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about my journeys (both geographical and mental), my memories and my research into the counterculture of the 1960s

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  • Leicester
    • Mods, Delinquency and the Green Bowler Cafe
    • Mods in Leicester U.K. in the mid 1960s
    • Rick Grech and Me: a Personal Memoir by Kenny Wilson
      • The Musicians’ Olympus: Ric Grech (bass / violin)
    • Leicester legacies: The life and times of The Charlotte
    • Kenny Wilson Live at the Exchange Bar, Leicester every Friday 8 p.m.
    • The ‘Hungry I’ Pancake House.
  • Music
    • My Favourite Albums of All Time (Part One)
    • My Favourite Albums of All Time (Part Two)
    • My Thoughts on Bob Dylan and “Highway 61 Revisited”
    • ‘Thought-tormented Music’: David Bowie’s Low and T.S. Eliot
    • ‘The Velvet Underground and Nico’: 10 Things You Didn’t Know – Rolling Stone
    • The Cy Laurie Club and The Harmony Inn, Soho (1950s Greasy Spoon)
    • La Reverie Gypsy Jazz Band
    • The Velvet Underground & Nico at 50: A New York Extravaganza in Paris
  • Counterculture
    • The Rise and Fall of the 1960s Counterculture in Britain and America
    • The Decline of the 1960s Counterculture and the Rise of Thatcherism
    • Live Music Clubs and Coffee Bars in Soho, London in the 1950s and 60s
    • More London Coffee Bars of the 1950s and 60s
    • Tonite Let’s All Make Love in Leicester: Peter Whitehead and the Long 1960s (March 2017 De Montfort University)
    • From Folk to Acid Rock, How Marty Balin Launched the San Francisco Music Scene | Collectors Weekly
    • THE HOLY BARBARIANS by Lawrence Lipton
    • Interactive Maps for Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” by Dennis Mansker
    • Heaven and Hell Coffee Lounge in Soho, W1 |Eric Lindsay
    • The 1960s Counterculture in Britain and America – a talk by Kenny Wilson at Secular Hall, Leicester on October 6th 7.00 p.m.
    • The Teddy Boys (Britain’s First Youth Subculture)
  • Politics and Philosophy
    • Religion, Richard Dawkins and the One Dimensional Man
    • The Society of the Spectacle – Guy Debord (1967)
    • The Neglected History of the May ’68 Uprising in France
    • May 1968: A Month of Revolution Pushed France Into the Modern World
  • Poetry
    • Reflections on Coventry Cathedral: a poem by Kenny Wilson
    • What I am! : a poem by Kenny Wilson
    • “So Here I Am” a poem by Kenny Wilson
    • Poem: Since You Went Away by Kenny Wilson
    • Infinity Blue a poem/song by Kenny Wilson!
    • Poem: Since You Went Away by Kenny Wilson
    • Poem: The City Was a Golden Sea by Kenny Wilson
    • cows: a haiku by Kenny Wilson
  • Travel
    • 3 Days in Rome February 2016
    • 4 Days in Paris April 2016
    • My European Interail Diary Part 1 6th April 2015
      • My European Interail Diary Part 2 Wednesday 8th April
      • My European Interail Diary Part 3 29th April 2015
    • My European Musical Adventure Part 1 October 2015
      • My European Musical Adventure Part 2 October 2015
    • Pictures of Lindos, Rhodes
    • Day out in Derby
    • Visit to Sicily October 2013
    • Road Trip to Whitby, U.K. December 2013
    • Day Trip to Hull
    • Visit to Oslo, Norway April 2014
    • Glasgow and Berlin
    • Trip to Liverpool
    • Day Trip to Sheffield
    • Malta in May 2013
    • A Week in Florence
    • Boat Trip from Richmond to Hampton Court 1st September 2015
    • Pictures of Valencia 12th September 2015
    • Busking in Nottingham
    • Photo Gallery of Bournemouth 2nd December 2015
    • New York
      • Feeling nervous!
      • Bike ride to Brooklyn
      • Whisper of escapades out on the D train.
      • Gigging In New York
      • The Met and Penny’s open mic
      • Woodstock, Bums and Cigarette Smoking
      • Gigs, interview and video shoot
      • Watch “Singer/Songwriter Kenny Wilson – Marlon Brando & James Dean @ The NYC Open Mic Joint” on YouTube
      • Caffe Vivaldi and Shopping
      • Path Cafe, Hoboken and Bar 4
      • Jewish Museum, Skyscraper Museum and Penny’s Open Mic
      • Hurdy Gurdy Man Union Square
      • Lazy day and Paddy Reilly’s
      • Reflections and Recollections
  • Art
    • Vandalising Rothko
    • ‘Yellowism’ Explained!
    • Lichtenstein A Retrospective at Tate Modern
    • August Sander at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery
    • Richard Hamilton Late Works at the National Gallery
    • The early jazz album covers of Andy Warhol
    • The Bride and the Bachelors: an exhibition at The Barbican, London March 2013
    • John Lennon’s Records and Compact Discs with Andy Warhol Art
    • W.T.G.A.: Dali vs Warhol
  • Review
    • Music Review: Bob Dylan’s “Tempest”
    • Film Review: About Elly
    • Film Review: Les Miserables
    • Film Review: Zero Dark Thirty

Category: John Cage

Poster for my lecture at the Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution 12th July

The Bride and the Bachelors: an exhibition at The Barbican, London March 2013

Until recently I knew about Marcel Duchamp but not very much. I knew he was an iconoclast who presented a porcelain urinal as a work of art but I had no idea of his profound influence on others like John Cage and Merce Cunningham. Visiting this exhibition at the Barbican changed all that. It is…

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Recent Posts

  • All Tomorrow’s Parties: The Warhol Years 1965–1967| PopMatters|Peter Hogan Feb 3, 2019
  • “Joplin’s Shooting Star”1966-1970 | The Pop History Dig | Jack Doyle Jan 19, 2019
  • Review – The Parisian Swing Band at The Musician, 5th January, 2019 – Music in Leicester Magazine | Jessie Mann Jan 12, 2019
  • The lasting influence of The Velvet Underground and Nico | Riley Fitzgerald Jan 5, 2019
  • “Your revolution is over”: A Review of Stuart Henderson’s Making the Scene – ActiveHistory.ca | Kaitlin Wainwright Jan 3, 2019
  • Blind Faith – Blind Faith (1969) Dec 26, 2018
  • Bob Dylan Interview | Mary Travers and Friend Radio Show Dec 12, 2018
  • Atlanta Studies | Parks are for the People: The Piedmont Park Riot and the Politics of Late 1960s Atlanta Dec 5, 2018
  • Rethinking Schiele Dec 5, 2018
  • The junky genius of Alexander Trocchi | Tony O’Neill | The Guardian Nov 30, 2018

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