#olompali

[sacrificial1-lamb]

olompali state park

35mm color film

[ranatsume]

9.18.22

This is my laelia alaorii. It’s hard to tell but there are actually two of them potted together here. I bought one on Facebook from Olompali Orchids, but I thought I had killed it, so I bought another one from Diamond Orchids. However, I later realized that the first one had not actually died, so I just put them together in the same pot. They have been doing well so far and have a few new growths. I’m hoping that it will flower some time in the near future. If you are looking for a very durable orchid, I would definitely recommend getting yourself a laelia alaorii!

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

THE GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEAD -- ON THEIR WAY TO THE VERY TOP IN '67.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a collection of GRATEFUL DEAD memorabilia from the time of the release of their first album in March 1967. Included are two publicity photographs from Warner Bros. Records, a mini poster with band photos and biographical details, and cover art to a four page zine, "The Olompali Sunday Times," issued by the Dead's fan club.

Source: https://recordmecca.com/item-archives/grateful-dead-1967-wb-publicity-photos-fan-club-zine-mini-poster.

[undergroundrockpress]

Jack Cassidy of the Jefferson Airplane and Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead jam at Olompali in the Summer of 1968. Photo by Peter Risely.

[greenworkhandmade]

Here's the Spring green of April on the hills up North. They're all brown now! 😮 #greenhills #spring #101north #olompali #california #green

[calochortus]

On Rails by Ken-ichi on Flickr.

[20th-century-man]

Grateful Dead pool party at Rancho Olompali, Novato, California, 1966 / photo by Herbie Greene.

[ellarotteveeldesignresearch]

Task Two

Films:

American Art in the 1960′s

Looking into the popular artists of the 60′s such as Rauschenberg, Warhol, Segal and Oldenburg. Explores styles such pop art, collage, abstract expressionism, sculpture, cubism and optical art and how they arose from pop culture and media to create a cultural revolution. Their art held up a mirror to the culture and society of that time and used strong contradictory and paradoxical elements to shock the public. This film made me want to look deeper into other styles of design in the 60′s rather than just psychedelia and how societal injustice may have influences those styles in America in particular.

Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey

Recalls the ‘social experiment’ of Don McCoy who completely encompassed the ideals of the hippie counterculture in the 1960s. He created Olompali’s commune which thrived during the ‘Summer of Love’ and went downhill in the year of 1969. This film allowed me to gain a deeper understanding into the counterculture ideas and how these people thought/ where the inspiration for the psychedelia posters came from and what their heavy involvement with psychedelics and other drugs looked like. The film highlighted the strong contrast not only in thinking but in ways of life of the ‘hippies’ and the people who followed the governments opinions. To further this research I would like to look into what the other view was towards war and ways of life (from the government side) and why these posters may have been created in the psychedelic style and why they had a strong influence - due to their representation of the ideas, way of life and contrast to the ‘norm’?

Op Shop Finds:

I picked up these records from the late 60′s and early 70′s. These record covers relate to my topic as they encompass the psychedelic and colourful design style of the late sixties that I am researching. The first record cover features bright purple and rainbow swirls as well as gold stars and swirly typeface and, the second contains different coloured text and photo backgrounds that are placed together to form an abstract shape, that resemble the design styles from that era. 

I decided to research the music behind the covers. Henry Mancini was an American composer, whilst the ‘20 solid gold hits’ record involved 20 of the most successful rock and pop songs in NZ. Upon further research, rock and roll was considered one of the most popular music forms in this time so it is not surprising that the 20 solid gold hits record contained rock music. 

These record covers have taught me more about the design style of that period which shows subtle psychedelic aspects, however, the design’s do not need to be entirely psychedelic in style to attract the same attention as aimed to by heavily psychedelic posters. From these record covers I decided to research further into record covers of the late sixties and early seventies and noticed a common theme with bright colours, patterns, swirly font and abstract placement of text, whilst completely psychedelic designs were very common for concert posters and rock album covers in particular. These were used to resemble the experiences of hallucinations. However, more ‘normalised’ music genres would have wanted to incorporate these trendy assets whilst not allowing the ‘psychedelic trip’ to take over their designs, such as the records above.

I found out that Aubrey Beardsley, who had a flowing, twirly style of illustration, was a strong influence for psychedelic design artists who created this style of album covers. The psychedelic movement was also inspired by the Nouveau movement.

I also found this old children’s book titled ‘What On Earth?’, which displayed psychedelic and hippie design characteristics such as bright colours and interesting patterns. The story involved aliens and alternative ideas resembling that of the counterculture. 

[amytato]

Olompali State Historic Park. Novato, CA.

[thoughtsonthedead]

Star, Stripes

Garcia’s about to pop that blond fucker for stealing his look. Also: Olompali? And: This photo comes via the Brokedown Podcast, which you should check out. Plus: I’ve changed my mind about Purple Dress’ age nine times now. Look at her: she could be anywhere from a really-mature 13 to 43 with good genes. Double-Plus: Behind Garcia on the other side. Blue shirt and sunglasses. All right, all right,…

[clothesandchoreo]

a breath of fresh air 🌿🥾🪵 (at Olompali State Historic Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNviVJIDXRc/?igshid=1khvd4g4oob40

[garudabluffs]

Grace Slick at Olompali Ranch, 1966.                    Photo: Herbie Greene 1966

Unearthed Grateful Dead pool party photos debut at North Bay museum exhibition                                  September 9, 2020

“The show aims to prove that the Summer of Love did not happen in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury in 1967. That was just the public aftershock. Instead, it suggests, the Summer of Love happened in 1966 at Rancho Olompali, a historic but run-down country estate the Dead rented in Novato.”

READ MORE  https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/unearthed-grateful-dead-pool-party-photos-debut-at-north-bay-museum-exhibition

[krispyweiss]

Quarter Notes: Blurbs & Briefs from Sound Bites

AMERICANA HONORS AND AWARDS POSTPONED: After it “carefully evaluated safety measures both with an audience and without,” the Americana Music Association postponed its annual Honors and Awards concert slated for Sept. 15 at the Ryman Auditorium.

“It is our conclusion that if just one person walked out of the Ryman with COVID-19, we would not be able to forgive ourselves,” association President Jed Hilly said in a statement.

An alternate celebration is to be scheduled “later this fall,” he added.

MOCA CELEBRATES MARIN’S ART ROCK SCENE: The Marin Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting “Marin’s Art Rock Scene,” an exhibition of photographs capturing the Grateful Dead at Olompali through Tupac Shakur at his Mt. Tamalpais high school. The exhibit runs through Nov. 8.

FUR PEACE QUARANTINE VAULT OPENS: Jorma Kaukonen’s Fur Peace Ranch is opening its vaults for a series of quarantine web streams. The first never-before-seen concert is Hot Tuna performing at the ranch on Nov. 9, 2013. It’ll air at 8 p.m. Eastern, Sept. 19 on the Fur Peace YouTube channel.

TEDESCHI, TRUCKS, LEON RUSSELL, MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN: The Tedeschi Trucks Band said fans will “be hearing and seeing a lot more from” from its Mad Dogs & Englishman set with Leon Russell at Lockn’ 2015.

“Real soon,” the band said. “Stay tuned.”

9/13/20

[calochortus]

Xanthomendoza hasseana by Ken-ichi on Flickr.

[vimooz]

DocLands Documentary Film Festival Unveils 2018 Lineup - 'Ask The Sexpert' 'McQueen' 'The King' and More...

Ask The Sexpert DocLands Documentary Film Festival unveiled the lineup for the 2nd annual Festival, taking place May 3 to 6, 2018; (more…)