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 10 ISSN 1097-4156 May 1999 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 To UNSUBSCRIBE, e-mail (Drop me a note and let me know why, if you would.) To POST to the newsletter, e-mail ---------------- 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. mailto: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 yea, 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. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+==+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= 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. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+==+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= 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: +++++ Wrom: JPHSCRTNHGSWZIDREXCAXZOWCONEUQZAAFXISHJEXXIMQZUIVOT To: 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 Wrom: QNQEMSFDULHPQQWOYIYZUNNYCGPKYLEJGDGVCJVT 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: To: Subject: The Sixties? Date sent: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 18:47:10 -0500 From: 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 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 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 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 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" 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. ***** **** 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. 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 ++++++ Chuck's Produce Talk Chuck likes to give information about produce and answer some of the most commonly asked questions about Produce. Drop In: http://www.comevisit.com/chuckali/produce.htm ++++++ #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! Drop In: http://www.summer.com.br/~pfilho/html/top1/index.html ++++++ Garden Guides Ok, more gardening. Drop In: http://www.gardenguides.com/ ++++++ Barefootland A place for hippies and freethinkers to get together, relax, relive and learn... Drop In: http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Pointe/4907/ ***************************************************************** 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 +++++ 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 ***************************************************************** 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: mailto: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. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0062500740/vipgraphivideo (you may need to cut and paste the url if it's on two lines) 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 16 Collage http://cdu2.cduniverse.com/asp/albuminfo.asp?lc=7674+6012&frm=lk_vipgrafx (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 relate somehow 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. KOTRV has an archive of past issues available on-line at =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Copyright 1999, VIP Graphics. All rights reserved. ISSN 1097-4156 Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Disclaimer: Disclaim THIS!!