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Vincent Bugliosi, Author of Helter Skelter Will Lecture Here
Vincent Bugliosi, author of Helter Skelter will lecture here January 19, 1977 Vincent Bugliosi, best known for the book "Helter Skelter" chronicling his successful prosecution of the "Manson Family," will speak at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, in the Mandeville Auditorium of the University of California, San Diego. The so-called "Tate-LaBianca" murders constituted one of the most horrifying and baffling cases of the century. The story appeared to end with the conviction of Charles Manson and his co-conspirators -- three young women and a youth known as an "all-American Boy." Their guilt was proved but the guts of the story remained untold. With some members of the Manson family in the news again, Bugliosi's research into and reflections on the actors in the drama are especially riveting. The Manson case is the most voluminously documented murder case in legal annals. It was the longest murder trial in American history. The jury was sequestered longer than any jury before or since. The case was an international press, radio and television spectacular for more than a year. Bugliosi, now in private practice, has recently been turning his attention to a re-investigation of the death of Robert F. Kennedy. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Miami (which he attended on a tennis scholarship) and his law degree from UCLA where he was president of his class. At the time of the Manson case he was deputy district attorney, Los Angeles, and a professor of criminal law at the Beverly School of Law in Los Angeles. -
Tropical Storm Forms in Gulf Morrow,” Eckstein Said Wednes- Andrea to Bring Torrential Rains ■ for Updates on Tropical Day Night
Fuji Asian Bistro brings taste of Far East to Southeast /C1 THURSDAY TODAY CITRUS COUNTY & next morning HIGH 83 Mostly cloudy. 80 LOW percent chance of thunderstorms 76 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com JUNE 6, 2013 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community 50¢ VOL. 118 ISSUE 303 Tropical storm forms in Gulf morrow,” Eckstein said Wednes- Andrea to bring torrential rains ■ For updates on Tropical day night. “Hope nobody had any Tropical Storm Storm Andrea, check the outdoor plans.” Andrea is the first named Chronicle’s storm of the 2013 Atlantic MIKE WRIGHT casters did not expect it to Facebook page or Eckstein said some flooding the sheriff’s office blog, hurricane season. Staff writer strengthen to a hurricane. could be expected in areas prone 5:30 pm EDT, June 5. Forecasters issued a tropical citruseoc.blogspot.com. for high water, such as Ozello, La. Ga.Ala.Mis. 300 mi The young hurricane season’s storm warning for a swath of parts of Homosassa and Crystal 300 km first named storm formed Florida’s west coast starting at rain, said Capt. Joe Eckstein, who River. Eckstein also said residents Tropical Storm 30° Andrea Fla. Wednesday evening in the Gulf of Boca Grande, an island to the heads the county’s Emergency should keep an eye on the Mexico, promising a wet and northwest of Fort Myers, and end- Operations Center. 3:21 p.m. high tide in King’s Bay. Gulf of BAHAMAS windy Thursday in Citrus County ing in the Big Bend area of the Eckstein said forecasters ex- The county is not opening sand- Mexico CUBA and across the Florida west coast. -
America's Fascination with Multiple Murder
CHAPTER ONE AMERICA’S FASCINATION WITH MULTIPLE MURDER he break of dawn on November 16, 1957, heralded the start of deer hunting T season in rural Waushara County, Wisconsin. The men of Plainfield went off with their hunting rifles and knives but without any clue of what Edward Gein would do that day. Gein was known to the 647 residents of Plainfield as a quiet man who kept to himself in his aging, dilapidated farmhouse. But when the men of the vil- lage returned from hunting that evening, they learned the awful truth about their 51-year-old neighbor and the atrocities that he had ritualized within the walls of his farmhouse. The first in a series of discoveries that would disrupt the usually tranquil town occurred when Frank Worden arrived at his hardware store after hunting all day. Frank’s mother, Bernice Worden, who had been minding the store, was missing and so was Frank’s truck. But there was a pool of blood on the floor and a trail of blood leading toward the place where the truck had been garaged. The investigation of Bernice’s disappearance and possible homicide led police to the farm of Ed Gein. Because the farm had no electricity, the investigators con- ducted a slow and ominous search with flashlights, methodically scanning the barn for clues. The sheriff’s light suddenly exposed a hanging figure, apparently Mrs. Worden. As Captain Schoephoerster later described in court: Mrs. Worden had been completely dressed out like a deer with her head cut off at the shoulders. -
Ghosts, Cowboys
*KRVWV&RZER\V &ODLUH9D\H:DWNLQV The Hopkins Review, Volume 2, Number 2, Spring 2009 (New Series), pp. 163-179 (Article) 3XEOLVKHGE\-RKQV+RSNLQV8QLYHUVLW\3UHVV DOI: 10.1353/thr.0.0064 For additional information about this article http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/thr/summary/v002/2.2.watkins.html Access provided by New York University (4 Oct 2015 00:30 GMT) Claire Vaye Watkins GHOSTS, COWBOYS he day my mom checked out, Razor Blade Baby moved in. And at the end I can’t help thinking about beginnings. The city of Reno, Nevada, was founded in 1859 when TCharles Fuller built a log toll bridge across the Truckee River and charged prospectors to haul their Comstock silver across the narrow but swift-moving current. Two years later, Fuller sold the bridge to the ambitious Myron Lake. Lake, swift himself, added a grist mill, kiln, and livery stable to his Silver Queen Hotel and Eating House. Not a bashful man, he named the community Lake’s Crossing, had the name painted on Fuller’s bridge, bright blue as the sky. The 1860s were boom times in the Western Utah Territory: Americans still had the brackish taste of Sutter’s soil on their tongues, ten-year-old gold still glinting in their eyes. The curse of the Comstock Lode had not yet leaked from the silver vein, not seeped into the water table. The silver itself had not yet been stripped from the moun- tains; steaming water had not yet flooded the mineshafts. Henry T. P. Comstock—most opportune of the opportunists, snatcher of land, greatest claim jumper of all time—had not yet lost his love Adelaide, his first cousin, who drowned in Lake Tahoe. -
Pynchon's Sound of Music
Pynchon’s Sound of Music Christian Hänggi Pynchon’s Sound of Music DIAPHANES PUBLISHED WITH SUPPORT BY THE SWISS NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 1ST EDITION ISBN 978-3-0358-0233-7 10.4472/9783035802337 DIESES WERK IST LIZENZIERT UNTER EINER CREATIVE COMMONS NAMENSNENNUNG 3.0 SCHWEIZ LIZENZ. LAYOUT AND PREPRESS: 2EDIT, ZURICH WWW.DIAPHANES.NET Contents Preface 7 Introduction 9 1 The Job of Sorting It All Out 17 A Brief Biography in Music 17 An Inventory of Pynchon’s Musical Techniques and Strategies 26 Pynchon on Record, Vol. 4 51 2 Lessons in Organology 53 The Harmonica 56 The Kazoo 79 The Saxophone 93 3 The Sounds of Societies to Come 121 The Age of Representation 127 The Age of Repetition 149 The Age of Composition 165 4 Analyzing the Pynchon Playlist 183 Conclusion 227 Appendix 231 Index of Musical Instruments 233 The Pynchon Playlist 239 Bibliography 289 Index of Musicians 309 Acknowledgments 315 Preface When I first read Gravity’s Rainbow, back in the days before I started to study literature more systematically, I noticed the nov- el’s many references to saxophones. Having played the instru- ment for, then, almost two decades, I thought that a novelist would not, could not, feature specialty instruments such as the C-melody sax if he did not play the horn himself. Once the saxophone had caught my attention, I noticed all sorts of uncommon references that seemed to confirm my hunch that Thomas Pynchon himself played the instrument: McClintic Sphere’s 4½ reed, the contra- bass sax of Against the Day, Gravity’s Rainbow’s Charlie Parker passage. -
The Orkustra
THE ORKUSTRA This day-by-day diary of The Orkustra's live, studio, broadcasting and private activities is the result of two decades of research and interview work by Bruno Ceriotti, but without the significant contributions by other kindred spirits this diary would not have been possible. So, I would like to thank all the people who, in one form or another, contributed to this timeline: Jaime Leopold (RIP), Bobby Beausoleil, David LaFlamme, Henry Rasof, Nathan Zakheim, Stephen Hannah, Jesse Barish, Steve LaRosa, Rod Harper (RIP), Colin Hill, Ross Hannan, Corry Arnold, William Hjortsberg, Aldo Pedron, Klemen Breznikar, Reg E. Williams, Charles Perry, Penny DeVries, Claire Hamilton, Lessley Anderson, Ralph J. Gleason (RIP), Craig Fenton, Alec Palao, Johnny Echols, 'Cousin Robert' Resner, Roman Garcia Albertos, James Marshall, Chester Kessler, Gene Anthony, Christopher Newton, Loren Means, The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Oracle, and Berkeley Barb. September 1966 Undoubtedly the most experimental and ecletically diverse band of the so-called 'San Francisco Sound', The Orkustra were put together by the infamous Bobby Beausoleil. A larger than life character with a mixed reputation ("He was like Bugs Bunny," says Orkustra's bandmate Nathan Zakheim. "Very in your face, enthuastic."), Robert Kenneth Beausoleil, aka 'Cupid', aka 'Bummer Bob', aka 'Bobby Snofox', was born on Thursday, November 6, 1947, in Santa Barbara, California. After dropping out of high school and let his hair grow out, Bobby moved to Los Angeles in search of fame and fortune in 1965. There, over the summer, he played a six-string rhythm guitar with The Grass Roots, a folk- rock band later known as LOVE, for only three weeks, and also made a cameo appearance (as 'Cupid') in the famous underground documentary movie Mondo Hollywood. -
“'The Paranoia Was Fulfilled' – an Analysis of Joan Didion's
“‘THE PARANOIA WAS FULFILLED’ – AN ANALYSIS OF JOAN DIDION’S ESSAY ‘THE WHITE ALBUM’” Rachele Colombo Independent Scholar ABSTRACT This article looks at Joan Didion’s essay “The White Album” from the collection of essays The White Album (1979), as a relevant text to reflect upon America’s turmoil in the sixties, and investigate in particular the subject of paranoia. “The White Album” represents numerous historical events from the 1960s, but the central role is played by the Manson Murders case, which the author considers it to be the sixties’ watershed. This event–along with many others–shaped Didion’s perception of that period, fueling a paranoid tendency that reflected in her writing. Didion appears to be in search of a connection between her growing anxiety and these violent events throughout the whole essay, in an attempt to understand the origin of her paranoia. Indeed, “The White Album” deals with a period in Didion’s life characterized by deep nervousness, caused mainly by her increasing inability to make sense of the events surrounding her, the Manson Murders being the most inexplicable one. Conse- quently, Didion seems to ask whether her anxiety and paranoia are justified by the numerous violent events taking place in the US during the sixties, or if she is giving a paranoid interpretation of com- pletely neutral and common events. Because of her inability to find actual connections between the events surrounding her, in particular political assassinations, Didion realizes she feels she is no longer able to fulfill her main duty as a writer: to tell a story. -
The Long Prison Journey of Leslie Van Houten: Life Beyond the Cult by Kariene Faith Boston: Northeastern University Press (2001), 216 Pp
The long Prison Journey of leslie Van Houten: life Beyond the Cult By Kariene Faith Boston: Northeastern University Press (2001), 216 pp. Reviewed by Liz Elliott n the last year of the 1960s, a decade of anomie, the U.S. experienced two I events that would symbolize different aspects of its culture into the next millennium. These events took place at opposite sides of the country, although they occun-ed less than a week apart. One event, a cultural festival of music and arts, has remained in time as an example of the possibilities of peaceful co existence in adverse circumstances oflarge numbers ofpeopJe. From August 15th to the 17th the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival's patrons endured rain and mud - and all of the other inconveniences that would reasonably accrue in a situation where unexpected large numbers ofpeople converged in one location -to see some of the decade's masters of rock and roll and folk music perfonn in the state of New York. Almost half a million people, many of whom were experiencing the event under the influence of various illicit drugs, attended Woodstock and lived together peacefhlly for one weekend. 1 Across the continent a few days earlier, the world heard the news of two ten-ible sets of murders in California that shook the sense of security that until then was enjoyed by Americans. We were soon to learn that these bizarre, seemingly ritualistic killings were the bidding of a charismatic but crazy man who was state-raised2 and resourceful. In this case the drugs were used to weaken the already fragile resolve ofyoung idealistic people who were searching for themselves and open to new ways of seeing the world. -
Chatsworth Nature Preserve/Reservoir
HISTORIC RESOURCES IDENTIFICATION STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Final 6/2/15 - Prepared by Carla Bollinger Chatsworth Nature Preserve/Reservoir Why is this individual resource or neighborhood significant? Chatsworth Nature Preserve (CNP) is a representation of San Fernando Valley (SFV)-Los Angeles history from pre-historic through the 20th Century. This is the last remaining opening space, 1325 acres, on the valley floor with rolling hills, native plants and oak trees, a vision of what the SFV once looked like with numerous cultural-historic landmarks. Native American site from pre-historic Middle Period (1500 - 500 AD), through Pre-Mission period: A Gabrielino and Ventureno-Chumash, historical district Mission Period: (1769 to 1833-1836) Spanish expedition and establishment of California Missions through the time period the Missions were secularized by the Mexican government. Mexican Period: (1821-1848) Rancheros, cattle and sheep ranch, Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando, Mexican land grant by Governor Pio Pico to Eulogio de Celis. Pioneering/Homesteading or American Period: (1848 - early 1900’s) Gold discovery north of San Fernando Mission in Placerita Canyon, 1848; California Statehood in 1850; and the Homestead Act, 1862, all contributed to the SFV changes from cattle and sheep ranching to agricultural, dry farming. 20th Century: Owens Valley-Los Angeles Aqueduct, building of the Chatsworth Reservoir, early Movie/TV Filming, and the development of commercial industry and growth of residential development surrounding the CNP-Reservoir. Native American Convergence site. The CNP and surrounding area was a convergence location for Ventureno-Chumash, Gabrielino, and Fernandeho Native Americans to gather, trade, inter-marry, and hold ceremonies. Momonga Village (Fernandeno ) or Rancheria de las Piedras (Gabrielino/Tongva) Location: Northeastern Simi Hills through Santa Susana Pass to Stoney Point on the west, and south to the north end of Chatsworth Reservoir. -
The Big Goodbye
Robert Towne, Edward Taylor, Jack Nicholson. Los Angeles, mid- 1950s. Begin Reading Table of Contents About the Author Copyright Page Thank you for buying this Flatiron Books ebook. To receive special offers, bonus content, and info on new releases and other great reads, sign up for our newsletters. Or visit us online at us.macmillan.com/newslettersignup For email updates on the author, click here. The author and publisher have provided this e-book to you for your personal use only. You may not make this e-book publicly available in any way. Copyright infringement is against the law. If you believe the copy of this e-book you are reading infringes on the author’s copyright, please notify the publisher at: us.macmillanusa.com/piracy. For Lynne Littman and Brandon Millan We still have dreams, but we know now that most of them will come to nothing. And we also most fortunately know that it really doesn’t matter. —Raymond Chandler, letter to Charles Morton, October 9, 1950 Introduction: First Goodbyes Jack Nicholson, a boy, could never forget sitting at the bar with John J. Nicholson, Jack’s namesake and maybe even his father, a soft little dapper Irishman in glasses. He kept neatly combed what was left of his red hair and had long ago separated from Jack’s mother, their high school romance gone the way of any available drink. They told Jack that John had once been a great ballplayer and that he decorated store windows, all five Steinbachs in Asbury Park, though the only place Jack ever saw this man was in the bar, day-drinking apricot brandy and Hennessy, shot after shot, quietly waiting for the mercy to kick in. -
Tender Exotics
TENDER EXOTICS BOBBY BEAUSOLEIL NIK KAMVISSIS MARGARET STONES ALAN TOWNSEND CURATED BY LISA CAMPBELL-SMITH UNDER THE CURATORIAL MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, CONTEMPORARY ART TASMANIA EXHIBITION: 2 - 31 MAY 2015 TENDER EXOTICS A recent exhibition titled Open Field held at Hauser and Wirth Somerset in the UK, celebrated the founder of the New Perennial movement, Piet Oudolf. The works on display were Ouldof’s sketches and designs for a series of public gardens. The drawings were layered with symbols, codes, and colour; steeped in the knowledge of plant life. What is fascinating about their presence in a ‘high art’ context, removed as they are from the finished gardens, is that they become loaded with possible narratives; instantly imbued with meaning beyond their schematic and instructional purpose. Tender Exotics, has at its centre a similar set of intentions, that is, to place works into a context in which they have not been previously considered. Tender Exotics brings together a collection of works from Bobby Beausoleil, Nik Kamvissis, Margaret Stones and Alan Townsend. From the margins of contemporary art practice to the pedagogical rigours of scientific illustration, Tender Exotics considers the criteria by which artists and objects are assigned to correspond with contemporary themes and curatorial agendas. The assemblage of this trans-historical grouping is presented here, not to seek order through it, but rather to explore a juxtaposition of descriptive elements and latent possibilities. Borrowing its title from the 18th Century publication, A collection of various forms of stoves, used for forcing pine plants, fruit trees, and preserving tender exotics…, 1 the exhibition also art galleries in juxtaposition with contemporary art, may not incorporates visual material from these architectural drafts. -
Bibliography of Occult and Fantastic Beliefs Vol.4: S - Z
Bruno Antonio Buike, editor / undercover-collective „Paul Smith“, alias University of Melbourne, Australia Bibliography of Occult and Fantastic Beliefs vol.4: S - Z © Neuss / Germany: Bruno Buike 2017 Buike Music and Science [email protected] BBWV E30 Bruno Antonio Buike, editor / undercover-collective „Paul Smith“, alias University of Melbourne, Australia Bibliography of Occult and Fantastic Beliefs - vol.4: S - Z Neuss: Bruno Buike 2017 CONTENT Vol. 1 A-D 273 p. Vol. 2 E-K 271 p. Vol. 3 L-R 263 p. Vol. 4 S-Z 239 p. Appr. 21.000 title entries - total 1046 p. ---xxx--- 1. Dies ist ein wissenschaftliches Projekt ohne kommerzielle Interessen. 2. Wer finanzielle Forderungen gegen dieses Projekt erhebt, dessen Beitrag und Name werden in der nächsten Auflage gelöscht. 3. Das Projekt wurde gefördert von der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Sozialamt Neuss. 4. Rechtschreibfehler zu unterlassen, konnte ich meinem Computer trotz jahrelanger Versuche nicht beibringen. Im Gegenteil: Das Biest fügt immer wieder neue Fehler ein, wo vorher keine waren! 1. This is a scientific project without commercial interests, that is not in bookstores, but free in Internet. 2. Financial and legal claims against this project, will result in the contribution and the name of contributor in the next edition canceled. 3. This project has been sponsored by the Federal Republic of Germany, Department for Social Benefits, city of Neuss. 4. Correct spelling and orthography is subject of a constant fight between me and my computer – AND THE SOFTWARE in use – and normally the other side is the winning party! Editor`s note – Vorwort des Herausgebers preface 1 ENGLISH SHORT PREFACE „Paul Smith“ is a FAKE-IDENTY behind which very probably is a COLLCETIVE of writers and researchers, using a more RATIONAL and SOBER approach towards the complex of Rennes-le-Chateau and to related complex of „Priory of Sion“ (Prieure de Sion of Pierre Plantard, Geradrd de Sede, Phlippe de Cherisey, Jean-Luc Chaumeil and others).