Tuli Kupferberg, 86 year old member of the legendary New York underground band The Fugs, has had a stroke. Because of the stroke he has lost his eyesight. There is hope that America will soon revamp their health care system. But many chronically ill people cannot pay their astronomical doctor bills. Kupferberg continues to work Continue Reading

Source: THE SIXTIES blog
 
Rock pioneers THE FUGS - the world’s first major underground/punk group - will release their final, and arguably best-ever studio recording - BE FREE! FINAL CD (PART 2), on February 23, 2010.
 
BE FREE! delivers 14 tracks of pure sonic joy, from the opening psych-rocker “Be Free”, to the transcendent, chill-inducing closer “Greenwich Continue Reading

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Lou Reed, Philip Glass, John Zorn, Sonic Youth and others will play a benefit concert for Tuli Kupferberg, the Beat poet and original member of the Fugs, at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn on Jan. 22.
 
Tuli, who recently turned 86, has had two strokes over the last year, which have left Continue Reading