citing progress in the Paris peace talks, President Johnson announces that he has ordered a complete cessation of “all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam,” effective November 1.
November 5: Richard M. Nixon is elected the 37th U.S. President with Spiro Agnew as vice president. It was not until midday EST that Democrat Vice President Hubert Humphrey conceded victory to the Republican candidate. The announcement comes after a full 24 hours of waiting when at times it seemed any of the three presidential candidates could have won the race to the White House. At the latest count, only 25,552 votes separated the two front runners. Nixon and Humphrey each won 43%; George Wallace’s American Independent Party, with Curtis Lemay for vice president, receives 13.5% of the popular vote and wins in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.
November 5: Shirley Chisholm (1924-2004) of Brooklyn, New York, becomes the first black woman elected to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
November 8: John Lennon and his wife Cynthia divorce.
November 8: Actor Wendell Corey dies at age 54.
November 10: Mel Brooks’ “The Producers,” starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, opens.
November 13: The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” opens.
November 14: “National Turn in Your Draft Card Day” features draft card burnings.
November 14: Yale University announces its plan to go co-ed.
November 14: “The Shoes of the Fisherman,” starring Anthony Quinn and Laurence Olivier, opens.
November 17: NBC outrages football fans by cutting away from the final minutes of a New York Jets-Oakland Raiders game to begin a TV special, “Heidi,” on schedule. The jets led 32-29 with one minute remaining. Viewers were deprived of seeing the Raiders come from behind to beat the Jets, 43-to-32.
Sources:
The Whole World Was Watching: An oral history of 1968. A joint project between South Kingstown High School and Brown University’s Scholarly Technology Group
Timelines of History
Timeline 1968
Rock Timeline
Wikipedia Music Timeline
Frank Eugene Smitha’s Macrohistory and World Report
1968: Weeks 41-43
Posted on November 1, 2008
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Weekly timeline for 1968: A year of change and tumult
October 7: The Motion Picture Association of America adopts its film-rating system (G,M,R,X), ranging from “G” for “general” audiences to “X” for adult patrons only. The system was fathered by Jack Valenti (1921-2007), head of the MPAA.
October 7: “I Love You, Alice B. Toklas,” starring Peter Sellers, opens.
October 8: Franco Zeffirelli’s “Romeo and Juliet” opens.
October 9: Francis Ford Coppola’s “Finian’s Rainbow,” starrin Fred Astaire, Petula Clark and Tommy Steele, opens.
October 10: Roger Vadim’s “Barbarella,” starring Jane Fonda, opens.
October 11: Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, is launched from Cape Kennedy with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard. It mkes 163 orbits in 260 hours.
Ocftober 11: Jane Krakowski is born in Parsippany, New Jersey.
October 12: The Summer Olympic Games open in Mexico City. The games are boycotted by 32 African nations in protest of South Africa’s participation.
October 12: Hugh Jackman is born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia .
October 14: The first live telecast from a manned U.S. spacecraft is transmitted from Apollo 7.
October 16: Richard Fleischer’s “The Boston Strangler,” starring Tony Curtis and Henry Fonda, opens.
October 16: Two black American athletes make history at the Mexico Olympics by staging a silent protest against racial discrimination. Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gold and bronze medallists in the 200m, stand with their heads bowed and a black-gloved hand raised in the black power salute during the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
October 17: “Bullitt,” starring Steve McQueen, opens.
October 17: Ziggy Marley is born in Kingston, Jamaica.
October 20: Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis on the island of Scorpios.
October 27: Trouble flares in Grosvenor Square, London, after an estimated 6,000 marchers face police outside the United States Embassy. The protesters had broken away from another, bigger, march against U.S. involvement in Vietnam but were confronted by a wall of police. The turnout for the march was around 25,000.
Sources:
The Whole World Was Watching: An oral history of 1968. A joint project between South Kingstown High School and Brown University’s Scholarly Technology Group
Timelines of History
Timeline 1968
Rock Timeline
Wikipedia Music Timeline
Frank Eugene Smitha’s Macrohistory and World Report
1968: Weeks 38-40
Posted on October 15, 2008
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Weekly timeline for 1968: A year of change and tumult
September 16: Singer Marc Anthony is born in New York.
September 18: “Funny Girl,” directed by William Wyler and starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif, is released.
September 18: Actor Franchot Tone dies at age 63.
September 21: Ricki Lake is born in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
September 24: “The Mod Squad” premieres on ABC.
September 24: The CBS news magazine “60 Minutes” premieres on CBS-TV on a Tuesday night.
September 25: Jean-Luc Godard’s “2 ou 3 choses que je sais d’elle (Two or Three Things I Know About Her)” opens.
September 25: Will Smith is born in Philadelphia.
September 26: Andy Warhol’s “Flesh” opens.
September 27: Jean-Luc Godard’s “Weekend” opens.
September 28: The Beatles’ “Hey Jude” single hits No. 1 and stays there for nine weeks.
September 28: Naomi Watts is born in Shoreham, Kent, England.
September 30: The 900th U.S. aircraft is shot down over North Vietnam.
September 30: The first Boeing 747 rolls out.
October 1: French artist Marcel Duchamp (born 1887) dies.
October 1: “Night of the Living Dead” is released.
October 2: Thousands of students gather to protest against the military occupation of the National Polytechnic Institute, just days before the Olympic Games are due to begin in Mexico City. Police open fire on the students and although the Mexican government conducts a massive cover-up of the battle, saying “only” 25 people were killed, most sources will report between 200 and 300 deaths.
October 5: Police use batons and water cannons to break up a civil rights march in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. At least 30 people, including MP Gerard Fitt and some children, are injured. Reports say police tried to disperse the protesters by using their batons indiscriminately and spraying water from hoses on armored trucks.
keep looking »Sources:
The Whole World Was Watching: An oral history of 1968. A joint project between South Kingstown High School and Brown University’s Scholarly Technology Group
Timelines of History
Timeline 1968
Rock Timeline
Wikipedia Music Timeline
Frank Eugene Smitha’s Macrohistory and World Report
