Screenshot of Princess Leda Amun-Ra in The American Dreamer In August of this year, Thomas Lee, son of photographer Bud Lee, contacted me with an intriguing mystery about a colorful Angeleno. Heโd come across my post, Los Angeles Gothic, and wondered whether Iโd ever heard of anything about Princess Leda Amun-Ra and her colorful cohorts. … Continue reading The Mystery of Princess Leda Amun-Ra, Hollywood’s Legendary Acid Witch
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Daphne Oram
Daphne Oram was a pioneering English composer of electronic music and musique concrรจte and inventor of early synthesizers. Oram was an eccentric, too, interested not just in experimental music but in esoteric knowledge, time travel, plant intelligence, and mysticism. She was a member of the Research Into Lost Knowledge Organisation and student of New Age … Continue reading Daphne Oram
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One album wonders: The United States of America’s The United States of America
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -ย THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAย (recorded 1967, released 1968) During the Album Era (the mid-1960s through the mid-2000s), the LPย was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption. Some bands recorded just one album during their time and, whether popular or not, they are the so-called one album wonders. The … Continue reading One album wonders: The United States of America’s The United States of America
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Introduction to Subcultural Anthropology: Minet
As a fan of fashion, youth subculture, and the 1960s, at some point I was bound to be made aware of theย French minet subculture. Obviously, since I'm writing about it, that momentous occasion has arrived at some point in my past. I can't remember when or where it occurred (the internet is a safe bet) … Continue reading Introduction to Subcultural Anthropology: Minet
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All-Female Bands of the 1960s – Happy Women’s History Month!
In the first half of the 20th Century, there were many popular all-female musical acts. In the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s there were vocal groups like The Andrews Sisters, The Boswell Sisters, and The McGuire Sisters. In the early rock/soul era, the so-called "girl groups" such asย The Shirelles, The Teen Queens, The Paris Sisters, … Continue reading All-Female Bands of the 1960s – Happy Women’s History Month!
Eric Brightwell 