AMCULT 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Bill Ham, Short Songs, Psilocybin Mushroom
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Lecture 11: for 15 minutes everything was perfect. Late 50s: thumbing its nose at the beats, fun for the sake of fun rather than exploration. San francisco state: teacher bringing pot to class, turning on his students, 1958: seymour locke class on light and art: rise to light shows, bill ham: light shows in 1962, musical accompaniment. Free speech movement began in 1964, demand that university life ban on on-campus political activities and recognize right to free speech, starting point for other protests. 1960: election of jfk, rise of the youth (46 years old, born in this century), understood. 1962: tim leary shrooms to harvard, ifif (international foundation for internal. 1964: beatles dominate everything, influence everyone and start electric revolution. Different: appearance, short songs, smart+witty+intelligent, ideology of baby boomers) Street theatre: open theater (berkeley) began multimedia production. San francisco mime troupe: managed by bill graham, satirical theatre. Sf banned rock and roll clubs, music (nyc as well), no venues.
