It's always tragic when insane persons arm themselves with the clear intent of harming others. Unfortunately, the strictest gun control laws won't...
Living in the Haight, in 1969-'70, we could buy a lid (about an ounce) of plain old Mexican (stems and seeds included) for about $5. If we wanted...
The very first song that I learned on my very first guitar was "Rumble", by link Wray and the Wraymen; second was "Ghost Riders in the Sky", as...
openmind693: I was there when the guy tripped out on acid and jumped off the Straight Theater. I was living there in the Third Eye, and I was on...
No, but I haven't trusted any politicians ever since i was old enough to vote; although, I DO vote, for whatever good it does (not much, I'm...
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Green Swirl (or, was that "SQUIRREL"?) in September 1968. I was in the USN, in a barracks at Hampton Roads Naval Base, Virginia, waiting for the...
So, were you STILL there by spring 1969? If not, sorry I missed you. I've been in Denver a couple of times since then; 1974 and 1975, to be exact....
I'd forgotten Les had done that first; I remember Santo and Johnny's version, which I ALSO just HAD to learn to play. :2thumbsup:
Thanks, Kenny; That, along with Duane Eddy's "Rebel Rouser", and Link Wray's "Rumble" were among the first songs that I ever learned to play on...
I remember traveling to Eugene in the fall of 1987 to do some work at Sacred Heart Hospital. I went to an "arts fair", or some such gathering...
Maelstrom; I am 63, and don't feel as though I deserve anything special due to my age. I DO, however, feel that the "youth" (those 30 and below)...
Here, in Texas; one old hippy, somewhat re-formed (and retired) in The Woodlands, of all places!
Yes, you're right; it was Ganesh, and most of the shops in the Haight sold it in some form. As Ranger so sentimentally referenced, patchouli was a...
Very good and thoughtful post. I have "retired", and am no longer part of the whirling and swirling madhouse on a daily basis. I have been able to...
By the way, I relate to your observances. I lived in Edmonton, AL during 1975-1976, and was very much aware of the similarities of the populace...
.."folks who believe big brother is fucking them over and those that don't. I guess the US is pretty much the same". Yes, there are those here who...
I was a fresh arrival in the Haight in the spring of 1969, and attended a march downtown on the Presidio, in protest of the war, and the sentences...
Hey puggybear; I remember Pete Best. I also remember meeting him in the mid '60s, at a club called The Cave in Buffalo, NY. I was in a group...
Since we're remembering the street here, does anyone remember exactly where Seagull's Fish and Chips used to be in 1969? I seem to recall that it...
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