Why is there a book about Hippys?

There really is a hippie handbook a to z.... i thought it was a joke or something.... what's with that

 

I asked myself the same thing.

 

Skip wrote it... The guy who owns/runs whatever the forums. I was gonna buy it once but then I decided I'd buy On The Road instead....excellent choice

 

not really. Skip's book is going for like a hundred bucks on ebay.

 

hippies a to z has taught me alot on how to be a hippy

 

wtf??

 

You can read it online, I thought. Or maybe Skip took it off of Hippyland, I don't remember. I quit going there years ago.

 

i don't go anywhere without that book, i would be lost without it

 

http://www.hipplanet.com/books/atoz/atoz.htm

I haven't read it.

 

is this sarcasm?

 

so..uh...I guess you threw that whole free thinking thing out the window, huh?

 

i haven't thrown anything out my window

 

oh you're right, that would'nt be avant-garde of you, now would it?

 

avant guardians throw spices out the window... so they can see thyme fly

 

What is the Hippy hanbook and how can he or anyone else write about what happened in San Francisco 40 years ago?-I was one of the original San Francisco hippys having been born there-My stories and anyone elses are all just from our own personal viewpoint-If I remember right he is from LA and that was not the birthplace of the hippy-This sounds like another make a quick buck story-The people who first started the music and the dance halls and the head shops on Haight Street in 66 would be the people I would talk to-The leaders of the big party were mainly the musicians as we had no "leaders"-Not Tim Leary-not The Furry Freak Bros. or Jack Kerouk-We were all in charge of our own backyards-We didn't need leaders-Our leaders were "liters" of this and that-

 

i seriously cant believe those few posts above me about learning how to be a hippie

 

Yea-kinda silly really

 

I believe he lives in Amsterdam (Skip). Not sure though.

 

The book is not a set of rules or laws, just an explaination of the Hippy Lifestyle and it's history. You can read it for free (Skip gets no money for your doing this) if you wish, or you don't have to.

It's a book. You can read it or not. Next time, please stay within Hip Forum Guidlines and use a descriptive thread title.

 

I know at one point he was staying in Alaska, and I'm pretty sure he stayed in New Zealand too.