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High
On Rebellion documents a time before
New York became a city of yuppies and bankers.
The bohemian, the artistic, the experimental
and the truly outrageous rules the night,
and you could still find a cheap downtown
apartment to permit this kind of lifestyle.
And you could find Mickey, the owner, a true
patron of the arts, with his red socks (to
match the tablecloths)
He provided a venue for both the talented
and the brain-damaged!!! Stocked with 150
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High on Rebellion
An
oral history of Max's by Yvonne Sewall-Ruskin
with 150 old photos, published by Thunders Mouth Press, transports you back to
Max's Kansas City, the nexus of "underground" culture where anything could happen
and did. People from all walks of life became addicted to the scene going on inside
its doors. To enter Max's was to confront a heady mix of faces and personalities.
The scene was the longest running party in history, and for a decade, the home
away from home for an influential group of artists, film makers, musicians, writers,
poets, photographers, models, movie stars, and socialites.
All sorts of young people clamored to get into the joint. The raucous mix created
a revolution in all aspects of the arts. The action was forever changeable and
intense. In many ways Max's exemplified instant gratification whether it be in
the form of food, drugs, sex, music, exhibitionism, or voyeurism, which is not
to say Max's was lacking in intelligent conversation.
Journalist, Dick Nusser, described it "as a coming together of generations whose
time had come. It brought the 20's, 30's 40's and 50's into the 60's, and stood
as the one place where anyone felt safe to let their hair down." And we all know
what happens when you let your hair down. As Jimi Hendrix once said,"Max's Kansas
City was where you could let your freak flag fly."
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