Froines acknowledged that his role in the 1968 demonstration and subsequent trial would be a mere footnote, but a pretty glaring footnote, in a life during which he worked as an anti-war activist and aided the Black Panther Party Defense Committee. He taught at Goddard College in Vermont, th...
The London native had previously formed a band The Gods, whose players featured future members of the bands Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Jethro Tull. In addition to co-writing some of Uriah Heep's songs, Hensley also collaborated with the bands Blackfoot, Cinderella, Head Machine, and W.A...
Telling the story of mistaken identity surrounding a hapless man born on the same day and in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Jones appeared as several characters and also directed. At the time, the film was hugely controversial due to its theme of religious satire. Hi...
After looking into the data of word lookups, it "became apparent that 2020 is not a year that could neatly be accommodated in one single 'word of the year,'"the dictionary wrote. Most notable, of course, is the coronavirus and its related terms about science, lockdowns, and the new re...
This was an especially unglamorous and modest-paying field of law, for it involved defending the poor and the marginalized members of society in housing and employment discrimination cases. Obama also had another reason for returning to Chicago: During his Harvard Law School years, he took a ...
Scottish singer-songwriter Dean Ford (September 5, 1946-December 31, 2018) was best known as the frontman for the pop group Marmalade in the late '60s-early '70s. He co-wrote their hits "Reflections of My Life" and "I See the Rain," and recorded a cover of The Beatles' "Ob-La-Di...
Their appearance as the house band for the British TV comedy series "Do Not Adjust Your Set" in 1968 would connect Innes with future members of the Monty Python comedy troupe. His particular bent – melodically strong and lyrically zany – made him an effective collaborator to the Pythons,...
His book "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" captured the '60s psychedelic culture and his travels with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. His magazine piece, "Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny's," took a pointed look at fund-raising for the Black Panther Party by Leonard Bernstein and ...
Scottish singer-songwriter Dean Ford (September 5, 1946-December 31, 2018) was best known as the frontman for the pop group Marmalade in the late '60s-early '70s. He co-wrote their hits "Reflections of My Life" and "I See the Rain," and recorded a cover of The Beatles' "Ob-La-Di...
The London native had previously formed a band The Gods, whose players featured future members of the bands Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Jethro Tull. In addition to co-writing some of Uriah Heep's songs, Hensley also collaborated with the bands Blackfoot, Cinderella, Head Machine, and W.A...