Time Frame I.V.

[Henry]

Did all that, but it's not the same when you're a kid in high-school,
experienced or not, living with your, gah, parents, no matter how cool or
not your parents were (mine were artists, but shit, they were my parents,
and nothing trumps that).

I hitch-hiked around after I made my first stab at college, but I almost
cried when I hit the Haight the first time that I rolled into San Francisco!
Where was the Dead, has anyone seen the Airplane?  I was reminded of Zappa's
"Go to San Francisco," i.e. "They'll either be dead, or go to San Francisco,
where everyone thinks he's heavy business." 

I didn't smell much reefer on the street, 
nobody looked like they were a "beat,"
and I gotta admit that without much money, 
there weren't many women saying "Come home with me, honey."  

Henry Mu

-----Original Message-----
From: David Morris

I too understand, Henry, but I grabbed as much of the era as I could 
at that young age.

I was born in '58, and had the fortune (being an Air-Force Brat) to be
in Reston, VA from '68 to '73, a pretty intense time period to enter
adolescence (that would be age 10 through 15).  In a very Vinelandy
coincidence, these were the very years of the lifespan of the "Mod
Squad" TV show, and I was a fan.  I remember buying the most
outlandishly huge bell bottom jeans when I was twelve, and doing my
best to grow my hair longer than My father wanted by slicking it down
behind my ears.

I had an older sister who was quite adventurous/rebellious who took us
to some of the last (1971, I think) anti-war rallies in DC, as well as
to her Hispanic hippie friend's house somewhere in a probably seedy DC
neighborhood.  I remember my parent's accusing me of being high before
I'd ever had a chance to be so, so I decided I might as well taste the
pleasure if I was going to feel the pain anyway.  My first VERY
intense acid trips were at the age of 13, before I'd even tasted pot.
By the age of 16, I'd had my fill of acid & pot and went "clean," got
born again, and stayed more-or-less that way for the next 10 years.

But for the lat 20 years or so I've been off that stuff too, thank Jeebus!

But I didn't read GR until 1984.

David Morris

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 7:32 AM, Henry <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Born October '54, I, too, am a child of the seventies, having been just a
little boy in the mid and late fifties, and still a boy throughout the
sixties.
>
> However much I emulated and admired the activities that are supposed to
have typified the sixties,