I only went to one protest, and it was a big one in downtown Toronto. It got violent at one point. But even my father said that he would have gone if he could. It protested nuclear testing at Amchitka. Federally endorsed dick swinging. And the You can’t scare me I have a daughter shirt in contrast I will get this Viet Nam war. What a debacle that turned out to be. It was a different world back then. Major corporations were not running the music or arts industry. As a direct consequence, without fetters, creativity exploded. Hippiedom questioned everything that we knew as conventional. It came at a great time in my life, escaping severe abuse. It fundamentally shaped me for better or for worse into the person I am today. Some of those hippies became the world’s greatest spokespeople. I won’t bore you with the list. But one thought stands out loud and clear from my hippie days. Remember Abbie Hoffman? That batshit crazy author of “Steal This Book”? He wrote about being on trial for something – there were many incidences, really – and he was asked to comment on his action. Hoffman’s response was civil. The prosecutor then asked: “Well, that’s not what you there THINKING, was it?” To which Hoffman replied (and I paraphrase) – “I don’t know. I’ve never been on trial for my thoughts before.”
Well, duh, those of us still alive are old people now. Most just got over it, went to work, got mortgages and became normal people. For the You can’t scare me I have a daughter shirt in contrast I will get this rest of us, well, I still do not own a bra, smoke the vile weed, paint crazy paintings, think the government is made up of people who do not care about their constituents, there are still troops sent out to foreign places while Americans are sleeping in tents on the sidewalk. So, some of us are still alive and still trying for a better world. I am sorry some of you think badly of these old people. Personally, I think they look lovable. Back in the seventies they followed John Lennon, the Grateful Dead, Frank Zappa, Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart, Deep Purple, Blood, Sweat &Tears, Jeff Beck, Elton John and over 150 other famous musicians to Nederland, Colorado, a beautiful place that was home to a recording studio called the Caribou Ranch.
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