K E E P O N T R U C K I N ' R E - V I S I T E D ------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 1, Issue 12 ISSN 1097-4156 July 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Contents: ** INTRODUCTION & MUSINGS @@ CONTRIBUTIONS ++ COOL LINKS ?? REVIEW(S) AND CONTEST %% COOL LISTS ## QUOTES && FEATURED WORDS & TUNES ** SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, & MISC. INFO ****************************************************************** INTRODUCTION & MUSINGS: Welcome to all the new subscribers who have joined us over the last month! 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 to 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 ----------- More Questionnaire Results 1.) My email and list management software don't allow me to do an HTML version that I can send out properly. But in response to the many who said an HTML version would be nice, I now have the following newsletters converted to HTML pages. HTML version of the May '98 Issue HTML version of the June '98 Issue HTML version of the July '98 Issue Please let me know how you like them. 2.) Others mentioned that either a chat area or a discussion area on the website would be nice... well, it's a done deal. I have just set up a new discussion area and I am still working the bugs out but I think it should work fine. I would really like it if you all would participate. So.... Let's Talk! The war, communes, music, equal rights, ecology, drugs, and anything else you might want to talk about. Please Drop In: ----------- Spread the word... If you participate in any related newsgroups, listservs, chat rooms or mailing lists, please do me a favor and let them know about "Keep On Truckin' Re-Visited". Here are a few newsgroups that I check out off and on. If you know of any other related newsgroups, please let me know. alt.rock-n-roll.oldies alt.rock-n-roll.classic alt.lifestyle.barefoot alt.gathering.rainbow alt.fan.lava.lamps alt.fairs.renaissance rec.muisc.gdead alt.culture.us.1960s alt.culture.us.1970s ----------- If you like art, follow the links. ++++++++++++++++++++ More fluff... less stuff... So, warm up the lava lamp, flip on the black light, let's all come together with the Beatles, put on your love beads, your headband, bell bottom pants, get yourself in the proper state of mind, kick back, and experience the newsletter. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+==+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Apathy We may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all-the apathy of human beings. Helen Keller (1880-1968) =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+==+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= 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: ydgroot@visuel.svb.nl To: Hippy@vipgrafx.com Subject: Beatles stories? Date sent: Fri Jun 26 18:27:15 1998 Hey! Is there anyone out there who has experienced something intresting related to the beatles? For instance met one of them, or just visited a concert? I'm very interested in personal reports for this band is one of my favourites. Things about the solo-periods are also welcome, especially John Lennon. If you have anything great to tell, email me (ydgroot@elnet.nl) or post to the newsletter if it's worth it to share with everybody. Thanks! peace Yvonne ;-) ++++++ From: JKenn10630@aol.com Date sent: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 17:46:35 EDT To: hippy@vipgrafx.com Subject: 60s underground newspapers Everyone, Hello again: In an early issue of KEEP ON TRUCKIN' REVISITED, I posted a bibliography listing books about the 1960s underground press. I am still out here looking for copies of these following underground newspapers from the 60s and early 70s. Does anyone have any issues to sell or trade? I am especially interested in completing my run of THE LA FREE PRESS. THE EAST VILLAGE OTHER (published in New York City) THE LA FREE PRESS (published in Los Angeles, CA) THE CHICAGO SEED (published in Chicago, IL) THE L.A. STAFF (published in Los Angeles, CA) THE AUSTIN RAG (published in Austin, TX) THE SEATTLE HELIX (published in Seattle, WA) THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT (published in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada) THE BERKELEY TRIBE (published in Berkeley, CA) THE SAN FRANCISCO ORACLE (published in San Francisco, CA) THE RAT (published in New York City) THE GREAT SPECKELED BIRD (published in Atlanta, GA) and many others... what do you have? Thanks, Jay JKenn10630@aol.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~ COOL LINKS Cool links to sites from the outer recesses of the Cyber Cosmos. ++++++ 2.0.1.3 Transmissions from Quantum Time 2.0.1.3. is a transmission from the next world about how to avoid the negative future. Very well done! Drop In: ++++++ Free Radio Berkeley Micro Power Broadcasting... cool stuff... Drop In: ++++++ Northern lights - The Aurora Borealis This site is brought to you by the Department of Geological Engineering and Sciences at Michigan Technological University. This site contains many links, articles, tutorials, forecasts, and many awesome images. This is a must see site! Drop In: ++++++ MusicNewswire MusiceNewswire is the ultimate guide to music news on the web. Drop In: ++++++ Changes - celebrating our growing consciousness In their own words - "We welcome you to Changes, a page whose home was born in the Kosmos. We believe in the capacity of the human race to evolve. Knowing that life is changes, that energy follows attention, we feel the possibilities of transcendance inherent in every cell. These are the first steps towards conscious co-creation. You, and many thousands - perhaps even millions of us -- are a new family forming. As post homo-sapiens, our joyful sacred task is to remind each other of our essential divinity. This transformation, this new consciousness, reverberates through all Reality as we travel on together." Drop In: ++++++ THE SCHWA CORPORATION'S ADVANCED TRAINING CENTER Hey, I'm going to let you try and figure this one out. Drop In: ++++++ The Vaults of Erowid Erowid is a small not for profit organization dedicated to studying and providing information about humanity's never-ending search for meaning and spirit. This is a powerful site and well worth the visit. Drop In: ****************************************************************** ..:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:.. REVIEW(S) AND CONTEST Answer and winner from last month's issue. First the Question (just in case you forgot): 1. Identify this passage: On stage: The Grateful Dead At the door: Two brand-new galvanized garbage cans of ice-cold Kool-Aid. One can is also full of LSD-25. About one hundred micrograms a swallow.... "Who cares?" I hear some sister scream. a. from Tom Wolfe's |The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test| b. from Sandy Troy's |Captain Trips| c. from Wavy Gravy's |Something Good for a Change: Random Notes on Peace Through Living| d. from Ken Kesey's |Demon Box| Correct answer: C Wavy finished his story: "It takes me maybe twenty minutes of crawling around the place in mid-meltdown till I find this little alcove, slide inside, and there she is...the Who Cares girl in all her glory. I crawl over and complete this circle of loving, caring strangers that surround her--and she turns into jewels and light. And we turn into jewels and light. "And that's when I passed the acid test. You understand, when you get to the very bottom of the human soul--to the place where the nit slams up against the grit and you're sinking pretty bad--some- how you manage to reach down and help someone who is sinking worse than you are. Well, that's when everybody gets high and you don't need any LSD and you don't need any jewels or light. Jesus and the Buddha were right! "All you need is...love. "Unconditional love." From page 97 of _Something Good for a Change: Random Notes on Peace Through Living_ By the way, _Skeleton Key: A Dictionary for Deadheads_ (p. 307) identifies Wavy's loving technique in the scene described above as the "compassionate model for talkdown still used today by the Rock Med emergency medical personnel." _Skeleton Key: A Dictionary for Deadhead_) by David Shenk and Steve Silberman (Main Street Books) This question was tricky because Tom Wolfe also wrote about this same incident and the "Who Cares girl" in _The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test_. If you've read both works recently, you may notice the difference in perspective, Wavy being clearly an insider, heavily involved in the young woman's pain and in her recovery. Wavy's wonderful book is available through St. Martin's Press -- check with your local bookstores. Also check out Wavy's website at: < http://channel.isle.net/~mikerad/aboutwg.html > And the lucky winner is: Ted Smith Congrats Ted! ************ Hope you all enjoyed the review and the contest. ---------------- Looking for another product to review and give away. ..:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:.. ****************************************************************** HAPPENINGS Another nice page for happenings. Visit: ****************************************************************** COOL LISTS Cool Lists from around the net! +++++ New American Folk Music discussion List folk_music@nysernet.org Folk_music is a moderated discussion list dealing with the music of the recent wave of American singer/songwriters. List traffic consists of discussion, reviews, album release info and other information on artists like Shawn Colvin, Mary Chapin Carpenter, David Wilcox, Nanci Griffith, Christine Lavin, The Sherpas, Dee Carstensen, Dar Williams, Cosy Sheridan, Hamell On Trial, Susan Werner, Jim Infantino, Buddy Mondlock, and others of their ilk. Membership to this discussion list is free of charge and open to all interested individuals or organizations. Searchable archives of list traffic since Jan 1, 1995 are available from our WWW site at Subscription Instructions Pay particular attention to the difference between the dash(-) and underscore(_) characters here. Both are used and misplacing them or failing to spell everything correctly is bound to get you into trouble. 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Append that address to the command line in the form of Unsubscribe folk_music bozo@clowntown.com To post a message to the group send it to: mailto:folk_music@nysernet.org For a summary of commands for setting options to your subscription via email, send a message to mailto:majordomo@nysernet.org with this line: Help Also, there is a nice help document for Majordomo Users online at All other questions, requests for information, etc., should be sent to the moderator at mailto:owner-folk_music@nysernet.org. List Moderator: Alan Rowoth +++++ Jupiter Rising Vegetarian Email Newsletter Jupiter Rising is a free monthly email newsletter for new and aspiring vegetarians. Articles include explanations of ethical and health reasons for vegetarianism, recipes and nutrition information, and moral support for those just becoming vegetarian. The newsletter will be sent out monthly starting July 1998. Archives of Jupiter Rising are kept on the Jupiter Rising webpage. You may view past issues by going to < http://members.aol.com/khlisson/vegetarian.html > To subscribe, send the following command in the SUBJECT and BODY of mail to mailto:khlisson@aol.com SUB Jupiter Rising yourfirstname yourlastname For example: SUB Jupiter Rising Kevin McGarry Owner: Kathleen Lisson mailto:khlisson@aol.com ****************************************************************** QUOTES Anarchism +++++++++ People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) ------ The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may want his neighbour to be governed, but he himself doesn't want to be governed. He is mortally afraid of government officials and policemen. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) ------ Anarchism is the only philosophy which brings to man the consciousness of himself; which maintains that God, the State, and society are non-existent, that their promises are null and void, since they can be fulfilled only through man's subordination. Anarchism is therefore the teacher of the unity of life; not merely in nature, but in man. Emma Goldman (1869-1940) ------ Lady Dynamite, let's dance quickly, Let's dance and sing and dynamite everything! French Anarchist Song of the 1880s. ****************************************************************** FEATURED WORDS, TUNES & VIDS FEATURED BOOK The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Synopsis: Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway. Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend, researcher Ford Prefect. Together they hitch a ride to parts unknown, encounter creatures unheard of, and take part in comic adventures unparalleled. Previously published by Pocket Books. or Goto: *+*+*+*+*+* FEATURED ALBUM Abbey Road The Beatles Street Date     Tuesday, October 20, 1987 Original Year     1969 Running Time     47 Minutes Label     Parlophone Album Notes: The Beatles: John Lennon (vocals, guitar, keyboards); George Harrison (vocals, guitar, synthesizer); Paul McCartney (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards); Ringo Starr (vocals, drums, percussion). All tracks have been digitally remastered. All songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney except "Octopus's Garden" (Richard Starkey), "Something" and "Here Comes The Sun" (George Harrison). ABBEY ROAD, recorded in the summer of 1969, was the last album recorded by the Beatles (LET IT BE was released in 1970, but recorded in early '69). Track Listing Track Song Title 1 Come Together 2 Something 3 Maxwell's Silver Hammer 4 Oh! Darling 5 Octopus's Garden 6 I Want You (She's So Heavy) 7 Here Comes The Sun 8 Because 9 You Never Give Me Your Money 10 Sun King 11 Mean Mr. Mustard 12 Polythene Pam 13 She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 14 Golden Slumbers 15 Carry That Weight 16 End, The 17 Her Majesty Goto: or Goto: *+*+*+*+*+* 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 - If you visit these pages often, you may need to use the REFRESH option as I am occasionally adding new books, groups and videos. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Hey, don't Bogart this newsletter! Please forward this copy to all your friends. Thanks! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, & MISC. INFO List Owner/Editor - Vincent P. Gearhart KEEP ON TRUCKIN' RE-VISITED E-mail Address - 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 For an updated FAQ on this newsletter visit: The sister web site for KOTRV is located at Please stop by and see the latest changes and additions. KOTRV has an archive of past issues available on-line at =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Copyright 1997, VIP Graphics & Video. All rights reserved. ISSN 1097-4156 Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Disclaimer: Disclaim THIS!!