Archive for the ‘jaren 60’ Category
November 30th, 2004 | 
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the byrds
The Byrds were the first American supergroup. The combination of Roger McGuinn’s ringing 12-string Rickenbacker guitar, Gene Clark’s poetry, David Crosby’s harmonies, Chris Hillman’s bluegrass-influenced bass playing and Michael Clarke’s enthusiastic drumming ushered in a new era of Rock ‘n’ Roll. A music that changed the way we felt and thought and looked at ourselves and each other.
grateful dead in the fillmore
“The greatest compliment I was ever given came at The Fillmore. It was Cream and the Butterfield Blues Band. I just happened to go into the rest room during a break. I was standing at the middle urinal when two guys came in after me, one on either side…right out of the blue, one said, ‘I forgot. Who’s playing here tonight?’ Without batting an eyelash, the other guy said, ‘I don’t know, man. What’s the difference? It’s The Fillmore.” -Bill Graham
Bron: thefillmore.com
Art Fitzpatrick & Van Kaufman
Art Fitzpatrick began his career designing cars. At 20, he designed the Darrin Packard 4-door convertible and hard top sedans, and at 22 was a consulting designer to General Electric. After World War II service as a Naval Officer, he turned to advertising design and illustration, beginning with 8 years of Mercury, including 4 years of Lincoln ads. Before GM obtained his exclusive services (20 years worth), he did ads for Nash, Plymouth, Chrysler, Kaiser and Studebaker. During these years, he also did art, graphic and product design for other Fortune 500 clients.
Van Kaufman went from art school to Walt Disney Studios, where he became a key animator and director. He served in the Army Air Force in the war, producing and directing training films. Back to Disney, he then left to travel and live in Europe for a while, and then to New York and advertising and editorial art. In 1951 Fitz, having admired Van’s art for an Italian Line campaign, suggested him for the backgrounds on the Mercury ads.
That began a 24 year collaboration and a 43 year friendship that lasted until Van’s death in 1995.
Bron: www.fitz-art.com
the graduate ( 1968 )
The Graduate behoort tot één van de beroemdste films uit de filmgeschiedenis. Gebaseerd op de gelijknamige roman van Charles Webb, maakte regisseur Mike Nichols (Silkwood, Working Girl, Wolf, Primary Colors, Regarding Henry) een gewaagde film. Zelfs in de jaren ’60, de periode van ‘flower power’ en ‘de seksuele revolutie’ was het ‘kinky’ verhaal van een jongen die een stomende verhouding heeft met een oudere vrouw toch niet iets gewoons. In 1968 kreeg de films maar liefst zeven Oscar nominaties, er werd één beeldje toegekend voor de beste regie. De film kreeg nog vele andere prijzen, waaronder vijf Golden Globes. De film is natuurlijk ook bekend geworden door de muziek van Simon & Garfunkel. Songs als Mrs. Robinson, The Sound of Silence en Scarborough Fair. De soundtrack, geschreven door Paul Simon en Dave Grusin was goed voor een Grammy Award.
Bron: dvd.nl/reviews