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DESCRIPTION:A mind-expanding dive into a lost chapter of 1968\, featuring t
he famous and forgotten: Van Morrison\, folkie-turned-cult-leader Mel Lyma
n\, Timothy Leary\, James Brown\, and many more. Van Morrison's Astral Wee
ks is an iconic rock album shrouded in legend\, a masterpiece that has tou
ched generations of listeners and influenced everyone from Bruce Springste
en to Martin Scorsese. In his first book\, an acclaimed musician and journ
alist Ryan H. Walsh unearth the album's fascinating backstory--along with
the untold secrets of the time and place that birthed it: Boston 1968. On
the 50th anniversary of that tumultuous year\, Walsh's book follows a cris
scrossing cast of musicians and visionaries\, artists and hippie entrepren
eurs\, from a young Tufts English professor who walks into a job as a host
for TV's wildest show (one episode required two sets\, each tuned to a di
fferent channel) to the mystically inclined owner of radio station WBCN\,
who believed he was the reincarnation of a scientist from Atlantis. Most p
enetratingly powerful of all is Mel Lyman\, the folk-music star who decide
d he was God\, then controlled the lives of his many followers via acid\,
astrology\, and an underground newspaper called Avatar. A mesmerizing grou
p of boldface names pops to life in Astral Weeks: James Brown quells tensi
ons the night after Martin Luther King\, Jr. is assassinated\; the real-li
fe crimes of the Boston Strangler come to the movie screen via Tony Curtis
\; Howard Zinn testifies for Avatar in the courtroom. From life-changing c
oncerts and chilling crimes to acid experiments and film shoots\, Astral W
eeks is the secret\, wild history of a unique time and place. \n\nFacilita
ted by Teague Bohlen Associate Professor of Creative Writing Program Direc
tor\, Creative Writing
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SUMMARY:Astral Weeks
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:A mind-expanding dive into a lost chapter of 1
968\, featuring the famous and forgotten: Van Morrison\, folkie-turned-cul
t-leader Mel Lyman\, Timothy Leary\, James Brown\, and many more. Van Morr
ison's Astral Weeks is an iconic rock album shrouded in legend\, a masterp
iece that has touched generations of listeners and influenced everyone fro
m Bruce Springsteen to Martin Scorsese. In his first book\, an acclaimed m
usician and journalist Ryan H. Walsh unearth the album's fascinating backs
tory--along with the untold secrets of the time and place that birthed it:
Boston 1968. On the 50th anniversary of that tumultuous year\, Walsh's bo
ok follows a crisscrossing cast of musicians and visionaries\, artists and
hippie entrepreneurs\, from a young Tufts English professor who walks int
o a job as a host for TV's wildest show (one episode required two sets\, e
ach tuned to a different channel) to the mystically inclined owner of radi
o station WBCN\, who believed he was the reincarnation of a scientist from
Atlantis. Most penetratingly powerful of all is Mel Lyman\, the folk-musi
c star who decided he was God\, then controlled the lives of his many foll
owers via acid\, astrology\, and an underground newspaper called Avatar. A
mesmerizing group of boldface names pops to life in Astral Weeks: James B
rown quells tensions the night after Martin Luther King\, Jr. is assassina
ted\; the real-life crimes of the Boston Strangler come to the movie scree
n via Tony Curtis\; Howard Zinn testifies for Avatar in the courtroom. Fro
m life-changing concerts and chilling crimes to acid experiments and film
shoots\, Astral Weeks is the secret\, wild history of a unique time and pl
ace.
\n
\nFacilitated by Teague Bohlen Associate Professor of C
reative Writing Program Director\, Creative Writing
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