Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers
Burlap Interior Design
Much as the enthusiastic Mr. Namkin or the dapper corporate icon Mr. Deburco wished it, burlap was not fated to become the next hot interior design fabric. As we all know, burlap was too closely associated with beatniks to be wholly respectable.
Article source: The Record (Hackensack, New Jersey) 01 Oct 1954, Fri Page 24
Article source: The Monroe News-Star (Monroe, Louisiana) 06 Mar 1962, Tue Page 12
Article source: The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 30 Jan 1960, Sat Page 6
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 08, 2022 -
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Category: Fads, Interior Decorating, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1950s
Miss Beatnik of 1959
Further text at this link.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 14, 2022 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1950s
National Hobo Convention
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 17, 2022 -
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Category: Bums, Hobos, Tramps, Beggars, Panhandlers and Other Streetpeople, Conventions, Regionalism, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Trains and Other Vehicles on Rails
Lily & Maria
"I knew the shape of thirsty flowers..."
Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 10, 2022 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Music, 1960s
Hube the Cube, Professional Beatnik
Read of Hube the Cube's unique job in the final paragraphs of the article below.
(Artists Jane Belson & Hubert "Hube the Cube" Leslie)
Newspaper source: Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan) 01 Sep 1960, Thu Page 7
A very interesting short memoir by a fellow who hung out with Hube.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 18, 2021 -
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Category: Drugs, Eccentrics, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Cafes, Coffeehouses, Teahouses, and Other Caffeine Culture, 1950s, 1960s
Hog Farm Commune: Woodstock Security
What a trip!
No sound until about 0.33 mark.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 09, 2021 -
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Category: Music, Parades and Festivals, Police and Other Law Enforcement, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Air Travel and Airlines, 1960s
Beatniks Against Polio
What was the secret ingredient that made the rollout of the polio vaccine go so smoothly? Beatniks! If only we had some around today...Article source: Nashville Banner (Nashville, Tennessee) 16 Aug 1956, Thu Page 13
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 10, 2021 -
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Category: Medicine, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1950s
Jay De Feo’s THE ROSE
The artist's Wikipedia page.
From an NYT article.
DeFeo, who died in 1989, at age 60, is known for a single work, her astounding “Rose,” a monumental accretion of oil paint that consumed her for more than seven years. Working in her apartment on Fillmore Street, she applied pigment in gloppy impastos, then chiseled into the paint. What finally emerged was an 11-foot-tall, ash-gray slab incised with a central starburst radiating white lines. The piece (which, by a happy coincidence, is now on view in the permanent-collection galleries of the Whitney Museum of American Art) has a visionary energy and can put you in mind of William Blake’s blazing 19th-century suns.
In 1965, unable to afford a rent increase, DeFeo received an eviction notice. She worried that “The Rose” was unmovable. By then it weighed more than a ton and was too cumbersome to fit through the front door. Alternate plans were devised.... Several Bekins moving men in white jumpsuits pry “The Rose” from the wall and maneuver it out a bay window with a forklift as DeFeo sits disconsolately on a fire escape, smoking. “It was the end of ‘The Rose,’ and it was the end of Jay,” Conner said later in an interview.... She ceased working for several years,
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 03, 2021 -
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Category: Art, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s
Suzy Homemaker Is a Square
"She even washes regularly!"
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 04, 2021 -
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Category: Domestic, Stereotypes and Cliches, Toys, Children, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s
Giant Crab, “E.S.P.”
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 22, 2021 -
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Category: Music, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Psychedelic, 1960s
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