Woodstock - SPOILER ALERT

[John Bailey]

Doc is probably 29. When he turns 30 he won't be able to hear the
15.750kw sweep of the TV, which makes him sad. I, however, am happy,
since I did a few online tests and discovered that I can still hear
above range.

Are there any references to Doc having ever surfed, in the novel? He
does cross the road to check out some longboards at a very odd moment.

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Bekah<bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Actually,  I thought it was dating Doc - to show his age.   He's not a
> teenager in surf-city.     His parents,  Leo and Elmina Sportello,  met in
> 1934.  This is 1970 so he's like maybe 32 or so?  If the book ever gets more
> specific I can't find it.   If Runaway from 1961 is a favorite of Doc's then
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> Bekah
> http://web.mac.com/bekker2/
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> On Aug 17, 2009, at 6:02 AM, Robin Landseadel wrote:
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>> On Aug 17, 2009, at 5:43 AM, Bekah wrote:
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>>> And the earlier periods are there, too.   Del Shannon's Runaway (an old
>>> fave of mine and Doc likes it) is mentioned and it was released and a huge
>>> hit in 1961.   I think it's called an "oldie" on a radio station in IV.
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>> Top 40 radio, as I recall*, often had such reliable gimmicks as "Million
>> Dollar Weekends" featuring "Million Dollar Oldies." Funny how the concept of
>> "oldies" shifts through time. In 1963, old Jerry Lee Lewis & Chuck Berry
>> tunes were recycled this way, only to be cannibalized by the Beach Boys and
>> others. Certainly Doc's listening choices are filtered by the surfer
>> mentality and a whole lotta weed. But there were even more of these little
>> subjunctive—"gee, wasn't the music so innocent & fun back then?"—moods on
>> L.A. radio back in Doc's time, little would-be utopias, blasted by shifts in
>> consumer demand and delivered in lo-fi  three minute doses.
>>
>> It's So L.A.:
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbmrZCbnBYQ
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>> * Hi!, I'm Robin & I'll be your unreliable narrator this morning.
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