{"title":"Bill Lichtenstein","description":"\u003cp\u003eBill Lichtenstein explores the vibrant intersections of media, culture, and history with keen insight and a storyteller’s touch. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eWBCN and the American Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e, delve into defining moments in arts and society, offering readers a compelling lens on cultural revolutions and their lasting impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders drawn to \u003cstrong\u003earts and culture\u003c\/strong\u003e will find engaging narratives that illuminate how creative expression shapes and reflects societal change. Lichtenstein’s writing invites reflection on the power of media and artistic movements to influence the world around us.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"wbcn-and-the-american-revolution-by-bill-lichtenstein-9780262046251","title":"WBCN and the American Revolution","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow Boston radio station WBCN became the hub of the rock-and-roll, antiwar, psychedelic solar system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile San Francisco was celebrating a psychedelic Summer of Love in 1967, Boston stayed buttoned up and battened down. But that changed the following year, when a Harvard Law School graduate student named Ray Riepen founded a radio station that played music that young people, including the hundreds of thousands at Boston-area colleges, actually wanted to hear. WBCN-FM featured album cuts by such artists as the Mothers of Invention, Aretha Franklin, and Cream, played by announcers who felt free to express their opinions on subjects that ranged from recreational drugs to the war in Vietnam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this engaging and generously illustrated chronicle, Peabody Award-winning journalist and one-time WBCN announcer Bill Lichtenstein tells the story of how a radio station became part of a revolution in youth culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt WBCN, creativity and countercultural politics ruled — there were no set playlists; news segments anticipated the satire of \u003cem\u003eThe Daily Show\u003c\/em\u003e; on-air interviewees ranged from John and Yoko to Noam Chomsky; a telephone “Listener Line” fielded questions on any subject, day and night. From 1968 to Watergate, Boston's WBCN was the hub of the rock-and-roll, antiwar, psychedelic solar system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cornucopia of images in colour and black and white includes concert posters, news clippings, photographs of performers in action, and scenes of joyousness on Boston Common. Interwoven through the narrative are excerpts from interviews with WBCN pioneers, including Charles Laquidara, the “news dissector” Danny Schechter, Marsha Steinberg, and Mitchell Kertzman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLichtenstein's documentary \u003cem\u003eWBCN and the American Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e is available as a DVD sold separately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47601292673260,"sku":"9780262046251","price":95.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780262046251-wbcn-and-the-american-revolution.jpg?v=1777996803"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/bill-lichtenstein.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}