K E E P O N T R U C K I N ' R E - V I S I T E D ----------------------------------------------------------------- Volume 3, Issue 5 ISSN 1097-4156 December 1999 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Contents: ** INTRODUCTION & MUSINGS ** CONTRIBUTIONS ++ COOL LINKS ** COOL LISTS ++ QUOTES ** COOL GOODIES ++ FEATURED WORDS & TUNES ** SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, CONTRIBUTE & MISC. INFO ***************************************************************** * ! H A P P Y H O L I D A Y S ! * ***************************************************************** Introduction & Musings: Welcome All! So, what's it all about man? Keep On Truckin' Re-Visited is a moderated newsletter/list about the time between the mid 60s and mid 70s. It was designed to examine and present a positive nostalgia of a time since past. It is also designed to provide a forum for you to share your feelings, thoughts and experiences from that time frame. Please participate and help this community grow. ---------------- I want to wish you all the very best for the holidays and a wonderful and exciting New Millennium! ---------------- To SUBSCRIBE, e-mail To UNSUBSCRIBE, e-mail (Drop me a note and let me know why, if you would.) To POST to the newsletter, e-mail or ---------------- Last month's question. Q. How many of you would like for me to create a new (in addition to this one) list but make it into more of the individual listserve forum style? Well, I had more folks say they liked the idea than ones who didn't, so I will try to get this going right after the first of the year. I will send out an announcement from this list and let you know what is going on and how to subscribe. Stay posted! ---------------- The subject this month - "Mind Food" What's your idea of _mind food_? ---------------- Starting with this issue, I will be trying some ad-swaps with other newsletters to try and increase readership. Please note, you might be seeing a few here and there. If you have a newsletter or know of one, that you think would be a good fit, let me know and I'll see what I can do. Feel free to use this anywhere. o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ KEEP ON TRUCKIN' RE-VISITED ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o Subscribe to Keep On Truckin' Re-Visited! It's a moderated newsletter about the time between the mid 60s and mid 70s. It is designed to examine and present a positive nostalgia of a time since past. Get the latest issue - send a blank email to mailto:current@vipgrafx.com or Drop In at http://www.vipgrafx.com/hippy/hippy.html o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ KEEP ON TRUCKIN' RE-VISITED ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o ---------------- Comments: comment: I SAW THE LAST GRATEFUL DEAD CONCERT IN CHICAGO IT ROCKED , JERRY LIVES FOR EVER! THOMAS HAINES SINKOVIC (SCOOBYMOT@JUNO.COM) comment: far out man peace love and flowers comment: Cool!!!I am looking for the Hair poster with the nude people on it and the entire list of songs around the edge. Can you help me? I don't care if it isn't original, my girlfriend is on it and I want one!!HELP Ruth M. Hale (Hotmamma26@hotmail.com) comment: What is the History on the Keep on Trucking Guy? Where did he come from? What is he all about? Edward Potter (edward_potter@amsinc.com) comment: I want a "keep on truckin" tag for my truck, can you help me find one? Rainbow Treat (dvaughn@charter.net) Moderator Comment: Can anyone help Ruth, Edward and Rainbow? comment: Remember how we use to sign our names on the "On Ramp" signs & posts. Are there any available photo's? comment: Howdy truckers from Wellington New Zealand. tony mcintosh (tonym@datamail.co.nz) comment: Please consider reviewing and/or linking to my new novel of the hippie and communal movement of the Sixties: MEMORIES OF DROP CITY Adventures in the Counterculture of the 1960s A new novel by John Curl http://www.jps.net/redcoral/DropCity.html John Curl (redcoral@jps.net) Thank you Moderator Comment: I live just about 75 miles from the site of Drop City and just had to check this web site out. I was only about 14 or 15 when this was going on and really wanted to check it out back then, but it just never happened. I have made many trips there since, and have watched DC slowly devolve into the landscape - hummmmmmmmm perhaps it's time for another trip. --> You can add your comments from the main page at the KOTRV Website: http://www.vipgrafx.com/hippy/hippy.html So please do! ++++++++++++++++++++ More fluff... less stuff... So, warm up the lava lamp, flip on the black light, find the cost of freedom with CSNY, put on your love beads, your headband, bell- bottomed pants, put a flower in your hair, get yourself in the proper state of mind, kick back, and experience the rest of the newsletter. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+==+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= * Found this on the alt.gathering.rainbow newsgroup and just had to share it! YOU'RE LOST BETWEEN "BABY BOOMER" AND "GENERATION X" IF... 1. You remember when Jordache jeans with a flat-handle comb in the back pocket were cool. 2. Any photograph of you shows you wearing an Izod shirt with the collar turned up. 3. You know any "Weird Al" Yankovic songs by heart. 4. You've ever rung someone's doorbell and said "Landshark!" 5. You were once bowled over by the technological excellence of such products as Atari, IntelliVision, TelStar and Coleco. 6. You remember the premier of MTV-or worse yet, you remember its predecessor, "Friday Night Videos 7. You and your friends ever discussed having a reunion at the end of the century and playing Prince's "1999" until you passed out partying 8. A predominant color in your childhood photos is plaid. 9. You remember when music that was labeled "alternative" really was alternative, and when "alternative comedy" was really funny. 10. You took family trips BEFORE the invention of the minivan. 11. (Related to No. 10) You rode in the back of the station wagon facing the cars behind you. 12. Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you learned things like grammar, math and history. (A big hint here is if the only way you can recite the Preamble to the Constitution is by singing it.) 13. You ever dressed to look like someone in a Madonna, Cyndi Lauperor Duran Duran , or Micheal Jackson video. 14. You remember with pain the day the Green Machine hit the street (or the sidewalks), instantly making your Big Wheel obsolete 15. The age-old question "Where's the beef?" still makes you laugh. 16. You remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever possibly have more advanced special effects than "TRON." 17. You had a crush on Ted the photographer on "Love Boat," Gage from "Emergency," or Ponch from "CHIPS." 18. You've ever shopped at Benetton. 19. You're starting to believe that having the kids in school year-round wouldn't be such a bad idea after all. 20. You're currently employed doing something that has absolutely nothing to do with your college major. 21. U2 is too popular and mainstream for you now. 22. You had a front-row seat (i.e., blew off one or more classes) for Luke and Laura's wedding on "GH." 23. You know who shot J.R. and you know who J.R. is! 24. You recall when Love's Baby Soft was in every girl's Christmas stocking 25. This rings a bell: "My name is Charlie, and they work for me." 26. You were unsure if Diet Coke would ever catch on. (Related item: you were sure that "New Coke" would NEVER catch on.) 27 You know all the words to the double-album set of the "Grease" soundtrack. 28. You've ever had a Dorothy Hamill haircut. 29. You sat with your friends on any given Friday night circa 1982 and dialed 867-5309 to see if Jenny was actually there. 30. "All skaters, change directions" means something to you. 31. You've ever owned a pair of rainbow suspenders like the ones Mork used to wear. 32. You bought a pair of Vanns and wanted to order a pizza in history class so you could be just like Jeff Spicoli. (Related item: if you've ever smacked yourself in the head with a shoe and exclaimed, "I'm so wasted!" 33. You owned a Preppy Handbook. 34 You were too young to see "Blue Lagoon," so you just had to settle for the secondhand reports. 35. You remember when movies were only PG and R. 36. You remember when your cable TV box had a sliding selector switch...and your "cable remote" was connected to the TV by a CORD! 37. Your jaw would ache by the time you finished one of those brick-sized packages of Bazooka. 38. You remember Bo and Luke Duke, Daisy, Boss Hogg, or-worst of all- what Sheriff Roscoe's full name was. 39. Your parents paid $2,000 for a top-loading VCR that was almost the size of a coffee table. 40. You found nothing strange about Bert and Ernie living together. 41. You remember having a rotary phone. 42. You actually believed that Mikey, famed kid on the Life cereal commercials, died after eating Pop Rocks and drinking a Coke. 43. "Members Only" jackets...say no more. 44. And lastly, a song to stick in your head for the rest of the day:...you actually remember the words to the theme song of "The Greatest American Hero." Oh, the memories! +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+==+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Contributions: Please feel free to add your 2 cents worth - share your thoughts, feelings, and general good-times. We would all love to hear from you! Send your comments to: mailto:hippy@vipgrafx.com +++++ From: BYRD182@aol.com Date sent: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 17:42:04 EST Subject: bout ur news letter To: current@vipgrafx.com Can u please sign me up on ur news letter .......thank you PEAcE & LoVe BYRD 182 Come Join Us On This Long Hot Summer Night's Trip On Our Way To The Third Stone From The Sun. When We Leave The Redhouse We Will Ride The Dragonfly In The Crosstown Traffic Then Use Spanish Castle Magic As We Pass Thru The Purple Haze On Our Way To The Castles Made Of Sand. O Rainy Day Lets All Just Dream Away On Our Way To Meet The Voodoo Child That Came Back A Magic Boy With Gypsy Eyes. He Told Us If 6 Was 9 We Won't Mind. Just Ask The Axis He knows everyhing! ...And The Gods Made Love. ( Some of Jimi Hendrix song titles put into a story ) "I can remember music and stars and planets. I could go to sleep and write fifteen symphonies. I had very strange feelins that I was here for something and I was going to get a chance to be heard." -- Jimi Hendrix, 1969 No use if feeling lonely I am you searching to be free the story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye the story of love is hello and good-bye until we meet again... Jimi Hendrix' last poem " Im the one who dies when its time for me to die so let me live my life the way I want to" (Jimi Hendrix) " Those who know do not speak ., those who speak do not know " ( Lao Tzu) " If u look for it , it happends , if u wait for it , its luck " ( David Peel ) " All castles made of sand slip into the sea eventually" ( Jimi Hendrix ) "OUR DESTINY IS TO BE HAPPY" - Yogi Bhajan " BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU " +++++ From: Q-5@webtv.net (Henry Cole) Date sent: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 14:43:39 -0500 (EST) To: kotrv-owner@onelist.com Subject: Re: [kotrv] Keep On Truckin' Re-Visited - November 99 Issue! I have to agree to your comment on Janis! Listened to her this weekend! Man!!! miss her Rose +++++ From: "Becky" To: Subject: 60's revisited Date sent: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 17:12:31 -0800 Thanks for your newsletter, If anyone out there is looking for a hippie chat room, try Arlo.Net, the offical homepage of none other then Arlo Gutrie,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Peace Brothers and Sisters Nathen Sinclaire o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Whispers ONline Magazine~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whispers ONline Magazine for Women An interesting magazine for interesting women. http://www.whispersmagazine.com Articles cover Image, Food, Home, Finance, Computing, Romance, Travel and Arts & Entertainment as well as forums and chat. For your free subscription Subscribe at mailto:subscribe@cyberpathway.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~An interesting magazine for Women~~~~~~~~~~~~ o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o COOL LINKS Cool links to sites from the outer recesses of the Psychedelic Cyber Cosmos ++++++ HIPPIE DAYS, HIPPIE WAYS Where Did It Lead Me? Here is a very nice story from Pari, who also has the Hippy Newsletter. This is a pleasant read - enjoy. Drop In: http://members.aol.com/parijata2/page4/index.htm ++++++ Tattoos.com Ah, it must be about tattoos... Someday, I will get a nice little Mr. Natural done - until then, it's fun to check out some of the wild body art being done. Drop In: http://www.tattoos.com/ ++++++ Equinox Light Show At THE PATHFINDER - AN ANCIENT AMERICAN CALENDAR Learn about archaeoastronomy, a relatively new field of academic study that investigates how the ancients applied astronomy in their lives, as well as in their art and architecture. Also learn about different styles of petroglyphs, or rock carvings, that are found in the Purgatoire Valley of south- eastern Colorado area, including abstract, representational, calendrical, parallel lines, and what may be epigraphic inscriptions in Old World scripts. Cool Stuff... Drop In: http://www.archaeoastronomy.com/pathfinder/ ++++++ JIMI A nice site dedicated to Jimi Hendrix. Drop back to the main page at http://www.soul-patrol.com/ and see the other goodies. Drop In: http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk/jh.htm ++++++ Poster Planet This is your source for concert posters by your favorite bands & artists. These folks specialize in representing concert poster artists. Drop In: http://www.posterplanet.com/ ++++++ Crumb Stuff Just had to throw in a few Crumb links this issue. Crumb inspired postcards Drop In: http://www.cardazoid.com/crumbazoids.htm presenting... r. crumb in all his deranged glory! http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/6449/crumb.htm Another Robert Crumb Page Forum http://f16.parsimony.net/forum26503/index.htm ***************************************************************** COOL LISTS Cool Lists from around the net! +++++ Hippie Newsletter by Pari - mailto:Parijata2@aol.com This is a very nice newsletter done with a slant towards yoga, herbs, politics, veggie diet, and what is happening in the world. It is definitely anti-drugs. This newsletter appears to have a nice following of readers who contribute some very good content. It is one I will be staying with. Send an email to Pari and ask for the most recent issue or - TO SUBSCRIBE - send an email to mailto:Parijata2@aol.com with "Subscribe Hippy Newsletter" in the subject area. TO UNSUBSCRIBE - please send email that says "Unsubscribe Hippie Newsletter" +++++ BluegrassWorld Discussion Group Description: This is a list of bluegrass fans worldwide. If you love bluegrass, you need to be here. We also offer a bluegrass camp. We can act as a support group to help develop your appreciation of bluegrass, and to help develop your musicianship. Subscription instructions: bluegrass-subscribe@topica.com Owner/moderator address: bluegrass-subscribe@topica.com ***************************************************************** QUOTES Inspirational Quotes ----- "Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it." Nabovov ----- Great things are done by people who think great thoughts and then go out into the world to make their dreams come true. Ernest Holmes ----- "All our young lives we search for someone to love, someone to make us complete. We choose partners and change partners. We dance to a song of heartbreak and hope, all the while wondering if somewhere, somehow, someone perfect is searching for us." Fred Savage (Kevin Arnold) The Wonder Years ----- Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. Rumi ----- "Chinese proverb - He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever." ----- The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. Ralph Waldo Emerson ----- "When we were real, we were in love with everyone and everything." 'Real', The Verve Pipe ----- "It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them." Alfred Adler ----- "Of the delights of this world, man cares most for sexual intercourse, yet he has left it out of his heaven." Mark Twain ----- The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. William James (1842-1910) ----- "Just being yourself, being who you are, is a successful rebellion." ---------- Get the archive of quotes - send a blank email to: mailto:quotes@vipgrafx.com ***************************************************************** COOL GOODIES Fun stuff from the digital ether! +++++ Fax for Free > http://www.fax4free.com Send a fax while on the Net. It's simple and best of all it's free! +++++ Freei.Net > http://www.freei.net/ Freei.Net is 100% Free Internet Access! Unlimited FREE Internet Access, Web Browsing, and Email News, Weather, and Shopping! Now works on Windows 95, 98, NT, and Macintosh! Bummer, it is not available in my area or I think I would be using this service. +++++ CD Cover Central > http://cdcovercentral.com/ CD Cover Central is a Search Engine to enable you to view the covers of the cd's before you buy them. CD Cover Central is working in affiliation with Beyond.com and CDNow.com. Hummm, I wonder if there are any other uses for this site...? ***************************************************************** FEATURED WORDS & TUNES FEATURED BOOK Hippies From A to Z: Their Sex, Drugs, Music and Impact From the Sixties to the Present by Skip Stone, Martin Trip (Editor) Paperback - 176 pages 1 edition (November 30, 1999) HIP Publishing; ISBN: 1930258011 Skip Stone, the author of Hippies From A to Z has spent a considerable effort to bring you a taste and a better understanding of a time, past. His effort has culminated into the definitive (re)source of information on a time, a culture and the people of the hippy generation. In the first part of the book, Skip covers the movement via the following headings - the way of the hippy, sex, drugs, fashions, lifestyles, activism and many more topics. Frequently, quotes, lyrics, clips, etc.. gently break up the the body of the book. These breaks all seem to relate to the content of the story as you read. The second part of the book is a detailed reference of the time, (a very nice time line) the musicians and the music, hippy havens, famous hippies, friends, enemies and a very complete hippy glossary. This is a wonderful collection of information about this cool time in history. The events and personalities and how they influenced the following generations, come to life in this book. Hippies From A to Z is a must have reference for that exciting time in our history. Also, you need to check out his famous hippy website at - http://hippy.com Read more about Hippies From A to Z at the following link - while you are there, you might as well order one. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1930258011/vipgraphivideo (you may need to cut and paste the url if it's on two lines) FEATURED ALBUM 4 Way Street Crosby Stills Nash & Young Audio CD (June 23, 1992) Original Release Date: 1971 Number of Discs: 2 Wea/Atlantic; ASIN: B000002ITW So many favorites - thank god it makes my decisions easy. Review - Rolling Stone (5/27/71) ...a surprisingly good album... Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young are all performers of unquestionable talent, and--mostly because they stay out of each other's way--4 WAY STREET must surely be their best album to date... Tracks Disc: 1 1. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes 2. On The Way Home 3. Teach Your Children 4. Triad 5. Lee Shore, The 6. Chicago 7. Right Between The Eyes 8. Cowgirl In The Sand 9. Don't Let It Bring You Down 10. 49 Bye Byes / America's Children 11. Love The One You're With 12. King Midas In Reverse - (bonus track) 13. Laughing - (bonus track) 14. Black Queen - (bonus track) 15. Loner, The / Cinammon Girl / Down By The River Disc: 2 1. Pre-Road Downs 2. Long Time Gone 3. Southern Man 4. Ohio 5. Carry On 6. Find The Cost Of Freedom http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002ITW/vipgraphivideo (you may need to cut and paste the url if it's on two lines) +=+=+=+=+ I have put together several pages on the sister web site for KOTRV with a selection of books, CDs, and videos that relate somehow to the 60's and 70s. Follow these links - Books - Music - Videos - =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Hey, don't Bogart this newsletter! Please forward this copy to all your friends. Thanks! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, CONTRIBUTE & MISC. INFO List Owner/Editor - Vincent P. Gearhart KEEP ON TRUCKIN' RE-VISITED E-mail Address - mailto:hippy@vipgrafx.com or mailto:kotrv-owner@onelist.com Subscribe/Unsubscribe & Misc. Information: To SUBSCRIBE, send e-mail mailto:kotrv-subscribe@onelist.com To UNSUBSCRIBE, send e-mail mailto:kotrv-unsubscribe@onelist.com (Drop me a note and let me know why, if you would.) To POST to the newsletter, send e-mail mailto:hippy@vipgrafx.com or mailto:kotrv-owner@onelist.com The sister web site for KOTRV is located at Please stop by and see the changes and additions. KOTRV has an archive of past issues available on-line at =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Copyright 1999, VIP Graphics. All rights reserved. ISSN 1097-4156 Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Disclaimer: Disclaim THIS!!