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08-05-2009, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Moemg
You forgot Woodstock !
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Woodstock was in '69. Another pivotol year:
- Led Zepplin I
- Apollo 11 Moon Landing
- Manson Family murders
- Hurricane Camille
- Beatles Abbey Road
- Brady Bunch on TV
- Monty Python on BBC
- Tommy - The Who
- and much more I'm not thinkin' of right now....
Hmmm, time for a 60s thread? 
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08-05-2009, 08:28 PM
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Just saw on the news that "Squeaky" Fromme is being release from prison. Manson follower and pointed a gun at Ford in 1975.
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08-05-2009, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Free To Canoe
The origin of don't drink the Kool-aid?
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the Reverend Jim Jones and the Guyana massacre is why we shouldn't drink the Kool Aid....
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08-05-2009, 09:09 PM
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That Kool Aid guy always did freak me out.....
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08-06-2009, 07:26 AM
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Though Woodstock was in August of 1969...
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Those of us that made it "over the hump" into the 70s took jobs, had families, and continued into what would now be considered normal life.
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Same here, except in the 80s. Some might not agree with the "normal" part...
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08-06-2009, 09:57 AM
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I read the whole series in Rolling Stone. Gonzo "journalism" was a fun innovation.
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Originally Posted by Free To Canoe
Some things from the the era but not strictly from the 70s.
Electric Kool-aid Acid Test The origin of don't drink the Kool-aid? They are making a movie of the book next year.
The Firesign Theater
Zap Comics
Mr. Natural
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All of them were great but Firesign was the best. I used to listen to the albums again and again. I saw Firesign in Chicago on a visit about 10 years ago. They are still together although I don't know if they tour. You can see them in LA in October.
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08-06-2009, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Poundkey
For me the 70s were like being washed up on a calm beach after surviving a tempest called the 60s. The defining year being 1968. Those of us that made it "over the hump" into the 70s took jobs, had families, and continued into what would now be considered normal life.
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My age at the time (10 in 1968) sounds young, but I remember the tumultuous events of the tail end of the 1960s very clearly. The influence of the mass media near NYC is probably why my awareness was higher than a 10 year old should have had.
I remember adults being very stressed about a lot of things.
No wonder... 
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08-06-2009, 10:32 AM
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Waiting for the electrician or someone like him?
We've listened to Firesign Theatre ("Boom Dot Bust" was available from the library) on driving trips--amazingly, it is just as funny and thought provoking without the influence of any funny stuff, sort of like rereading classics in high school and then twenty years later.
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08-06-2009, 08:28 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Originally Posted by Westernskies
the Reverend Jim Jones and the Guyana massacre is why we shouldn't drink the Kool Aid....
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I didn't think you had a choice with Jim as to whether or not to drink.
Are you proposing that we drink Kool-Aid from a Merry Prankster?
I would be careful not to drink in either case. Either way, you are never the same.
donheff,
Thanks for the tip on the live Firesign Theater shows. Nick Danger is 40!
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