The WSU Artists’ Society’s fall concert/reading series is now set and will continue with a concert by the Contemporary 4 at the Community Arts Auditorium Thursday, November 3, at 8:30 p.m. Charles Moore will introduce his new band, featuring Kirk …
FE Author: John Sinclair
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 16, October 16-31, 1966
Detroit is full of openings! Last weekend: Uncle Russ’s Gran-de Ballroom broke into the open with the MC5 and the High Society’s light show, both of which were just as they have to be—TOO MUCH. (William Blake: “Enough! or Too …
Who’s Afraid of Black Power?
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 16, October 16-31, 1966
The poster announced a mass rally at Rev. Cleage’s Central United Church of Christ, where the “friends of Snick” present STOKELY C. CARMICHAEL, Chairman, Student Nonviolent Co-ordinating Committee. The spelling is different now though—”Snick” (picked up from TIME magazine’s bastardization …
The Snakes will be Dealt With
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 98, February 4-18, 1970
Editors’ Note: The following is the introduction to a speech written by John Sinclair at Marquette prison and read by Jesse Crawford at the Free John Sinclair Day benefit at the Grande Ballroom, Jan 24. Contrary to reports on WABX’s …
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 15, October 1-15, 1966
THE MFS MESS: Emil Bacilla’s article on the Midwest Film Society last issue touched off a lot of under-the-table shit, which was, even weirder since Emil was in SF when the paper came out and couldn’t see what was happening. …
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 14, September 15, 1966
News of a new independent artists’ group in Detroit: The Instage, a gathering of musicians, dancers, painters, and others to present their own work in their own context, has been drawn together by pianist Kirk Lightsey, bassists Ernie Farrow and …
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 13, August 30, 1966
I want to take this space this week to tell you of some of the work the Detroit Artists’ Workshop is doing, because I think you should know about it in as much detail as I can give you here. …
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 12, August 15, 1966
It’s good to be back with you again. The Festival Sunday was one of the most beautiful things I have ever experienced, and I think a lot of the people there had the same experience as myself. There were SO …
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair, Magdalene Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 10, July 15, 1966
“any image around which any people concentrate & omit themselves is a usable one just because it is theirs.” —Charles Olson, Apollonius of Tyrana
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 9, June, 1966
The most important event of the last few weeks was a concert by the Joseph Jarman quartet from Chicago. This was Joseph’s second concert in Detroit. The first one, on March 18 in the Lower DeRoy Auditorium at WSU, was …