Jul12
With great sadness we just read that Fugs singer-songwriter and poet Tuli Kupferberg died today. Below is the New York Times report: ************************************************************************************************ July 12, 2010, 4:01 pm Tuli Kupferberg, Poet and Singer, Dies at 86 By BEN SISARIO Tuli Kupferberg, the poet, singer and professional bohemian who went from being a noted Beat to
May11
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
Feb28
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
Jan09
Photo: Gary soup on Flickr 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