The return of a weekly feature for the new year. But first Neil Young seems to have a swell new album, a return to grunge rocking with Crazy Horse (including old pal Nils Lofgren wandering off E Street). Here Neil celebrates his first vote as a US citizen. Don’t forget to subscribe, it’s still free.
Unhappy Anniversary and More
NOTE: My film Atomic Cover-up with new online screening next week—plus my live discussion with Elliott Forrest and first preview of my next film.
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Greg Mitchell is the author of a dozen books, including the bestseller The Tunnels (on escapes under the Berlin Wall), the current The Beginning or the End (on MGM’s wild atomic bomb movie), and The Campaign of the Century (on Upton Sinclair’s left-wing race for governor of California), which was recently picked by the Wall St. Journal as one of five greatest books ever about an election. His new film, Atomic Cover-up, has been featured at a dozen festivals this year and is winning awards. For nearly all of the 1970s he was the #2 editor at the legendary Crawdaddy. Later he served as longtime editor of Editor & Publisher magazine. He recently co-produced a film about Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
Looking forward to viewing your new film, Atomic Cover-up. And today's cartoons are excellent. Thanks also for Neil (not so) Young, I've been a fan as long as I can remember.