Born in '68.
I know I am taking advantage of the Food Ping list by doing this (it's not something I do often, though. so forgive me this time). I was hoping some of you could help me with this topic and maybe even pass it on. Thank you very much.
That's just for starters.
What do you want to know? I grew up in the San Francisco Bay area and was in high school in the early sixties, and spent the summer of 1967 (the Summer of Love) living in San Francisco. I had older friends who were involved with the Diggers and through them met (though how much one meets anyone at parties suffused with alcolhol and drugs, even though one has a lengthy conversation is debatable) various members of the Airplane and the Dead, including the late Ms. Joplin.
I smell another Boomer v. Xer battle brewing.
Born in '68.
The biggest misconception involved drug use - widespread drug abuse did began to be a major problem in the 1960's, but the real devastating drug problem took off in the 70's, and actually peaked in around 1979.
I would point out that there was no one "sixties" -- one's experience could vary widely depending on what part of the country one was in. Until about 1964, it was really just an extension of the 1950s, but even that could be wildly different: in San Francisco we had the legacy of the Beat Generation, but that was fringe. Parts of the country didn't enter the "sixties" until they were chronologically passed, and general norms and mores varied enormously from place to place.
Well, I graduated from High School in 72. But you are going to have to ask specific questions. I will say this, althought my friends smoked dope, I thought it was stupid. However, I did a report on the evils of dope in my senior year and discovered there was really no "REAL" evidence for it doing any harm, Reefer Madness notwithstanding.
I still didn't touch the stuff until December of 72. And then only because I was getting drunk while the rest of 'em were getting stoned and a seriously gorgeous chick came into the room I was in and "talked me into trying it".
Come to think of it, that's the70's.
Never mind...
That's all I have to say about that...
My father went to Vietnam for a year and didn't recognize us when he got back.
Although I was born in 1972, I remember seeing hippie buses when I was two years old.
I also knew it was time to go home when the streetlights came on.
Mrs. Slim realized liberal men were trash when the organizer of an SDS rally asked the "girls" to bring cookies.
For the early part of the '60s, see "American Graffiti". For the latter part, see "Full Metal Jacket". That was the '60s.
Some of it is classified information..
In 1969, when the lottery system for the draft was instituted, a lot of young men in my high school class were pretty nervous.
Classic rock came into its own. I recall hour after hour sitting with my friends listening to Blood, Sweat and Tears, Moody Blues and Chicago.
As teenagers and young women, it was still safe for us to drive down to Steel Pier in Atlantic City, dance, see a concert and walk the Boardwalk safely at night. Forget that now.
Mostly we just went to school, studied sometimes, hung out with friends and stayed out of trouble.
I recall the assassination of JFK and the man on the moon making a big impression on me. Other than that, I wasn't that interested or involved in politics.
concerts if SF until 4 am.
hare krishnas
first joint
touched Grace Slicks butt at a concert after looking up her little black dress on stage for over an hour because I was in the front row.
can't believe I'm not dead after some of the stuff I did.
hell's angel's
drove around with beer all the time. When caught police just dumped it out and told us to go home.
No seat belts, helmets, cell phones, answering machines.
Lotsa freedom
halter tops
much, much more