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| - | [[Leslie Fiedler]]'s essay "[[Cross the Border — Close the Gap]]" was first given in [[1968]] at the [[University of Freiburg]] and published first in the German weekly [[Christ und Welt]]. | + | "Leslie Fiedler's essay "[[Cross the Border — Close the Gap]]" was first given in 1968 at the University of Freiburg and published first in the German weekly Christ und Welt."--Sholem Stein |
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| "In short, I suggest that at least part of the [[thick description]] of what ''[[The Thinker|le Penseur]]'' is trying to do in saying things to himself is that he is trying, by success/failure tests, to find out whether or not the things that he is saying would or would not be utilisable as leads or pointers."--"[[The Thinking of Thoughts: What is 'Le Penseur' Doing?|What is 'Le Penseur' Doing?]]", 1968, Gilbert Ryle | "In short, I suggest that at least part of the [[thick description]] of what ''[[The Thinker|le Penseur]]'' is trying to do in saying things to himself is that he is trying, by success/failure tests, to find out whether or not the things that he is saying would or would not be utilisable as leads or pointers."--"[[The Thinking of Thoughts: What is 'Le Penseur' Doing?|What is 'Le Penseur' Doing?]]", 1968, Gilbert Ryle | ||
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| '''1968''' was the year of the [[Protests of 1968]]. | '''1968''' was the year of the [[Protests of 1968]]. | ||
| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
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| *[[Situationist International]] at its apex | *[[Situationist International]] at its apex | ||
| *First issue of ''[[King Mob Echo]]'' magazine | *First issue of ''[[King Mob Echo]]'' magazine | ||
| + | *[[Ruta de la Amistad ]] | ||
| *[[April 4]] - [[Assassination of Martin Luther King]] | *[[April 4]] - [[Assassination of Martin Luther King]] | ||
| *[[6 May]] - Start of the [[May 1968 events in France]] | *[[6 May]] - Start of the [[May 1968 events in France]] | ||
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| === Music === | === Music === | ||
| - | *[[Upsetter Records]] founded | + | *[[Upsetter Records (Jamaican record label)|Upsetter Records]] founded |
| *The word reggae is coined on a 1968 Pyramid dance single, "[[Do the Reggay]]" (sic) by [[Toots and the Maytals]] | *The word reggae is coined on a 1968 Pyramid dance single, "[[Do the Reggay]]" (sic) by [[Toots and the Maytals]] | ||
| ==== Singles ==== | ==== Singles ==== | ||
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| *[[Vesoul (song)|Vesoul]] by Jacques Brel | *[[Vesoul (song)|Vesoul]] by Jacques Brel | ||
| *[[Albatross (instrumental)|Albatross]] by Fleetwood Mac | *[[Albatross (instrumental)|Albatross]] by Fleetwood Mac | ||
| - | *[[A Deeper Shade of Soul]] by Ray Barretto | + | *[[Deeper Shade of Soul]] by Ray Barretto |
| *[[The Rain]] by Eddie Gale | *[[The Rain]] by Eddie Gale | ||
| ==== Albums==== | ==== Albums==== | ||
| *[[Musique du Burundi]] by various | *[[Musique du Burundi]] by various | ||
| - | *[[Brian Jones Presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka ]] recorded, released in 1971 | ||
| *[[Sweetheart of the Rodeo]] by The Byrds | *[[Sweetheart of the Rodeo]] by The Byrds | ||
| *[[The Soft Machine (Soft Machine album)|The Soft Machine]] by Soft Machine | *[[The Soft Machine (Soft Machine album)|The Soft Machine]] by Soft Machine | ||
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| *[[Feliciano!]] by José Feliciano | *[[Feliciano!]] by José Feliciano | ||
| * [[Gris-Gris]] by Dr. John the Night Tripper | * [[Gris-Gris]] by Dr. John the Night Tripper | ||
| - | *[[Os Mutantes (album)|Os Mutantes]] by Os Mutantes | + | *[[Os Mutantes (album)|Os Mutantes]] by Os Mutantes |
| + | *[[Machine Gun (Peter Brötzmann album)|Machine Gun]] by Peter Brötzmann | ||
| === Film === | === Film === | ||
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| ====Guilty pleasures==== | ====Guilty pleasures==== | ||
| - | *''[[La prisonnière (film)|La Prisonnière]]'' by Henri-Georges Clouzot | + | *''[[La Prisonnière (film)|La Prisonnière]]'' by Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| *''[[Death Laid an Egg]]'' by Giulio Questi | *''[[Death Laid an Egg]]'' by Giulio Questi | ||
| *''[[Psych-Out]]'' by Richard Rush | *''[[Psych-Out]]'' by Richard Rush | ||
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| *''[[The Howl]]'' by Tinto Brass | *''[[The Howl]]'' by Tinto Brass | ||
| *''[[Spider Baby]]'' by Jack Hill | *''[[Spider Baby]]'' by Jack Hill | ||
| + | *''[[The Libertine (1968 film)|The Libertine]]'' by Pasquale Festa Campanile | ||
| === Literature === | === Literature === | ||
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| ==== Fiction==== | ==== Fiction==== | ||
| *''[[Myra Breckinridge]]'' by Gore Vidal | *''[[Myra Breckinridge]]'' by Gore Vidal | ||
| - | *''[[The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test]]'' by [[Tom Wolfe]] | ||
| *''[[Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife]]'' by William H. Gass | *''[[Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife]]'' by William H. Gass | ||
| ==== Non fiction==== | ==== Non fiction==== | ||
| + | *''[[The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test]]'' by Tom Wolfe | ||
| *''[[Smut: An Anatomy of Dirt]]'' by Christian Enzensberger | *''[[Smut: An Anatomy of Dirt]]'' by Christian Enzensberger | ||
| *''[[Kitsch: The World of Bad Taste]]'' by Gillo Dorfles | *''[[Kitsch: The World of Bad Taste]]'' by Gillo Dorfles | ||
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| === Visual culture === | === Visual culture === | ||
| - | *[[Che Guevara]] poster by [[Jim Fitzpatrick (artist)|Jim Fitzpatrick]] | + | *[[Guerrillero Heroico |Che Guevara poster]] by [[Jim Fitzpatrick (artist)|Jim Fitzpatrick]] |
| *''[[The First International Exhibition of Erotic Art]]'' by the Kronhausens in Lund, Sweden, and Aarhus, Denmark | *''[[The First International Exhibition of Erotic Art]]'' by the Kronhausens in Lund, Sweden, and Aarhus, Denmark | ||
| *[[Chelsea Girls (Alan Aldridge poster)|''Chelsea Girls'']] by Alan Aldridge | *[[Chelsea Girls (Alan Aldridge poster)|''Chelsea Girls'']] by Alan Aldridge | ||
| *''[[Tapp und Tastkino]]'' by Valie Export | *''[[Tapp und Tastkino]]'' by Valie Export | ||
| *''[[Big Self-Portrait]]'' by Chuck Close | *''[[Big Self-Portrait]]'' by Chuck Close | ||
| + | *''[[Miss America (Wolf Vostell)|Miss America]]'' by Wolf Vostell | ||
| == Births == | == Births == | ||
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| * [[April 26]] - [[Green Velvet]] aka Curtis Jones, an electronic and house music singer, songwriter and producer | * [[April 26]] - [[Green Velvet]] aka Curtis Jones, an electronic and house music singer, songwriter and producer | ||
| * [[Chris Ofili]] | * [[Chris Ofili]] | ||
| - | * [[Kodwo Eshun]] | + | *[[October 7]] – [[Thom Yorke]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| - | * [[Monica Bellucci]] | + | |
| ==Deaths == | ==Deaths == | ||
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"Leslie Fiedler's essay "Cross the Border — Close the Gap" was first given in 1968 at the University of Freiburg and published first in the German weekly Christ und Welt."--Sholem Stein "In short, I suggest that at least part of the thick description of what le Penseur is trying to do in saying things to himself is that he is trying, by success/failure tests, to find out whether or not the things that he is saying would or would not be utilisable as leads or pointers."--"What is 'Le Penseur' Doing?", 1968, Gilbert Ryle - [Joan Bakewell] "What you were also attempting to do, as I understand it, was devalue the art as an object simply by saying, 'if I say it's a work of art, that makes it a work of art.'" --Marcel Duchamp interviewed by Joan Bakewell on Late Night Line-Up on 5 June 1968 “In the illusory babels of language, an artist might advance specifically to get lost, and to intoxicate himself in dizzying syntaxes, seeking odd intersections of meaning, strange corridors of history, unexpected echoes, unknown humors, or voids of knowledge… but this quest is risky, full of bottomless fictions and endless architectures and counter-architectures… at the end, if there is an end, are perhaps only meaningless reverberations.” --"A Museum of Language in the Vicinity of Art" (1968) by Robert Smithson |
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1968 was the year of the Protests of 1968.
Contents |
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Art and culture
- Protests of 1968
- Situationist International at its apex
- First issue of King Mob Echo magazine
- Ruta de la Amistad
- April 4 - Assassination of Martin Luther King
- 6 May - Start of the May 1968 events in France
- June 3 - Valerie Solanas, author of The SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times.
- November 1 - In the United States, the MPAA's film rating system is introduced.
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Music
- Upsetter Records founded
- The word reggae is coined on a 1968 Pyramid dance single, "Do the Reggay" (sic) by Toots and the Maytals
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Singles
- Can I Change My Mind by Tyrone Davis
- Requiem pour un con by Serge Gainsbourg
- Grazing in the Grass by Hugh Masekela
- Don't Bogart Me by Fraternity of Man
- Man with a Harmonica by Ennio Morricone
- On the Road Again by Canned Heat
- Feel Like Jumping by Marcia Griffiths
- Man Next Door by John Holt
- People Funny Boy by Lee "Scratch" Perry
- Full Up by Sound Dimension
- Crimson and Clover by Tommy James and the Shondells
- Everyday People by Sly and the Family Stone
- You Goin' Miss Your Candyman by Terry Callier
- Drum Song by Jackie Mittoo
- The Horse by Cliff Nobles
- Vesoul by Jacques Brel
- Albatross by Fleetwood Mac
- Deeper Shade of Soul by Ray Barretto
- The Rain by Eddie Gale
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Albums
- Musique du Burundi by various
- Sweetheart of the Rodeo by The Byrds
- The Soft Machine by Soft Machine
- Silver Apples by Silver Apples
- Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
- Caetano Veloso by Caetano Veloso
- Feliciano! by José Feliciano
- Gris-Gris by Dr. John the Night Tripper
- Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes
- Machine Gun by Peter Brötzmann
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Film
- November 1 - The MPAA's film rating system is introduced.
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Canon
- Teorema by Pier Paolo Pasolini
- 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick
- Targets by Peter Bogdanovich
- The Party by Blake Edwards
- if.... by Lindsay Anderson
- Rosemary's Baby by Roman Polanski
- Night of the Living Dead by George A. Romero
- Petulia by Richard Lester
- The Color of Pomegranates by Sergei Paradjanov
- Witchfinder General by Michael Reeves
- The Secret Cinema by Paul Bartel
- Black Panthers by Agnès Varda
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Guilty pleasures
- La Prisonnière by Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Death Laid an Egg by Giulio Questi
- Psych-Out by Richard Rush
- I Am Curious (Blue) by Vilgot Sjöman
- They Call Us Misfits - Swedish documentary
- Barbarella by Vadim
- Candy by Christian Marquand
- Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden by Jesus Franco
- Sweden: Heaven and Hell by Luigi Scattini
- The Howl by Tinto Brass
- Spider Baby by Jack Hill
- The Libertine by Pasquale Festa Campanile
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Literature
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Fiction
- Myra Breckinridge by Gore Vidal
- Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife by William H. Gass
[edit]
Non fiction
- The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
- Smut: An Anatomy of Dirt by Christian Enzensberger
- Kitsch: The World of Bad Taste by Gillo Dorfles
- The Death of the Author by Roland Barthes
- Bomb Culture by Jeff Nuttall
- Rationale of the Dirty Joke by Gershon Legman
- Difference and Repetition by Gilles Deleuze
- "The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm" by Anne Koedt
- "A Quick Trip Through My Adolescence" by Lester Bangs
- Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider by Peter Gay
- The Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich
- Thinking About Women by Mary Ellmann
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Visual culture
- Che Guevara poster by Jim Fitzpatrick
- The First International Exhibition of Erotic Art by the Kronhausens in Lund, Sweden, and Aarhus, Denmark
- Chelsea Girls by Alan Aldridge
- Tapp und Tastkino by Valie Export
- Big Self-Portrait by Chuck Close
- Miss America by Wolf Vostell
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Births
- August 27 - Uwe Schmidt, German composer
- April 26 - Green Velvet aka Curtis Jones, an electronic and house music singer, songwriter and producer
- Chris Ofili
- October 7 – Thom Yorke, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Deaths
- Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 - 1968)
- Erwin Panofsky (1892 - 1968)
- Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889 - 1968)
- Mervyn Peake (1911 - 1968)
- John Heartfield, German photographer and activist (b. 1891)
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