"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
The death of my sister-in-law yesterday from cancer got me thinking about Carpe Diem, by the Fugs. Tuli Kupferberg, co-founder of the group, wrote Carpe Diem in 1966. It’s about mortality. Seize the day because we never know how much…
From 2004. Kupferberg was a beat poet, early hippie, peacenik, anarchist, and co-founder of the Fugs. He died on July 12 at age 86. He influenced countless bands, artists, and politicos. He appears to have been liked by all and…
John Perry Barlow on Twitter. Alas, Tuli Kupferberg (1923–2010), NYC’s 1st Hippie, Fug, and co-author of “1001 Ways to Beat the Draft!” bit.ly/BeatDraft” Tuli Kupferberg; poet, beat, hippie, co-founder of the Fugs, and much more passed today after a series…
NPR “The Fugs were right on the barricades of what was possible,” says Danny Goldberg, a longtime music-industry executive and author of two books about popular culture. “There was a fearlessness, an intensity, an unwillingness to pander to any commercial…
Wonder of wonders, who would have thought when the Fugs started in 1964 that the New York Times would review a benefit for co-founder Tuli Kupferberg all these years later. He’s 86 and mostly blind now from recent strokes. So,…