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(2,412 posts)I will never forget Kent State Ohio. It was our Tlatelolco. The raw power against unarmed students. When you see that, you are never the same again.
Sucha NastyWoman
(2,740 posts)And then I read James Michener's book about it and that just solidified my thinking
bearssoapbox
(1,408 posts)Very moving. Great sound and message. Liked the vid too.
Kent State happened just before my 15th birthday and while I was into politics somewhat since 1966 when we lived in Dayton, Ohio during the riots of 1966. We lived on the west side when we moved to Dayton in 1964 up on W.Oxford Ave. close to Jefferson School.(no longer there, empty lot.) The neighborhood was about 50/50 when we moved in and about 90/10 when we moved north of Lewisburg, Ohio in '66'.
I remember the helicopters, fires and sirens that were several blocks away and several families, black and white, gathering in our neighbors house to watch the goings on on their big color tv.
Anyway, before I started rambling.
When I was a sophomore, our art class did posters on subjects that we were interested in and there would be a display in the main hallway for the public.
Mine was on big white posterboard with 4 graves in front of a depiction of Kent State, a few soldiers, a city burning, a peace symbol, an upraised fist, half black, half white down the middle of the fist and arm, on a background of the American flag. It was done in chalk and sprayed with acrylic. There were other images also but I can't remember all of them and the poster has long since disappeared.
I'm proud to say that the 'powers that be' banned my poster and a couple others. One was a nude and I think the other was considered satanic.
While no one saw it then, it, and the nude, until I graduated, continued to show up during plays and programs in the background. If even for only a few minutes.
The art teacher was also the drama coach/teacher(he didn't agree with the decision not to display) and I worked on the stage crew until I graduated.
Those two works of art caused a few murmurings over the years when they showed up in 'Cat On A Hot Tin Roof', 'The Music Man', and the one we were most proud of, during senior year, hanging in back and off to the side during the ballroom dance in 'Romeo And Juliet'.
Sorry about the long way around about how Kent State solidified my political leanings. I can ramble.
By the way, I still live in the area. This happened after we moved from Lewisburg, OH to a county north of there in '69', Darke County. It's as red as red can be and, I think, always has been. It was then and still is, very segregated. Don't know why.
Once again, sorry about the rambling.
Take care.
byronius
(7,388 posts)I really got a clear picture of your life.
Darke County. That sounds like a useful location for my upcoming third novel. I'll have to research it.
Mark Mothersbaugh, the Casale brothers, and Chrissie Hynde were all there on campus at the time. Mark has said the event formed DEVO.
bearssoapbox
(1,408 posts)I saved the youtube addy so I can listen to more of your music.
I liked Brink Of Love also. Catchy.
Since I have tinnitis I listen on my stereo so I can adjust the song so I can hear the music or the words better. I look forward to listening to more.
One of my favorite sci-fi writers, John Scalzi, lives here in Darke county (Bradford, about 10 minutes from me). He references Darke county and the Dayton, Miami Valley area in his "Old Man's War" novels.
What are your two novels? Subject matter?
I'm always looking for more to read.
Getting ready to re-read 11.22.63 after binge watching the mini series.
I'm also a DEVO fan. I like the quirkiness combined with the message in some of the songs.
byronius
(7,388 posts)This is me:
https://www.amazon.com/WW-Byron-Cornell-Bellamy/dp/1511997710/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1486482193&sr=8-1&keywords=byron+cornell+bellamy
'WW' is a hard-history fictional World War One narrative. Fifteen years of research. Sort of an espionage story about two friends stuck fighting for Germany.
Second one is getting its last touch ups. 'Mechanical Man'. Set in the late 1300's, about the medieval ring-combat culture. Release within a month.
I've heard of John Scalzi, I'll look him up.
Thanks.