CounterCulture in Boston 1968 – 1980s
Turbulent times everywhere in America, and Boston was no different. Antiwar demonstrations, rock music concerts, the proliferation of drugs, and Giuliano was there to both participate and to chronicle. He uses photographs and taped interviews to tell some of that story in this well-received book.
Preface Excerpt
Several of the twenty interviews in this book occurred over the past few years. They were posted to Berkshire Fine Arts. My decision this past winter to create this book initiated intensive activity that entailed editing and revising existing texts, as well as creating new ones. The texts were sent back to participants for fact-checking. These interactions also suggested others to be included, and so the book expanded in scope. There was some detective work in tracking down sources and encouraging their participation.
As a mandate developed to create an oral history, it soon became apparent that limits needed to be imposed. The book might easily have been two or three times longer than its current form. There was also the issue of redundancy as the commonality of primary events and key players got retold. This entailed some contradictions which provide spice to the sauce.
There was so much potential material to deal with that I made the decision not to include the fine arts. That will be the focus of the next book, Boston Fine Arts: Museums, Galleries and Artists.
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20 Chapters
425 Pages
The counterculture emerged during the 1967 Summer of Love in San Francisco. This book chronicles the emergence of Counterculture in Boston: 1968 – 1980s. The torch was passed to Boston with social and political emphasis by 1968.
To tell this story, Giuliano spoke with editors, critics, DJ’s, musicians, promoters, and publicists. They include Harper Barnes, David Bieber, Bob Blumenthal, Ron Della Chiesa, Dexter Gordon, Jean Bergantini Grillo, John Hochheimer, Martin Kaplan, Jon Landau, Charles Laquidara, Bill Lichtenstein, Roger Lifeset, Steve Nelson, Al Perry, Arnie Reisman, John and Leah Sdoucos, Fred Taylor, George Wein, and David Wilson.
Critic, curator, artist, and art historian, Giuliano is the owner, publisher, and editor of Berkshire Fine Arts (www.berkshirefinearts.com). He has held staff positions at Boston Herald Traveler, Boston After Dark/Phoenix, Art New England, and Microsoft’s Sidewalk. He has served as director of exhibitions for the New England School of Art and Design/Suffolk University and has taught art history for Boston University, UMass Lowell, Salem State University, and Framingham State University. He is a board member of American Theatre Critics Association.
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A fascinating glimpse into heady times written by someone who was there and told to him by those who drove the counterculture.