New Words of the 1970s - I to Z
immunodeficiency, infomercial, in vitro
fertilization (IVF), Joe Sixpack, jump-start, junk bond, junk food, Keogh plan, laid-back,
laser printer, leap second, learning disability, leg warmer, leisure suit, libber, living
will, loose cannon, love handles, low profile, lumpectomy, mediagenic, megadose, -meister,
microcomputer, mind games, miniseries, Moonie, Neorican,
nouvelle cuisine, nurse-practitioner, open marriage, out-of-body,
page-turner, palimony, paper trail, paralegal, passive smoking, performance art,
petrodollars, photo opportunity, pig-out,
pink-collar, pooper-scooper, prequel, primal therapy, pro-choice, punker, punk rock,
right-to-die, right-to-life, road kill, sex change, sexual harassment, shield law, shuttle
diplomacy, Silicon Valley, sinsemilla, slam dance, slam dunk, smart bomb,
smoking gun, snail darter, sound bite, space cadet, street
smarts, stress test, sunblock, supergravity, surrogate mother,
synfuel, telecommuting, toxic shock syndrome, trail mix, triathlon, trifecta, ultralight,
Universal Product Code (UPC), upmarket, urban legend, user-friendly, videocassette
recorder,
videoconference, video game, viewdata, wacko, white-bread, wish
list, word processor, wu shu, womyn, X-rated, yard sale, yellow rain, zero coupon.
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
& MUSINGS
CONTRIBUTIONS
COOL LINKS
COOL LISTS
QUOTES
FEATURED WORDS & TUNES
SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE,
CONTRIBUTE & 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 and help this community grow.
To SUBSCRIBE, e-mail
<subscribe@vipgrafx.com>
To UNSUBSCRIBE, e-mail <remove@vipgrafx.com>
(Drop me a note and let me know why, if you would.)
To POST to the newsletter, e-mail <hippy@vipgrafx.com>
Hello everyone!
Sorry for being so late. We have recently experienced a flood in my town and my house had
around 18" of water running through it for a couple of days.
My wife and I are doing great - getting lots of help from all of our friends, neighbors
and relatives. We were luckier than many others in our neighborhood and count our lucky
stars often.
We managed to get of the house with the computer and a change of cloths - (stange
priorities). Most of our personal stuff was spared, as we put most things up on chairs,
end tables, etc. and the water just got to the bottom of most of them.
You can take a look at some bad digital photos of the mess here:
http://www.angelfire.com/co/kbzzkblj/weather2.html
Just had to fill you in on what's going on in my world.
Ok, now the fun part - we will not be able to move back to our house for at least a
couple of months, so I am in great need of someone who would like to help co-edit,
co-produce, etc. this newsletter.
I will be helping the contractors re-build and will not have much time to keep up with the
newsletter.
If anyone would be interested in helping me with this newsletter, please drop me a line
and let me know. hippy@vipgrafx.com
The KOTRV Web site may not be updated for awhile, while I try to find the time to get
it done. Also, my editing (if you want to call it that) may be a bit worse than usual, as
I just haven't had the time to work on this thing properly.
So beware...
There is a lot of crazy stuff going on out there and I think we all need to do some
serious praying, thinking, sharing, caring, etc. to see if we can help in some way.
War Sucks!, International politics suck, and just what the hell is our president up to
anyway?
Sorry to vent, but it really seems to be getting crazy out there and we all need to ban
together to some how make it better.
Oh yeah, let me not forget about a positive nostalgia of a time since past.
More fluff... less stuff...
So, warm up the lava lamp, flip on the black light, feel the funk 49 with the Gang, 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.
CONTRIBUTIONS
Please feel free to add your 2 cents worth - share your
thoughts, feelings, and general good-times. We would all loveto hear from you! Send your
comments to: hippy@vipgrafx.com
From: "Chris Giddins" <chris@giddins.demon.co.uk>
To: <hippy@vipgrafx.com>
Date sent: Sat, 1 May 1999 23:25:34 +0100
I was born in 1957 in Rochdale near Manchester in England. When I was about 6 or 7 my mum
, who was a teacher actually taught my class. As a class we sang "She loves you"
(yeah, yeah, yeah) One kid in particular got the opportunity to scream Ringos bit. We were
into collecting James Bond cards,
followed on by Man from Uncle cards. Those cardboard collecting cards were as much a part
of the 60,s as the beatles I reckon. Remember those civil war cards were you got
confederate or union currency?. In England we were and still are unfamiliar with
"root beer" so the chewing gum that came
with those cards tasted like germoline ointment !!. It would be interesting to get an idea
about when the era we're talking about started and when it ended.
For myself the 60's kind of began around 1966 I think the Beatles moved away from their
straight forward and "simple" rock around that time. The 60's definitely ended
when the Beatles split up in 1970. It struggled on in a kind of vacuum until 73/74 when
Glam rock and Bowie et al took off but I
reckon this definition is determined by my own age and stages of development through those
years. Whenever they were and by whatever criteria we choose to define them I think they
were definately unique. Good for you for getting this nostalgia place together! Chris
Giddins Newcastle England
Date sent: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 12:05:24 -0400
From: Braid <justiss@wvadventures.net>
To: hippy@vipgrafx.com
Subject: I'm New - so here's my info!
Greetings!
I'm 31, was just a kid in those days, but living in West Virginia keeps me closer to that
frame of mind. I've been dubbed "a hippie" by many, but often feel that I don't
technically qualify. One of main questions for others is this: In the 60's and 70's there
were Bluegrass Festivals on a farm near where I live. It is called "Aunt Minney's
Farm." I'm curious, if anyone was there, what the festivals and comaradarie were like
on the farm during those bluegrass celebrations. Lisa justiss@wvadventures.net
http://www.wvadventures.net/home/bargain
From: skyejelleybean@webtv.net
Date sent: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 07:22:17 -0500 (CDT)
To: hippy@vipgrafx.com
Subject: Why I love the 60s and early 70s
Hey there everyone! I am new to this newsletter. A friend of mine was kind enough not to
bogart and sent a forward of it to me. And here I am! My name is Skye , I was born in
1971. So I obviously was not around for the 60s. Big bummer! And since I feel such a
strong connection in my life to that time era I think it is important to continue with the
beautiful example the hippies were setting then. They paved the way for people who are not
old enough to have been there to make this world a better place! If we don't continue to
follow their lead and set the example ourselves for future generations all the good that
had been done in the 60s will become undone! We really need to let our children know (and
display this to eachother as well) that racisim is not o.k., violence is terrible, Abuse
towards anything is not cool, respect mother earth. She is our home, the home of our
children then our children's children, and we should always be kind to all living
breathing things! Sadly this message is at times percieved as naive and just a part of
some weird hippie thing from the 60s. There is still so much work to be done! This is
proved to me all the more with the recent happenings in Kosovo, and the shootings at
Columbine High School. I guess you could say I am a person who believes in changing things
that are not right! That's why I am a vegan, part of animal rights groups, do not waste
what I,
or someone else can still use, am willing to give hugs to anyone who will take them, and
never ignore a human or any other fellow creatures that need me! That's a big part of my
interest in the in 60s. Times were changing! But it did not have to stop then! After all,
a life filled with peace and love is always a classic lifestyle to live! How do any of you
feel about this? Do you feel we still have alot of work to be done to make this world a
better place? On a much lighter note, they had the best music then too! My favorites are
The Doors, The Beatles, Janis, The Greatful Dead, Jimi, Dylan...... I will sign off for
now! Peace and Love everyone!
~ Skye
"Kindness and compassion towards all living things is a mark of a civilized
society." Cesar Chavez
Send reply to: <rreynolds@buyitnow.com>
To: <hippy@vipgrafx.com>
Subject: The Sixties?
Date sent: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 18:47:10 -0500
From: <rreynolds@buyitnow.com>
High There!
I stumbled upon your site and couldn't resist expressing a few thoughts here. I
turned 16 in 1966. I remember most of it though we never actually tried to remember
anything much back then. I was a war protester believing that Vietnam was nothing more
than a cash machine for the wealthy Capitalists that was fueled with the bodies of
American kids under the so-called banner of "freedom". It amuses me that
so much attention is focused on that time period. We never gave a thought to the
significance of our time, no more than we give thought to viewing our present era in
retrospect. The sixties just happened. For a very interesting insight into the
mindset of the day, try to obtain a copy of Timothy Leary's record album (33 1/3 -
12" wax LP). If you can find it you will discover the reasons behind the culture.
Timothy Leary and others traveled the countryside dispensing free samples of LSD which
influenced our entire way of thinking. To us at the time, "free love"
still meant you had to put out the effort to get laid but it was more a matter of being in
the right place at the right time as it didn't mater how "free" it was if you
weren't there to get it. As for being a hippy.....well.....you really don't know
what it is like to be a "hippy" until you find yourself a thousand miles from
home, on a boxcar freight train, hungry, not knowing where your next meal is coming from
or where you will end up sleeping that night. You were dirty because you couldn't get a
job which meant you couldn't "live" at an address. The only thing that kept
everybody going was the "bond" and "brotherhood" of kindred souls who
always seemed to show up when you needed them most. Whether it was a group of straight
kids extended a helping hand out of fascination or another long hair with an extra dime in
his pocket. Being a hippy was more than headbands and barefeet. It was finding comfort
with others who would share their shoes. Thank you for letting me offer my 2 cents
worth. Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.
Smokin Okie
From: YONKPLAN@aol.com
Date sent: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:13:33 EDT
Subject: Re: KOTRV April 99 Special Issue
To: hippy@vipgrafx.com
Send reply to: YONKPLAN@aol.com
I meant to reply sooner, but forgot, so anyways here's my favorite...
1971...The Felt Forum...you know that I would be a liar...
The Doors
Without a doubt, the best concert I,ve ever been to...and I've been to a few! Morrison was
the best ! One of the people working there that night snuck me in for the 2nd show which
was just as good if not better than the 1st.
What sticks in my mind was when JM asked the audience if anybody had a cigarette... you
can't imagine how they responded...very generously!
2nd best...probably the Allman Brothers backed up by J. Geils for the final shows at the
Fillmore East. Great place for concerts. I think tickets were about $5-$10...and shows
lasted till daybreak!
3rd... Led Zeppelin at Tampa stadium around 1971..
I saw a lot of good bands and shows back in those days...now it's such a hassle to try to
get tickets for crazy $$$ to see a show that lasts about an hour-and-a-half to 2 hours..
What happened???
Date sent: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 19:44:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Zack Bly <zack_web@yahoo.com>
Subject: bombs and diplomacy (question)
To: hippy@vipgrafx.com
Okay, folks...just a few words on peace... What about this Kosovo stuff, huh? What in the
name of all
that is good and holy are we doing bombing these people?!?! Haven't we learned
through countless situations (like Waco and others) that VIOLENCE DOESN'T WORK?!?!?! WHY
is this going down, when it's just making the serbs hate us even more? WHY aren't we
finding more PEACEful ways of bringing PEACE to this land?!?! Perhaps this is a question
to be asked by the management...sure, we all know about the peace movement in Viet-nam,
but how about HERE and NOW? Just some thoughts...
Keep it real... Z
Date sent: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 14:07:35 -0400
From: Arthur Ouellette <arty@interlog.com>
To: hippy@vipgrafx.com
Subject: MP3 players Go get 'em, wot a treat
This one's a visual treat. MP3 player http://puremp3.mircx.com/
here's a totally free mp3 music site. indie stuff. http://www.audiogalaxy.com/bands/index.shtml#captain_kirk
I couldn't leave this one out. A veritable lifetime of links to music. http://puremp3.mircx.com/
Date sent: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 12:46:34 -0400
To: hippy@vipgrafx.com
From: Lisa Marie Simonton <lms199@psu.edu>
Subject: great job
I just wanted to say that it was a great idea to have a website like this. A lot of people
want to know as much as possible about this era, and you are not only bringing info. to us
21 year olds, who may have been born in the 70's, but certainly don't remember it- but you
are also bringing together those that really experienced it. Hopefully we can even learn a
lesson or two from former hippies that choose to
enlighten us with stories about their rockin' youth! Thanks again Lisa
Date sent: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 12:42:11 -0400
To: hippy@vipgrafx.com
From: Lisa Marie Simonton <lms199@psu.edu>
Subject: lover of all beautiful things
Hi I just wanted to say that I love reading this newsletter to hear about the people that
lived in the 60's and 70's. Although I envy them for many reasons, I also would not want
to have to go through such horrible things as the Vietnam War. I respect the people that
write in for their strength. I am a 21 year old college student at Penn State, and I love
the music of the 60's and 70's. The best music definitely came from these eras. I would
have loved to have been at Woodstock. Everyone was happy, there was free love, no worries
about AIDS and such things, everyone was peaceful and the music was awesome! To have seen
such greats at one place is amazing to me. Anyone that was there I am extremely jealous
of! I love Grateful Dead- they are my favorite band ever. They never conformed to people's
tastes, or they never changed to be on MTV, or to get a larger fanbase. People knew they
were real, and they just wanted to have a good time, and love everyone. Now that is what I
call music! Anyone that loves the 60's and 70's era, and their music as much as I do,
email me- I would love to
talk about it! Also, anyone that knows a lot about Woodstock- or even better-if you were
there, I would love to hear from you. I do not know anyone that was there, and I would
love to know as much as I can about it, or anything involving these eras. Please feel free
to email me and we can talk.
Peace and Love, Lisa
Date sent: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 08:51:50 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Max G. Swanson" <maxswn@citilink.com>
To: hippy@vipgrafx.com
Subject: The Talk, the Park and Other Things (fwd)
Meant to send this in for the last issue, but got the address wrong. You might say I just
spaced it out.
*****
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A member of another list has reinstated a tagline that goes: "My life has a superb
cast, I just can't figure out the plot." It is attributed to Ashleigh Brilliant.
I heard Ashleigh, hereinafter referred to as A.B., a couple times doing his little songs
and oratory in Golden Gate Park at the end of Haight Street. He wasn't a great speaker,
nor the best poet. For a refrain, how about,
Leave your mother and your dad,
Move into a hippy pad
In the great Haight Ash Berr Ry!
Sorry but this is *not* socially significant poetry. So what ever happened to A.B.?
He shared the mic with a far more provocative speaker who called himself Gulu. He offered
the audience haiku written on rice paper for a small donation.
Among other things he dared to ask the crowd if, given that the syndicate was moving in on
the drug trade, could the residents of the Haight perhaps consider a freeze on drugs?
So, take a memory or two from Gulu's bag, and tell us if those two are still around.
COOL LINKS
Cool links to sites from the outer
recesses of the Cyber Cosmos
- Chuck's
Produce Talk
Chuck likes to give information about produce and answer some of the most commonly asked
questions about Produce.
- #1
Songs of 1930-1999
On this website you'll find lyrics of most of the songs that hit #1 over a sixty-year span
from 1930 to 1999!
- Barefootland
A place for hippies and freethinkers to get together, relax, relive and learn...
The clearest way into the universe is
through a forest
wilderness.
John Muir
COOL LISTS
Cool Lists from around the net!
envirolist
Envirolist was formed in order to give people simple ideas on ways they can help the
environment. The environment is severely threatened by human activity. Global warming and
mass extinctions will threaten all life on earth. Some simple ideas can help save the
environment.
To subscribe to envirolist send a blank e-mail to:
envirolist-subscribe@onelist.com
List owner: Carl Schmitt <webmaster@enviroshopping.com>
native-religions mailing list
native-religions is for serious, informed discussion about Native American religions in
the United States. I created this list because I couldn't find another one like it on the
internet.
It is not necessary to be American Indian to be a member of this list. There are topics
which don't belong here: new age shamanism, poetry, chat, genealogy, political issues,
computer virus warnings, computer chain-mail, ads, "discoverers before
Columbus," the lost tribes of Israel, aliens who dropped the Indians here, or our old
friend, spam.
To subscribe to native-religions, send an e-mail to
native-religions-subscribe@onelist.com.
To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to
native-religions-unsubscribe@onelist.com.
It's not
necessary to have anything in the body of the e-mail.
If your mail program requires it, then you can put "subscribe"
or "unsubscribe" in the body.
Moderator: Adam Seward <choctaw@southwind.net>
QUOTES
On Life
"Never take life seriously. Nobody
gets out alive anyways."
-Anon.
"Fear less, hope more;
Whine less, breathe more;
Talk less, say more;
Hate less, love more;
And all good things are yours."
-Swedish Proverb
"Live as if your were to die
tomorrow. Learn as if you were to
live forever."
-Gandhi
"Here is the test to find whether
your mission on Earth is
finished: if you're alive, it isn't."
-Richard Bach
"Everything has been figured out,
except how to live."
-Jean-Paul Sartre
"Some people weave burlap into the
fabric of our lives, and some
weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the whole picture
beautiful and unique."
-Anon.
"Enjoy life. There's plenty of time
to be dead."
-Anon.
"Do not dwell in the past, do not
dream of the future,
concentrate the mind on the present moment."
-Buddha
"The purpose of life is a life of
purpose."
-Robert Byrne
"Life is like a beautiful melody,
only the lyrics are messed up."
-Anon.
"The tragedy of life is not that it
ends so soon, but that we
wait so long to begin it."
-Anon.
Get the archive of quotes - send a blank
email to:
quotes@vipgrafx.com
FEATURED
WORDS & TUNES
FEATURED BOOK
Black Elk : The
Sacred Ways of a Lakota
by Wallace H. Black Elk, William S. Lyon (Contributor)
Paperback - 224 pages Reprint edition (March 1991)
Harper San Francisco
ISBN: 0062500740
Book Description
In a first-person narrative, a Lakota shaman blends an
explanation of the mystery and ritual of the sacred pipe with
a lively account of growing up Native American.
Synopsis
"Black Elk opens the Lakota sacred hoop to a comic humanism
for everyone. His book will stretch the common definition of
shamanism and lift the Buckskin Curtain to the characters behind
the great visions."--Kenneth Lincoln (author of Native American
Renaissance)in the San Francisco Chronicle. |
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FEATURED ALBUM
16
Greatest Hits
The James Gang
A band I used to hang with were great fans of these guys and
could play Funk #49 almost as good as the Gang.
Category Rock/Pop
Street Date Thursday, January 01, 1987
Original Year 1973
Studio/Live Studio
Running Time 70 Minutes
Track Song Title
Bomber, The: {a}
1 Walk Away - 2 Funk #49 - 3 Midnight Man - 4 Closet Queen {a} - 5 Cast Your Fate To The
Wind {a} - 6 Stop
7 Thanks - 8 White Man/Black Man - 9 Woman - 10 Again
11 Take A Look Around - 12 Funk #48 - 13 Tend My -Garden - 14 There I Go Again - 15 Ashes,
The Rain And I -
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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
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List Owner/Editor - Vincent P. Gearhart
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E-mail Address - hippy@vipgrafx.com
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The sister web site for KOTRV is located at
http://www.vipgrafx.com/hippy/hippy.html
Please stop by and see the changes and additions.
KOTRV has an archive of past issues available on-line at
http://www.vipgrafx.com/hippy/archive.html
Copyright © 1999, VIP Graphics. All rights reserved.
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