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On April 5, 1967, representatives of the San Francisco Oracle, the Diggers, the Family Dog, the Straight Theater, and other parts of the Haight-Ashbury hippie scene held a press conference to announce the formation of the Council for a Summer of Love. The event scored friendly media notices: The next day’s San Francisco Chronicle described the coalition as “a group of the good hippies,” defined as the ones who “wear quaint and enchanting costumes, hold peaceful rock ’n’ roll concerts, and draw pretty pictures (legally) on the sidewalk, their eyes aglow all the time with the poetry of love.” ......

Summer of love: 40 years later Hippie Hippie Shakedown: But where was love? BY DAWN EDEN, Guest Columnist LA Daily News WHEN it comes to inappropriate names, "Summer of Love" has to be right up there with "Joy Division," the name the Nazis reportedly gave to the sections of concentration camps that housed the guards' sex slaves. For one thing, it was not just a summer event. The countercultural happening that swept through San Francisco and beyond began with an April1967 planning announcement by concert promoter Chet Helms, aka Family Dog, creating the "Council for the Summer of Love." It...

I am wanting to write a story based on a young adult in the 1960s. Since I was born in 1973 all I really know is what I studied in books. But, I want to get beyond love beads and LSD. I want to be able to write this as it really was. I know it's said if you remember the '60s you weren't really there. But, if anyone does remember I would appreciate reading your stories and facts. Thank you.

Ok, it has been a real pleasure chatting with everyone here on FR (well, just about everyone anyways) but it's time for me to move on. I've got some work to do that is going to require 110% effort from me for extended period of time and I can't have any distractions whatsoever. I'll stop by from time to time but am afraid if I still have my account I will be tempted to post and then - as is my wont - get into silly, useless debates about things I a) don't really care about, or b) don't know...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Chet Helms, the revered father of San Francisco's legendary Summer of Love, has died. The man who once stood at the center of everything Sixties and psychedelic died Saturday surrounded by friends and family from stroke complications at San Francisco's California Pacific Medical Center. He was 62. Helms - who proudly sported a grizzled beard and long hair topped by a hat throughout much of his adult life - was the founder and manager of Big Brother and the Holding Company and legendary lead singer Janis Joplin. He was a rock-and-roll impresario whose Family Dog production...

Up to six days ago my post automatically carried my tagline. Abruptly that stopped. If I do not enter it manually, it does not post. Clues as to why? And I can't seem to figure out to fix it. This is apparently one of my duh days.

Web Building is not a crime. But where do we draw the line. There are those unfortunate, misguided souls who have learned that technology is an opportunity to indulge. To splurge. This is where I take the liberty to ask. Where does one "get off" to purchase web cams, and invite others to come enjoy the party at their house? Come enjoy the party at my house. This is tea, this is coffee, and there's the door. Duoowhore. what is the dhoore doing in my cyberhouse? what is the door doing in my cyberhouse? If you are learned and literate....