tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post7139285206450467536..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Brace yourselves, old hippies...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-10518882667701542762010-07-12T11:11:50.686-04:002010-07-12T11:11:50.686-04:00Of course the 8x10's were black and white, bac...Of course the 8x10's were black and white, back then no crime lab dealt in color, it was too finicky.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20856717812564120452010-07-11T16:09:39.054-04:002010-07-11T16:09:39.054-04:00Tam,
In 1998 at the first "Annual Woody Guth...Tam,<br /><br />In 1998 at the first "Annual Woody Guthrie Festival" in Okemah, OK, I had a chance to meet Arlo (and have him sign the cover of my "Alice's Restaurant" LP along with a "45" of "City of New Orleans"). <br /><br />Thinking he would be a "raging hippie" I took the opportunity to engage him in a little smalltalk for my own amusement, and found that he was not so far from my own conservative outlook as I thought he would be. I was somewhat stunned to say the least, but it made me like his music even more than I did in high school.<br /><br />So, I have been the keeper of a great secret all these intervening years? Wow, I feel so special now that he is fully "outed".Montiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17926708261895308192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56289762284484771842010-07-11T13:24:24.277-04:002010-07-11T13:24:24.277-04:00Ouch Matt,
That kinda hurt.
DickOuch Matt,<br /> That kinda hurt.<br />DickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4795916215610075462010-07-11T12:09:03.689-04:002010-07-11T12:09:03.689-04:00I still want to know, "What IS the significan...I still want to know, "What IS the significance of the pickle?"Zendo Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00094772654735415974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40167019316282365992010-07-10T22:11:01.377-04:002010-07-10T22:11:01.377-04:00I despise the old Bolshevik too, but when his draf...I despise the old Bolshevik too, but when his draft notice came, he went.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-45177632377102708392010-07-10T21:36:24.357-04:002010-07-10T21:36:24.357-04:00Actually, Desertrat, Pete Seeger came out in defen...Actually, Desertrat, Pete Seeger came out in defense of National Socialism during the days of the Hitler-Stalin non-aggression pact. <br /><br />He remained a zealous Stalinist throughout his career. Like most of the "anti-war" hippies, scrape away the dirt, and his hands are bloody.Wadenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64798756906496281952010-07-10T19:11:59.391-04:002010-07-10T19:11:59.391-04:00And some peaple just have a revelation that the ri...And some peaple just have a revelation that the right was and is right! This shows that peaple do tend to get smarter when they age. Or that no matter how leftwing you were when you were in school, that by the time you reach your grandfathers age you have become very rightwing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30347147267345641702010-07-10T18:27:57.377-04:002010-07-10T18:27:57.377-04:00Just goes to show how far to the left the Republic...Just goes to show how far to the left the Republican party has moved since Patchoulli oil and B.O. were considered a fresh scent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80143934402840858452010-07-10T13:06:09.992-04:002010-07-10T13:06:09.992-04:00The 1930s were weird times, politically. And both...The 1930s were weird times, politically. And both Woodie and Pete Seeger put their lives on the line against National Socialism. Go figure.<br /><br />Neither ever realized that a troubador's very lifestyle is one of entrepreneurial capitalsm. You invest time, effort and talent in order to do business and make a profit; the profit is whatever's left over after the cost of clothing, food and shelter. And guitar strings...<br /><br />(And the word verification dealie is "redness". Apropos, somehow.)Desertrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09860257698839313423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22423349575674681202010-07-10T11:48:37.378-04:002010-07-10T11:48:37.378-04:00"It is normal to be "liberal" when ..."<i>It is normal to be "liberal" when you are young and...</i>"<br /><br />...your dad is slightly to the left of Karl Marx. ;)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-9281216933207115672010-07-10T11:23:58.403-04:002010-07-10T11:23:58.403-04:00It is normal to be "liberal" when you ar...It is normal to be "liberal" when you are young and green and still used to mama's home cooking and the protection of your family. <br /><br />Like Woodie's boy Arlo, most young adults discover the world is not what they think it is by about the third week on the job. Or the second day of boot camp, whichever comes first. <br /><br />Unfortunately, some never get a job, and a few are mentally unequipped to make the transition to adulthood. <br /><br />Hence the perpetual sophomores currently in power. <br /><br />StrangerStrangerhttp://extranosalley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73194538833017543682010-07-10T11:17:46.644-04:002010-07-10T11:17:46.644-04:00ROTFLMAO.
Love it. Love it.ROTFLMAO.<br /><br />Love it. <i>Love it.</i>Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61737786920671004192010-07-10T11:01:29.371-04:002010-07-10T11:01:29.371-04:00People forget that if Arlo and his folk were realk...People forget that if Arlo and his folk were realk Gaia-lovin' hippies, they wouldn't have been illegally dumping. What they were was averse-to-going-to-war hippies. <br /><br />Me? I have nothing against folk who love the environment and would rather make a garden, make peace, make music, and make a community than make war. I'm down with that. <br /><br /><br />But true hippies don't <i>do</i> anything. And that's about as welcome as a piece of gum on the sidewalk.Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-42638635893245414242010-07-10T09:16:21.650-04:002010-07-10T09:16:21.650-04:00The times, they are a'changing.The times, they are a'changing.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.com