Open Tuning

I'll be writing about being a radio DJ, author and songwriter, and I'll be meandering down memory lane in a personal and sometimes humorous way about what life has brought me...

By Binnie Klein

· Launched 2 years ago

I THREW A PUNCH AND IT THREW ME INTO THE PAST

Binnie and the Jewish boxers: PART 1-- Barney Ross, (1909-1967)

17 hrs ago•Binnie Klein

Weltschmerz and Me

I'm suffering from world weariness; that's why I've been MIA here on Substack!

Dec 21, 2025•Binnie Klein

How to Write a Protest Song

Inspired by all the upcoming rallies on October 18? But have trouble marching? Try some "soft activism" with your creative self!

Oct 12, 2025•Binnie Klein

TWO MILES FROM BETHEL

Did you make it to the infamous 1969 Woodstock Music Festival? I Got Close - Why Did I Turn Back?

Aug 14, 2025•Binnie Klein

The Best Person I Ever Knew

A poem as eulogy

Jul 20, 2025•Binnie Klein

The Dark Side of the Moon

The sixties was not all flower power. Woodstock became Altamont, and I was often afraid.

Jul 2, 2025•Binnie Klein

Beach Boy Grief - RIP Brian Wilson

We were young once in a way that we’ll never be young again – innocent and silly, just riding the waves and taking a spill now and then, falling in love…

Jun 11, 2025•Binnie Klein

Playing House with Two Boys in 1967

Part 3 of “10 Days in Newark.” It’s August and I’m sixteen. Unchaperoned, I'm staying with my first love and his best friend. They drop acid to watch…

Jun 11, 2025•Binnie Klein

My Friend in the Weather Underground

In Episode 2 of “Ten Days in Newark” I learn about why my friend Marshall didn’t want me to say his name out loud.

May 28, 2025•Binnie Klein

I Was Haunted by 1967 (Ten Days in Newark); Do You Have a Ghost?

First love, First Heartbreak, and the Radical Politics of the 1960s, a five episode series

May 22, 2025•Binnie Klein