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My senior year of high school, 1969. It WAS a very good year. The Nathan Hale High School, Class of '69 webpage |
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July 19, 1969. Ted Kennedy and the infamous Chappaquiddick Bridge, where a drunken, cowardly man drove his car into the water, killing Mary Jo Kopechne. He did not report the incident for over 10 hours while he worked on the cover-up. |
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On August 15, 1969 at 5:07pm, the music and celebration that would represent a generation began in Max Yasgur's pasture. It was a "counter-cultural mini-nation of 450,000 people where minds were open, drugs were all but legal and love was "free". Some of the bands that played were: Jefferson Airplane, CCR, The Who, Grateful Dead, Canned Heat, Joan Baez, Jimi Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone, Blood Sweat & Tears, Santana, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Ravi Shankar, Joe Cocker. |
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"The Eagle has landed". Lifting off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center at 9:32am, July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 Mission made history when on July 20, it reached the moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men to set foot on the lunar surface. "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon. July 20, 1969 A.D. We came in peace for all mankind." Apollo 11 Site |
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Peter Max rose to fame and fortune with his "cosmic 60's" style of art. The Land of Peter Max |
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'69 was filled with the smell of incense, the sound of bells, fringed clothing and beads everywhere..oh..and music from Joplin to the Mamas and the Papas. |
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Helter Skelter: August 9-11, 1969. The Tate/LaBianca murders in Los Angeles were committed by a cult led by Charles Manson, who they often referred to as "God". They were/are mindless in their devotion to Manson, who remains in prison, as insane as ever. Crime Archives...Manson |
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As Woodstock represented the music of the era, "Easy Rider" represented the attitude. It was the story of a "man who went looking for America and couldn't find it." It was an extremely successful, low-budget film with sex, drugs & violence... something for everyone! Screenplay by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern. Most memorable song from the soundtrack is probably "Born To Be Wild" by Steppenwolf. |
Music, Books, Entertainment and Trivia |
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At the risk of sounding like my parents did to me, I think the music of the late 60's and early 70's was better/more varied than the music of today. Click here for a list of the Top 20 songs from 1969 as well as the list of Grammy winners for the year. |
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I've gotten wiser and buy mostly compilation cd's, like this one. The shoes look oddly familiar! |
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Another great compilation! Although I do get tired of these songs sometimes, I always go back to them, eventually. |
| The Youngbloods was one of my favorite bands. I played this cd..album, back then..over and over, until I think my parents knew the words to "Darkness, Darkness" as well as I did. |
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Seals and Crofts...so mellow! I loved them then, and I love them now. "Hummingbird", "Diamond Girl" and "Summer Breeze" are still great. |
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The Eagles. I can't say enough about these guys. They are my all-time favorite band, and when they reunited for "Hell Freezes Over", I was thrilled. "Hotel California" on that cd is great. They're still the best. |
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One of the most prolific bands and one of the best, Creedence Clearwater Revival. Since I live in Seattle, "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" and "Who'll Stop the Rain" strike home. "Susie-Q"...gotta love it! |
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Ol' Slowhand just gets better with time. The guitar pictured on the cover, "Blackie", is among those being auctioned off to raise money for Clapton's rehab clinic in Antigua. "Wonderful Tonight", "Layla", "Lay Down Sally" are my early favorites. "Tears In Heaven", written for his son, is one of his great current-day hits. |
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Big egos don't always mean big talent, but in this band, it did. They, like the Eagles, still have as much going for them now as they did at their peak. "Silver Springs", "The Chain", "Rhiannon", "Everywhere". The cd that's pictured is a current one, "The Dance", but it has many of their early songs on it. |
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A legend, John Lennon helped change music as we knew it. "Woman" and "Imagine" are still two of my favorites. Funny to think that the Beatles only performed together for 7 years. It sure seems as if they were around a lot longer. |
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Not a great accomplishment, but better than more recently, I read 6 of the 10 fiction bestsellers, and 4 of the 10 non-fiction books. |
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How many of these Oscar winners did you see? |
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The biggest, baddest bogeyman of the era, or so we thought. But, not even ol' Tricky Dick could outwit the IRS. |
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I had an entire room covered with posters like this, and I'd sit there for hours with my blacklight and playing music...and zoning out. |
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Local programming at its best. These men...and yes, the one with the long, red hair is a man...hosted the most successful kids' shows in the Seattle area in the 60's. Often, their humor went right over our heads, but the cameramen could be heard, and the cameras would shake with their laughter. Looking back, the times and the humor were so innocent. From the left: Gertrude, and her boyfriend JP Patches, Brakeman Bill and Stan Boreson. "Zero dackus, muchas crackus..." I still love JP. ICU2TV |
1969 Woodstock Festival and Concert
Hippies Online
Hippy Land Hippie Magazine..this is a great site!
Tie-dyed skivvies for "when ya gotta hide the hippie inside"
Hippie Neil's Freaky Trip..another fun site
The 1967 Summer of Love
Groovy Stuff
Peace
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Keep On Truckin'!
