K E E P O N T R U C K I N ' R E - V I S I T E D ----------------------------------------------------------------- Volume 2, Issue 6 ISSN 1097-4156 January 1999 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Contents: ** INTRODUCTION & MUSINGS ** CONTRIBUTIONS ++ COOL LINKS ** COOL LISTS ++ QUOTES ** COOL GOODIES ++ FEATURED WORDS & TUNES & VIDS ** SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, CONTRIBUTE & MISC. INFO ***************************************************************** Introduction & Musings: 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. ---------------- 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 HEY CHECK THIS OUT! For a more interactive, colorful and extreme KOTRV experience, drop in today to.... http://www.vipgrafx.com/hippy/archive/january98.htm ---------------- Cool FREE Postcards are now available from the KOTRV web site! Choose from pictures of the KOTRV guy on different fractal backgrounds or from some nature shots from around the area that I live in, here in southeast Colorado. Go to: http://www.vipgrafx.com/card.html and send one to a friend today. ---------------- The Psychedelic Gallery is Open! Yes it's open, growing and seems to be getting a nice bit of traffic - thanks to all of you have visited. Hope it has been worth your time. Still looking for more goodies to post there - Send your submissions to: mailto:hippy@vipgrafx.com I invite you all to visit and contribute to the Psychedelic Gallery - go to: http://www.vipgrafx.com/hippy/gallery.html ---------------- OK, we did so well with the drum solo question, so now who do you think was the best guitarist of all time? Just let us know who you think it was and if you can, let us know why. Looking forward to hearing from you all. Send your vote(s) to: mailto:hippy@vipgrafx.com ++++++++++++++++++++ More fluff... less stuff... So, warm up the lava lamp, flip on the black light, drive old dixie down with Joan, 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. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+==+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= "I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free." Michelangelo =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+==+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= 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: +++++ From: "Stephen Lange" To: "Vincent Gearhart" Date sent: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 00:58:06 -0700 Subject: hippys Send reply to: pimages@ria.net Hi Vince, This was passed along to me - I thought you might like to include it somehow in the next newsletter. --Steve ---------------------- WASHINGTON, DC--The indigenous North American hippie population has expanded to the point that its teeming herds are endangering the planet's fragile freakosystem, warned a Department of the Interior report released Monday. According to the report, over the past 20 years, the wide-ranging, largely migratory hippies have more than tripled in population, insidiously infiltrating nearly every other U.S. subculture while venturing far beyond their natural Vermont and Colorado habitats. Due to the species' lack of predators, willingness to live almost anywhere and rabbit-like breeding habits, the hippie has become the most prevalent feature on the American counter- cultural landscape, Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt said. If we do not soon find a way to thin their herds, they will overwhelm every other subculture on the continent, potentially leading to freakological disaster on a mass global scale. Experts say the hippie-related environmental damage has largely been the result of their sheer numbers. Long regarded as a mere nuisance species, the hippies have grown over the past 10 years into one of the most populous in North America, numbering close to 20 million. Further, because of the hippie herds' normal daily cycle of waking, bongo-playing and large-scale grass consumption, followed by a brief period of torpor and then aggressive nutritive replenishment, their freakological impact is enormous. Each summer, the hippie herds migrate north to Boulder, wiping out 80 to 90 percent of the hummus supply of the regions through which they pass, National Park Service director Roger Kennedy said. In certain parts of Colorado, by mid-August, the patchouli reservoirs are entirely drained. The burgeoning herds--identifiable by their dreadlocked hair, hemp jewelry and distinctive tie-dyed markings--have greatly affected the quality of life of people living in these areas of high hippie concentration. They're everywhere, said Linda Hewson of Albany, NY. Last night, when I went to take out the trash, I found one of them foraging through my garbage cans for Dead bootlegs. I shooed it away, but a bunch more came by later scavenging for discarded twirling sticks. My property is overrun with them, said Vallejo, CA, resident Patrick Davis, who said he is considering moving if the problem gets worse. They even set up a bead-vending stand in my backyard. First introduced into the cultural landscape in the early 1960s, the hippie, or homo habilis VWbus, was initially applauded by freakologists, who believed they would be beneficial in curbing the growth of the then-ubiquitous Establishment Type. When the crisis passed in the early 1970s, the hippie population was reduced to a fraction of its former size, creating room in the American freakosystem for numerous other subcultures, including punks, new-wavers and goths. Social developments of recent years, however, have caused the hippies' numbers to balloon once more. For some time, it was believed that the extinction of Jerry Garcia and the dispersal of The Grateful Dead would have a suppressive effect on the size of the hippie population, Kennedy said. Surprisingly, though, exactly the opposite has happened: The herds have grown, diversifying and spreading out. In the past, if the Dead were playing in Chicago, the entire hippie species would be singularly concentrated there. But today, you could have a herd of hippies at Red Rocks to see Phish while, at the very same moment, an equally large herd is massing in Ann Arbor for a Widespread Panic show. Another reason for the hippie explosion, environmentalists say, lies in the differences between the current crop and the more mature, old-growth hippies of the 1960s. While old-growth hippies were a gentle species that was considered a mild annoyance at worst, the new breed, they say, is a hardier, more insidious creature which seems to thrive in virtually any environment. We're seeing these young hippies in the malls, in fraternities, on Madison Avenue--all kinds of places where hippies were once considered non-indigenous, said Alfred Meijer of the Nature Conservancy. Years of cross-breeding and exposure to television have produced a hybridized, consumer-culture-bred hippie that can adapt to literally any environment, countercultural or mainstream. And unlike the old-growth hippies, which at least were anti-materialistic, the new ones are voracious consumers, swiftly depleting their habitat of all resources and purchasable goods. Though most experts agree that the vast herds must be thinned, they are divided on how to go about it. Some are calling for the hippies to be spayed and neutered and then placed in designated preserve areas, where they would be free to roam peacefully and play hacky-sack. Others suggest more extreme measures, advocating the use of large, headshop-shaped traps to lure the hippies. Once inside the traps, the hippies would be poisoned with super-adhesive, cyanide-laced Guatemalan blankets and sweaters. Whatever we do, we must do it soon, Babbitt said. If we don't, we are dooming our children to live in a world overrun with backless apron dresses and bare feet. And that is a fate we can ill afford. >-- Moderator's Comment --< How is the freakosystem in your area? Thanks a bunch for passin' this one on Steve. ++++++ Date sent: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 23:05:22 -0800 (PST) To: hippy@vipgrafx.com From: zoe Subject: Heads Up! Hello! This is my first post. I've enjoyed receiving all issues of KOTRV--thank you! Now it's time to give a "gift" back to all of you fine folk! There is an exciting movement occurring here on Whidbey Island, Washington. Every Monday night, there is a broadcast of improvised music, jamming, joy, laughter with fine music and finer friends. It's a "virtual" concert using RealAudio's streaming audio. This is my 4th concert coming up, and TestingTesting's 21st! This really feels like "home" . All their shows are archived as well. I am forwarding y'all their latest announcement. After this, you're on your own and can sign up to receive schedules directly. Enjoy--'tis the season! I hope to see you there...use the BBS to say hi! Pax, ..Zoe ---------announcement follows: The 21st TestingTesting is Monday night, December 21st: 5 (hawaii-aleutian) 6 (alaska) 7 (pacific) 8 (mountain) 9 (central) 10 (eastern) 11 (atlantic) Do you know when you are? Monday night we will feature Laurie Riley on celtic harp. Check out her web site at http://www.laurieriley.com. Regulars Derek Parrott and Steve Showell, and maybe Joanne Rouse will also be here for another evening of improvisational music. The snow is still on the ground and it is cold out but the music should warm everyone up! We will give away another pound of Whidbey's Coffee. If you haven't checked out the last show it is archived on the TestingTesting web site: http://www.electricedge.com/testingtesting. Tom Hoeflich played the blues. (If you want to be removed from this weekly mailing list please reply to sender and let us know.) Gordy the Webguy(tm) gcoale@electricedge.com Derek Parrott parrott@whidbey.com Steve Showell amble@whidbey.com ----------- "Pick yourself up, dust yourself off and start all over again.." me: http://www2.whidbey.net/jlg http://www2.whidbey.net/FM co-cure: http://www.co-cure.org >-- Moderator's Comment --< This one just missed the last issue by a few hours, but they archive all the shows and I think you will find the testingtesting site enjoyable - I know I did. ++++++ From: "Mickey Anderson" To: hippy@vipgrafx.com Subject: Date sent: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 23:19:32 CST I got the intro letter today and it asked me why I decided to join this list. There are a couple of reasons why I joined this list. I like reading particularly about that era, and even more I like hearing other peoples personal thoughts about that era. Also I just got a new mailbox and wanted to get some cool words in it. You'll be hearing from me later, Lazylightning ++++++ From: "Riley Saunders" To: hippy@vipgrafx.com Subject: learn to appreciate! Date sent: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 14:30:15 PST Hello all, The 60's and 70's were a time where everything was pushed to the extreme. Free love, fashion, drugs, family life, and morals all changed. I have been lectured by older people on how so many people died during those times, but like my mother told me (She is a hippy at heart) without the hippies and the fact that they pushed everything they could views would never have changed. They changed society. Some of things like the pill were not invented until the 60's early 70's. Be it Rap, folk, alternative, or dance music that you like, it was the 70's that made such diversities available to us. Teenagers were given more respect,and parents learned to trust our judgement. I love the 70's and respect everything they gave us, those hippies fought more than the draft, they fought society, and when I look around my high school today I know they won. Thank you Janis Joplin, Bob Dilan, Kris Kristopherson, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrex and everyone else who fought for our freedom! Riley Saunders Please e-mail your thought or comments to bestrye@hotmail.com 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 Cyber Cosmos ++++++ CyberStones This is a new Internet humour/satire news magazine. These folks work hard to bring humor to the net for no pay – to hopefully spread a giggle or two around the world. Don't let the name fool you. Drop In: http://www.cyberstones.com ++++++ The Old Hippie Lost in Mississippi One old hippie's adventures, thoughts and expressions of this time and a time gone by. Drop In: http://www2.netdoor.com/~greenlee/oldhippie.htm ++++++ WorldNetDaily A Free Press For A Free People. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/ ++++++ Robin's Web Slap me with dayglow man... this is a great site with wonderful design and lots of content. Take some time to explore this one. Drop In: http://www.robinsweb.com/robin-home.html ++++++ Groovykat's Psychedelic Pad! In his own words, "Hey,groovy kids!....welcome to my swingin',far-out,groovy, psychedelic pad! Feel free to pull up a bean bag,listen to some groovy tunes on the 8-track ball,and grab a tab soda! And remember except only 100% polyester nothing else will do....." Drop In: http://members.tripod.com/~Groovykat/ ***************************************************************** Earth laughs in flowers. 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NOT BEING INFORMED BEFORE MAKING YOUR MOVE DECREASES YOUR CHANCE OF SUCCESS!**** Owner: Cheryl Jack of New Dimensions Media editor@cityblues.com Discover more in-depth resources for your success at: http://www.CityBlues.com +++++ Confucius List at confucius@lists.gnacademy.org A Discussion of Confucian Philosophy Confucius List has completed it's first cycle of a daily quote from _The Analects_ and will begin again with another translation into English. Discussion of the philosophy of Confucius, problems with the translation, or simply just reading the daily quote are all possible. Numerous posters are generous with their expert knowledge and their time. A moderator keeps the list in order. Postings: normally two or three per day. To subscribe, send a message to majordomo@lists.gnacademy.org And in the body of the message write: subscribe confucius Contact: Moderator, Todd Thacker (tct@shinbiro.com) Web archive (http://lists.gnacademy.org/gna/webarchive/lists/confucius) ***************************************************************** QUOTES On Humankind ----- In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. Douglas Adams ----- Always observe how ephemeral and worthless human things are. Pass then through this little space of time conformably to nature, and end thy journey in content, just as an olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature who produced it, and thanking the tree on which it grew. Marcus Aurelius ----- Man must realize his own unimportance before he can appreciate his importance. R. M. Baumgardy ----- Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of Mind. But God help us all! It is at present a sad jar of atoms. Lord Byron ----- It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to. Holden Caulfield ----- We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey. Stephen R. Covey ***************************************************************** COOL GOODIES eyepoppers Awesome FREE background graphics for UNIX, Mac & PCs Drop In: http://www.webslingerz.com/eyepoppers/ ***************************************************************** FEATURED WORDS, TUNES, & VIDS FEATURED BOOK Steal This Book : Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Facsimile Edition by Abbie Hoffman, Izak Haber, Bert Cohen Paperback - 308 pages 25th Anv f edition (September 1995) Four Walls Eight Windows; ISBN: 1568580533 Synopsis In 1970, Abbie Hoffman conceived the idea for his most ambitious book project yet. He had begun criss-crossing the country, ferreting out alternative ways of getting along in America--some illegal, but most of them having to do with survival techniques. Steal This Book captures the spirit of those years, describing actions and techniques that were already in use in all 50 states. Illustrations, photos & cartoons. You can also get to Abbie Hoffman's original book from the same link below. Visit this link to get your copy! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1568580533/vipgraphivideo (you may need to cut and paste the url if it's on two lines) or Goto: FEATURED ALBUM Greatest Hits Joan Baez Always enjoyed this woman's voice and her messages. Category - Folk Studio/Live - Studio Label - A&M Records UPC - 73145405102 Additional Info - Remastered Album Notes: All tracks have been digitally remastered. This is part of A&M Records' Backlot series. Track Listing 1 Diamonds And Rust 2 Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 3 Simple Twist Of Fate 4 Imagine 5 In The Quiet Morning (For Janis Joplin) 6 Best Of Friends 7 Forever Young 8 Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose) 9 Jesse 10 Children And All That Jazz 11 Please Come To Boston 12 Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer 13 Gracias A La Vida 14 Sweeter For Me 15 Love Songs To A Stranger 16 Dida 17 Amazing Grace 18 Ballad Of Sacco & Vanzetti, The 19 Oh Happy Day 20 Less Than The Song Visit this link to get your copy! http://cdu2.cduniverse.com/asp/albuminfo.asp?lc=7502+510&frm=lk_vipgrafx (you may need to cut and paste the url if it's on two lines) or Goto: (you may need to cut and paste the url if it's on two lines) FEATURED VIDEO Dazed and Confused Edition Details: NTSC format (for use in US and Canada only) Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, HiFi Sound, Surround Sound, Digital Sound, NTSC ASIN: 6302998611 Read the Synopsis on the ordering web page - great stuff. Description This nostalgic comedy explores the last day of school and one wild night in the lives of a group of intoxicated high school students in 1976. Visit this link to get your copy! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6302998611/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 I feel in some way relate 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 Subscribe/Unsubscribe & Misc. Information: To SUBSCRIBE, send e-mail mailto:subscribe@vipgrafx.com To UNSUBSCRIBE, send e-mail mailto:remove@vipgrafx.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 The sister web site for KOTRV is located at Please stop by and see the changes and additions. To SPONSOR an issue of KOTRV, please send a blank email to: sponsor@vipgrafx.com for sponsor info. KOTRV has an archive of past issues available on-line at =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Copyright 1999, VIP Graphics & Video. All rights reserved. ISSN 1097-4156 Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Disclaimer: Disclaim THIS!!