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Journalist, writer, educator, and film editor and music critic, and is dedicated five decades to the dissemination of alternative thinking of the twentieth century. Ecoperiodismo pioneer in Argentina and protagonist of the international environmental movement is cofounder of the National Ecological Action Network and the Eco-Social Pact in Latin America. He directed iconic magazines like Eco Contemporary, Counterculture, Film & Media and Mutantia. His numerous books include “Cómo vino la mano”, “La generación de la paz”, “Ecofalacias” y “Beat Days y La Generación V”. Disseminated and promoted the legendary rock culture Municipal Radio programs and through articles in magazines and newspapers like Canta Rock, Hurra, Rock Superstar y La Opinión..
For ten years he worked in the orbit of the famous UN Summit ECO 92 conference in Rio de Janeiro, preceded by another crucial event Roots of the Future (Paris, 1991). He has received numerous awards, including the N'Aitún 2008 (Chile) "for their efforts to disseminate the humanistic and holistic emerging paradigm".
Description
A maverick journalist, as part of a newspaper subject to the Argentine military censorship, found a way to express the yearning for freedom and creativity of a generation of artists willing to not be intimidated by repression and much less silenced by censorship almost daily that prevailed in our country during the years of the "blue terror". Miguel Grinberg, music critic and poet, specialist in generational issues and counterculture movements, culminated in the pages of the Buenos Aires daily “La opinión” craftsmanship untamed expression, with an emphasis on literary proposals of indigenous rock and other music of renovating of the time. The debut of Seru Giran, Almendra meeting, numerous rock festivals and the activity of MIA, Los Jaivas, Alas, Nito Mestre, Raúl Porchetto and many other famous musicians some other not so much; the experiences of Aquelarre, Spinetta and Leon Gieco in Spain, United States and Latin America; the new tango by Astor Piazzolla and Rodolfo Mederos; the difficult relationship of music and media; the ups and downs of the music industry, are just some of the many topics covered by these texts. This book compiles for the first time a selection of reviews, reports, interviews and other key texts for understanding the development of journalism, culture and popular music and everyday life during the military dictatorship between 1975 & 1980.