KEEP ON TRUCKIN' RE-VISITED

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 Volume 1, Issue 4                                  November 1997
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Contents:

INTRODUCTION & MUSINGS
FLASH BACK
CONTRIBUTIONS
COOL LINKS
COOL LISTS
FEATURED BOOK - New!!
SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE & CONTRIBUTE & MISC. INFO

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Introduction & Musings:

Welcome to the many 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 to grow.

Starting with this issue, I will be featuring a book, CD or movie,
related to the 60's and 70s. This month's issue features the book,
The Dead: The Definitive Grateful Dead Encyclopedia by Oliver
Trager. Check out the info toward the bottom of the newsletter.

Please notice that there is only one post to the contributions
section of the newsletter this issue. This is actually a reply
to a message I sent to them about placing their web site in the
newsletter. What is great about this post is all the great ideas
and subjects that are touched upon. I would really like to get
more activity in this area, so if any of the areas mentioned
sparks a thought, emotion or feeling - PLEASE send me your
comment - send it to me at <mailto:hippy@vipgrafx.com>.

Perhaps next issue we will discover the mystery of the Ripple
labels on the tree and how two different stories could end up in
the same issue! 

So, warm up the lava lamp, release the Byrds, put on your love
beads, your headband, bell bottomed pants, get yourself in the
proper state of mind, kick back, and experience the newsletter.

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Flash Back

At present, I can't think of anything that will invoke a sense of
nostalgia like the passing of a great friend with whom you have
shared many years of wonderful friendship. So on that note, this
issue of KOTRV is being dedicated in loving memory to Michael Guy
Van De Valde McNerney. Sharing stories, looking through many
picture albums, seeing other old friends and holding the family
close gives one many thoughts of years gone. 

Peace be with you Mike.

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The whiter the bread - the sooner you're dead.
Source unknown (at least to me <grin>)

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Contributions:

Date sent: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 10:17:19 -0600
To:        "Vincent Gearhart" <vipgrafx@vipgrafx.com>
Wrom: LBXFGGMEPYOQKEDOTWFAOBUZXUWLSZLKBRNVWWCUF
Subject:   Latest Issue of Keep On Truckin' Re-Visited Newsletter

At 06:54 PM 10/28/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello,
>Will be adding your site to the next issue!
>Very nice.

>Peace!
>c ya,
>->vip<<-

Vincent,

Thanks for the honor. I visited your sister site and subscribed 
to your newsletter. It's nice to see that there are other sites
out there that want to focus on the good that came out of OUR
formative years! 

We get a lot of e-mail, etc. from students all over the world
that are interested in finding out more about Woodstock and that
whole era. It always astounds me to see what a global effect our
era, and Woodstock in particular, had on the world as a whole. We
thought that our influence ended at the US border (and maybe
Canada, since there were so many of us up there). How could that
feeling of love of all mankind, world and inner peace, community,
harmony between mankind and nature spill over into nations where
we had NO direct contact. We didn't have the web to spread the
word...it was all word of mouth. But, we see a 
<underline>great</underline> contingency in the spirit and lessons
in cooperation that came out of the Woodstock experience that can
be found in such far-flung places as Scandinavia, Kuwait, India,
Japan, South Africa, Jordan, Yugoslavia, and Brazil. In fact, it
seems that the good things from our era are more alive and well in
those places than they are here. It is truly awe-inspiring to
think that we played such a big part in thinking around the world. 

The older folks (you know, those damn hippies!) that actually
<underline>survived</underline> it want to know what happened to
turn the world (or at least our part of it) on it's axis and led
us to the world as we know it today. How could things that changed
so much for the worst when we had nothing but good in our minds???

I often think that the drugs, that led to our mind expansion, also
made us drop the ball before we made sure that those ideals were
made permanent. Thank God, a lot of the younger generation have
benefited from the experiences of their parents and are fostering
that same spirit of humanity. 

The only downside that I see in these leaders of tomorrow is that
they are into more violent, kill-you-in-a-second type of drugs and
the fact that the education/learning is no longer a primary issue.
We sought knowledge...for our internal growth and for a greater
ability to fight a good, intelligent battle against the powers
that be. You are taken much more serious if you can communicate
on some sort of educated, well informed level. I try to always
encourage those who write to us to learn!!! Learn as much as you
can...read constantly...expand your mind with knowledge...talk to
others about your ideas. Making informed decisions will change
the world back to a better place much faster than ones based upon
ignorance.

All in all, I find that we are on a positive path for the future.
People are fed up with the downward trends in society and are
making an effort to bring about the changes that we made so many
years ago re-surface. And this time...it's GLOBAL!

Thanks again for adding our site to you newsletter. Hope to
correspond with others of like mind.

Peace, Love & All Things Good,
Terry

Terry/Michael McBride
barnes@woodstock69.com
http://www.woodstock69.com/index.htm

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Terry and Michaels' website is a featured Site in the Cool Links
area. Please take some time and check their site out - it's great!

Also, please contribute so we can expand this area of the news-
letter.

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                           COOL LINKS

_Hempseed.com_ is the information and communication network of 
the international hemp community. They believe that Cannabis Hemp
is a valuable natural resource that can compete with cotton, 
flax, soybean, timber and petro-chemicals as a basic raw material
for industry. Their goal is to make hemp an internationally
recognized commodity by 2004. Support the cause by gettin' you
a free email account with these folks at this location. 
Drop In: <http://www.hempseed.com>

_HappyLife Productions_ located in, where else, Woodstock, NY
creates many beautiful t-shirt designs on tie-dyes and white
shirts. Most designs are available in medium through XX-large
sizes and all of their designs are available on white shirts.
They also have some designs available in childs sizes. Go to 
their site and request a catalog. Awesome shirts!
Drop In: <http://www.happylifeproductions.com>

_Manny the Hippie's Home Page_ - This is a fun site - check out
Manny's plight.
Drop In: <http://www.hooked.net/~crazybob/manny/welcome.htm>

_Internet Hippie_ - Are You One?
In their own words.....
Just the other day (well going on two years now actually) we
were kinda hangin' out with the usual assortment of motley
characters when the Toad started referring to Jay and myself
as those "dubious internet hippies". Needless to say we thought
that was a better classification than what my wife calls us.
Now we wonder who else might consider themselves an "Internet
Hippie," If you think of yourself as one please take the short
amount of time (less than it took you to read this) to fill
out our form. Then you can proudly proclaim to be a Net Hippie
as well! 
pax
Drop In: <http://www.olywa.net/atd/hippie/index.html>

_Woodstock Festival & Concert_ - The ultimate Woodstock web site!
Much great information such as, WS graphics, news, chronicle,
performers, performers song list, artifacts, gallery and much 
much more - Check this site out and sign the guest book.
Drop In: <http://www.woodstock69.com/>

Great site to visit to get some beautiful background graphics for
your desktop. Very very nice fractals!
Drop In: <http://www.uio.no/~terjeve/Psychedelics/>

_Timothy Leary's Home Page_ - nuff said.
Drop In: <http://www.leary.com/>

_Rock & Roll Legacy Links: THE CLASSIC ROCK & ROLL INDEX_
They guide Classic Rock Pilgrims to the best Internet band and
artist sites, the best Rock Indexes, and the best sites having
anything to do with Classic Rock & Roll on the World Wide Web. 
Drop In: <http://www.viablesoftware.com/legacy/>

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My advice to people today is as follows: If you take the game of 
life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you
take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process
seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.

Timothy Leary - U.S. psychologist. Lecture, 1966 (published in
The Politics of Ecstasy, ch. 21, 1968).

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                         COOL LISTS

bk2basics on bk2basics-request@ListService.net

'B2B' is a moderated discussion list for anyone who is interested
in developing a more self-sufficient lifestyle...reducing or
eliminating our dependency on an external infrastructure with
respect to the basic needs of life such as food, water, energy
and shelter.  We discuss all aspects of this development including
the spiritual as well as the physical.

To subscribe to the regular edition, send email to:
bk2basics-request@ListService.net  and on the first line
of the message body:

subscribe

A daily digest version is also available by sending email to:
bk2basics-digest-request@ListService.net with 'subscribe' in the
first line of the message body

BackToBasics is co-owned, administered and moderated by:

Owner:  Grandma Mettasong  Mettasong@aol.com and
        Kele De Oreo       KELE@aloha.net

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Lost Chords
Contact: lost-chords-request@shore.net (majordomo)

Purpose: Dedicated to the music of the Moody Blues.  Music
discussion, concert schedules, fan club information, etc., is
all provided.  Mail traffic ranges from 25 to 50 messages a day.
A digest version is available.

<http://www.shore.net/cgi-bin/lwgate/LOST-CHORDS>
<http://www.shore.net/cgi-bin/lwgate/LOST-CHORDS-DIGEST>

To subscribe, send email to
mailto:lost-chords-request@shore.net
    or
mailto:lost-chords-digest-request@shore.net
and in the body of the message, put subscribe

List owner: mailto:rlcarr@mit.edu (Rich Carreiro)

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Next month I plan to feature the Back-to-Nature movement in this
area - stay posted.

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FEATURED BOOK - New!!

The Dead: The Definitive Grateful Dead Encyclopedia
By Trager, Oliver 

PUBLISHER: Fireside/Simon&Schuster PAGES: 434 
PUB DATE: 10/97 ISBN: 0684814021 
 
With never-before-published photos and more than 800 wide-ranging
entries, this panoramic look at one of America's most innovative
and beloved bands is "a rare encyclopedia that should be savored
from beginning to end. Essential." (The Billboard Rock 'n Roll
Readers Guide).  

Click the link below to order this great book.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0684814021/vipgraphivideoA/"

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I have put together a page on the sister web site for KOTRV at
<http://www.vipgrafx.com/hippy/books.html> with a bunch of other
books, CDs, and tapes that relate somehow to the 60's and 70s.

If you are looking for a certain classic album to finish out your
collection, this just might be the place to start. Check it out.

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List Owner/Editor - Vincent P. Gearhart
        KEEP ON TRUCKIN' RE-VISITED
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