hippie you know

I guess I always defined hippies by there attitude and music preferences.

Just cause you wear tye-dye doesn't mean your a hippie. I see people wearing tye dye all the time and there not hippies.

Anyway I went to high school that specialized in hippies. I went to a private all guys high school and all of us were huge into Phish, Dead, Panic, String Cheese ,etc. Our homecoming one year was Phish's Big Black Furry Creatures From Mars.

lespaulman,
There are tons of bands that have the same positive feel as all the old stuff.
Check out these bands if you haven't already:
Phish
Widespread Panic
String Cheese Incident
moe.
Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Umphrey's McGee
Galactic
Keller Williams
Yonder Mountain String Band

 

My dad and my mom were around during the hippie movement, my dad went to a good bit of protests as well... a couple of his friends got drafted to vietnaum, he didnt get called up...

 

Thats totally awesome...I used to live in Toldeo, now I live 2hrs. away from there! What great taste in music!

 

Hey, where in Ohio are you now? I'm near Akron.

Ahem... yes, I know a few hippies, but they seem to be few and far between in my town. Just a couple kids I go to school with. One guy had the 60s Volkswagen bus and all.

 

I converted one of my friends to being a hippie, and another might consider going in that direction....

 

well, i dont know many people who are nice and smoke pot (not to be cool), and want ot go to protest, and share and care, and spread all around love. so i guess you can say i dont know any hippys. OH! and i know like 1 person besides myself who listens to jam bands and 60s music, and he's a little mean and not my friend (i've tried to be his, but he dont care). i wish i had someone to listen to the grateful dead with, relax, go to protest, nad just share the love. but i got no 1 to do that with. and i live in southern california!

 

Family... my aunt and my uncle definantly. They aren't old enough to be official hippies but they definantly still carry that vibe from the past. I see them at all the Grateful Dead concerts and the aunt was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, '69. Plus the grandmother is a pretty big hippy. My dad is welcoming to that crowd but he pretty much shed the old habits and beliefs.

Outside the family is other circles, places that I would visit. School for one, during the summer. This one tracker lady (she'd watch the halls and escort certain students, including me) always wore the patchwork skirts, have her hair all crazy and free, and she went also to this last Grateful Dead concert. My exboyfriend went through her bag while he was in the office and found some weed. lol. Plus this lady's aunt that also worked there was pretty hippy, but I thought she was kinda weird.

Then the mall.... I met an awesome dreadlock lady at Hot Topic. She wasn't gothic or punked out. She wore the nice bright colored clothes and had that real mellow peaceful personality. She helped me try on some hardy skater shoes that I bought there for riding horses or whatever. So whenever I see her in the mall, I say hi. Plus I meet random dudes there that are from out in the boonies of Idaho. One guy really followed me around once, he was pretty silly and hippy.

Plus the other places I never fail to meet very laidback hippy types are the ski resorts. Especially in Fernie, BC or Sun Valley, Idaho. They congregate up there and I always seem to make a friend. We'll talk, exchange stories and say hi whenever we see each other again. Pretty awesome.

Plus my long haired boyfriend I guess. He is a twin, lives in this house with a purple light for a greeting over the door and when you walk in you hear reggae music. Theres a glass bong in the center of the table, Bob Marley posters, neat instruments... Plus they got their own music room full of band gear and awesome lights. I dont know, that place is my haven.

I love people!

 

I kind of know one but never really "seen" a hippie except the mirror reflection where I stand and a John Lennon poster on the wall.

 

theres only about 5-6 people that someone would consider a hippie in my town including me and my man.

 

i hate people and steadfastly refuse to socialise, thus i never meet hippys

 

My town was created as a planned community in the seventies, so a lot of the original hippies are still around. There are very few with the usual longhair accouterments, but they’re everywhere- golfing, taking your blood pressure, helping you with your taxes... it’s surreal. There are also a whole lot of younger hippies if you know where to look, not to mention many young philosophical junkies and communist poets to know and love.

 

i've SEEN a hippy


im cool :sunglasse