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John Sinclair, Detroit poet, cannabis activist and counterculture icon, dead at 82
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoGleefully proclaiming the joys of rock ‘n’ roll, drugs and sex in the streets, John Sinclair reigned...
John Sinclair in his own words: Talking the MC5, Detroit rock scene, radical politics, more
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn April 2003, Sinclair sat with Detroit Free Press music writer Brian McCollum for a freewheeling...
John Sinclair, Poet, MC5 Manager, and Activist, Dead at 82
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 months agoJohn Sinclair — the celebrated counterculture icon, poet, and political activist who advocated for...
John Sinclair, activist immortalized in a John Lennon song, dies at 82
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 months agoANN ARBOR, Michigan — John Sinclair, a poet, music producer and counterculture figure whose lengthy prison sentence after a series of small-time pot busts inspired a John Lennon song and a star-studded ...
How Hippies Saved the Fourth Amendment
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 9 months agoPhotos: Members of the Chicago Conspiracy, Abbie Hoffman (center); CSU Archives/Everett: Wikimedia In the middle of one late-August night in 1970,...
Wayne Kramer’s Rage Against the Prison Machine
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThis article was produced by Capital & Main. It is co-published in partnership with Rolling Stone. In many ways, rock musician Wayne Kramer was a true...
John Sinclair, Former MC5 Manager and Counterculture Activist, Dies at 82
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 months agoJohn Sinclair, the counterculture activist and former MC5 manager who helped define that proto-punk...
Panic In Detroit: Our 1997 Wayne Kramer Feature
SPIN via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Garage Rock Chronicles This article was originally published in the June 1997 edition of SPIN. In memory of Wayne Kramer, who died on Feb. 2, 2024,...
Wayne Kramer's musical legacy lives on as fans mourn the MC5 rock icon
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWayne Kramer, a quiet giant of Detroit music who helped define the city’s loud rock sound, died...
Wayne Kramer, influential guitarist of MC5, dead at 75
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoGuitarist Wayne Kramer, of MC5, rehearses for his tour at Bedrock Rehearsal in Los Angeles on June...