Nicholas Tochka is an ethnomusicologist, investigative mythologist, and former Poling Prize nominee. He has previously written three books examining the politics of music-making in the postwar world.

• List of IllustrationsA Note On Obfuscation Prologue: Who Are These People?1 - March 1967 to October 1967 or, Disenchanted Seekers2 - November 1967 to March 1968 or, Man's Son3 - April 1968 to September 1968 or, A Group of Beatle Addicts4 - October 1968 to June 1969 or, Rumor's Children5 - July 1969 to November 1969 or, the Love and Terror Cult6 – December 1969 to April 1972 or, Child of the StateEpilogue: The Invention of the SixtiesA Note On Reading No Sense Makes SenseAcknowledgmentsEndnotesIndex

In taking on Manson lore, Nicholas Tochka joins a dune buggy army of novelists, filmmakers, true crime writers, scholars, hacks, and creepy fans. Into this mix he brings a brilliant account of Manson’s musical life, and an even more brilliant reflection on the confounding synchronicities of historical narrative.

Nicholas Tochka is an ethnomusicologist, investigative mythologist, and former Poling Prize nominee. He has previously written three books examining the politics of music-making in the postwar world.

• List of IllustrationsA Note On Obfuscation Prologue: Who Are These People?1 - March 1967 to October 1967 or, Disenchanted Seekers2 - November 1967 to March 1968 or, Man's Son3 - April 1968 to September 1968 or, A Group of Beatle Addicts4 - October 1968 to June 1969 or, Rumor's Children5 - July 1969 to November 1969 or, the Love and Terror Cult6 – December 1969 to April 1972 or, Child of the StateEpilogue: The Invention of the SixtiesA Note On Reading No Sense Makes SenseAcknowledgmentsEndnotesIndex

In taking on Manson lore, Nicholas Tochka joins a dune buggy army of novelists, filmmakers, true crime writers, scholars, hacks, and creepy fans. Into this mix he brings a brilliant account of Manson’s musical life, and an even more brilliant reflection on the confounding synchronicities of historical narrative.

Nicholas Tochka is an ethnomusicologist, investigative mythologist, and former Poling Prize nominee. He has previously written three books examining the politics of music-making in the postwar world.

• List of IllustrationsA Note On Obfuscation Prologue: Who Are These People?1 - March 1967 to October 1967 or, Disenchanted Seekers2 - November 1967 to March 1968 or, Man's Son3 - April 1968 to September 1968 or, A Group of Beatle Addicts4 - October 1968 to June 1969 or, Rumor's Children5 - July 1969 to November 1969 or, the Love and Terror Cult6 – December 1969 to April 1972 or, Child of the StateEpilogue: The Invention of the SixtiesA Note On Reading No Sense Makes SenseAcknowledgmentsEndnotesIndex

In taking on Manson lore, Nicholas Tochka joins a dune buggy army of novelists, filmmakers, true crime writers, scholars, hacks, and creepy fans. Into this mix he brings a brilliant account of Manson’s musical life, and an even more brilliant reflection on the confounding synchronicities of historical narrative.