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RIP Fred Weintraub Owner of The Bitter End 1928-2017
Noise11 Weintraub was responsible for starting the careers of such artists as Peter, Paul and Mary, Lenny Bruce and Randy Newman with appearances at the club along with featuring early performances of many other acts including Neil Diamond, Woody Allen, Frank … |
Review: ‘Booty Candy’ at Montgomery College – DC Metro Theater Arts (press release) (blog)
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Review: 'Booty Candy' at Montgomery College
DC Metro Theater Arts (press release) (blog) A series of sketches featuring mature language, sexual themes and self-referencing meta-theatrics, Booty Candy, written by Robert O'Hara, is Lenny Bruce meets Harvey Fierstein—with a touch of Michael Jackson. Semi-autobiographical, it follows Sutter, … |
Fred Weintraub, 88, who showcased future greats at the Bitter End – The Boston Globe
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Fred Weintraub, 88, who showcased future greats at the Bitter End
The Boston Globe After showcasing a panoply of virtually unknown performers in the 1960s — including Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, Bill Cosby, Randy Newman, Nina Simone, and Peter, Paul and Mary — Mr. Weintraub became a Hollywood producer. He introduced … |
Fred Weintraub, 88, Dies; Showcased Future Greats at the Bitter End … – New York Times
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Fred Weintraub, 88, Dies; Showcased Future Greats at the Bitter End …
New York Times The Greenwich Village impresario advanced the careers of Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce and others, and later became a Hollywood producer who … Passings: Fred Weintraub, Owner of the Bitter End, Producer of "Woodstock" (1928 – 2017) |
President Trump promotes the cause of free speech: Letters – The Daily Breeze
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President Trump promotes the cause of free speech: Letters
The Daily Breeze When I was young, attending UC Berkeley during the 1960s, it was conservatives who seemed the most repressive. Free-speech pioneers like Lenny Bruce were actually jailed for using profane language that offended their sense of decency or decorum. |
Dovid Kaufmann, 65, Chabad on Campus Director, Author – Chabad.org
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Dovid Kaufmann, 65, Chabad on Campus Director, Author
Chabad.org Dovid Yisroel Ber Kaufmann—a Chabad on Campus director, professor of English and Jewish studies, writer, translator, chess coach and passionate Chassid—passed away on March 2 in Houston after a battle with cancer. He was 65 years old. When Rabbi … |
Simon Schama on why American art can thrive under Trump – Financial Times
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Simon Schama on why American art can thrive under Trump
Financial Times Everything howled and kept on wailing: Allen Ginsberg's chanted epic of impassioned profanity; Jimi Hendrix's guitar torturing “The Star-Spangled Banner” in the stoned-out dawn of muddy Woodstock; Lenny Bruce's satirical outrages on decorum; Coltrane's … |
Folksinger Dan Bern coming to RI – The Providence Journal
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Folksinger Dan Bern coming to RI
The Providence Journal But he claims to be influenced by so much more in his life as well — comedians like Lenny Bruce, the early writing of Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, and even his father, whom he claims “was a funny guy.” “You use what the greats have given you. It's up … |
Comedy Central to laugh it up with a 3-day festival in June – KIRO Seattle
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Comedy Central to laugh it up with a 3-day festival in June
KIRO Seattle And San Francisco is an ideal location for comedy lovers, he added, with its longstanding creative counter-culture and a comic legacy extending from such pioneers as Mort Sahl and Lenny Bruce through Robin Williams and current standups like Ali Wong. Jerry Seinfeld, Ice Cube, and Hannibal Buress lead Comedy Central's inaugural Colossal Clusterfest New comedy 'Clusterfest' comes to San Francisco in June – SFGate Comedy Central Presents Colossal Clusterfest – Official Lineup Announcement Video |
YouTube’s Edgy Jokes Are Part Of A Bigger Debate In The Comedy World – Kotaku
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YouTube's Edgy Jokes Are Part Of A Bigger Debate In The Comedy World
Kotaku Lenny Bruce was arrested for violating obscenity laws in the state of California for saying the word, “cocksucker,” during a set in 1961, and would continue to have legal troubles until 1964. He eventually died while appealing his conviction. While … |