June 5– FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA surrealist poet , dramatist, homosexual, victim of fascists.
JUNE 5, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS Salvation Army Doughnut Day .Birth of Gobindh Singh .Popular Delusions .
ALSO ON JUNE 5 IN HISTORY… St. Boniface slain by Druids for chopping down sacred tree.Francisco “Pancho” Villa born, San Juan del Rio, Durango.Federico Garcia Lorca born, Fuente Vaqueros, Granada.Stephen Crane dies, Badenweiler, Germany.Ralph Rumney born, Newcastle, England.Bobby Kennedy shot in Los Angeles hotel following victory in Democratic primary, dies the next day.
Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective
June 5, 2009 by Jay Babcock
Categories: SAINTS
| Tags: assassinations , fascism , free doughnuts , homophobia , lorca , pancho villa , sikhism , situationism , st boniface , stephen crane , surrealism , the spectacle
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About Jay Babcock
I am an independent writer and editor based in Tucson, Arizona. I publish LANDLINE at jaybabcock.substack.com
Previously: I co-founded and edited Arthur Magazine (2002-2008, 2012-13) and curated the three Arthur music festival events (Arthurfest, ArthurBall, and Arthur Nights) (2005-6). Prior to that I was a district office staffer for Congressman Henry A. Waxman, a DJ at Silver Lake pirate radio station KBLT, a copy editor at Larry Flynt Publications, an editor at Mean magazine, and a freelance journalist contributing work to LAWeekly, Mojo, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Vibe, Rap Pages, Grand Royal and many other print and online outlets. An extended piece I wrote on Fela Kuti was selected for the Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000 anthology. In 2006, I was somehow listed in the Music section of Los Angeles Magazine's annual "Power" issue. In 2007-8, I produced a blog called "Nature Trumps," about the L.A. River. From 2010 to 2021, I lived in rural wilderness in Joshua Tree, Ca.
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