K E E P O N T R U C K I N '
R E - V I S I T E D
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Volume 3, Issue 12 ISSN 1097-4156 July 2000
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Contents:
** INTRODUCTION & MUSINGS
** CONTRIBUTIONS
++ COOL LINKS
** COOL LISTS
** COOL GOODIES
++ QUOTES
++ FEATURED WORDS & TUNES
** SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, CONTRIBUTE & MISC. INFO
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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.
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Wow! I had a really hard time putting this rag together this time
as you can kind of figure by the time it took to get it out. Once
I got going I had a great time looking up the links, finding the
quotes, etc., this sure can be fun.. he he..
Next month's issue will be the start of the fourth year - whew,
I never expected to have this thing last this long. I would like
to thank all of you for your continued support and for putting up
with this mess every month - Thanks!
Now what? I would really like to hear from more of you - I know
you are out there and I know you have something to say about the
era this newsletter covers - just drop a small note, write an
essay, do a review of a book, video, or album.. anything. To
start, who are you and how did you survive the 60s-70s?
Well, it is time to move on to the rest of the newsletter - hope
you all enjoy it as much as I enjoyed doing it.
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Comments:
comment: hippies forever-even in the millenium!
always love and peace..
comment: I'm looking for a "Flower Power" bumper sticker. Do you
have any idea where I might find one? Any help is much
appreciated.
Ted Whitten (yoyotheo@yoyo-tricks.com)
comment: i like it its really nice. but i want to know somthing
was this done from a real hippy from the 1960's or is this from
some one from right now? It still really grate or groove!!!!
love vm
victoriamartinez (tootsiy)
** Editor's Comment - good question?
comment: I have been looking for the "Keep on truckin" logo for
ever. I decided to surf the web and here, I find the perfect
picture! On your web page!!!!..I would love to be able to print
this, for I want to use this picture for a set up of a tattoo---
I also have an 83 Chevy Van with the license plates that read,
"BOOGIVN"
Thanks for your time.
Dawn M. Thomas of Thomas Trucking
Dawn M. Thomas (Thomasoilntrucking@yahoo.com)
** Editors Comment - Well, it started out innocent enough . . .
check out the two shots of her tattoo at these locations
http://www.vipgrafx.com/images/kot1.jpg
and
http://www.vipgrafx.com/images/kot2.jpg
--> You can add your comments from the main page at the
KOTRV Website: http://www.vipgrafx.com/hippy/hippy.html
So please do!
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More fluff... less stuff...
So, get a room at the Hotel California, warm up the lava lamp,
flip on the black light, then 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.
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#1 Songs of 1972
(The year I graduated from High School)
Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
American Pie (Parts 1 & 2) - Don McLean
Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me - Mac Davis
Ben - Michael Jackson
Black and White - Three Dog Night
Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
The Candy Man - Sammy Davis, Jr.
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
Heart of Gold - Neil Young
A Horse With No Name - America
I Am Woman - Helen Reddy
I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers
Lean on Me - Bill Withers
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
My Ding-a-Ling - Chuck Berry
Oh Girl - The Chi-Lites
Papa Was a Rolling Stone - The Temptations
Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond
Without You - Nilsson
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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
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From: hmc1@bigfoot.com
To: hippy@vipgrafx.com
Subject: Cool url
Date sent: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 07:53 -0500
With all the recent press on the mapping of the human genome, I
thought an animated primer on the basics of DNA, genes and
heredity would be quite timely.
This fascinating site examines the basic concepts of classical
genetics (children resemble their parents) using animation,
pictures, video clips and interviews. Additionally each concept
has a problem solving area to help deepen your understanding.
Very cool!
DNA from the Beginning
<a href=" http://vector.cshl.org/dnaftb/index.html
">click here</a>
--hmc
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Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 17:03:20 -0400
From: Maria Bruno <bruno@pilot.msu.edu>
Subject: Re: [sixties-l] Takin' It to the Streets
I'm working on a collection of Women's Writings concerning the
Sixties. I hope many of you on the list will distribute my
call for manuscripts:
FICTION, POETRY, essays, memoirs, journal excerpts, etc. by
women are needed for an anthology entitled Women's Voices From
the Sixties. Please submit quality work that deals with
women's experiences during the Sixties. Enclose SASE, short
bio. Deadline: December 1. Send to Maria Bruno, 608 N. State
St., Alma, MI 48801. E-mail: bruno@pilot.msu.edu
Sincerely,
Maria Bruno
Associate Professor
Michigan State University
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From: hmc1@bigfoot.com
To: hippy@vipgrafx.com
Subject: FW: After Five: Boyz Will Be Idolz
Date sent: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 18:55 -0500
Boyz Will Be Idolz
Whether you're a closet Backstreet Boys fan or can
remember an ancient affair with Bobby Sherman albums,
Feelin' Groovy
[http://www.vallee.simplenet.com/feelingroovy/feelingroovy.html]
might rekindle your passions. Or confirm your
embarrassment. From the early '70s through today,
you'll find the debris from teen idol fandom, with
history, photos, news, and even sound clips.
http://www.vallee.simplenet.com/feelingroovy/feelingroovy.html
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H. Michael Cunningham, Ph.D.
"If it's dangerous to talk to yourself, it's probably even
dicier to listen..."
- Texas Agriculture Commissioner
Jim Hightower
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** Editor's Comment - Thanks hmc!
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Visit the Poster Pad
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COOL LINKS
Cool links to sites from the outer recesses of the
Psychedelic Cyber Cosmos
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The CIA and Vietnam
More B.S. - interesting reading if you can handle it.
Drop In: http://www.odci.gov/csi/books/vietnam/index.html
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The Sixties POP Diary
-From the Website-
The sixties pop diary is primarily a yearguide to the music of
the sixties with some other stuff thrown in for good measure.
Drop In: http://www.sixtiespop.freeserve.co.uk/
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Radio Scout
-From the Website-
RadioScout searches information shared by public radio producers
and stations so you can easily find what's been on the air and
what's coming up.
Drop In: http://publicradio.org/servlet/RadioScout.MainPage
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Internet Public Library
Check out their mission statement to find out what all is going
on here at the IPL.
Tons of info here - and best deal yet, no library card needed.
Drop In: http://www.ipl.org
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Interactive Dead Trivia
Dead fans will love this trivia game!
You will be asked to get the latest shockwave player to play
this game if you need it.
Drop In: http://www.4inprint.com/neil/shock/dead.htm
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Stuck in the 70s
Cool site dealing with the 70s. Webmaster Julie Fidler's memories
of the this time frame are wonderful and varied - this is a nice
place to hang for a while.
Drop In: http://www.stuckinthe70s.com/
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Nostalgia Central
-From the Website-
Nostalgia Central is centered around British, American and
Australian TV, movies, music, toys and popular culture between
the years 1960 and 1989.
Drop In: http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/
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COOL LISTS
Cool Lists from around the net!
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Splash! The Pond and Water Garden Newsletter
Description:
Pond and Water Garden fun and facts! Lots of information for
pond building, pond plants, pond fish, pond product reviews
and more!
Subscription instructions:
To subscribe to Splash! send an email to
pond-subscribe@topica.com or
go to http://www.topica.com/lists/pond
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COOL GOODIES
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Drawing Hand Screen Saver:
This is a way cool free screen saver! Watch as the artist's
hand draws some wonderful art right before your eyes. Awesome!
This file is a 2.1mb download and is for Win 95/98.
http://www.drawinghand.com
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Guide to Free Online Photo Albums
Ok, so it's not exactly a freebie - but it tells you where you
can get the best deal on a free online storage place for you
photos and more. Very Nice!
http://www.andromeda.com/people/ddyer/photo/albums.html
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Windows Media Player 7
Maybe you hate Microsoft but you need to check this new upgrade
to Windows Media Player out - lots of cool neat goodies included.
You may want to drop back a couple of pages and read the hype -
maybe not.. anyway I have been having fun with this free package
from Microsloth, er, ah, whatever...
WARNING - Windows Media Player 7 should NOT be installed on
computers running Windows® 95 or Windows NT® 4!
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/en/download/default.asp
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QUOTES
Quotes on Solitude
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"I have never found a companion that was so companionable as
solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad
among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or
working is always alone, let him be where he will."
-Henry David Thoreau, Walden
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"Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong."
-Sir Winston Churchill
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"Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is
wholesome for the character."
-James Russell Lowell, Among My Books, 1870
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"Solitude is the playfield of Satan."
-Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire, 1962
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"Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man
is the only being who knows he is alone."
-Octavio Paz, The Labyrinth of Solitude, 1950
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"There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone
that one sees the world entire."
-Jules Renard, Journal, December 1900
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"Children love to be alone because alone is where they know
themselves, and where they dream."
-Roger Rosenblatt, The Man in the Water, 1994
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"One can acquire everything in solitude except character."
-Stendhal, On Love, 1822
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"I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so
companionable as solitude."
-Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854
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"Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves,
we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude."
-Miguel de Unanimo, Essays and Soliloquies, 1924
Get the archive of quotes - send a blank email to:
mailto:quotes@vipgrafx.com
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Brings Back Memories.........
Close your eyes.....And go back....
Before the Internet or the MAC,
Before semi automatics and crack
Before chronic and indo
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo
Way back........
I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk.
Sittin' on the porch, Hot bread and butter.
The Good Humor man, Red light, Green light.
Chocolate milk, Lunch tickets, Penny candy in a brown paper bag.
Playin' Pinball in the corner store.
Hopscotch, butterscotch, doubledutch
Jacks, kickball, dodgeball, y'all!
Mother May I?
Red Rover and Roly Poly
Hula Hoops and Sunflower Seeds,
Jolly Ranchers, Banana Splits
Wax Lips and Mustaches
Running through the sprinkler
The smell of the sun and lickin' salty lips....
Wait......
Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons, Fat Albert, Road Runner,
He-Man, The Three Stooges, and Bugs,
Or back further, listening to Superman on the radio
Catchin' lightening bugs in a jar,
Playin sling shot.
When around the corner seemed far away,
And going downtown seemed like going somewhere.
Bedtime, Climbing trees,
An ice cream cone on a warm summer night
Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe butter pecan
A lemon coke from the fountain at the corner drug store
A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers,
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians,
Sittin on the curb,
Jumpin down the steps, Jumpin on the bed, Pillow fights
Runnin till you were out of breath
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt
Being tired from playin'.... Remember that?
I ain't finished just yet...
Eating Kool-aid powder with sugar
Remember when...
When there were two types of sneakers for girls and boys
(Keds & PF Flyers) and the only time you wore them at school,
was for "gym."
When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up, if you even
had one.
When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there.
When nobody owned a purebred dog.
When a quarter was a decent allowance, and another quarter
a miracle.
When milk went up one cent and everyone talked about it for
weeks?
When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
When girls neither dated nor kissed until late high school, if
then.
When your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces.
When all of your male teachers wore neckties and female
teachers had their hair done, everyday.
When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas
pumped, without asking, for free, every time. And, you didn't
pay for air. And, you got trading stamps to boot!
When laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels
hidden inside the box.
When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use
him to carry groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought
a thing of it.
When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to
dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.
When they threatened to keep kids back a grade if they
failed ... and did!
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared
to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home.
Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because
of drive by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and
grandparents were a much bigger threat! and some of us
are still afraid of em!!!
Didn't that feel good.. just to go back and say, Yeah, I
remember that!
There's nothing like the good old days! They were good then,
and they're good now when we think about them.
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FEATURED WORDS & TUNES
FEATURED BOOKS
Ethics for the New Millennium
by Dalai Lama
Hardcover - 237 pages (August 1999)
Riverhead Books; ISBN: 1573220256
Other Editions: Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio CD (Abridged)
Powerful message to be had from this book - I have found a new
insight into living and I think anyone who reads this will also.
Amazon.com
In a modern society characterized by insensitivity to violence,
ambivalence to the suffering of others, and a high-octane profit
motive, is talk of ethics anything more than a temporary salve
for our collective conscience? The Dalai Lama thinks so. In his
Ethics for the New Millennium, the exiled leader of the Tibetan
people shows how the basic concerns of all people--happiness
based in contentment, appeasement of suffering, forging
meaningful relationships--can act as the foundation for a
universal ethics.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1573220256/vipgraphivideo
(you may need to cut and paste
the url if it's on two lines)
FEATURED DVD
The Eagles: Hell Freezes Over (1994)
Edition Details:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color
• Audio only DTS bonus track: Seven Bridges Road
• ASIN: 6305301107
Other Formats: VHS, DVD
All I can say is, this DVD (one of the first music DVDs I have
watched) brought a few tears to my eyes. Reunions are cool and
these guys brought back a flood of memories - in a word - KILLER!
Amazon.com
The long-defunct, Southern California band regrouped for an
album, an expensive tour (expensive for ticket buyers, that is),
and this televised special, which features the Eagles in
performance. Laid-back but sharp and even stirring during a
longish acoustic set, the guys quickly get past the nostalgia
element and sound truly viable. They even make it look easy: the
sight of Joe Walsh wearing glasses and sitting in almost perfect
repose as he effortlessly colors old hits "Tequila Sunrise" and
new material such as "Learn to Be Still" may make you wonder why
you ever stashed that guitar in the attic. But the band
eventually gets off their stools and rocks out on "Hotel
California" and other Eagles standards. All in all, it's an
enjoyable and mellowing show. --Tom Keogh
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305301107/vipgraphivideo
(you may need to cut and paste
the url if it's on two lines)
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