Rolling Stone Magazine and the San Francisco Counterculture | Livestream Zoom
Course Description:As unlikely as it seemed in 1967, "Rolling Stone" was recently described as 'the journalistic voice of its generation.' How did an undercapitalized West Coast rock publication, edited by a 21-year-old college dropout, become one of the most important magazines of the 1970s? "Rolling Stone" served up a generous portion of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll to one of the most prominent demographics in recent American history, but the magazine had no monopoly on those topics, and they don’t explain its extraordinary success. What else distinguished the San Francisco upstart from its competitors in a crowded media marketplace? |
Tuition: $45.00 Additional Fees: $0.00 |
Day/Time
Wednesdays, Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22 *10:00 a.m. - noon* (4 sessions)
Location
Livestream Zoom: This session will be streamed live on Zoom and will not be recorded. The Zoom link will be sent 7 days prior to the course.
Facilitator:
Peter Richardson has written critically acclaimed books about Hunter S. Thompson, the Grateful Dead, "Ramparts" magazine, and radical author/editor Carey McWilliams. A longtime lecturer at San Francisco State University, Richardson has also written for "The Nation," "The New Republic," the "Los Angeles Times Book Review," and the "San Francisco Chronicle."