History of the Grateful Dead -- One of his most famous images is the "skull and roses" image for the Grateful Dead, shown below in one of his original collage images for the Haight-Ashbury CD-ROM. This collage includes a photo of the Grateful Dead by Herb Greene.

Rockument's history includes a special video interview of the Grateful Dead in 1967 at their house, 710 Ashbury, in the Haight-Ashbury. Illustrated with original collages by Alton Kelley.

Kelley's collage above includes the photo of Bill Graham by Michael Rossman.Bill Graham was briefly a member of the S. F. Mime Troupe before starting the Fillmore concerts for the Haight-Ashbury. He eventually became the most widely known rock music promoter and showman.

Rise and Fall of the Haight-Ashbury
This rockumentary includes sounds and video clips along with original collages by legendary artist Alton Kelley.

Hippies on the Web. A collection of commented links to sites related to the Haight-Ashbury. Includes many of the organizations and bands that contributed to the Summer of Love and helped define the hippie counterculture lifestyle.

Haight-Ashbury in the Sixties -- I worked with Alton Kelley on the design and package for the Haight-Ashbury CD-ROM as well as the collages used in the "Drop-out" game on the CD-ROM. Below is the poster collecting all the collages for the game, and the front and inside of the package for the CD-ROM (cigar boxes converted into stash boxes).

Poster of collages (zoom in)

Kelley had only one request for materials to start with (besides the photos): "roaches." When he asked this of me, I was nonplussed, did he mean cockroaches? No, my old roaches! Of course. I dug out a jar from my old stash. If you look closely at his collages, you'll see that he used the old roach papers for backgrounds and flowery halos (such as the one around Bill Graham's head).

Front of box

Inside of box and entire box

This 2-disc CD-ROM set, produced and directed by Tony Bove, included video clips, images and words from the Haight-Ashbury and the San Francisco Oracle (edited by Allen Cohen), and music by the Grateful Dead, the Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin, and Tom Constanten. Haight-Ashbury in the Sixties! was acclaimed in reviews (New York Times, USA Today, S.F. Chronicle, etc.) at a time when interactive documentaries and musical experiences were new to the digital media.