Bob Simmons : Elevators Reunion: (I Done Got) Levitation at Psych Fest 2015
Like Icarus, the 13th Floor Elevators, a band that should have a special alcove in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, flew too close to the sun. Text and photos by Bob Simmons | The Rag Blog | May …...
View ArticleJonah Raskin : Stormy Weather: A Rag Blog interview with Bryan Burrough,...
“The underground is not a place but a way of life. You can be underground most anywhere, from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Hermosa Beach, California.” — Bryan Burrough By Jonah Raskin | The Rag...
View ArticleAlice Embree : METRO EVENT | Documentary film about ‘The Rag,’ Austin’s...
The showing will be followed by an open meeting to start planning a 2016 Rag reunion and celebration. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | August 17, 2015 Event: “The Rag: Austin Underground Press...
View ArticleHugh Grady and Thorne Dreyer : METRO | Remembering David MacBryde,...
A sweet man of peace, The Rag Blog’s David MacBryde passed away in Berlin, Wednesday, September 9. AUSTIN — I lost a dear friend last Wednesday and The Rag Blog lost its “man in Berlin.” David...
View ArticleKen Wachsberger : Joe Grant: Happy birthday and goodbye, friend
Joe Grant, the publisher of ‘Prisoners Digest International,’ was one of the unsung legends of the underground press. By Ken Wachsberger | The Rag Blog | September 23, 2015 It’s always jarring to...
View ArticleKen Wachsberger : Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the ’60s underground...
That independent, noncorporate, grassroots outburst of countercultural participatory journalism is finally beginning to generate modern-day notice. By Ken Wachsberger | The Rag Blog | November 5, 2015...
View ArticleJonah Raskin : Vietnam postscript: Activists remember the cause that shook an...
For baby boomers who watched the Vietnam War on the nightly news, the war has never really ended. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | November 17, 2015 BERKELEY — Remember the War in Vietnam? Indeed, how...
View ArticleKen Wachsberger : Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the ’60s underground...
The paper, which quickly became Detroit’s cutting-edge news source, is the longest-running underground newspaper from the Vietnam era. By Ken Wachsberger | The Rag Blog | December 8, 2015 [This is the...
View ArticleKen Wachsberger : Ken Light’s photographic journey through the chaos and the...
In ‘What’s Going On? 1969-1974,’ Light captures the marches, the rallies, the protests, the guerrilla theatre performances, and the police riots. By Ken Wachsberger | The Rag Blog | January 18, 2016...
View ArticleSteve Russell : METRO | Do the right thing, and be proud of your mistakes
I cherish my time at The Texan but don’t ask me to choose it over my time at The Rag. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | January 26, 2016 AUSTIN — The Rag started in 1966 in reaction … finish reading...
View ArticleJames Retherford : Born 50 years ago, ‘The Spectator’ was a bright light in...
This controversial alt-underground weekly explored the fertile meeting ground of art and activism. By James Retherford | The Rag Blog | February 11, 2016 This is the story of an extraordinary little...
View ArticleKen Wachsberger : Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 60’s underground...
The underground press was everywhere you looked: on campus and off, in urban, suburban, rural, ghetto, barrio, in every state of the Union. By Ken Wachsberger | The Rag Blog | February 23, 2016 [This...
View ArticleJeff Shero Nightbyrd : METRO | Deep in the heart of Texas: The guns of August
Mass shootings of the innocent are commonplace now. But Charles Whitman, the Texas Tower sniper, shocked the nation’s psyche. By Jeff Shero Nightbyrd | The Rag Blog | March 29, 2016 With introduction...
View ArticleThorne Dreyer and Alice Embree : The Rag: 50 years of cutting-edge journalism
A series of public events, October 13-16, 2016, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Austin’s historic Sixties underground newspaper. By Thorne Dreyer and Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | May 9, 2016...
View ArticleAlice Embree : The murder of George J. Vizard IV
George, a Ragstaffer and leading force in the Austin left, was found dead in the cold locker of an Austin convenience store in 1967. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | July 27, 2016 Rag Blog associate...
View ArticleAlice Embree : METRO | Remembering Frank Erwin and the Waller Creek trees
This feature is in the book ‘Celebrating The Rag’ to be released during festivities, set for Oct. 13-16, honoring Austin’s iconic underground newspaper. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | September 20,...
View ArticleThorne Dreyer : METRO EVENT | Gentle Thursday is back!
The legendary ’60s Austin happening returns as part of a 4-day celebration of the original Rag. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | October 12, 2016 Event: Gentle Thursday What: Do-it-yourself happening...
View ArticleRabbi Arthur Waskow : Tom Hayden, ¡Presente!
The Port Huron Statement that Hayden drafted, a deeply intelligent critical analysis of American society, became the manifesto of a generation. By Rabbi Arthur Waskow | The Rag Blog | October 26, 2015...
View ArticleJudy Gumbo Albert : Tom Hayden: Raising a cup to my fallen pal
By Judy Gumbo Albert | The Rag Blog | October 24, 2016 Peace activist and spiritual leader Rabbi Arthur Waskow and Hayden’s longtime friend and associate, activist and organizer Carl Davidson, will...
View ArticleCarl Davidson : My friend and comrade, Tom Hayden
He inspired me and many others to go to the battlegrounds and ‘put our bodies on the line.’ By Carl Davidson | The Rag Blog | October 26, 2016 Peace activist and spiritual leader Rabbi Arthur Waskow...
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