Volume 3, Issue 2     ISSN 1097-4156       September1999

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION & MUSINGS
CONTRIBUTIONS
COOL LINKS
COOL LISTS
QUOTES
COOL GOODIES
FEATURED WORDS & TUNES
SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, CONTRIBUTE & MISC. INFO

INTRODUCTIONS & 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.

To SUBSCRIBE, e-mail kotrv-subscribe@onelist.com

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(Drop me a note and let me know why, if you would.)

To POST to the newsletter, e-mail hippy@vipgrafx.com
or kotrv-owner@onelist.com

Letters

I had more letters than would fit in this issue so if yours is missing, it should be in the next issue.

Thanks for your contributions!

Woodstock 99

Thanks to all of you who posted your feeling and insights on the latest version of Woodstock.

Check this out! This message was to big to add to the newsletter.

Never Trust A Festival Over 30 -- Field Reports From Mobstock '99
http://www.vipgrafx.com/hippy/wsr.htm

Poetry

How about a poetry issue? If you have a nice little poem that you or a friend of yours has written, please submit it for the next issue. I am sure there is some talent out there - and what better place to showcase it and share it with other like minded folks.

Please send your submission(s) to: mailto:hippy@vipgrafx.com

More fluff... less stuff...

So, warm up the lava lamp, flip on the black light, OM yourself into oblivion, 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.

"We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them."

Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam

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: Mike Cunningham 110996 ppp <hmc@pca.net>
To: hippy@vipgrafx.com
Subject: Differences Between Woodstocks '69 & '99
Date sent: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 13:01 -0500

The Top 15 Differences between
Woodstock '69 and Woodstock '99

[ The Top 5 List www.topfive.com ]
[ Copyright 1999 by Chris White ]

15
1969: Three-mile long line of vans bringing flower children to a festival of peace and love;
1999: Three-mile long line of vans bringing soccerchildren to state junior tournament in nearby
Poughkeepsie

14
1969: First aid tents filled with people who overdosed on heroin and LSD.
1999: First aid tents filled with people who overdosed on Frappuccino and Mountain Dew.

13
1969: Smell of freshly rolled burning joint;
1999: Smell of freshly tattooed burning skin

12
1969: Ignited a generation;
1999: Generated an ignition

11
1969: 3 days of peace, love and understanding;
1999: 3 days of pay-per-view for $89.95

10
1969: "Don't take the brown acid, man!";
1999: "Go easy on the tech stocks, man!"

9
1969: "Don't stop the rock and roll!";
1999: "Stop, Drop and Roll!"

8
1969: Bad acid makes everyone sick;
1999: MTV VJ Jessie Camp makes everyone sick

7
1969: "Hey, beautiful, what's your sign?";
1999: "Hey, beautiful, what's your URL?"

6
1969: 3-day ticket -- $18;
1999: 3 sodas -- $18

5
Dead 1969 alums: Janis, Jimi, and Jerry;
Dead 1999 alums: Peace and love

4
1969: Go naked for that one-with-nature feeling;
1999: Go naked and have your photo end up all over the
internet

3
1969: "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose";
1999: Freedom's just another word for a gassed up SUV and a debit card

2
1969: Firing up a joint during the show;
1999: Burning down the joint after the show

and Topfive.com's Number 1 Difference between Woodstock '69 and Woodstock '99...

1
1969: "We are stardust...";
1999: "We are Starbucks..."

From: Chinacatt7@aol.com
Date sent: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 14:07:09 EDT
Subject: kotrvKee post
To: hippy@vipgrafx.com

robertleehoffman@prodigy.net   writes:
" The morning of Kent State was a time that will always stand out in my mind."

I am overcome with sadness this morning as I read your message, written a long time ago and which I am just getting around to reading. It is dated June 2, 1999. Although my life seems to be busier than is reasonable, in my opinion,..I still, eventually get around to reading this newsletter. I
always enjoy it and have always come away from it feeling better,......lighter and happier. Not so today, I'm afraid. That morning is all too familiar to me,.....an event that single handedly has had a greater effect than any other in the evolution of the emotional and mental part of me. It had a greater effect than my marriage, the birth of my two children, my entirely too early introduction to heroin. The death of my father when I was 9 years old is the closest in the sheer amount of impact an event has had on the who I am today. I was a little younger than you and perhaps that added to my idealistic perspective. My hopes and dreams for the future were crushed that day..................and for a long time, my spirit. What I remember thinking that day was 'Oh my Gawd!!   Theyre going to kill us.!!!! They're actually going to kill us...............:*('

I am no longer as easily crushed by events as I used to be. Age and experience have given me a more realistic perspective, as well as a hefty dose of cynicism. ;) I also no longer feel the polarity of "us and them", being all too aware, that "them" is "us" today. Scary shit!!!

Just needed to share that. Hope that its valuable to somebody somewhere.

there really is nothing left to do but smile smile smile
:):):) <3 shelly

From: "Anna Tsymbal" <tsymbal@aha.ru>
To: "Keep on truckin'" <hippy@vipgrafx.com>
Subject: Woodstock 99
Date sent: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 11:41:15 +0400

Hi!

You know, being here, in Moscow, I've not heard what happened at the end, but just the very IDEA of "doing Woodstock" is ridiculous and laughable!! I thought so in... 1995 was it? when the first imitation of Woodstock in the nineties came about!

love,
julia.

From: purplebuss@webtv.net  (tom)
Date sent: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 17:26:49 -0700 (PDT)
To: hippy@vipgrafx.com
Subject: woodstock 99

They can copyright the name but not the spirit. The original was spontaneous and that can not be planned, and sold. On Aug. 14 and 15 there was a gathering of about 3000 people at the old Yasgur's farm. Not in the original field. That is owned by a businessman who is trying to sell woodstock also.  But at the farm house. It was wonderful. Melanie came by and sang for us, along with her daughter's group Safka. The feelings of love for one another and helping each other are still here. We just have to look for the light. Some times you can see it in the strangest places. Tom

Date sent: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 15:34:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mike Harges <harges@rocketmail.com>
Send reply to: mike@harges.net
To: hippy@vipgrafx.com

This was not the Woodstock of my generation, but rather the woodstock of this generations' youth. From what I saw it was a success and some thing to be proud of being part of and the thing memories are made of (and lies for that matter, its amazing how many people "went" to the first Woodstock [I had tickets , but was too sick to go]). The promoters trying to squeeze the last cent out of the name and memories of the past for the present generations is typical and as long as we realize what it is all about we will transcend the $. ( Or so I hope). As to the disturbances at the end, it was unfortunate that a few jirks will probably be all the "powers that be" will remember or alow to be remembered of what was otherwise a great gathering.

===
Mike Harges
Remember
mike@harges.net  EVERY THING IS SACRED!
harges@rocketmail.com  MITAKUYE OYASIN

From: SHARON HUSTON <sharonh@bvk.com>
To: "'hippy@vipgrafx.com'" <hippy@vipgrafx.com>
Subject: Woodstock '99
Date sent: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 13:45:53 -0500

Saw your request - there is way too much to say via e-mail. I attended and wrote five stories (before,during,after) for the News-Press, Fort Myers, FL. The event in Rome (which I will call MegaConcertAnarchy, not Woodstock) is one of the subjects of a book I am currently writing. I was 19 in 1969 and attended Woodstock (who would have known how that weekend would change history?!). In '94 I took my three sons and two of their friends to Saugerties (that was 'close', but still not the same) and in July I drove my VW camper (http://www.micahnet.com)  to the event from Florida. So horrendous was this attempt by the promoters, that to get out of the 'shock' I went back to Bethel for the 30th reunion - and that was very soothing! I'm feeling MUCH better now!
PEACE!

From: ydgroot@elnet.nl
To: Hippy@vipgrafx.com
Subject: Woodstock 99
Date sent: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 19:31:44 (CEST)

I was so amazed about that festival .Actually the day before they broadcasted it here in Holland on tv, I watched the original woodstock movie, and this modern version is so different. I wouldn't mind the anniversary, only if they'd been usingbands with a bit of the same style as back then. THings like Blind Melon or REM. It just sounds so odd, metal music on woodstock. I know the who and Jimi Hendrix where quite heavy music but somehow this still sounds too different, too far away form the
original. So I only regret that I missed out on Mickey Heart and Bruce Hornsbey in the end :)

peace
Yvonne

Date sent: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 16:20:11 -0700
From: leah <mehere4@airmail.net>
To: hippy@vipgrafx.com
Subject: Woodstock...

I think it's a shame that they can even use the name Woodstock and to use the logo (3 days of peace, etc.) is a joke. I don't believe the promoters are attempting to re-kindle or re-live the past... they're using the name Woodstock to make money ! As long as people continue to line the promoters pockets with money they'll keep having "their version" of Woodstock year after year, continue to charge high prices for tickets, food, etc. and laugh all the way to the bank. "A Day In The Garden", held at the original Woodstock site, had performers that had also performed at the original concert. Not as many people showed up for that concert though.... If I could have gone to either one I'd have chosen that one though
!!

From: JAMIESON38@aol.com
Date sent: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 15:49:10 EDT
Subject: woodstock thoughts...
To: hippy@vipgrafx.com

I live about an half hour from Rome, NY. This was an upset naturally to the Rome community. But all of us normal people saw it coming. You invite a quarter million people, then charge them 5 bucks for a plastic cup of warm beer, and charge them 15 bucks for a bag of ice on one of the hottest summers that NY can remember and what did they expect? I know many people that went though and had a great time. The vandalism wasnt spread over the entire campus. All in all its a shame for the sad few who ALWAYS ruin things for the rest of us.

COOL LINKS

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

• Amnesty International On-Line
  
  Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards.  In particular, Amnesty International campaigns to free all prisoners of conscience; ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners; abolish the death penalty, torture and other cruel treatment of prisoners; end political killings and "disappearances"; and oppose human rights abuses by opposition groups.
  
  

• Rain Forest Action Network
  Their Mission:
  The Rainforest Action Network works to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action.

• AMP
  Alternate Music Press
  There are almost 500 reviews covering the latest acoustic, ambient, bluegrass, classical, Celtic, world music, jazz, fusion, avant garde releases, and dozens of interviews with some of the most influential musician/composers of the last decade.

• THE HALCYON
  COSMOPOLITAN ENTERTAINMENT
  INFORMATION COMMUNICATION AWARENESS
  HUMANISTIC, TRANSPERSONAL AND QUANTUM PSYCHOLOGY
  
  Sorry, but I really couldn't figure this one out but I did find it very interesting.
  
• MP3 Search Engine Site
  Just as it says.

• The Human Brain: A Mystery to Itself
  This site is designed to be a fun, simple, and an interactive environment where any one around the world can learn about the human brain.

• Medicinal Herbs Homepage
  From this site you will find information on medicinal herbs and how to use them. You can learn to grow herbs, harvest and dry them. You can learn to make your own infusions, decoctions and oils and how to use them to cure many illnesses - and more.

• Pop Culture and Counter Culture of the Atomic Age
  Must see site - so many links, so little time.

• Jack Kerouac's Heavenly Lane
  Read about the Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac and his contemporaries of the 1950's and 1960's literary culture.

• 1st Encounters
  1st Encounters, an on-line gallery of artwork that will amuse, amaze, and sometimes terrify.

COOL LISTS

Cool Lists from around the net!

The Meditationzone.net News Wire

Description:
The Meditationzone.net News Wire is a weekly journal dedicated to the promoting a holistic and mindful lifestyle. Topics include meditation, yoga, and spirituality.

Subscription instructions:
Goto http://www.meditationzone.net  and use the form on the page.

Owner/moderator address: jeremy@meditationzone.net

Open Circle

Description:
The Open Circle Mailing List is dedicated to the exploration of Spirit/Consciousness. People of all faiths are welcome to contribute on any level they feel comfortable. The Circle is just that--- seeking many views, that we may learn to see beyond the confines of our limited mind. Participants include, but are certainly not limited to, Christians, Quakers, Sufis, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, those who follow Native American Medicine Teachings, followers of the Huna Tradition, Jewish
tradition, Earth Centered Religion, African tribal traditions, A Course in Miracles, Peace Pilgrim--and more.

Subscription instructions:
To subscribe, go to:
http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/open-circle
or send a blank email to: open-circle-subscribe@onelist.com

Owner/moderator address: gme@dial.pipex.com

QUOTES

On Confidence

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare
or compete, everybody will respect you."

Lao-Tzu

"If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my
art or music, then in that respect you can call me that ... I
believe in what I do, and I'll say it."

John Lennon

"Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is
had to begin where he was."

Richard L. Evans

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.
Live the life you have imagined."

Henry David Thoreau

"A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a
little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men
whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort."

Sydney Smith

Get the archive of quotes - send a blank email to: quotes@vipgrafx.com

COOL GOODIES

Fun stuff from the digital ether

Kodak - Picture This

Send multimedia postcards in a flash - use your own pictures
or use the ones they have.

e-fax

eFax.com lets you receive all your faxes at your existing
email address!

Get your own FREE fax number - faxes are converted to email
attachments then sent to your personal email account.

Nice easy way to get your own fax number.

FEATURED WORDS & TUNES

FEATURED BOOK

Beneath the Diamond Sky : Haight-Ashbury 1965-1970 by Barney Hoskyns Hardcover - 224 pages (December 1997) Simon & Schuster; ISBN: 0684841800 Reviews San Francisco Chronicle, Regan McMahon ...as a kind of Cliffs Notes to the era, it is accurate and evenhanded (to a fault). The best thing about it is the full-page black-and-white photographs of musicians and key figures such as Chet Helms, Bill Graham and Neil Cassady by photographers including Herb Greene, Baron Wolman and Gene Anthony. Synopsis This electrifying portrait by the acclaimed author of "Waiting for the Sun" recounts the story of the psychedelic culture that galvanized the Bay Area during that mythic time when "The Haight" emerged as the mecca of the counterculture. 150 illustrations, many in full color Print ads.

FEATURED ALBUM

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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