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Star Borne
Earth’s Extraterrestrial History
Obsession with Gypsy Rose Lee
Ever since I was six years old, I’ve been fascinated with the burlesque entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee, and I’ve always believed that getting in trouble on her behalf was the reason that her name became such a powerful force in …
70s Funk Revival
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The other day I heard a song on the radio, and I thought that the DJ had pulled out some old song from the 1970s which I’d never heard before. It was pure funk, and I wondered how I’d missed …
Posted in 60s and 70s, Entertainment, Music
Tagged 1970s, bruno mars, funk music, funky music
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The Lonely Garbage Can
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One of my childhood memories included walking to school along a sidewalk where the snow was over my head on each side. Decades later I could not help but question the validity of the memory – surely it was the …
Posted in 60s and 70s, Deep Thoughts, Humor
Tagged atlanta blizzard, atlanta flood, atlanta snow storm, atlanta snowstorm, blizzard of 1966, blizzard of 2011, flood of 2009, record snow storm, record snowstorm, record storms, rochester blizzard, rochester snow storm, rochester snowstorm
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Are Hippies Running the Country?
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I love hippies. They were honest, genuine, open and giving in a way that I haven’t seen since the 70’s. After that, the hippies entered a metamorphosis into adulthood and disappeared into society – the very society they were so …
Posted in 60s and 70s
Tagged 1960s, 1970s, 60s, 70s, bell bottoms, blue jeans, boys with long hair, bum a ride, bumming a ride, commune, communism, faded blue jeans, hip huggers, hiphuggers, hippie, hippie generation, hippies, hippies are running the country, hitch hike, hitch hiker, hitch hiking, hitchhike, hitchhiker, hitchhiking, jeans, long hair, long haired hippies, madeira beach, madiera beach, old hippie, old hippies, patched up blue jeans, pow/mia, run away, runaway, seventies, sixties, socialism, teenage runaway, vietnam, vietnam war, who is running the country, who's running the country, whose running the country, woodstock
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1970s Slang of the Hippies
Remember the 70’s? It was a continuation of the 60’s generation with love and peace and flower power. Make love, not war. POW/MIA bracelets. We listened to 33 or 45 RPM records on our record players and 78 RPM records …
Posted in 60s and 70s, Humor
Tagged 1960s, 1970s, 33 rpm, 45 rpm, 60s, 70s, 78 rpm, bippie, boogie, cop a feel, hip huggers, hiphuggers, hippie, hippie generation, kiss my grits, let it all hang out, love train, make love not war, manual typewriters, pow mia, pow/mia, seventies, sexual revolution, sixties, the fuzz, you bet your bippie
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