K E E P O N T R U C K I N ' R E - V I S I T E D ----------------------------------------------------------------- Volume 4, Issue 8 ISSN 1097-41 56 March 2001 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Contents: ** INTRODUCTION & MUSINGS ** CONTRIBUTIONS ++ COOL LINKS ** COOL LISTS ** COOL FREEBIES ++ QUOTES ++ FEATURED WORDS & TUNES ** SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, CONTRIBUTE & MISC. INFO ***************************************************************** 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. YES, that means YOU! ---------------- The subscribe and un-subscribe info is at the end of this mess! ---------------- WELCOME ONE AND ALL! Another crazy issue of KOTRV is out! It took a while this month but I am glad I waited. This has been another fun one for me. It just feels so great to share with you all a few links, freebies, ideas and more. Thanks for being there for me.. (this is where the tears come in..). Okay, with that out of the way, here is a plea for all of you to write in and load this newsletter up with awe inspiring insight that only the greatest subscribers in the world can provide. I know each and everyone of you has a great story to tell or has some relevant information to share. Lay it on us! Oh yea, no pressure. Hope you all enjoy this issue as much as I enjoyed putting it together! ---------------- Spring is in the air here in the US and with that comes our Season of Love. Please remember Earthday next month on April 22nd and remember when you are planting those seeds, either for flowers or food the love and joy they bring to and share with us! ---------------- Comments: comment: What if they gave a war and nobody came? Susan Beezley (beez@junct.com) comment: peace and unity to the world! Close your eyes and you can fly, just wish and you will change the world. LIVE - LOVE - DIE Tanja Vukoviæ (gingerhead@net.hr) comment: Cars, like blood cells, Multiplying and rushing, Bleeding our world. Gabe (drgabe@hotmail.com) comment: GREAT GREAT site......at last some people to talk to who remember Oz, The Furry Freak Brothers etc etc etc.....(yes I still have some of those mags stashed away safe!). Could we add our band to your links page please? We are The Danny Steel Orchestra....clearly 'Dan, a UK 12-piece tribute to STEELY DAN playing tracks from all their albums including (can you believe they came out of hibernation and pulled off 4 GRAMMY's?)Two Against Nature, in a stunning, LIVE, 2 hour show guaranteed to flashback diehard fans and newcomers alike. cheers Paul and all at The DSO.....clearly 'Dan http://DannySteel_Orchestra.tripod.com Paul Shotan (ShotanPT@msn.com) comment: Great site! Sends me back to the "good ole years", and makes me feel not quite so old.... thanks! Mighty Midget (linmatt_ehs@yahoo.com) comment: i want all information on the gatherings of the rainbow people--if at all possible laura thomas (nercedeskt@yahoo.com) ed note: Laura, you might want to start here: http://206.168.38.1:/www.welcomehome.org/ Also, if you are into newsgroups, try alt.gathering.rainbow comment: um...i'm sorry to interrupt, but may i ask you a few questions? you seem to know a lot about hippies, so i figure that you would be able to answer them easily. okay, only reply if you have time though. my questions are: -what are the cultures of the hippies? (i.e. what do they believe in, their lifestyles, etc...) -what events were they involved in and to what extent thank you. and please feel free to add any thing that you'd want to. thank you. and if you don't know my e-mail address it's mailto:cacargogrly@hotmail.com Takara* (cacargogrly@hotmail.com) ed note: Takara, here is one place to start http://hippy.com/hippietour.htm#learn Okay loyal readers, can you help Takara out as well? This was just a bit bigger subject (concept) than I wanted to tackle.. as I am still trying to figure much of this out myself. --> 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, 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, peer through the Eyes Of A Child with the Moody Blues, kick back, and experience the rest of the newsletter. +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ 19 THINGS THAT IT TOOK ME 50 YEARS TO LEARN ...by Dave Barry 1. Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. 2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings." 3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." 4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them. 5. And when God, who created the entire universe with all of its glories, decides to deliver a message to humanity, He WILL NOT use, as His messenger, a person on cable TV with a bad hairstyle. 6. You should not confuse your career with your life. 7. No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously. 8. When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy. 9. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. 10. Never lick a steak knife. 11. Take out the fortune before you eat the cookie. 12. The most powerful force in the universe is gossip. 13. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time. 14. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment. 15. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven. 16. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers. 17. The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests is to annoy people who are not in them. 18. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. 9. Your friends love you anyway. Thought for the day: Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic. Keep Smiling! Thanks Steve! ~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~ The Poster Pad Okay, so there's a bare spot on that wall and you just have to find a nice piece of art(?) to fill that space. Why not get a wonderful poster to take care of that? Visit the Poster Pad @ http://www.vipgrafx.com/poster/ ~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~ 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: Kevin Ring To: A York Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 3:06 PM Subject: BEAT SCENE MAGAZINE A note to tell you about our 68 page PAPER magazine BEAT SCENE. A magazine devoted entirely to the Beats. We are preparing number 38. Briefly the magazine is full sized format. Full colour covers, some full colour inside. Interviews, features, profiles, news, photos, reviews on Kerouac, Burroughs, Ginsberg, Bukowski, Snyder, Kesey, Brautigan, Fante, Corso, Ferlinghetti, Whalen etc etc. We are in England but we also have a USA address. Look at www.beatscene.freeserve.co.uk for more information Hope you are interested --- Kevin Ring +++++ From: Kathy Grandy To: Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 12:16 PM Subject: February 2001 Issue This is just the best site. It always takes me back to things I forgot all about but really enjoy remembering. Vincent, you are doing a WONDERFUL job. I use to have this truckin' banana on a bluejean jacket and I wish I had that now - anyone have a copy of the famous banana with big shoes????????????? My sis even put that image on my birthday cake when I was still in early 20s. kat imagine a peaceful life http://www.kitchkat.com Thanks Kat... +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ COOL LINKS Cool links to sites from the outer recesses of the Psychedelic Cyber Cosmos ++++++ ewaterlily.com Want to see some beautiful waterplants in bloom? This is the place to go to see them and to purchase them. You can order as many or as few as you like as they have no minimum. Request a free catalog today and start enjoying the beauty of water plants today. BTW, these folks are friends of mine and are wonderful people. Drop In: http://www.ewaterlily.com ed note: Look for some pictures I have taken of some of the wonderful waterplants at this place - http://www.vipgrafx.com/misc/wps.html ++++++ The Nervous Dog Billed as the Funniest New Magazine on the Net! Here is another cool satire site much in the same vein as The Onion. Enjoy! Drop In: http://www.thenervousdog.com/ ++++++ The Merchants of Cool This was a PBS Frontline Story I watched a while back. Very interesting how commercialism is attacking the younger generation with advertising. Actually, it isn't any different than when we were younger.. just better tactics. Perhaps this will piss you off as much as it did me. Drop In: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/ Also check out - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/etc/synopsis.html (you may need to cut and paste the url if it's on two lines) and http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/talk/ ++++++ National Security Archive -in their own words- The NSA (the one for the people), combines a unique range of functions in one non governmental, non-profit institution. The Archive is simultaneously a research institute on international affairs, a library and archive of declassified U.S. documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, a public interest law firm defending and expanding public access to government information through the FOIA, and an indexer and publisher of the documents in books, microfiche, and electronic formats. Drop In: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/ ++++++ Trails.com This site offers detailed info on more than 18,000 trails in the U.S. and Canada. If you are a hiker, mountain biker, paddler or cross-country skier, this site is for you. You can search for trails by zip code, you can get topo maps, guidebooks and more. Drop In: http://www.trails.com/explore/ ++++++ Sixties Radio Dot Com An eclectic playlist of artists such as The Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, Otis Reading and more. Several Channels to choose from. To enjoy this site's music you will need to have RealPlayer. Drop In: http://www.sixtiesradio.com/ ++++++ Looking For Crumb? Yes, here is another great Crumb site! Spend some time here and check out all the links at this place. If you get a chance, sign the guestbook. Drop In: http://w1.870.telia.com/~u87004729/ =$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$= KOTRV T-Shirts! Get your very own Keep On Truckin' Re-Visited T-Shirts Now! Support the cause! Just $14.99 plus shipping and handling. http://mp3.cafepress.com/vipgrafx Got an idea for your own design, click the banner at the bottom of the page and setup your own storefront with your images on T-Shirts, mugs and mousepads! =$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$=$= COOL LISTS Cool Lists from around the net! +++++ Gardenwise Love to garden but don't have time for email lists with lots of discussion? Then Gardenwise is the list for you! One issue each Monday with question/answer, tips, website and other wonderful gardening info. We'll cover it all - soil, perennials, annuals, vegetables, good and bad bugs, other pests, landscaping and so much more! All tips are reader submitted and proven. Get garden wise and learn from experience! To subscribe, send any email to GardenWise-subscribe@topica.com +++++ Food for Thought From: Description: Imagine being present with Socrates as he interrogated Euthyphro! Imagine sitting at the feet of the Buddha as he delivered discourses on the Dharma! Imagine engaging with Sartre on existential issues at a Parisian cafe! We deliver the wisdom of the brightest philosophical luminaries to your mailbox several times a week. Subscription Instructions: Subscribe: http://www.lumin-escence.com/subscriptions.htm or e-mail: food-for-thought-subscribe@egroups.com. Owner/Host Email Address: service@lumin-escence.com +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ COOL GOODIES WOW, look what the Cool Ethers of Cyberspace has to give you! ~%~%~%~ mail2web Check Your Email From The Web From any computer, anywhere in the world. No need to register! You can choose to use a secure login or not. As long as you have web access, you can check you pop3 email accounts. This is great if you are out of town and need to stay current on your email. http://www.mail2web.com/ ~%~%~%~ Picturetrail Yup, another place to share your favorite pictures. You can invite guests to view albums that you create with your uploaded digital files. You can customize them using many different backgrounds, borders and by adding music. http://www.picturetrail.com/ ~%~%~%~ myspace 25MB of online storage space. -in their own words- * Free Online Storage! Save your important files in your own private secure account * Easy Data Management! Convenient file management with 24/7 anytime, anywhere access * Share your files! Collaborate with friends, co-workers, business partners, and classmates * Distribute! Use myspace as your file network platform http://www.myspace.com +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ QUOTES I believe... (snatched from alt.quotations newsgroup) *-*-*-* I believe that a simple and unassuming life is good for everybody, physically and mentally. - Albert Einstein *-*-*-* I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers. - Mohandas K. Gandhi *-*-*-* I believe everybody is creative, and everybody is talented. I just don't think that everybody is disciplined. I think that's a rare commodity. - Al Hirschfield *-*-*-* I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars. - Abbie Hoffman *-*-*-* I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them. - Steve Martin *-*-*-* I believe that it should be perfectly lawful to print even things that outrage the pruderies and prejudices of the general, so long as any honest minority, however small, wants to read them. The remedy of the majority is not prohibition, but avoidance. - H. L. Mencken - Baltimore Evening Sun, March 31, 1924 *-*-*-* I believe it's the Bible that says, 'With great power comes great responsibility.' No wait, that was Stan Lee in 'Spider-Man. - Dennis Miller - Power, from ""The Rants"", 1996 *-*-*-* I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy. - Thomas Paine - The Age of Reason *-*-*-* I believe in nothing, everything is sacred. I believe in everything, nothing is sacred. - Tom Robbins - Even Cowgirls Get the Blues *-*-*-* I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty. - John D. Rockefeller Jr. *-*-*-* I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. - Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. - Time, November 1, 1963 *-*-*-* I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it. - Mae West *-*-*-* What do you believe? +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ FEATURED WORDS & TUNES --------------------------------- ** FEATURED BOOK ** Summer of Love: The Inside Story of LSD, Rock & Roll, Free Love and High Times in the Wild West by Joel Selvin Categories: Nonfiction, Entertainment Paperback - 392 pages Reprint edition (October 1999) Cooper Square Pub ISBN: 0815410190 Editorial Reviews From Booklist The 1967 San Francisco Summer of Love has so passed into the national mythology that it's an era-defining term like World War II or the Depression. Feeling that much of what is commonly known about it is wrong, Selvin chronicles the real events of the extended Summer of Love, 1967-71, after which the crass 1970s overpowered the national consciousness. Documenting the events of an era that was philosophically opposed to structure is a daunting task, but Selvin succeeds. Names, dates, recording sessions, and concerts are the stuff of much of the documentation, and so are drug busts and jail terms. The cast of characters includes usual suspects Ken Kesey ... see the rest at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0815410190/vipgraphivideo (you may need to cut and paste the url if it's on two lines) --------------------------------- ** FEATURED ALBUM ** Time Traveller [BOX SET] The Moody Blues Audio CD (March 5, 1996) Original Release Date: 1994 Number of Discs: 4 Uni/A&M Duplicate Numbers; ASIN: B000005ILM Reviewer: Jay Kuczma Time Traveller is an excellent compilation with some minor problems. All of the Moodies' major hits are presented here, along with many lesser known and difficult to find pieces. Foremost among these are Fly Me High, Highway, and the magnificent Hayward composition "Forever Autumn." The boxed set does a commendable job of representing all of the groups albums including the more unusual efforts like Prelude and the Hayward/Lodge collaboration, "Blue Jays." Disc: 1 1. Fly Me High 2. Love And Beauty 3. Cities 4. Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) 5. Nights In White Satin 6. Ride My Seesaw 7. Legend Of A Mind 8. House Of Four Doors 9. Voices In The Sky 10. Best Way To Travel, The 11. Actor, The 12. In The Beginning 13. Lovely To See You 14. Dear Diary 15. Never Comes The Day 16. Are You Sitting Comfortably 17. Dream, The 18. Have You Heard Part 1 19. Voyage, The 20. Have You Heard Part Two Disc: 2 1. Higher And Higher 2. Gypsy (Of A Strange And Distant Time) 3. Eyes Of A Child 4. I Never Thought I'd Live To Be A Hundred 5. Beyond 6. Out And In 7. Candle Of Life 8. Never Thought I'd Live To Be A Million 9. Watching And Waiting 10. Question 11. Don't You Feel Small 12. It's Up To You 13. Minstrel's Song 14. Dawning Is The Day 15. Melancholy Man 16. Procession 17. Story In Your Eyes, The 18. One More Time To Live 19. You Can Never Go Home 20. My Song Disc: 3 1. Lost In A Lost World 2. New Horizons 3. For My Lady 4. Isn't Life Strange 5. You And Me 6. I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) 7. This Morning 8. Remember Me, My Friend 9. My Brother 10. Saved By The Music 11. I Dreamed Last Night 12. When You Wake Up 13. Blue Guitar 14. Steppin' In A Slide Zone 15. Driftwood 16. Day We Meet Again, The Disc: 4 1. Forever Autumn 2. Voice, The 3. Talking Out Of Turn 4. Gemini Dream 5. Blue World 6. Sitting At The Wheel 7. Running Water 8. Your Wildest Dreams 9. Other Side Of Life, The 10. I Know You're Out There Somewhere 11. No More Lies 12. Say It With Love 13. Bless The Wings (That Bring You Back) 14. Lean On Me (Tonight) 15. Highway - (previously unreleased) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000005ILM/vipgraphivideo (you may need to cut and paste the url if it's on two lines) --------------------------------- ** FEATURED DVD ** Phish - Bittersweet Motel (2000) Director: Todd Phillips Edition Details: - Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only) - Color, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen, Dolby, Surround Sound, Digital Sound - Theatrical trailer(s) - Deleted footage - Full-length versions of "Punch You in the Eye," "Big Black Furry Creature from Mars," "Maze," and "Lawn Boy" - Text interview with director Todd Phillips - Widescreen letterbox format - ASIN: B000059H8N Other Formats: VHS Wow! caught these guys on Austin City Limits and now it looks like they caught another Phishhead! Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Phishheads may be hard-pressed to define what they love about their idols, the Vermont-based jam band Phish, but they know it when they see it--and hear it. And Bittersweet Motel, the 2000 documentary by Todd Phillips, serves up exactly what they want: generous dollops of the band's free-form, jazz-laced music and by-the-numbers backstage glimpses of the musicians relaxing during rehearsals, between sets, and after hours. The 84-minute film follows a year in the life of the band, from the happening called the Great Went in Maine in August 1997 through the band's 1998 European tour (but inexplicably, the film begins with Europe and ends with the Great Went). Along the way, viewers are treated to... see the rest at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000059H8N/vipgraphivideo (you may need to cut and paste the url if it's on two lines) ~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~ 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@yahoogroups.com Subscribe/Unsubscribe & Misc. Information: To SUBSCRIBE, send e-mail mailto:kotrv-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To UNSUBSCRIBE, send e-mail mailto:kotrv-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.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@yahoogroups.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 2001, VIP Graphics. All rights reserved. ISSN 1097-4156 Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Disclaimer: Disclaim THIS!!