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 3    ISSN 1097-4156    October 2000
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Contents:

** INTRODUCTION & MUSINGS
** CONTRIBUTIONS
++ COOL LINKS
** COOL GOODIES
++ QUOTES
++ FEATURED MEDIA
** 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.

----------------

Another big issue!

Would like to thank a few special folks for helping with this
issue and many in the past.

H. Michael Cunningham, Ph.D. - mailto:hmc1@bigfoot.com,
Mark Quire - mailto:mountainsrme@webtv.net &
Kat - mailto:kitchkat@juno.com

Misc.

Your comments, ideas, suggestions, intros, & etc. are welcomed!
Lay 'em on me!

mailto:hippy@vipgrafx.com

Without further ado...

----------------

Get your KOTRV T-Shirts Here!

You can also get a coffee mug and a mousepad. Support the cause!

http://mp3.cafepress.com/vipgrafx
----------------

Comments:

comment: Hey hey! Get hip and help an new community! We need
you! Come Join us! Members needed! Experianced Freaks Wanted!
There is a Very cool history to write.... So lend a hand! It's
all free Baby!
http://communities.msn.com/THEWOODSTOCKGENERATION
Bosco Wacker (bosco_wacker@hotmail.com)

comment: Bonjours j'aimerais avoir des renseignement sur els
hippie de l'ancien temps(le dTbut des hippie vers les annTes 60.
Alors svp rTTcriver moi sur mon e-mail merci alp
Francis DTsautels (badbone@moncorrier.com)
** Editor's Comment **
HELP!

comment: HI, I'm a writer trying to confirm that the term
"keep on truckin'" was in common use in 1970. Can you help me?
Thanks, 1,000,000. BH
Bob Hodges (hodgesb@msn.com)

comment: i really wanna see what these times were all about
caitlin hickey (caitlin_hickey@milton.edu)

comment: Peace,Pot,& Microdot
** Editor's Comment **
Never heard this one.....

--> 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, get yourself in the proper state of mind, warm up the lava
lamp, feel the The Weight of The Band, flip on the black light,
then put on your love beads, your headband, bell-bottomed pants,
put a flower in your hair, kick back, and experience the rest of
the newsletter.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+==+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

Celebrate Living

Suggestions on how to live a happy and rewarding life:

Take time to smell the roses.

Take a nap on Sunday afternoon.

Drink eight glasses of water a day.

Never deprive someone of hope, It may be all they have.

Be thankful for every meal.

Don't be afraid to say I'm sorry.

Don't take good health for granted.

Don't interrupt.

Don't tailgate.

Improve your performance by Improving your attitude.

Wave at children on the school bus.

Listen to your children.

Leave everything a little better than you found it.

Leave the toilet seat in the down position.

Keep it simple.

Keep good company

Keep your promise

Be kinder than necessary

Take good care of those you love.

Make it a habit to do nice things for people who will never
find out.

Wear outrageous underwear under the most formal business attire.

Vote.

Judge your successes by the degree that you're enjoying peace
health and love.

Be a good loser.

Be a good winner.

Be romantic.

Live so that when your children think of fairness caring and
integrity they think of you.

Enjoy real maple syrup.

Never refuse homemade brownies.

Never give anyone a fruitcake.

Remember other people's birthdays.

Sing in the shower.

Don't nag.

Don't gossip.

Don't expect money to bring you happiness.

Be forgiving of yourself and others.

Never give up on anyone. Miracles happen every day.

Say thank you a lot.

Say please a lot.

Take your dog to obedience school. You'll both learn a lot.

Don't rain on other people's parades.

Don't postpone joy.

Stop blaming others. Take responsibility for every area of
your life.

Take care of your reputation. It's your most valuable asset.

Count your blessings.

Whistle

Marry only for love.

Call your mother.

Do more than is expected.

Be there when people need you.

Be someone's hero.

When you care about others, When you reach out to others,
When you give of yourself to help others, You make a difference.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+==+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

Please rate this Ezine at the Cumuli Ezine Finder.

http://www.cumuli.com/ezines/~keepon

<a href="http://www.cumuli.com/ezines/~keepon">
AOL Users Click Here</a>

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+==+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

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

+++++

Date sent: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 10:05:59 -0400
From: Cami Hartley <africam@bellsouth.net>
To: vipgrafx@vipgrafx.com
Subject: Truckin' man

I have this memory of a Keep on Truckin' poster or license plate
with Mr. Natural as the Keep on Truckin' guy on the road. Is
this accurate, do you know? My daughter is a long-time Grateful
Dead fan and drives a small truck. I wanted to make her a
license plate with the Keep on Truckin' guy that I remember
associated with the Grateful Dead song Truckin'. Can you help?
Thanks, C. Hartley
africam@bellsouth.net

** Editor's Comment **
Can anyone out there help Cami?

+++++

From: hmc1@bigfoot.com
To: hippy@vipgrafx.com
Subject: Cool sites..sights?
Date sent: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 23:26 -0500

Vince,
thanks for another great newsletter. Here are a couple
offerings for next time. --hmc

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
I Don't Know What it is, But I Like it.

Nosepilot.com is an example of what you can do with a lot of
creativity and some free time using Macromedia's Flash. No
pointing, clicking, scrolling, or navigating are necessary
here. Just sit back and enjoy the show.

http://www.nosepilot.com
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Return to Gilligan's Island

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a
fateful trip, that started from this tropic port aboard this
tiny ship.

Nostalgia Time! All aboard this tiny site and get ready for a
three hour tour...

Come and spend some time with the original "Survivors":
Gilligan, the Skipper, Mary Anne, Ginger, and the Howels at
this hilarious and heart felt site devoted to Gilligan's
Island. The Bob Denver Fan Site includes everything from
behind the scenes photos, to info on his current weekly radio
show with his wife, "Denver and Denver". Be sure to check out
"Gourmet Gilligan" for some great recipes the castaways used.

http://www.bobdenver.com
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
------------------------------------
H. Michael Cunningham, Ph.D.
"The game was closer than the score indicated."
-Baseball player Dizzy Dean,
after a 1-0 game

** Thanks hmc!

+++++

From: hmc1@bigfoot.com
To: hippy@vipgrafx.com
Subject: Yesterday Lan
Date sent: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 17:45 -0500

Yesterday Land: Saturday Morning

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon show when you
were a kid? Did you watch Supercar with Mike Mercury, the first
of the "Supermarionation" kids' shows? How about its successor
Fireball XL-5? Maybe you were more into Diver Dan? Oops, maybe we
need to fast forward to the 60s or 70s. When was the last time
you hummed the Banana Splits theme song? Did you get up early to
follow the antics of H.R. Pufnstuf and the annoying Jimmy and his
flute Freddie? The Bugaloos? Check out all your favorite Saturday
morning memories from Commando Cody in the 50s, Lancelot Link,
Secret Chimp, in the 70s, to Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars in
the 90s and everything in between. This is a great site and you'd
best budget an hour or more of delicious time wasting for your
nostalgia trip. You can post your remembrances about your
favorite shows and read those of others.

http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/categories/saturday/
------------------------------------
H. Michael Cunningham, Ph.D.
"People react to fear, not love.
They don't teach that in Sunday
school, but it's true."
--Richard Nixon

** thanks hmc!
+++++

From: "Nolan & Shannon Stuckey" <nstuckey@uswest.net>
To: "Vincent Gearhart" <vipgrafx@vipgrafx.com>
Subject: Re: Today is the Day
Date sent: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 22:57:49 -0600

Rather frightening!!!

Forgotten Facts ?? (Conveniently)

Back in 1969 a group of Black Panthers decided that a fellow
black panther named Alex Rackley needed to die.
Rackley was suspected of disloyalty. Rackley was first tied to
a chair. Once safely immobilized his 'friends' tortured him for
hours by, among other things, pouring boiling water on him. When
they got tired of torturing Rackley, Black Panther member Warren
Kimbo took Rackley outside and put a bullet in his head.
Rackley's body was later found floating in a river about 25
miles north of New Haven, Conn. Perhaps at this point you're
curious as to what happened to these Black Panthers.

In 1977, that's only eight years later, only one of the killers
was still in jail. The shooter, Warren Kimbro, managed to get a
scholarship to Harvard. He later became an assistant dean at
Eastern Connecticut State College. Isn't that something? As a
'60s radical you can pump a bullet into someone's head, and a
few years later, in the same state, you can become an assistant
college dean! Only in America!

Erica Huggins was the lady who served the Panthers by boiling
the water for Mr. Rackley's torture. Some years later Ms.
Huggins was elected to a California School Board. How in the
world do you think these killers got off so easy?

Maybe it was in some part due to the efforts of two people who
came to the defense of the Panthers. These two people actually
went so far as to shut down Yale University with demonstrations
in defense of the accused Black Panthers during their trial.

One of these people was none other than Bill Lan Lee. Mr. Lee,
or Mr. Lan Lee, as the case may be, isn't a college dean. He
isn't a member of a California School Board. He is now head of
the US Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.

O.K., so who was the other Panther defender? Is this other
notable Panther defender now a school board member? Is this
other Panther apologist now an assistant college dean? No,
Neither! The other Panther defender was, like Lee, a radical
law student at Yale University at the time. She is now known as
The "smartest woman in the world." She is none other than the
Democratic candidate for the US Senate from the state of New York
--our lovely First Lady, the incredible Hillary Rodham Clinton.

And now; as Paul Harvey says; you know (the rest of the story.

Pass this on! She deserves the press................
Angela Reed
Budget Manager
School of Human Sciences
(662) 325-2950

** Editor's Comment **
And the truth will set you free - thanks guys!
If you need a book printed, contact these guys.

+++++

From: "sharyne e walker" <sharyne@mindspring.com>
To: "Vincent Gearhart" <vipgrafx@vipgrafx.com>
Subject: thank you!!!
Date sent: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 00:40:54 -0700

Vincent, thank you for voting for me for Artist of the Year.
Today the posting is finally online proclaiming Me as Artist
of the Year at http://www.artgally.com/cswart/ I thank you SO
much!!! This has been a great year for me with free publicity
in the premiere edition of the Clay Palm Review, a bi-annual
art and literary magazine (I'm in both editions) and I won
free exposure in the Encyclopedia of Living Artists, 12th
edition due out early spring 2001 (a contest). I am hoping to
make a major sale this year. Viva KOTRV, Sharyne E Walker
sharyne@mindspring.com

** Editor's Comment **
WAY TO GO SHARYNE - you deserve the recognition for your work!
Sharyne does wonderful work and she has donated 3 of her works
to the KOTRV Gallery - http://www.vipgrafx.com/hippy/gallery.html
Pictures 1, 2 and 3 - Enjoy!

+++++

From: Peacefreak@webtv.net  (Leo Lunser)
Date sent: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 10:45:37 -0400 (EDT)
To: hippy@vipgrafx.com
Subject: Intro

I've been on the list now for 2 months but haven't introduced
myself. Oh well.

I'm 50 years old and lived in Ohio during the 60s. Had several
friends who attended Kent State during the riots and I was
attending Ohio State when the riots broke out there.

The 60s were a period though of peace, love, and freedom if
you were among the "right" brothers and sisters.

I've directed HAIR: An American Tribal Love/Rock Musical twice
(97 & 99). It helps me to keep in touch with those extremely
colorful days. I still wear my hair long and try to keep the
spirit of the 60s alive.

PEACE,
Leo

** Editor's Comment **
A Big Open Arms WELCOME Leo!

0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0

COOL LINKS

Cool links to sites from the outer recesses of the
Psychedelic Cyber Cosmos

+++++

The Heart of Harmony

Solutions for a World of Peace and Harmony

Drop In: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/7076/index.html

+++++

Earth & Sky

-In their own words-
It's an award winning daily science radio series heard by
millions of listeners on over 950 commercial and public stations
and their translators throughout the United States. It can also
be heard in Canada, the South Pacific and on a variety of
international networks, including Armed Forces Radio, World
Radio Network and Voice of America.

Drop In: http://www.earthsky.com/

+++++

HippyNet.com

Cool Graphics!

Drop In: http://www.hippynet.com

+++++

Quite Journeys
Your On-Line Source to Meditation

-In their own words-
Our Mission is to provide all people with quality relaxation
media, and products to help with the stress in their lives.

Drop In: http://www.quietjourneys.com

+++++

Ricky's Realm - Groovy Page

This is a fun nostalgic site - enjoy!

Drop In: http://www.gaylasgarden.com/rinkysrealm/Groovy.htm

+++++

America Recycles Day - November 15, 1999

We all need to do are part!

Drop In: http://www.americarecyclesday.org/

+++++

Groovynet.com

Take a little trip....

Drop In: http://www.groovynet.com/hippy/

+++++

International Buy Nothing Day

Ok, there are still a few of you out there who love causes - this
one sounds good (to me.)

Drop In: http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd/

While you are there, drop back to the main page and check out
some of the other goodies at this site.

Drop In: http://adbusters.org

And be sure not to miss this page!

Drop In: http://adbusters.org/spoofads/

**thanks mark

+++++

Steviejeep's Place!

Psychedelic and Grateful Dead Graphics

Drop In: http://members.aol.com/Steviejeep/fun.html

+++++

Deadshow.com

A growing collection of Deadshows streamed right to your computer
for your listening pleasure.

Drop In: http://www.deadshow.com/

**thanks mark

*****************************************************************
COOL GOODIES

WOW, look what the Cool Ethers of Cyberspace has to give you!

~%~%~%~

Cerebrex: Psychotronic Software

-In their own words-
Psychotronic software are PC based programs (sorry no Mac yet)
that provide interactive insight into the subtle workings of the
human organism. These programs can take the form of a very cool
hypnotic sceensaver or a nifty interactive acupressure
meditational program. These programs are shareware and freeware.


http://www.cerebrex.com/psycho.htm

~%~%~%~

Free Game - Have Fun!!!

I used to play this game by the hour - hope you enjoy!

Missile Commando II
http://www.sdsu.edu/~boyns/java/mcii/mcii.html   

*****************************************************************

QUOTES

Quotes on Music

-----------------

Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them.

-- Richard Strauss

*-*-*-*

I write (music) as a sow piddles.

-- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

*-*-*-*

Don't bother to look, I've composed all this already.

-- Gustav Mahler, to Bruno Walter who had stopped to admire
mountain scenery in rural Austria.

*-*-*-*

I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool
than play Bach and starve.

-- Xavier Cugat

*-*-*-*

(Musicians) talk of nothing but money and jobs. Give me
businessmen every time. They really are interested in music and
art.

-- Jean Sibelius, explaining why he rarely invited musicians
to his home.

*-*-*-*

Only become a musician if there is absolutely no other way you
can make a living.

-- Kirke Mecham, on his life as a composer

*-*-*-*

Chaos is a friend of mine.

-- Bob Dylan

*-*-*-*

I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come
crawling to my feet.

-- Niccoló Paganini

*-*-*-*

Of course I'm ambitious. What's wrong with that? Otherwise you
sleep all day.

-- Ringo Starr

*-*-*-*

What is the voice of song, when the world lacks the ear of taste?

-- Nathaniel Hawthorne

*-*-*-*

Flint must be an extremely wealthy town: I see that each of you
bought two or three seats.

-- Victor Borge, playing to a half-filled house in
Flint, Michigan.

*-*-*-*

If one hears bad music it is one's duty to drown it by one's
conversation.

-- Oscar Wilde

*-*-*-*

Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back legs
together.

-- Mel Brooks

*-*-*-*

Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the
Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years.

-- William F. Buckley, Jr.

*-*-*-*

You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh
and go slow.

-- Oscar Levant, explaining his way out of a speeding ticket.

*-*-*-*

Wagner's music is better than it sounds.

-- Mark Twain

*-*-*-*

I love Beethoven, especially the poems.

-- Ringo Starr

*-*-*-*

Berlioz says nothing in his music, but he says it magnificently.

-- James Gibbons Hunekar

*-*-*-*

Thanks Kat!

More Music Quotes Next Month!

*****************************************************************

FEATURED MEDIA

---------------------------------
** FEATURED BOOKS **

Free Land:Free Love: Tales of a Wilderness Commune
by Don Monkerud (Editor), Malcolm Terence (Editor),
Susan Keese (Editor)

Mass Market Paperback - 344 pages (January 1, 2000)
Black Bear Mining and Publishing Company; ISBN: 0967324203

Editorial Reviews
Bruce Anderson, Editor, Anderson Valley Advertiser
Im not putting you on when I tell you that I opened it for a dip
and kept on for the full swim. I think what youve got here is
not only fascinating in its own right, but severs as well as an
accurate history of the time and the phenom ... Not that only
veterans of bonfires and big naked piles will be the only people
likely to love your book ... Id say it has cross-over appeal ...
I like your book very, very much and will roll out in the mighty
AVA on its behalf as the absolute best memoir of that time.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0967324203/vipgraphivideo
(you may need to cut and paste
the url if it's on two lines)

---------------------------------
** FEATURED ALBUM **

Greatest Hits [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]
The Band

Audio CD (September 26, 2000)
Original Release Date: 2000
Emd/Capitol; ASIN: B00004YL5D

Amazon.com
It seems odd that the Band emerged in 1968, defying the
counterculture's extravagant rejections of U.S. culture with
literary, often Southern-tinged musical and lyrical vehicles.
Hearing this 18-song anthology, with its heavy weighting toward
the quintet's first three albums--Music from Big Pink (four
tunes), The Band (five tunes), and Stage Fright (three tunes)
--what still stands out is the Band's command of yearning vocal
harmonies, their sense of plainly laid melodies that reveal
acoustic depth, and a nostalgia for an imagined American culture.
With all their quirkiness and the advance of Robbie Robertson as
their centerpiece, the Band lost their celebrated place in the
rock pantheon within a decade. This set, which opens so
magnificently with "The Weight," "Tears of Rage" (cowritten with
Dylan), and the big organ-vamping "Chest Fever," declines rather
steeply on the final tracks, "Acadian Driftwood" and "The Saga
of Pepote Rouge." Up till then, however, this set is fantastic.
--Andrew Bartlett

TRACKS
1. Weight, The
2. Tears Of Rage
3. Chest Fever
4. I Shall Be Released
5. Up On Cripple Creek
6. Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The
7. Rag Mama Rag
8. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
9. Shape I'm In, The
10. Stage Fright
11. Time To Kill
12. Life Is A Carnival
13. When I Paint My Masterpiece
14. Ain't Got No Home
15. It Makes No Difference
16. Ophelia
17. Acadian Driftwood
18. Saga Of Pepote Rouge, The

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004YL5D/vipgraphivideo
(you may need to cut and paste
the url if it's on two lines)

---------------------------------
** FEATURED DVD **

Infinity's Child

If you like computer animation and music working together, you
will love this DVD.

Amazon.com
The makers of Planetary Traveler return with another wordless
voyage through computer-generated worlds. Infinity's Child,
however, leaves behind the recognizable if digitally realized
landscapes from that first effort; this time, the images border
upon the abstract. A brief voice-over at the opening informs us
that the Phleig explorers from Planetary Traveler have tracked
down one of their spacecraft circling abandoned above a
mysterious planet. For the next 40 minutes we hear nothing but
an electronic score alternatively droning and bouncing along as
images drift by, undergo some transformation, then fade away
again. Translucent rocks lazily roll upon a crimson sea; a
watery substance ripples with golden light; crystal spires rise
up from oceans.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1572526246/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@egroups.com

Subscribe/Unsubscribe & Misc. Information:

To SUBSCRIBE, send e-mail mailto:kotrv-subscribe@egroups.com

To UNSUBSCRIBE, send e-mail mailto:kotrv-unsubscribe@egroups.com
(Drop me a note and let me know why, if you would.)

URL to egroups KOTRV page: http://www.egroups.com/group/kotrv

To POST to the newsletter,
send e-mail mailto:hippy@vipgrafx.com
or
mailto:kotrv-owner@egroups.com

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.

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Copyright 2000, VIP Graphics. All rights reserved.
ISSN 1097-4156 Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Disclaimer: Disclaim THIS!!