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TOP 13 MARIJUANA SMOKING ETIQUETTE RULES

Conscientious Stoners throughout history have been guilty at sometime of violating some of the following smoking etiquette “rules” – fortunately there was usually a cosmic Tribal Chief to remind offenders of their manners.
However, things were a bit different in the ’60s and the ’70s – there was a different Vibe back then.

TOP 13 MARIJUANA SMOKING ETIQUETTE RULES

1. Bring your own to share
Marijuana can get pretty expensive, especially when you consider that your purchase will literally go up in smoke. That’s why it’s important to bring your own marijuana to share with the group. Even if others will have some, it’s polite to offer your own.

Now while that is all well and good, back then everyone was “holding”; most people had stash to share, so everyone supplied the smoke – cost and value were relative to the times, then and now.
In most cases it was cool to go to someone’s pad and get their friends high. 00individual doesn’t ever recall where anyone really cared one way or another – your pot, my pot, why not?
” . . . especially when you consider that your purchase will literally go up in smoke.” Wow, 00individual never thought of it like that, and doubts that the vast majority of Hippies, Stoners, Rockers, Tribe members and the Counter-Culture ever looked at it like that either.

Smoking and Turning-On others would eventually be reciprocated in kind, and maybe from someone else – that was part of the Vibe; getting oneself and others high.
On many occasions, like many others, 00individual supplied the Marijuana at his own pad, a friends pad, at a concert, while cruising, on a road trip or just hangin’ with friends – the joy they all experienced and classic times and memories that were created were priceless.

2. Don’t hassle someone who doesn’t want to consume
Sure, weed is great for a lot of people, but not everyone feels the same way. If someone is reluctant to try marijuana (or seems disinterested altogether), then don’t hassle them to try it. Respect everyone’s decision to either try it or not, but don’t be a pusher!

Now while that is all well and good, back then getting people high on Marijuana was half the fun! The worst that would happen to those who chose to never smoke again was to have their consciousness raised just a little from the experience, and once consciousness is raised, it can never be lowered. And those who benefited from the experience and continued to get high would forever be grateful for the Turn On.
If that’s being a pusher, then the entire Counter- Culture is guilty, and they were not, they were fortunate.

3. Always remove seeds and stems
Unless you’re planning on growing your own marijuana, there is really no need to hang on to any seeds (or stems, for that matter). Not only do they taste bad when burned, but they’ll cause your bowl or joint to pop and spark. That’s why it’s best to keep them out of your circle.

Now while that is all well and good, back then . . . DUH!
But 00individual has to admit that when a seed did slip by and the cherry on the joint reached the seed’s terminal popcorn status the result was a high-pitched pop and a explosive whiplash spark that surprises the inhaler and projects the mini-fireball in a random direction – you could put your eye out!
It was Russian Roulette schadenfreude; kind of fun to see the avoided bullet happen to someone else.

4. If you can’t roll a joint, be honest about it
Rolling a good joint is hard to do and it takes a lot of practice to improve. But smoking a poorly-rolled jay can be a real downer during a smoking session, resulting in either wasted weed or an unsmokable product. If your rolling skills aren’t quite up to par, let your friends know. Someone else will probably offer to help.

Now while that is all well and good, back then it wasn’t an issue; rolling a good decent joint was the sign of a respectable Stoner. If you smoked, you rolled.

5. Whomever rolls the joint or blunt should spark it
As an exception to rule #6, it is correct to light your own marijuana if you’ve rolled the joint or blunt. If someone else uses your weed to roll, however, they should light it.

Now while that is all well and good, back then unless there was a lady present it was natural for the roller to light up the joint – however, just to be cool and brotherly one would offer it up to whoever; which only enriched the good Vibe.

6. Offer guests the first hit
This is basic common courtesy, really, but it applies to group smoke sessions, too. If you are the host, make your guests feel welcome by offering the first hit (the “green hit”). The same can be said if you pack a bowl, whether or not it’s your place.

Now while that is all well and good, back then there were rarely any “guests” – they were called Brothers and Sisters – equals – and if just introduced were certainly offered first tokes. However, there was no importance placed on smoking hierarchy as they all knew that they would be stoned, inspired, trippin’ and smiling soon enough.

7. Don’t torch the bowl
The best hit is always a green hit, so don’t keep it all to yourself. Instead of burning the whole surface of a bowl, light only a small corner so that the next person (or two) can enjoy a green hit, too.

Now while that is all well and good, back then anal-retentive people wouldn’t even get high so this seems like a non-existent rule; even today.
To quibble over the green hit is to insult the just-as-rewarding remaining, a bit danker, resinous-soaked and warmed Marijuana. Mm-mm – good!

8. Puff, Puff, Pass
When smoking out of a pipe, you’re expected to take a single “hit” before you pass, but if smoking a joint or blunt, you’re allowed to take a few hits before passing to the next person. The common phrase “puff, puff, pass” is therefore nothing more than simple instructions for toking in a group.

Now while that is all well and good, back then the “puff, puff, pass” phrase never existed.
There were no limitations or critiques of an individual’s technique on their inhale; Double Dip, Turbo, French Inhale, Lung Expander, Hipster Hit, Quick Withdraw McGraw, Hyper Hit, or ’40’s/’50’s style Drag – a hit was a hit, whatever your lungs could hold was a hit.

9. Don’t hog (AKA “Bogart”) the weed
Some weed naturally makes people chattier, but no matter how great the story, it’ll probably be a lot cooler if everyone has a tasty buzz going on. Instead of hanging onto the piece to finish your story, hit it and pass it; you can finish your story after you exhale.

Now while that is all well and good, back then this was absolutely true too. However, sometimes the cosmic ramblings and story-telling of a Tribe member were worth the joint or bowl going out.
A playful groan may be heard, but otherwise a re-light re-roll, or re-load was never an issue – sometimes the lull was perfect for the continued classic art of real-time, face-to face human interaction and/or music appreciation.

10. Don’t pass a cashed bowl
It’s not always easy to tell when the last hit has been had, but if there’s a chance that this is the case, be sure to tell the next person in the rotation about it. Say something like “this might be cashed” or “be careful” to let them know that they may get a mouthful of ash if they try. If you know it’s cashed, ash the bowl and pass it back to the owner.

Now while that is all well and good, back then, barring ash, Marijuana was good to the last righteous bowl-end/roach hit. The heat from the hits activate the collected concentrated resinous oils, whether in a roach or in the confines of a pipe’s chamber, and those dank concentrates when inhaled can actually be the heaviest hit of the bowl.  Every Stoner worth his psychedelic soul knows that.

11. Be gracious
If someone smokes you out, offers their place to do so, or provides munchies and/or drinks, be sure to thank them for it. Better yet, use your cannabis experience to gain a better appreciation for you friends all together. The smoke session is a great time to get to know your friends on a more personal level, so be gracious for it.

Now while that is all well and good, back then the Counter-Culture’s basis in Love encompassed graciousness.
Marijuana’s first transcendent revelation, other than the physical and visual aspects, was that it stripped away the ego. There was no need to project a false image of yourself, better to enhance the personalty that is the Real Me. The truth was revealed pretty quickly. Through this new found ability to discern truth, friends and foes were easily defined – and the Counter-Culture were gracious for that gift of insight.

12. Make everyone feel welcome
Cannabis is certainly a fun pastime, but it is also notorious for making people feel anxious or uncomfortable. If you’ve got newbies in your smoke circle, or just someone who seems uncomfortable, make sure to remind them that they are among friends. Be careful not to pass judgement on people in your circle and remember everyone responds to marijuana differently.

Now while that is all well and good, back then everyone was fair game; if you couldn’t swim, stay out of the pool. While it was fun to Turn On people for the first time, it wasn’t a goal, just a natural urge to share a world they would otherwise never have known.
But in regard to the “fair game” aspect, some smoke sessions could get funny and weird and scary as some of the best times ever were when someone would get relentless with hilarious, bordering on mind-bending “performances” that went from good clean fun to causing some to question reality and freak out as they ran away . . .  and with that in mind: Welcome!

13. If you’re the Host make sure that you provide righteous music to listen to while smoking
While this is fairly essential, choosing the right kind of music to appeal to all tastes and to the present Vibe while smoking Marijuana is basically a lost art.

Now while that is all sad and disappointing, back then there was so much Nectar of the Gods Music to listen to that nearly any random selection would be excellent and appropriate and approved.
As Host to five pads from ’69 to ’75 where the Tribe could and would congregate, 00individual was the house DJ among Cannabis Connoisseurs, Discerning Audiophiles, and Psychonauts. The fact that he was a Vinyl Fiend even before he was a Record Store Manager and then a Record Rack Jobber and then back to Record Store Manager contributed to his psychic judgement of what was just right for the moment.
His attuned Vibe was backed by an impressive audio artillery, 00individual delivered exquisite rockin’ sounds via his state-of-the-art sound system with a Sansui Quad 4500 AM / FM receiver / amplifier power station, four Altec Lansing floor speakers, Pioneer turntable, TEAC 2340 four channel simul-sync stereo reel to reel tape deck, TEAC stereo player / recorder cassette deck, TEAC mix-down unit, and over 3,500 albums, and hundreds of tapes.

Here are 13 select albums to enjoy while smoking Marijuana – pick your Vibe:

The DOORS
The DOORS – January 4, 1967

The JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE
ARE YOU EXPERIENCED – May 12, 1967

LOVE
FOREVER CHANGES – November 1967

DR. JOHN, THE NIGHT TRIPPER
GRIS-GRIS – January 22, 1968

JEFF BECK
TRUTH – August 1968

JETHRO TULL
STAND UP – August 1, 1969

FLEETWOOD MAC
THEN PLAY ON – September 9, 1969

The WHO
LIVE AT LEEDS – May 16, 1970

DAVID CROSBY
IF I COULD ONLY REMEMBER MY NAME
February 22, 1971

The ROLLING STONES
STICKY FINGERS – April 23, 1971

PINK FLOYD
MEDDLE  – October 30, 1971

TANGERINE DREAM
PHAEDRA – February 20, 1974

SENSATIONS’ FIX
Fragments of Light – 1974 

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So mind these Top 13 Marijuana Smoking Etiquette Rules
to avoid getting busted by Goofy.

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Groovy.

Basis for Pot Smoking Etiquette courtesy of Abby H. from the Colorado Pot Guide.

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EXPERIENCE ROCK HISTORY!

EMERSON LAKE & PALMER
January 1, 1971

The early ’70s were very psychedelic times. The mind-expanding door that Mescaline opened in the late ’60s was eagerly joined with the intense beautiful mind-blowing and strange ferocity of LSD.

On New Year’s Day 1971 the decade was immediately powered by the Psychedelic Vibe of the challenging, beautiful, Classical Progressive Hard Rock self-titled album by the supergroup Emerson,Lake, and Palmer: Keith Emerson (The Nice) Hammond organ C3, Steinway piano, Zoukra, Moog synthesizer IIIC, Mini Moog Model D, Greg Lake (King Crimson) vocals, bass, electric & acoustic guitar, Carl Palmer (Atomic Rooster) drums, percussion.

00individual was very familiar with all members’ bands’ albums prior, mostly from acquired imports, so the blend of The Nice, King Crimson and Atomic Rooster was truly a perfect predestined mixture for cosmic Prog delight.
Emerson was already rockin’ the Classical vibe with The Nice so with Lake’s vocals and Palmer’s precise drumming the fusion created a very unique evolution of all three’s previous bands’ efforts. Greg Lake’s vocals undeniably contributed to a King Crimson carry-over effect, but as a power trio ELP stood firmly on Rock Solid ground.

ELP eventually went from venues like the Santa Monica Auditorium where 00individual saw them with a capacity of 3,000; to filling Rock Arenas around the World. ELP’s headlining tours broke records and by the end of 1974, they were just about tied with Led Zeppelin as the highest grossing live band in the world.

Their fame came with highly-undue negativity by the critics, but not by the fans, who like 00individual enjoyed spirited sonic entertainment by master musicians who are enjoying themselves as much as the fans.
While Lake played sublime rockin’ guitar and provided perfectly-matched vocals, Palmer drove the beat like a manic spider, and to see swashbuckling Emerson throw his Lenny Kilmister (?) knife at the keyboard to jam the keys and then attack the keyboards like a crazed Captain Nemo or Dr. Phibes like 00individual saw on 03-23-72 was a high point in Rock ‘n’ Roll History!

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER
(Full Album)
Side one
1. “The Barbarian” (instrumental) Béla Bartók, arr. Emerson, Lake & Palmer 4:27
2. “Take a Pebble” Greg Lake Emerson, Lake & Palmer (but not always credited) 12:32
3. “Knife-Edge” Lake and Richard Fraser Leoš Janáček and J. S. Bach, arr. Keith Emerson 5:04
Side two
1. “The Three Fates: Clotho – 1:48, Lachesis – 2:43, Atropos – 3:15” (instrumental) Emerson 7:46
2. “Tank” (instrumental) Emerson and Palmer 6:49
3. “Lucky Man” Lake Lake 4:36

ALBUM TRACK GEM
LUCKY MAN

Lucky Man was a very unique song even for 1971.
It wasn’t that it was unheard of, it was the way it was presented; with a storyline that seemed almost like a flowing linguistic instrument that blended with the “Oh, what a Lucky Man, he was” chorus.
The drums had a crisp concussive beat, the synth/organ growled, soared, howled and felt so right, the electric acoustic guitar was pristine, and the vocals were from the Ancient Future.
A real Heavy Metal Prog example of a powerful composition handled deftly and an Album Track Gem of landmark proportions.

ELP did some extremely incredible work and should be eternally honored for their timely contribution and influence via their highly-unique and intricate musicianship, compositions, arrangements, songs, lyrics, and performances. ELP Rocks!

ALBUM COVER ART CLASSIC
Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Even with a non-psychedelicized eye, one can instantly appreciate the very psychedelic album cover art by Nic Dartnell. The interplay of etheric vibrations of color separating and coalescing, the trails coming off the wings, the dove nestled between a bald head and a subliminal breast with an erect nipple, all created an album cover that seemed to have visual ambient depth and mystic deep meaning.

Today with video game immersion commonplace, the thought of being able to see endless depth and exploration within the etheric vibe of this psychedelic ambient 2D album cover art is a testament to the Counter-Culture’s enlightened and “experienced” mind’s imagination.

Back then 00individual never experienced a virtual world, he experienced a surreal world, in real time, within a solid 3D environment, and sometimes within 4D, really.
And sometimes within the 12 inch by 12 confines of a cardboard album cover. Groovy.

TOP 13 BEST BAND NAMES and LOGO DESIGNS – 1970s

“Alien” designer H.R. Giger’s Emerson, Lake and Palmer logo is one of the
TOP 13 BEST BAND NAMES and LOGO DESIGNS – 1970s

00individual was fortunate to see ELP intimately, before their Arena Only Venues:
EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER
3-23-1972
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica (Capacity: 3,000)

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TOP 13 PSYCHEDELIC POSTS – ALL IN ONE PLACE!

Here’s a Turn On for continued thanks to all:
Psychonauts! Rockers! Stoners! Hippies! Intelligentsia! Free Spirits! Music and Art Lovers!
Rebels! Artists! Counter-Culture Survivors! Kick-Ass Followers! Kindred Spirits!
And You, Reading This Now!

Due to this site’s consistent popularity of psychedelic subject matter 00individual is presenting a Psychedelic One-Stop of mind-blowing posts, historic trippy music, and psychedelic eye-candy art!

Walk the floating step-stones above the field of Marijuana, enter and sit down on a bean-bag chair, big pillow or mattress, light up a joint, drop a tab of acid, or snack on some mushrooms, then bathe in the black-light’s glow, trip on righteous tunes, and groove to the Psychedelic Vibe!

“The Psychedelic Shack is where’s it’s at; it’s always day and night,
It’s a portal to other dimensions – it’s outtasight.
Here you’ll experience other states of consciousness, and tons of fun,
Just remember once your consciousness is raised, it can never be undone.”

Let’s Go Trippin’:

TRUE PSYCHEDELIC TRIPS 1960s -1970s
1 – 25

TOP 13 HISTORIC & CLASSIC 1960s PSYCHEDELIC SONGS
PART ONE

THE TOP 13 HISTORIC, CLASSIC and OBSCURE 1960s PSYCHEDELIC SONGS
PART TWO

TOP 13 HISTORIC & CLASSIC 1970s PSYCHEDELIC SONGS
PART ONE

TOP 13 HISTORIC & CLASSIC 1970s PSYCHEDELIC SONGS
PART TWO

1960s and 1970s PSYCHEDELIC SHORT STORIES

1967 TOP 13 HISTORIC & CLASSIC PSYCHEDELIC ALBUMS

1968 PSYCHEDELIC ROCK ‘N’ ROLL DOODLE ART

1969 PSYCHEDELIC COLLAGE

PSYCH ART 1

PSYCH ART 2

TRUE HIPPIE LEVITATION EXPERIENCE!

PLAYING CHESS WHILE ON LSD

FAR OUT!

“The Psychedelic Shack” and “00individual’s Psychedelic Shack” theme song
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THE WHO
Top 13 1960s Album Track Gems

The Who’s combined forces of Pete Townsend, Roger Daltry, John Entwistle and Keith Moon were destined to rip open a whole new dynamic genre of Rock.

These mostly early-to-mid ’60s tracks are historical evidence of The Who as the leaders of Power Pop at its best, and as the basis of their unique style which would be fully-explored and realized with their future epics, “Tommy” and “Quadrophenia”.

00individual chose not to open the Pandora’s Box of their epic 1968 double-album “Tommy” but for only a crack to let “I’m Free” out; as “Tommy” would contain 13 Album Track Gems on its own.

The power and rockin’ fun that these tracks provide are perfect examples of The Who’s unique righteous kick-ass enlightening Power Pop Rock tracks that 00individual and the Counter-Culture were fortunate to be raised on, and empowered by.

Here ’tis:
“I Can’t Explain” 2:05 December 1964
Pete’s response to The Kinks “All Day And All Of The Night”.
“Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere” 2:42 June 1965
 and that’s called Total Freedom; 00individual experienced that within prime history.
“My Generation” 3:18 November 1965
The Best Rock Song Ever?
“Substitute” 3:49 April 1966
Realization is a bitch – but a benefit in the end.
“I’m a Boy” 3:41 July 1966
A self-explanatory excuse.
“The Kids Are Alright” 2:45 July 1966
Damn Straight!
“Run, Run, Run” 2:53 December 1966
. . . so, Who is the unlucky one here?
“Boris the Spider”  2:28 December 1966
A freaky song for spontaneous stoned free-spirited sing-alongs.
“Creepy-crawly-creepy-crawly-creepycreepycrawlycrawlycreepycreepycrawlycrawlycreepycreepycrawlycrawly
BOWARRESS THE SPYYDUHRR, BOWARRESS THE SPYYDUHRR.”
“Happy Jack” 2:12 March 1967
Prototype character for Tommy?
“Pictures of Lily” 2:43 June 1967
Entwistle’s french horn adds Wagnerian depth and drama.
“I Can See for Miles” 4:06 September 1967
And so can we – elements of the future Who!
“Magic Bus” 4:33 July 1968
The love song about obtaining transportation gets co-opted by the Counter-Culture –
for when stoned, everyone’s bus (van) was magic!
“I’m Free”  2:40 1968
“. . . and freedom tastes of reality!”

“The Kids Are Alright”

THE WHO – EARLY ’70s

THE WHO – LIVE AT LEEDS ALBUM

THE WHO – QUADROPHENIA ALBUM

THE WHO – LIVE (LEEDS/TOMMY) ANAHEIM STADIUM 1970

THE WHO – LIVE (QUADRROPHENIA) FORUM 1973 

The “Pinnacle of Classic Rock Equation: 4 + 4 = 7”
The Who The Rolling Stones Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd

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EXPERIENCE ROCK HISTORY!

 LED ZEPPELIN – LED ZEPPELIN IV –  November 1971

One of the main purposes and attempts of this site is to convey the truly unique vibe of the 1965 through 1975 era. One way is to show examples like this:
Led Zeppelin (1969).  Led Zeppelin II (1969),  Led Zeppelin III (1970),  Led Zeppelin IV (1971), a three year explosion of album after album of the 1960s and 1970s Historic and Classic Rock Era.

In 1971 Rockers were listening to brand new, never-heard-before album releases; The Who’s “Whos next”, Pink Floyd’s “Meddle”, Traffic’s “Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys”. The Stones’ “Sticky Fingers” and “Led Zeppelin IV”. Whew! And that was just five releases by five bands!
To experience the full Pinnacle of Rock ‘n’ Roll check out these three zenith years of Rock History:
Third Best Year for Rock Album Releases – 1971
Second Best Year for Rock Album Releases – 1969
#1 Best Year for Rock Album Releases – 1970
Actually ’69 and ’70 are tied; ’70 had a higher amount of classic releases, but ’69 had more historical classic releases. You be the judge.

Most of 00individual’s peers were in their late teens, early twenties when Led Zeppelin’s debut album took Rock and Blues to a lysergic level. Led Zeppelin II was a monster, and the acoustic ballads of the equally excellent Led Zeppelin III expanded the boundaries of Hard Rock.
Then came the mighty Led Zeppelin IV!
Released the end of ’71, it had a presence, a power, it superseded and overtook everything in sight. This was a heavy album with a transcendent quality – it seemed to come from an evolved state; Page, Plant, Bonham and Jones melded I, II, III into a Rock ‘n’ Roll Masterpiece.

This was also an album that served as a Cultural Landmark; by the end of ’71 the Vibe was beginning to wind down a bit, just a bit, but noticeable.
With 1972 there was a definite change in the air, a strange serious mood was insinuating itself into the normally carefree trippy days and nights of years gone by – it was as if the cultural climax was drifting to the outskirts of life.
Since all that is truly real is the “now” as everything else is in the past – back in ’71/’72 Led Zeppelin IV stood at the crossroads as a monument of the past and the future; a fitting marker in Rock ‘n’ Roll history.

Since this album has been reviewed and dissected from every angle over the decades, 00individual thought it would be fun to listen to this album in a whole new way.
Once accustomed to this new way of listening those who know this album’s every nook and cranny will certainly enjoy the reverse continuity, and the actually very trippy psychedelic hard rock sounds:
LED ZEPPELIN IV
IN REVERSE
6. “Four Sticks” Page, Plant 4:441
5. “Misty Mountain Hop” Jones, Page, Plant 4:38
4. “Stairway to Heaven” Page, Plant 8:02
3. “The Battle of Evermore” Page, Plant 5:51
2. “Rock and Roll” John Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant 3:40
1. “Black Dog” John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant 4:54
The tracks:
7. “Going to California” Page, Plant 3:31
8. “When the Levee Breaks” Bonham, Jones, Memphis Minnie, Page, Plant 7:07
are missing due to far too much Satanic backtracking/brain-washing stuff that is revealed.
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Peoples, peoples, peoples, we is magickal!
Take Stairway To Heaven, even backwards many can anticipate the reversed progression, just like how one is able to read a page of text with the words deliberately printed backwards – these are examples of just how much the brain can compensate for an unknown reality by altering it back into a recognizable reality for the brain’s user.
Far Out.

NILEPPEZ DEL

In depth contribution by Gene O’Brien:
Its interesting how every one of us, far and wide, felt the change in the culture during that time. There was no proclamation from our protagonists, no conspicuous cultural algorithm, no collective decision which underlined the degeneration of our culture.
There was an unsettling feeling that the dream was over and we gradually awoke to the unhappy fact that our culture was changing. The legacy was established but the world no longer followed in our footsteps and the prospect that we would have to merge with the establishment as individuals, alone and ill-equipped was depressing.

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PURPLE – DMT

Better late than never – as in being a year late to the party – the party that is the Beaumont, Texas power-punk trio thunderflash of rock excitement, PURPLE; Taylor Busby (guitar/vocals) Hanna Brewer (drums/vocals) Joe “Prankster” Cannariato (bass guitar).

00individual wants all ’60s and/or ’70s Psychonauts, Rockers, and True Believers to hang, he would never steer you off the historic two decade ride unless it was for a short mind-blowing side-trip for your benefit.

PURPLE’s DMT video/song/performance is a real treat, it’s kinda like a drug, once is not enough, you want that feeling again, it’s addicting, and is just one example of PURPLE’s exceptional songwriting that effortlessly masters diverse genres.
If you like Rock and Psychedelics and Fun, then you’ll love PURPLE – DMT.

With the Universe of Music 00individual has experienced in his lifetime, and of Rock specifically, there have been very few debut albums that truly had a creative impact within the World of Rock ‘n Roll – here’s four:
The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s 1967 debut is historic.
Led Zeppelin’s eponymous debut created a genre with re-imagined Hard Rock Blues that matched
the youthful energy of the late ’60s/early ’70s.
Marilyn Manson’s 1994 Portrait of an American Family debut album did much the same, with an invigorating unique sound, style and persona that righteously rebelled and asserted.
(In 1995, under the guise of parental supervision, 00individual took his fifteen year old son to the Universal Amphitheater and saw Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails. Deep into family life, but never out of touch with the recorded Rock of the ’80s and ’90s, he had nearly forgotten what a total blast live Rock concerts could be, and it was such an intense hard rockin’ thrill show that it inspired him to resume going to concerts.)
Now it’s 2016, and 00individual couldn’t be happier and more enthusiastic about Rock than with PURPLE’s debut album “409”!  Just like those three bands’ debut albums just mentioned, here’s an album packed solid with infectious unique exhilarating fun rockin’ tracks.

DMT
Once their Psychedelic Dog Guru introduces the band to DMT, some of the most rip-roaring Psychedelic Hard Rock takes off and just keeps going. The whiplash multiple orgasm climaxes are as Hard Rock Thrash as it comes, and it all started out so serenely in a wading pool.

And when DMT is peaking, Twin Peaks fans will certainly see Hanna’s uncanny “Laura Palmer”
impersonation, that whether an intentional Lynchian homage or not, is still spooky spot-on fun.

Dose Yourself: Go Full Screen And Crank It Up!

. . . and stay for the last fuzzed-out sustained note and the Psychedelic Dog’s transmogrification.

. . . if that didn’t sell you on PURPLE, then check out the diverse highly-addicting Beach Boys meet the GoGos song (meant seriously, and with highest respect for all mentioned) Beach Buddy.

00individual loves PURPLE and starts off every day with a dose of DMT!

PURPLE’s follow-up to their debut album “409” is “Bodacious” and it is out April 1st – no foolin’!

He can read your mind . . . do what he says . . . he knows  what’s good for you.

PURPLE FUCKING KICKS ASS!

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ROAD TRIPPIN’:
00individual and his 1968 VW Magic Camper in Carmel Valley
Secret Spot: The Gorge (Beyond The Ranger’s Station) – 1972/73*
Road Trip essentials are seen leaning up against the open sliding door: a beanbag ashtray for responsible smoking, a roll of toilet paper for responsible waste management,
and a real solid wood box speaker to match the rugged outdoors.

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1960s and 1970s Album Track Gems

ROAD TRIPPERS Greatest Hits!

Ever feel like just jumpin’ in the car or on your bike and takin’ off? Leavin’ the world behind?
Gettin’ back to nature? Takin’ to the road and lookin’ for adventure?

Back in the ’60s and the ’70s Hippie Road Trips were common; many drove or hitchhiked across town, across the states, across Europe. The feeling of freedom to go anywhere anytime was strong and even more possible due to the fact that these were free-wheelin’ times – just ask Bob Dylan.

On a planned or spontaneous road trip with good friends, or hitchhiking with a stranger, the ride was always heightened by a joint and a righteous soundtrack of the incredible music that was constantly in the air, in the mind, and in the soul.

This is a compilation of classic Road Trippers:
songs with a Rockin’ Drivin’ Beat, Liberating Lyrics and Soul-searching Sounds that match and
invigorate the feelings of hittin’ the road – for a day, a week, a month, a year, or . . .

ROAD TRIPPERS Greatest Hits!
Here ’tis:
Side One – The ’60s
HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED – Bob Dylan from Highway 61 Revisited – 1965
Well, Abe said, “Where d’you want this killin’ done?” God said, “Out on Highway 61”
BREAK ON THROUGH – The Doors from The Doors – 1967
We chased our pleasures here, Dug our treasures there, But can you still recall, The time we cried.
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER – Jimi Hendrix from Electric Ladyland – 1968
Outside in the cold distance, A wild cat did growl,
Two riders were approaching, And the wind began to howl.
GOING UP THE COUNTRY – Canned Heat from Livin’ The Blues – 1968
Just exactly where we’re goin’ I cannot say, But we might even leave the U.S.A.
FIGHTING FOR MADGE – Fleetwood Mac from Then Play On – 1969
LocomotiveSupersonicRockin’Vehicle/Mind Fuel. Fill’er up!
ETERNITY ROAD – The Moody Blues from Our Childrens’ Childrens’ Children – 1969
Traveling eternity road, What will you find there?
Carrying your heavy load, Searching to find a piece of mind.
RAMBLE ON – Led Zeppelin from Led Zepplelin II – 1969
Leaves are falling all around, It’s time I was on my way.
Thanks to you, I’m much obliged for such a pleasant stay.
But now it’s time for me to go. The autumn moon lights my way.
For now I smell the rain, and with it pain, and it’s headed my way.
Sometimes I grow so tired, but I know I’ve got one thing I got to do..
Side Two – The ’70s
GOING TO MEXICO – Steve Miller Band from #5 -1970
I’ve got four or five hundred miles to go, Down that southbound highway
’53 Studebaker goin’ for broke, I’m pushin’ it night and day
I’ve had enough of your lies, To last a long, long time
You’re much too slow, I’m goin’ to Mexico.
WORKING ON THE ROAD – Ten Years After from Cricklewood Green – 1970
I’ve got a feeling for home, Somewhere that I call my own.
GONE DEAD TRAIN – Randy Newman from Performance ST – 1970
My engine was pumpin’ steam, And I was grindin’ at you hard and fast
Burnin’ down the rails, tryin’ to heat the way, Haulin’ ass and ridin’ up the track
And I laughed at the conductor who was tellin’ me my coal It would never last
But then the fire in my boiler Up and quit before I came
Ain’t no empty cellar Like a gone dead train.
LEAVIN’ AGAIN – Savoy Brown from Looking In – 1970
I’m leavin’ again when the night has gone, So let’s make love while the time, time rolls on
And time rolls on to another day, And this time tomorrow I’ll be gone and so far away.
TRUCKIN’ – The Grateful Dead from American Beauty – 1970
You’re sick of hangin’ around and you’d like to travel,
Get tired of travelin’ and you want to settle down,
I guess they can’t revoke your soul for tryin,’ Get out of the door and light out and look all around.
Sometimes the light’s all shinin’ on me, Other times I can barely see,
Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip it’s been
L.A.WOMAN – The Doors from L.A. Woman – 1971
I see your hair is burnin’ Hills are filled with fire
If they say I never loved you You know they are a liar
Drivin’ down your freeway Midnight alleys roam
Cops in cars, The topless bars Never saw a woman… So alone, so alone.
 RADAR LOVE – Golden Earring from Moontan – 1972
I’ve been drivin’ all night, my hand’s wet on the wheel,
There’s a voice in my head that drives my heel
It’s my baby callin’, says I need you here, And it’s a half past four and I’m shiftin’ gear
When she is lonely and the longing gets too much, She sends a cable comin’ in from above
Don’t need no phone at all.

Bonus instrumental track:
ON THE RUN – Pink Floyd from The Dark Side Of The Moon – 1973
For when words just get in the way, and the road is in your mind,
sit back close your eyes and take off!

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HIPPIE ACID ROAD TRIP RACE  – Winter 1970
Los Angeles, California to Aspen, Colorado . . . and the race back! 
featuring:
Driving Asleep, Snow Stranded with Crazy Colorado Chicks,
Deliverance Rednecks, LSD, and our VW Bug flies!

* Displayed in the header photo is an example of Hippie Ingenuity – a technique utilized in a previous Yosemite excursion when it was discovered that the tent poles were left behind – but there was plenty of rope and plenty of trees – and after some cowboy lassoing of key tent roof corners to the tree branches above, and staking the tent floor to the ground, all was well.
Whether the poles were forgotten or misplaced, the technique was once again used effectively on one of the famous Carmel Valley Hippie Road Trips, as a discerning eye can see.

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HIPPIE ROAD TRIP – PSILOCYBIN JOURNEY TO HOBBITLAND – Fall 1970

“At some point on the trip, even though I knew the whole environment around me was alive, I suddenly became aware of its intelligence and it was as if I was surrounded by a sentient web of vegetation and felt not as the alien but as a symbiotic member of their world. I felt accepted. Was this due to a hyper-sensitivity in the plant world to recognize the mushroom in my system? Was I registering enough symbiotic plant life to receive the “love” of the entire plant world that surrounded me? I decided to enjoy the moment – as it was as real as anything else I’ve ever experienced.”

– 00individual

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1960’s & 1970′s Album Track Gems

TOP 13 ACID TRIP TRIGGERS 

Acid Trips are subjective as is everything in life; so what is one man’s pleasure is another man’s pain. However during the ’60s and the ’70s there were many feelings that were universal, feelings that one knew others felt. This ability of cosmic empathy was gained naturally from consciousness-raising psychedelics and psychotropics, like LSD, Mescaline, Peyote, Psilocybin, Marijuana, Hashish, Pharmaceuticals and other good-for-you drugs, plants and herbs.

After taking LSD enough times 00individual developed a Pavlovian Dog reflex that began once his mind knew he was about to take acid and in anticipation brought on tinges of the initial feelings of LSD’s effects – even before ingesting the acid. His mind / brain were aware of what was to come to the point of actually mimicking the sensations in anticipation. Very Trippy, indeed.
00individual is his own Lab Rat.

Likewise, some songs were so associated with either a specific psychedelic experience, or were memorable soundtracks across several journeys, that upon hearing them could create the same, yet not as strong, Acid Trip Trigger.

There are reasons for some of the obvious classics included on the Top 13 and that’s because they deliver – both for the experienced and the inexperienced.
Some of these need only seconds into the track before the Trigger is pulled, some have a few sonic rounds in them. But all have the ability to hit on a psychedelic vibe, a psychedelic mood, a place where sound turns into a mini environment where the mind syncs with a level of being somewhere else, of being something else.

So, free your mind, prepare for an altered state, and let the Top 13 Acid-Trip Triggers do their thing:
Wear Your Love Like Heaven – Donovan
Immediately Donovan’s psychedelic vibe seeps into deep regions of the brain and creates an otherworldly environment that is actually all based in, and of, love. Groovy and Trippy.
The End – The Doors
There are so many world-class Triggers in this track that one could drop the needle anywhere within the track and hit a bulls-eye.
“1983… (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)” –  Jimi Hendrix
While 00individual respects the enforcement of Intellectual Property rights, in some cases it works against the Property Owner.
Deprivation of historic sounds to the interested public can bring about immediate negative reactions that go farther than the loss of “royalties” and possibly represent the artist through guilt by association. Everyone has to look past this corporatism to enjoy the music.
The truth is, Hendrix’ thoughts on this issue will never be known, but like most dedicated artists, its never about the money but about the creativity, the superseding of oneself.
00individual feels that Hendrix would want his music to be heard rather than depriving souls in need of a positive life changing experience upon hearing his music – it worked for 00individual. Hendrix’ music is empowering, and necessary. And unlike other art forms, music can be immediately available, or not.
So, if this track is up on the net dig it, if not, the album Electric Ladyland is worth more than whatever is paid.
Strawberry Fields – The Beatles
Residing in very much the same cerebral crevices of “Wear Your Love Like Heaven”; this track really replicates a classic acid trip mood or level that Psychonauts certainly can relate to. But remember, other than hallucinations, psychedelics only enhance what is already there – a mesmerizing psychedelic track is just that – as heard from any level of consciousness.
Dear Mr. Fantasy – Traffic
With almost all of these 13 tracks you can get off in the first 10 to 30 seconds – and “Dear Mr. Fantasy” holds that thought throughout.
Oh Well pt. 2 – Fleetwood Mac
Peter Green possessed a rare talent of not only guitar mastery but of deep emotional compositions. This track is a stand alone masterpiece that undulates with peaks and valleys of ever-changing chilling, thrilling psychedelic tinges.
Just about any and all of the World Class Riffs on this track, and there are many, have been sampled to create notable high-points within, or the basis for, many others’ compositions.
White Room – Cream
This track opens with thick slabs of psychedelic goodness, then some mysterious arcane lyrics with mini-wah-wah solos running throughout from themselves. Here is a track that strongly represents 1968/1969, which was escalating from Pills and Marijuana to Hashish, Mescaline and LSD; with all the rest right around the corner. Meanwhile the album version of White Room fills the room and the head as the track’s ending psychedelic wah-wah odyssey trails off like a nice LSD trip.
Jackson-Kent Blues – Steve Miller Band
“Jackson-Kent Blues” is an epic classic and is so good that you almost forget it’s a protest song about the killing of four students by the United States National Guard during student demonstrations against the Vietnam war at Kent State University in Ohio.
After laying down the hard-rockin’ rant, Miller takes off on a classic hard rock space jam showing his Space Cowboy roots; complete with LSD-laced watery echoplex and trailing, surging guitar wrangling and Wah-Wah wizardry throughout.
This track became known as “The PCP Theme Song” among 00individual and friends. This early strain of “Angel Dust” was a very fun, goofy, spacey, tactile-intensive, sensory-distorting, time-warping, laughter-causing mind-bender. This was not the superhuman maniac PCP “Rocket Fuel” strain popularized later, this was the original “Good Stuff”.
Look At You Look At Me – Dave Mason
“Looking all around me what do I see, Lots of changing faces and lots of things to be, But I’m happy just to be a part of all I see, As I turn round to look at you, And you look back at me.”
The essence of the ’60s just entering the ’70s; Mason packs it all into a few lines of soulful lyrics. During that long, easy, philosophical and reflective part of the trip, where one is cruising along an idyilic roadway in the mind or in reality, this track’s beginning, middle and end provide a rousing slo-motion Acid Trigger of time-released Love along Life and Nature’s Roadway – this track could go on forever.
Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
This is definitely one of the most lysergic tracks ever, and alters 00indidual’s neurons just thinking about listening to it. A strong Acid Trip Trigger that matches the power and surging waves of extremes that made Trips so much fucking fun.
My Generation – Live At Leeds – The Who
There are powerfully obvious psychedelic riffs and then there are the powerfully subtle psychedelic riffs – this live track, like The Doors The End, can pull a Trigger anywhere in the track. 00individual was ninety feet from the stage at Anaheim June 14, 1970 on Double Dome or White Lightning, or both, when The Who performed this version exactly it was Psychedelic Heaven – and a future Acid Trip Trigger..
Echoes – Pink Floyd
Is there any other more potent, immediate and direct Acid Trip Trigger than the first “ping” on Wright’s piano?
From the first few seconds to anywhere within the track an itchy Trigger finger can be satisfied.
White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane
Probably more people have used this as an Acid Trip Initiator than any other single song or track ever – 00individual can attest to several. Therefore, by SFH deduction this would surely be the #1 Best Acid Trip Trigger!
The opening strains of White Rabbit get the Pavlovian gears going as the marching beat matches one’s noticeably-increased heartbeat, and the expectation of an assured adventure is supported by the music and lyrics of the Psychedelic Queen, Grace Slick . . . then the real fun begins, it’s time to follow Alice down the rabbit hole . . .

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The ROLLING STONES
EXILE ON MAIN ST.
Rolling Stones Records COC 2-2900 – May 12, 1972

Nineteen seventy-two was a rejuvenating time for The Stones. Rather than to further explore Sticky Fingers territory they got down and gritty with their double LP, “Exile on Main St.” as a return to their Rock ‘n’ Blues roots with a punkish Gospel attitude. This return somehow fit the times – Cocaine use was on the rise everywhere in a fairly social environment, but with it came a stark realization; for as the colorful ’60s flowers began to wilt they revealed the dark dirt beneath – the descent of the cherished Vibe.

The Stones surely sensed the prevailing winds and broke their seemingly relentlessness three release summit climb and instead were exiled on Main Street.
Some Main Streets can be the worst street in town, as a matter of fact, The Stones are playing at a small club right down here a couple blocks on Main Street, let’s  go check ’em out . . .

. . . if you’ve ever been to the Hollywood Palladium you know that it’s a terrific venue for concerts. With a maximum capacity of 3,500; it’s just large enough to accommodate a select concentration of the dedicated Tribe who made the cut, as well as small enough to create a relatively intimate party atmosphere where “the bands and the fans can Rock the House”. With that in mind you may wonder, out of a population of seven million in L.A. county with at least a few hundred thousand Stones fans, how did 00individual get tickets for himself and a group of close friends?

The tickets for The Stones “Exile On Main St” concert were available on a first come first serve basis from information in an ad in the L.A.Times Saturday edition.
The first 3,500 people, whose money oders inside their mailed requests were received, got tickets. 00individual had an L.A. Times distributor connection and obtained a few Saturday copies on Friday night, around Midnight –he can clearly remember as if it was yesterday; he cut open a bundled stack of newspapers as if it was the lid on a treasure chest! And it was! A Rock ‘n’ Roll treasure chest! For inside were assured early-access-to-Stones-concert-tickets gold!
00individual passed out the ads to friends on stand-by, dropped them off at the 24 hour LAX central post office and had their requests for tickets in the mail before anyone else in L.A. even received the paper!
That’s right, “we’re talkin’ ‘bout the Midnight Rambler; the one that scored ticket gold!

On June 9, 1972, only one month after Exile’s release, and after playing both LPs – a lot – 00individual was primed to hear the songs live.
Once the Stones took the stage it was party time! The Tribal Rock Fiends of Rik, Krik, TFS, Dr. Dean, Mike D, 00individual and a couple other usual suspects had claimed an area in the middle of the Palladium floor about ten deep back from the edge of the stage, perfect position to put them within 20 to 30 feet of The Stones the whole evening!
This was during a good, clean, fun Cocaine phase and they came prepared! There was no search-at-the-door back then and they literally crouched down and did cocaine pow-wows throughout the concert.

The Stones were hyped, had to be, they knew who they were about to perform for; that’s right, the hyped Hard-Core L.A.Stones Fan that made it to this concert on Main Street, well, Sunset Boulevard, but that’s like a symbolic Main Street in L.A.
Joints were passed and received and The Stones rocked the house!
From 00individual’s viewpoint it literally felt as if The Stones were the live entertainment for a small party that got out of control! Insane! The Best! Historic! World-Class Good Times! Imprinted Memories! Way Too cool!

To prove the intimacy of attending this concert of 3,500; The Stones next L.A. area gig was the Long Beach Arena (capacity: 13,500) and then two nights at the Forum, Inglewood (Capacity: 18,000).
So nearly 50,000 L.A.-area fans saw The Stones in 1972 – but only 3,500 saw them intimately.

A super rare, fun and memorable classic concert of Rock ‘n’ Roll History. Sigh.

Lineup: Mick Jagger (Vocals and Harmonica), Keith Richards (Guitars and Vocals),
Mick Taylor (Guitars), Bill Wyman (Bass), Charlie Watts (Drums), Nicky Hopkins (Piano and Organ), Bobby Keyes (Saxophones), Jim Price (Trumpet and Trombone).

A Classic Kick-Ass Set: Brown Sugar, Bitch, Rocks Off, Gimme Shelter, Happy, Tumbling Dice, Sweet Virginia;
You Can’t Always Get What You Want, All Down the Line, Midnight Rambler, Jumping Jack Flash, Street Fighting Man.
Whew!

Although initially panned, (Rockers knew better) the “Exile On Main St.” LPs rocked hard and dirty, just the way they liked their Stones – and the double album is now not only high on all “Best Lists” and considered a classic high-point within The Stones’ canon, but possibly the last “classic” Stones release to date – for real.

EXILE ON MAIN ST.
Side one
1. “Rocks Off” 4:31
2. “Rip This Joint” 2:22
3. “Shake Your Hips” (Slim Harpo) 2:59
4. “Casino Boogie” 3:33
5. “Tumbling Dice” 3:45
Side two
6. “Sweet Virginia” 4:27
7. “Torn and Frayed” 4:17
8. “Sweet Black Angel” 2:54
9. “Loving Cup” 4:25
Side three
10. “Happy” 3:04
11. “Turd on the Run” 2:36
12. “Ventilator Blues” (Jagger/Richards/Mick Taylor) 3:24
13. “I Just Want to See His Face” 2:52
14. “Let It Loose” 5:16
Side four
15. “All Down the Line” 3:49
16. “Stop Breaking Down” (Robert Johnson) 4:34
17. “Shine a Light” 4:14
18. “Soul Survivor” 3:49

Super 8 footage shot by Robert Frank of The Rolling Stones in LA and NY, 1971.
Rephotographed by Frank for the cover of ‘Exile On Main Street.

The World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band!
The ROLLING STONES
Staples Center – Los Angeles, CA – May 20, 2013

THIS PROVES THAT ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MAGIC STILL EXISTS!

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VANILLA FUDGE – August 1967

Although 00individual was getting the psychedelic most from his new friendship with Marijuana, when Vanilla Fudge released their debut album mid-’67 he had not yet taken any psychedelics, like LSD or Mescaline. However, this album was the “advance man” for the rapidly-approaching psychedelic days to come, as the Top 13 Historic & Classic Psychedelic Albums 1967 proves.

Vanilla Fudge used the time-expanding properties of LSD and created intensely dramatic, sometimes heart-rending, nearly operatic versions of big Rhythm and Blues, Soul, and Pop songs and made them their own.  These were not cover songs, as once they were mixed through the Vanilla Fudge LSD Machine they came out as a delightful batch of tasty re-invented songs.
While the songs they Fudged were certainly familiar, it was the way they did them that dredged up deep primal dream-state psychedelia.  Their stylized version of The Supremes’ “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” is a time-stamp epic of Acid-drenched Psychedelic R’n’B Soul Rock.  Yowza!

In ’68, Deep Purple (MKI) were tagged as “the British Vanilla Fudge” with their slowed-down psychedelic rock versions of Soul/R’n’B and Pop songs. Actually, both bands were leaders and explorers of the extended dramatic anthemic Hammond heavy precursor to Progressive Rock – which would magnificently explode in the very early-to-mid ’70s.

So, this is where it was at in the second half of ’67 – from then on every level of Pop Culture, Madison Avenue and even the Mainstream adopted, exploited, and enjoyed the proliferation of Psychedelic Culture in their designs, advertisements, and their lives.

VANILLA FUDGE – Full Album
Side one
“Ticket to Ride” (John Lennon-Paul McCartney) – 5:40
“People Get Ready” (Curtis Mayfield) – 6:30
“She’s Not There” (Rod Argent) – 4:55
“Bang Bang” (Sonny Bono) – 5:20
Side 1 of the album ends with: “The following is a series of high-frequency tones…”

Side two
“Illusions of My Childhood – Part One” – 0:20
“You Keep Me Hangin’ On” (Brian Holland-Lamont Dozier-Eddie Holland) – 6:42
“Illusions of My Childhood – Part Two” – 0:23
“Take Me for a Little While (Trade Martin) – 3:27  “Take Me for a Little While – Evie Sands’ ’65 hit – 2:35
“Illusions of My Childhood — Part Three – 0:23
“Eleanor Rigby” (Lennon–McCartney) – 8:10

Vanilla Fudge recorded five albums during the years 1967–69 with the original band members:
Mark Stein vocalist/organist, Tim Bogert bassist/vocalist, Vince Martell lead guitarist/vocalist, and Carmine Appice drummer/vocalist.

After Vanilla Fudge’s break-up, the band continued on through personnel changes; Bogert and Appice formed Cactus, and later joined Jeff Beck as Beck, Bogert and Appice.
The original band members reunited on and off over the years and are touring in 2016 with Appice and Martell!

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Joe Walsh and Bad Company “One Hell of a Night” Tour – 2016

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JOE WALSH
Top Six 1970s Album Track Gems

Today it seems like anyone can compose music and write lyrics to songs through computer programs.  Back in the ’60s and the ’70s it was considered a bold statement to seriously start a Rock band and create music; those aspiring musicians and singers had to make sacrifices while being seen as foolish – because even with the spirit, desire, dedication and talent, competition was really tough and talent was often times not enough.  Therefore, those few successful singer/ songwriters were revered as gifted entities – and many were.

To master musical instruments is a lifelong gift to oneself and for others, as is the ability to write lyrics and sing – but to write witty clever satirical insightful lyrics is rare.  Up at the top of the list are; Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, Frank Zappa, Warren Zevon, Tom Waits, and Joe Walsh, each had their own satiric/sardonic type of clever lyrics of double entendres, pointed meanings, and  linguistic acrobatics. These songs’ lyrics produced grins and laughter which sometimes covered the sobering reality underneath.  But when handled with a Hard Rockin’ sense of fun by Joe Walsh, it’s an entertaining education.

JOE WALSH
Top Six 1970s Album Track Gems

Here ’tis:

with The James Gang:
Funk #49 – July 1970
Appropriately named, this #49 is a classic pre-Funk Rocker. Inventive semi-instrumental with a free-form party jam midway through then back to great Riff-Rockin’.
Walk Away – April 1971
An early glimpse into future infectious master riffs plus lyrics that simply tug at the heartstrings for those that have had that feeling when she turns her pretty head and  . . .

with Barnstorm:
Rocky Mountain Way – June 18, 1973
Here’s a terrific anthem for 1973; this track is and was a welcome reminder of several Colorado Rocky Mountain adventures and is always a joy to hear, anywhere.
County Fair – December 14, 1974
Joe transcends to another plane with this track.  A perfect blend of ethereal music and lyrics.  There are literally only a couple dozen songs that achieve this mysterious melancholy soul-tugging effect; John Mayall – Broken Wings, Ellis – El Doomo, Blackmore’s Rainbow – Catch the Rainbow, but 00individual has already given away too much – these Aural Psychedelics deserve their own post.
For now, let’s visit the County Fair just over the hill, through the meadow, over the gently flowing creek, into that sunny but cool area of your mind.
And see if you can get the puzzle pieces to fit.

with The Eagles:
Life in the Fast Lane – May 3, 1977
“Surely make you loose your mind.”

Solo:
Life’s Been Good – May 16, 1978
Joe at his best – the music and lyrics just glide along, perfectly conveying an easygoing, but ironic, Rock Star lifestyle by a smart survivor. Any Rock Star, Rocker, or Music Lover for that matter, that does survive and is still thriving proves that Rock ‘n’ Roll is the Real Fountain of Youth.

And life’s been good so far . . .

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Experience 1960’s and 1970’s Culture Archives
Authentic Counter-Culture Artifact:
CEREMONIAL PIPE
plus
High School Confidential:
“I WAS A TEENAGE DOPER!”
plus
Tribute to an Exceptional Human: Jeff Warren

00individual would like to remind everyone that his documented experiences were not unlike hundreds of thousands of like-minded free-spirited individuals. He wasn’t doing anything anyone else of the Counter-Culture wasn’t doing; except in a few uniquely-positioned cases: M.G.M. Studio Back-lot 3 Adventures! – ’68 ;  Pink Floyd – Los Angeles Sports Arena – Three Nights – Front Row Center! – ’75; Supernatural Super Natural – ’71; True Hippie Levitation Experience – ’72; Kicked Out of Disneyland – Twice! – ’68 and ’70!; and as a Record Store Manager – ’71-’72; Record and Tape Rack Jobber – ’72-’73; Record Store Manager of the Stars! – ’74-’75 and A True 24 Hour Account of a Day in the Life of a Los Angeles Hippie – ’71.

While Marijuana/Cannabis has been growing wild since uprights gained consciousness; it wouldn’t be until the beginning of January 1967 for 00individual to smoke Marijuana for the first time – it was scary, thrilling, and fun – all at the same time.  Getting high was as much fun as getting high!  It was forbidden and illegal, but offered something never before experienced in life; the ability to enter an alternate world – a world that was there all along.

By the time the Summer of Love happened, the publicized use of Marijuana and drugs was all over the news; so getting high was done in secret, away from parents and even away from some friends; most friends early on.  This was back when, in a high school population of two to three thousand students, there were about a dozen known Dopers and about the same number of suspected “Dopers”.  00individual always liked that name, he took pride in it, he wasn’t “known” yet, but he was “suspected”, which in and of itself was very cool. Being a suspected Doper made him part of the underground, a secret group that only Dopers knew about.

Like his small circle of about four or five guys and other small groups of Dopers, he took uppers and downers smoked weed and Hash all in covert, responsible ways, but the Establishment’s negative propaganda popularized a “Doper” as a low-life addicted criminal; the scourge of society. He wasn’t like that and neither were his friends. This was one of the first times where 00individual was presented with the truth that he knew was correct from personal experience versus the lies that were being reported.  Sure, there were some drug-addled bad guys out there, but the term was being twisted to include a group of innocent teenage psychedelic adventurers.
This was very ironic at the time, because as 00individual was becoming enlightened, it became all too clear as to whom the real Dopers were.

The ’60s and the ’70s environment encouraged creativity; Musicians, Singers, Actors, Artists, Comedians, Cultural Leaders, Writers, Poets, Rock Bands, Painters, Sculptors, Dancers, and the average inspired Individual all explored their talents and abilities.

Sometimes that creativity emerged out of necessity ‘cuz back then it twarn’t like’tis for you young folk today, oh no, 00individual had to roll his own joints and make do with whatever type of pipe he could find to suit his needs.  This was the era when people were sent to jail for long periods over a joint, a roach, or even more insidious, a seed.

So in times of lack of a decent pipe, or to avoid “holding” drug paraphernalia, a quick Hash pipe could be conjured up by a few inches of brass tubing (for repeated use) or anything tubular that could hold the heat for a quick bowlful (metal pen) and a piece of tin foil. With the tin foil wrapped around the end of the pipe (tube) and sculpted into a bowl and tested for a clear sustained draw, the technique proved to work very well, and was actually great for Hashish, and Opium even – for those times when euphoric opportunity needs immediate ingenuity.

This form of creative ingenuity spread throughout the Counter-Culture, and soon the Tribes of the Nations had an artistic imprint in everything they did.  Pop Culture exploded into society – it was a great time to be a human!

This Authentic Counter-Culture Ceremonial Pipe is an example of the Counter-Culture’s artistic ritual attachment and meaning bestowed upon sacred objects in one’s life.  It also serves as a link back to the roots of Tribal Man when a pipe’s essence was shared among caste members, friends, family, or an enemy, as a sign of Brotherhood and Peace.  Assuredly many a treaty was settled after a few rounds of the Ceremonial Peace Pipe of Marijuana among adversaries, who once the ego was broken-down, became friends, or at least parted with empathy for one another.

In the late ’60s this very pipe began being the conduit from Herb to Heaven an infinite amount of times for nearly as many people, cosmically-speaking.  It is a small short-draw hardwood slide-top pipe purchased at a Head Shop in Venice. Over time 00individual grafted another wood pipe to extend the draw length, then later a flexible rubber tube and hollow wood mouthpiece for further extension and a cooler hit.  Spiritually-relevant additions were embedded over the years; a silver sliver moon, turquoise chips, wood bead with glass inner bead, a special piece of leather, inlaid peace sign, and an inlaid Yin-Yang symbol on the front with a mini-turbo hole in the center.  The pipe was finally finished and wrapped in the leather thong that served as 00individual’s necklace for the auspicious mystery animal tooth discovered while on a hike. Proof of the pipe’s completion is that 00individual can be seen wearing the Tooth necklace (with beads at the time) seen in photo blow-up below from ’73 and ’74 – and soon after he used the thong’s acquired-from-him Essential Vibe to wrap and symbolically trap all of the psychic energy that it had absorbed and contained over the years.

One could probably get super high by just inhaling the heated smoke coming off the walls of rich, thick, dank decades worth of permeated strains of Marijuana and Hashish.  Yum!

00individual had many pipes over the decades; a traditional mens’ gnarled wood bowl with black plastic bakelite stem pipe, water pipes galore, brass “fixture” pipes, and of course
00individual’s Legendary Gas Mask
but the Ceremonial Pipe was the only one that survived the decades.

Rendition of 00individual’s Famous Gas Mask circa late ’60s / early ’70s.

Peace Pipe, Out.

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JEFF WARREN TRIBUTE

There has been an unprecedented passing of notable creative and talented people so far this year; unfortunately 00individual needs to add one more to that list, Jeff Warren.

While Jeff was not internationally known he was a popular hometown personality and master magician. Beyond excellent card tricks and sleight of hand, Jeff created a magic about him; those who knew him were blessed.  Renown for his skills as an entertaining waiter for several high-profile restaurants; Jeff’s personal magic spread quickly.
His weird and wonderful behavior sometimes got him in trouble, but it was usually for extreme innocent fun or for a rebellious act of being human – which is what made Jeff the beloved character that he was.
Initially a friend of 00individual’s son, Jeff became a welcomed part of the family for over two decades. He was a rare soul whose smile was infectious and whose friendship 00individual will always cherish.

Against all odds, Jeff fought his condition and beat the system much longer than most, but courageously, in a lucid state of mind, and with great humor, finally made the decision to put his energy elsewhere and transcend this plane for a higher one on April 27, 2016 at 43 years young.

00individual would say the usual Rest In Peace, but somehow he knows that Jeff will be far too busy to let something like death slow him down, and also knows for a fact that they will meet again, and have more cosmic talks in the Upper Astral Kitchen.

Jeff Warren, a True Rock ‘n’ Roll Hippie Rebel Protester for Truth and Justice!
(Fighting the Good Fight during the Occupy Era of Rebellious Revolution!)

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9/22/72 – Hollywood Bowl – Pink Floyd perform complete DSOTM 6 months before LP’s release.

EXPERIENCE ROCK HISTORY!

PINK FLOYD – The Dark Side Of The Moon – 3/1/73 – Capitol SMAS 11163

This album remained on the Billboard charts for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988 – that’s fifteen years with over fifty million copies sold; and since volumes have been written about the album and it has been dissected from every angle, 00individual thought it would be nice to share the experience of what it was like to be at Ground Zero for DSOTM’s release and the addicting impact it had on people in general, and a Monster Pink Floyd Fan in specific.

After co-managing historic Crane’s Record Store in Inglewood, California, the Home of the Fabulous Forum, and then managing the Crane’s Store in Palos Verdes; 00individual became acquainted with the One-Stop distributors through runs to pick up stock for the store.

In early ’72 one of the major L.A. distributors, Record Rack Merchandise, offered him a lucrative position as a Rack Jobber: a Record and Tape Buyer for Retailers; basically a traveling Record Store Manager.

By early ’73 00individual was deep into Rack Jobbin’ and had absorbed so much info on all categories and genres of Music and Pop Culture that John Cusack’s character in the movie High Fidelity was just one facet of his knowledge. Unfortunately with that expansive exposure to music he became somewhat jaded, he had exhausted every known genre, discovered and listened to the best of Rock, Blues, Pop, Jazz, Soundtracks, Electronica, Classical, Comedy, Country and Western, Folk, Spoken Word, Song Stylists, Broadway Shows, and Easy Listening.  Soundtracks became another glorious world to explore and he did with nearly five hundred original soundtrack albums in his vinyl collection of over thirty-five hundred choice albums.

But then there was one event that held the promise of future sonic excitement; on September 9, 1972 00individual experienced his favorite band; Pink Floyd, live at the Hollywood Bowl.  They performed the complete DSOTM in Quadrophonic sound – six months earlier than the album’s release.

PF transcended their own plateau of greatness and created another level where they unveiled an emotionally-moving masterpiece, a perfect blend of light and dark, of outward observation as well as inward.  Filled with raunchy rock, heavenly choruses, a Capella solos, stratospheric guitar excursions, soul-grabbing bass lines, sexy and savage keyboard riffs, perfect percussive rhythms, dreamy, melancholy, and cool saxophone passages, and lyrics that surely changed lives;

PF started the concert off with the debut of their new album; “The Dark Side of the Moon”, in its entirety. Immediately the Bowl was entranced and spellbound by “Breathe”, “On the Run”, and “Time”, but it was the outright rock of “Money” that blew everyone away as the sound of huge cash-registers circled the Bowl in Quadraphonic sound!   00individual remembers the exhilaration of the whacked-out music he was hearing – they weren’t even halfway through before he knew that Rock ‘n’ Roll as he knew it (and as he liked it) was again being defined by PINK FLOYD.

He rarely brought a camera to concerts, but since he had good box seats he did and caught a split-second classic Pink Floyd moment-in-time through his Minolta SRT 101 during “Careful with that Axe, Eugene” as the crescendo builds, and just as Waters screams; pink-lit smoke bombs exploded and filled the stage!  A truly amazing rare analog shot from that classic era. (See header photo.)

Eagerly, no, fiendishly he then awaited the release of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon.

Then on Thursday March 1, 1973, 00individual arrived to work to see sealed boxes of Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon straight from the Capitol Records’ distributor.  After pulling orders and adding new releases for all his accounts’ next day delivery, he snagged a copy of DSOTM for himself.  It’s not always about being the first but for archival purposes it’s pertinent.

00individual vividly remembers coming home to the quaint little place in Inglewood he shared with his girlfriend, and once inside he turned on his Quadraphonic sound system, expertly sliced open the heat-shrinked cellophane wrap and inhaled the newly minted straight from the factory vinyl fragrance that was released to excited olfactory senses.
He ceremoniously descended the vinyl onto the turntable, triggered the slo-mo damp on the needle/cartridge arm to touch down, silently . . .
. . . and the symbolic heartbeat sound of life began the birth of an evolved Pink Floyd.
The lyric and sonic righteous, bold, and brilliant on-all-levels journey that Pink Floyd led and achieved made it hard to listen to other far less advanced albums . . . for a while at least.

If you don’t know the rest of the story, listen to the album, if you have, then you do.

But wait, there’s more Pink Floyd goodness; 00individual witnessed Rock ‘n’ Roll History;
Last tour with Roger Waters – DSOTM in its entirety and Echoes as the encore!
L.A. Sports Arena 1975!
FRONT ROW CENTER!
THREE NIGHTS!

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The Peak Of The Pinnacle Of Rock!
THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
1973!

Click on the “Pink Floyd Zone” logo to unlock the cosmic vault of Rare PF Bootleg Vinyl!

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 1970s PROGRESSIVE ROCK BANDS

The Usual Suspects:
King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Neu, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Gentle Giant, Can, Gong, Hawkwind, Popol Vuh, Curved Air, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Electric Light Orchestra, Brian Eno, The Nice, The Moody Blues, Amon Duul II, Utopia, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Nektar, Tangerine Dream, Eloy, Cosmic Couriers, Khan, Ash Ra Tempel, Kraftwerk, Bo Hanson, Vangelis, Sensations Fix, and even Jethro Tull are all considered Progressive Rock.

Adaptations of Classical pieces first appeared prominently in Broadway shows, movies, Pop songs and then finally in the Rock World serving as a musical genre-defining category; Progressive. Where some bands literally adapted or interpreted Rock versions of classical themes, passages or entire pieces; others used the classical structure and orchestral techniques to create a progressive way of approaching Rock.

Progressive Rock soon evolved and eclipsed the Classical base and transcended to an open genre that included bands whose music couldn’t fall into any other categories but exhibited the flair for intricately-arranged compositions, vocal styles and musicianship, and thus became Progressive.

Prog Rock musician requirements were self-evident – creative and accomplished musicians need only apply.  And to showcase complex compositions and intricate musicianship, many songs were lengthy, therefore it was not uncommon that the result was a whole side, or even both sides of an album devoted to one track, or concept.

While 00individual is very familiar with many on this list, especially from the first half of the decade, there are also many he has never heard of, but more than likely because they were regional-only releases that never made it to the U.S. on radio, vinyl or otherwise.  If it wasn’t for Tower Records on the Sunset Strip, Moby Disc out in the Valley, and a few other independents . . . well, let’s perish the thought . . . as most record stores didn’t carry imports.

A cursory run through the years shows the absolute dominance of England and the U.K. as the main source of Progressive Rock.  Italy, France, Germany and other Euro nation artists were also great creative contributors, and it seems proper that it is so; the Old World feel of Classical Music as a spiritual guide for modern day descendants gave a righteous authenticity to the whole genre.

It was a great era for music exploration and Progressive Rock was one of the best examples.  So, here is a fairly concise, but condensed, 1970’s year-by-year decade’s worth of releases by Progressive Rock Bands – and who better than to start off the 1970’s decade than with the band whose name is Progressive; The Mothers of Invention!

1970
9 Feb 1970 The Mothers of Invention Burnt Weeny Sandwich US
1970 Feb Van der Graaf Generator The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other UK
13 March 1970 Egg Egg United Kingdom
15 May 1970 King Crimson In the Wake of Poseidon United Kingdom
6 June 1970 Soft Machine Third United Kingdom
1970 June The Nice Five Bridges England
1970 Jund Yes Time and a Word United Kingdom
10 Aug 1970 Mothers of Invention Weasels Ripped My Flesh US
4 September 1970 Caravan If I Could Do It All Over Again, I’d Do It All Over You UK
10 October 1970 Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother United Kingdom
23 October 1970 Genesis Trespass United Kingdom
23 October 1970 Frank Zappa Chunga’s Revenge US
1970 Nov Curved Air Air-conditioning United Kingdom
20 Nov 1970 Emerson, Lake & Palmer EL&P England
27 November 1970 Gentle Giant Gentle Giant United Kingdom
1970 Dec Van der Graaf Generator H to He, Who Am the Only 1 UK
11 December 1970 King Crimson Lizard United Kingdom
1970 Amon Düül II Yeti Germany
1970 Bo Hansson Sagan Om Ringen (LOTR) Sweden
1970 Beggars Opera Act One United Kingdom
1970 Focus Focus Plays Focus (In and Out of Focus) Netherlands
1970 Magma Magma France
1970 Rare Bird As Your Mind Flies By United Kingdom

1971
19 February 1971 Yes The Yes Album England
1971 Feb Soft Machine Fourth England
1971 March Amon Düül II Tanz der Lemminge Germany
8 April 1971 Caravan In the Land of Grey and Pink England
2 August 1971 The Mothers Fillmore East – June 1971 US
14 June 1971 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Tarkus England
16 July 1971 Gentle Giant Acquiring the Taste England
4 October 1971 Frank Zappa 200 Motels US
8 October 1971 Hawkwind In Search of Space England
30 October 1971 Pink Floyd Meddle England
1971 Oct Focus Focus II (aka Moving Waves) Netherlands
1971 Oct Van der Graaf Generator Pawn Hearts England
October 1971 Gong Camembert Electrique England/France
12 November 1971 Genesis Nursery Cryme England
26 November 1971 Yes Fragile England
1971 Dec Electric Light Orchestra The Electric Light Orch UK
1971 Dec King Crimson Islands England
1971 Ash Ra Tempel Ash Ra Tempel Germany
1971 Beggars Opera Waters of Change England
1971 Can Tago Mago Germany
1971 Egg The Polite Force United Kingdom
1971 Faust Faust Germany
1971 Mort Garson Black Mass/Lucifer Canada
1971 Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come Galactic Zoo Dossier Eng
1971 McDonald and Giles McDonald and Giles England

1972
1972 Jan Premiata Forneria Marconi Storia di un minuto Italy
1972 Feb Strawbs Grave New World England
18 Feb 1972 Manfred Mann’s Earth Band MMEB UK
10 March 1972 Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick England
14 April 1972 Gentle Giant Three Friends England
19 May 1972 Caravan Waterloo Lily England
3 June 1972 Pink Floyd Obscured by Clouds England
23 June 1972 Jethro Tull Living in the Past England
5 July 1972 Frank Zappa Waka/Jawaka US
6 July 1972 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Trilogy England
13 September 1972 Yes Close to the Edge England
1972 Sep Bo Hansson Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings US
6 October 1972 Genesis Foxtrot England
1972 August Tangerine Dream Zeit Germany
29 Sept 1972 Manfred Mann’s Earth Band Glorified Magnified UK
1972 Nov Emerson, Lake & Palmer Pictures at an Exhibition Eng
1972 Nov Hawkwind Doremi Fasol Latido England
1972 Nov Premiata Forneria Marconi Per un amico Italy
1 December 1972 Gentle Giant Octopus England
1972 Dec Electric Light Orchestra No Answer US
1972 Dec The Mothers The Grand Wazoo US
1972 Ash Ra Tempel Schwingungen Germany
1972 Beggars Opera Pathfinder England
1972 Ash Ra Tempel 7 Up Germany
1972 Brainbox Parts Netherlands
1972 Can Ege Bamyasi Germany1972 Focus Focus 3 Netherlands
1972 Khan Space Shanty England
1972 Pekka Pohjola Pihkasilmä Kaarnakorva Finland
1972 Renaissance Prologue England

1973
1 January 1973 Rick Wakeman The Six Wives of Henry VIII Eng
1973 Feb Camel Camel England
1973 Feb Electric Light Orchestra ELO 2 (UK)/ELO II (US)
10 March 1973 Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon England
23 March 1973 King Crimson Larks’ Tongues in Aspic England
11 May 1973 Hawkwind Space Ritual England
18 May 1973 Yes Yessongs England
25 May 1973 Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells England
6 July 1973 Jethro Tull A Passion Play England
27 July 1973 Genesis Genesis Live England
1973 Aug Henry Cow The Henry Cow Legend England
7 Sept 1973 Frank Zappa & The Mothers Over-Nite Sensation US
1973 Sep Gentle Giant In a Glass House England
10 October 1973 Renaissance Ashes Are Burning England
12 October 1973 Genesis Selling England by the Pound England
1973 Oct Prematia Forneria Marconi Photos of Ghosts Italy
1973 Oct Caravan For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night Eng
1973 Nov Brian Eno & Robert Fripp No Pussyfooting England
1973 Nov Brian Eno Here Come The Warm Jets England
1973 Nov Electric Light Orchestra On The Third Day England
19 Nov 1973 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery Eng
30 Nov 1973 Manfred Mann’s Earth Band Solar Fire UK
1973 Nov Nektar Remember the Future England
14 December 1973 Yes Tales from Topographic Oceans England
1973 Beggars Opera Get Your Dog Off Me! England
1973 Eloy Inside Germany
1973 Embryo Steig Aus Germany
1973 Flash Out of our Hands England
1973 Gong Angel’s Egg Various
1973 Greenslade Greenslade England
1973 Magma Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh France
1973 Ravi Shankar Transmigration Macabre UK
1973 Cyrille Verdeaux Clearlight Symphony France

1974
20 February 1974 Tangerine Dream Phaedra Germany
1974 Feb Hatfield & the North Hatfield & the North England
1 March 1974 Camel Mirage England
8 March 1974 Queen Queen II England
1974 Mar Kansas Kansas US
1974 Mar Refugee Refugee England
29 March 1974 King Crimson Starless and Bible Black England
1974 Mar Rush Rush Canada
19 April 1974 Caravan Caravan and the New Symphonia England
22 April 1974 Frank Zappa Apostrophe (‘) US
1974 Apr Focus Hamburger Concerto Netherlands
1974 May Henry Cow Unrest England
1974 May Rick Wakeman Journey to the Center of the Earth Eng
26 July 1974 Robert Wyatt Rock Bottom England
28 August 1974 Mike Oldfield Hergest Ridge England
10 Sept 1974 Frank Zappa & The Mothers Roxy & Elsewhere US
20 Sept 1974 Gentle Giant The Power and the Glory England
1974 Sep Electric Light Orchestra Eldorado (A Symphony) Eng
1974 Sep Hawkwind Hall of the Mountain Grill England
1974 Sep Supertramp Crime of the Century England
1974 Sep Todd Rundgren’s Utopia Utopia US
11 October 1974 Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Good Earth UK
14 October 1974 Jethro Tull Warchild England
1974 Oct Fred Frith Guitar Solos England
8 Nov 1974 Queen Sheer Heart Attack England
18 Nov 1974 Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Eng
1974 Nov King Crimson Red England
Nov 1974 Brian Eno Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy Eng
1974 Nov Kraftwerk Autobahn Germany
13 December 1974 Yes Relayer England
1974 Acqua Fragile Mass Media Stars Italy
1974 Alusa Fallax Intorno alla mia cattiva educazione Italy
1974 Ange Au-delà du délire France
1974 Area Caution Radiation Area Italy
1974 Arti + Mestieri Tilt Italy
1974 Badger White Lady England
1974 Beggars Opera Sagitarry England
1974 Biglietto per l’Inferno Biglietto per l’Inferno Italy
1974 Cluster Zuckerzeit Germany
1974 The Cosmic Jokers Galactic Supermarket Germany
1974 DAG Sećanja Yugoslavia
1974 Dah Veliki cirkus Yugoslavia
1974 Delirium III Italy
1974 Edgar Allan Poe Generazioni – Una storia di sempre Italy
1974 Gong You Various
1974 Gryphon Red Queen to Gryphon Three England
1974 Kayak Kayak II Netherlands
1974 Magma Kohntarkosz France
1974 Korni Grupa Not an Ordinary Life Yugoslavia
1974 Le Orme Contrappunti Italy
1974 Los Canarios Ciclos Spain
1974 Los Jaivas/Manduka Los Sueños De América Chile
1974 Metamorfosi Inferno Italy
1974 Pekka Pohjola Harakka Bialoipokku (B The Magpie) Finland
1974 Porodična Manufaktura Crnog Hleba Stvaranaje Yugoslavia
1974 Premiata Forneria Marconi L’isola di niente Italy
1974 Renaissance Turn of the Cards England
1974 Saint Just La casa del lago Italy
1974 Samla Mammas Manna Klossa Knapitatet Sweden
1974 Strawbs Hero and Heroine England
1974 Triumvirat Illusions on a Double Dimple Germany
1974 Wigwam Being Finland
1974 YU Grupa Kako to da svaki dan? Yugoslavia

1975
15 February 1975 Rush Fly by Night Canada
1975 Feb Kansas Song for America US
21 March 1975 Tangerine Dream Rubycon Germany
22 March 1975 Soft Machine Bundles England
1975 Mar Hatfield and the North The Rotter’s Club England
1975 Apr Camel The Snow Goose England
1975 May Hawkwind Warrior on the Edge of Time England
1975 May Henry Cow In Praise of Learning England
1975 May Rick Wakeman Myths & Legends:
King Arthur/the Knights of the Round Table England
25 June 1975 Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention 1 Size Fits All US
22 August 1975 Gentle Giant Free Hand England
22 Aug 1975 M. Mann’s Earth Band Nightingales & Bombers UK
5 September 1975 Jethro Tull Minstrel in the Gallery England
12 September 1975 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here England
12 September 1975 Rush Caress of Steel Canada
1975 Sep Electric Light Orchestra Face The Music England
1975 Sep Kansas Masque US
2 Oct 1975 F. Zappa & Mothers w/Capt Beefheart Bongo Fury US
21 October 1975 Mike Oldfield Ommadawn England
1975 Oct Barclay James Harvest Time Honoured Ghosts England
1975 Oct Steve Hackett Voyage of the Acolyte England
1975 Oct Van der Graaf Generator Godbluff England
7 November 1975 Chris Squire Fish Out of Water England
21 November 1975 Queen A Night at the Opera England
1975 Nov Supertramp Crisis? What Crisis? England
1975 Ambrosia Ambrosia US
1975 Ange Émile Jacotey France
1975 Apoteosi Apoteosi Italy
1975 Area Crac! Italy
1975 Beggars Opera Beggars Can’t Be Choosers England
1975 Caravan Cunning Stunts England
1975 Carpe Diem En Regardant Passer Le Temps France
1975 Clearlight Forever Blowing Bubbles France
1975 Druid Toward the Sun England
1975 Brian Eno Another Green World England
1975 Brian Eno Discreet Music England
1975 Brian Eno & Robert Fripp Evening Star England
1975 Fusioon Minorisa Spain
1975 Harmonium Si on avait besoin d’une cinquième saison Canada
1975 Steve Hillage Fish Rising England
1975 Kayak Royal Bed Bouncer Netherlands
1975 Land Cool Breeze Belgium
1975 Magma Live/Hhaï France
1975 Maxophone Maxophone Italy
1975 Modrý Efekt Modrý Efekt & Radim Hladik Czechoslovakia
1975 The Muffins Secret Signals II US
1975 Opus Opus 1 Yugoslavia
1975 Le Orme Smogmagica Italy
1975 Los Jaivas El Indio Chile
1975 Phoenix Cantafabule Romania
1975 Pop Mašina Na izvoru svetlosti Yugoslavia
1975 Premiata Forneria Marconi Chocolate Kings Italy
1975 Quiet Sun Mainstream England
1975 Renaissance Scheherazade and Other Stories England
1975 SBB Nowy Horyzont Poland
1975 O Terço Criaturas da Noite Brazil
1975 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes Libertes France
1975 Triana El Patio Spain
1975 Triumvirat Spartacus Germany
1975 Wigwam Nuclear Nightclub Finland
1975 YU Grupa YU Grupa Yugoslavia

1976
20 February 1976 Genesis A Trick of the Tail England
1976 Mar Camel Moonmadness England
1 April 1976 Rush 2112 Canada
16 April 1976 Klaus Schulze Moondawn Germany
23 April 1976 Gentle Giant Interview England
23 Apr 1976 Jethro Tull Too Old/Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! Eng
1976 Apr Van der Graaf Generator Still Life England
1976 May Alan Parsons Project Tales of Mystery & Imagination Eng
18 June 1976 Brand X Unorthodox Behaviour England
1976 Jun Soft Machine Softs England
24 July 1976 Jon Anderson Olias of Sunhillow England
27 Aug 1976 Manfred Mann’s Earth Band The Roaring Silence UK
11 Sept 1976 Electric Light Orchestra A New World Record England
1976 Sep Pulsar The Strands of the Future France
20 October 1976 Frank Zappa Zoot Allures US
1976 Oct Kansas Leftoverture US
31 October 1976 Steve Howe Beginnings England
10 December 1976 Queen A Day at the Races England
27 December 1976 Genesis Wind and Wuthering England
1976 Ambrosia Somewhere I’ve Never Travelled US
1976 Ange Par les fils de Mandrin France
1976 Art Zoyd Symph Pour Le Jour Ou Bruleront Les Cités France
1976 Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Come in un’ultima cena Italy
1976 Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Garofano rosso Italy
1976 Barclay James Harvest Octoberon England
1976 Caravan Blind Dog at St. Dunstans England
1976 Celeste Celeste (also known as Principe di un giorno) Italy
1976 Cos Viva Boma Belgium
1976 Henry Cow Concerts England
1976 Crucis Crucis Argentina
1976 Dah Povratak Yugoslavia
1976 Druid Fluid Druid England
1976 Ethos Ardour US
1976 Far East Family Band Parallel World Japan
1976 Gualberto Vericuetos Spain
1976 Kaipa Inget Nytt Under Solen Sweden
1976 Kayak The Last Encore Netherlands
1976 Le Orme Verità nascoste Italy
1976 Mythos Superkraut: Live at Stagge’s Hotel 1976 Germany
1976 Novalis Sommerabend Germany
1976 Picchio dal Pozzo Picchio dal Pozzo Italy
1976 Pollen Pollen Canada
1976 Pop Mašina Put ka Suncu Yugoslavia
1976 Popol Vuh Letzte Tage – Letzte Nächte Germany
1976 Schicke Führs & Fröhling Symphonic Pictures Germany
1976 Starcastle Starcastle US

1977
23 January 1977 Pink Floyd Animals England
11 February 1977 Jethro Tull Songs from the Wood England
17 March 1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Works Volume 1 England
1977 Mar John Greaves & Peter Blegvad Kew. Rhone. England
1977 Mar Anthony Phillips The Geese and the Ghost England
1977 Apr Brand X Moroccan Roll England
1977 Apr Supertramp Even in the Quietest Moments… England
1977 Jun The Alan Parsons Project I, Robot England
1977 Jun Hawkwind Quark, Strangeness and Charm England
22 July 1977 Yes Going for the One England
26 July 1977 Caravan Better by Far England
1977 Aug Bill Bruford Feels Good to Me England
2 Sept 1977 Van der Graaf The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome Eng
7 September 1977 Rush A Farewell to Kings Canada
1977 Sep Camel Rain Dances England
1977 Sep Gentle Giant The Missing Piece England
11 October 1977 Kansas Point of Know Return US
21 October 1977 Genesis Seconds Out (Live) England
28 October 1977 Queen News of the World England
1977 Oct Barclay James Harvest Gone to Earth England
1977 Oct Electric Light Orchestra Out Of The Blue England
1977 Oct National Health National Health England
10 November 1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Works Volume 2 Eng
1977 Ange Tome VI : Live 1977 France
1977 Ange En concert : Live 1970-1971 France
1977 Aksak Maboul Onze Danses Pour Combattre la Migraine Belgium
1977 Mike Batt Schizophonia England
1977 Eric Burdon Survivor England
1977 Circus Movin’ On Switzerland
1977 Eloy Ocean Germany
1977 England Garden Shed England
1977 Brian Eno Before and After Science England
1977 Godley and Creme Consequences England
1977 Gong Gazeuse! (also known as Expresso) Various
1977 Grobschnitt Rockpommel’s Land Germany
1977 Gryphon Treason England
1977 Happy the Man Happy the Man US
1977 Heldon Interface France
1977 Island Pictures Switzerland
1977 Kaamos Deeds and Talks Finland
1977 Kayak Starlight Dancer Netherlands
1977 Locanda delle Fate Forse le lucciole non si amano piu Italy
1977 Los Jaivas Canción del Sur Chile
1977 Maneige Ni Vent… Ni Nouvelle Canada
1977 Modrý Efekt Svitanie Czechoslovakia
1977 Mona Lisa Le Petit Violon de Mr. Gregoire France
1977 Pentwater Pentwater US
1977 Pierrot Lunaire Gudrun Italy
1977 Premiata Forneria Marconi Jet Lag Italy
1977 Pulsar Halloween France
1977 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes Le Temps De L’Autre France
1977 Triana Hijos del Agobio Spain
1977 Univers Zero Univers Zero (also known as 1313) Belgium
1977 YU Grupa Među zvezdama Yugoslavia

1978
24 Feb 1978 Manfred Mann’s Earth Band Watch United Kingdom
3 March 1978 Frank Zappa Zappa in New York US
1978 Mar Dixie Dregs What If US
1978 Mar Pierre Moerlen’s Gong Expresso II Various
1978 Mar U.K. U.K. England
7 April 1978 Genesis …And Then There Were Three… England
10 April 1978 Jethro Tull Heavy Horses England
April 1978 After the Fire Signs of Change England
25 May 1978 David Gilmour David Gilmour England
1978 May Art Bears Hopes and Fears England
1978 May Steve Hackett Please Don’t Touch England
3 June 1978 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel II England
6 Sept 1978 Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version – War of the Worlds US
15 September 1978 Rick Wright Wet Dream England
15 September 1978 Frank Zappa Studio Tan US
20 September 1978 Yes Tormato England
22 September 1978 Camel Breathless England
22 September 1978 Jethro Tull Bursting Out England
29 September 1978 Gentle Giant Giant for a Day England
29 October 1978 Rush Hemispheres Canada
18 November 1978 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Love Beach England
24 November 1978 Mike Oldfield Incantations England
1978 Nov Queen Jazz England
1978 Ange Guet-apens France
1978 Atila Reviure Spain
1978 Banco del Mutuo Soccorso …di terra Italy
1978 Barclay James Harvest XII England
1978 Bubu Anabelas Argentina
1978 Cathedral Stained Glass Stories US
1978 José Cid 10,000 Anos Depois Entre Venus E Marte Portugal
1978 Crack Si Todo Hiciera Crack Spain
1978 Elonkorjuu Flying High, Running Fast Finland
1978 Fermata Huascarán Czechoslovakia
1978 Flame Dream Calatea Switzerland
1978 FM Black Noise Canada
1978 Godley and Creme L England
1978 Gordi Čovek Yugoslavia
1978 Grobschnitt Solar Music Live Germany
1978 Happy the Man Crafty Hands US
1978 Heldon Stand By France
1978 Henry Cow Western Culture England
1978 Steve Hillage Green England
1978 Iman Califato Independiente Spain
1978 Kayak Phantom of the Night Netherlands
1978 MIA Cornonstipicum Argentina
1978 Modrý Efekt Svĕt Hledaců Czechoslovakia
1978 The Muffins Manna / Mirage US
1978 National Health Of Queues and Cures England
1978 Pentwater Out of the Abyss US
1978 Popol Vuh Nosferatu Germany
1978 Shylock Ile De Fievre France
1978 Tako Tako Yugoslavia
1978 Terpandre Terpandre France

1979
19 January 1979 Frank Zappa Sleep Dirt US
3 March 1979 Frank Zappa Sheik Yerbouti US
9 March 1979 Manfred Mann’s Earth Band Angel Station UK
1979 Mar U.K. Danger Money England
4 May 1979 Frank Zappa Orchestral Favorites US
1979 May Steve Hackett Spectral Mornings England
1979 May Kansas Monolith
1979 May/June Electric Light Orchestra Discovery England
1979 Jun Robert Fripp Exposure England
17 July 1979 Mike Oldfield Exposed England
14 September 1979 Jethro Tull Stormwatch England
17 September 1979 Frank Zappa Joe’s Garage (Act I) US
1979 Oct Tony Banks A Curious Feeling England
1979 Oct Camel I Can See Your House From Here England
19 November 1979 Frank Zappa Joe’s Garage (Act II & III) US
23 November 1979 Mike Oldfield Platinum UK
30 November 1979 Pink Floyd The Wall England
1979 Aerodrom Kad misli mi vrludaju Yugoslavia
1979 Aksak Maboul Un Peu de l’Âme des Bandits Belgium
1979 Arachnoid Arachnoid France
1979 Art Bears Winter Songs England
1979 Art Zoyd Musique Pour l’Odyssee France
1979 Atlas Blå Vardag Sweden
1979 Barclay James Harvest Eyes of the Universe England
1979 Mike Batt Tarot Suite England
1979 Bill Bruford One of a Kind England
1979 Eloy Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes Germany
1979 Eskaton Four Visions France
1979 Flame Dream Elements Switzerland
1979 FM Surveillance Canada
1979 Grace Grace England
1979 Steve Howe The Steve Howe Album England

YOWZA!

Thanks to Vinyl Connection for the Bo Hansson Lord of the Rings 1970 Sweden release correction – two years prior to the US release.  Both entries are included.

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EXPERIENCE 1970’S CULTURE!
THE ORIGINAL PONG!
1975/1976

Back in 1975 the Counter-Culture was dissipating, but 00individual and a few holdouts of the Tribe were still enjoying the Trip.  They had experienced the last decade with outrageous fun and adventures, the best ever in history, really, 00individual speaks Tribal Truth.  These adventures were the kind that were only available/tolerable once in a lifetime; more likely once in History.

00individual’s life became a strangely magickal string of what became common everyday experiences – all fueled by the wonderful drugs of the day, the Vibe, and by the music and concerts that were beyond belief.

The REAL SOCIAL NETWORK
The times were simple compared to today’s blessed insanity.  For those unfamiliar with the Real Social Network it consisted of real people spending quality time with their real friends, not with isolating electronic devices.  And what made it more real was that they created their own forms of entertainment; just a call, or cruise by of noted friend’s pads would inevitably begin a day’s worth of high smiles and a night’s worth of high adventure.

As the only forms of electronic home entertainment were through the radio, record player/sound system, or TV; 00individual and friends would get creative.  Watching Olympic skiing on TV with the volume off and listening to a Tangerine Dream synth-run created stimulating viewing while getting high and enjoying each others’ company.  Sometimes, the synchronicity of the two mediums of random TV shows and albums would go beyond entertaining and enter the very strange; here’s an example:
One afternoon 00individual and a couple friends were on acid and casually watching some kind of country and western outdoor concert on TV with the volume turned off, smoking a joint while listening to records.  Then this large, what looked like a woman in jean overalls and tight curly hair, came on stage and started playing a guitar, which looked like a ukulele compared to her very large size, and just as she started to sing, a track off of Captain Beefheart’s Spotlight Kid album; “I’m Gonna Booglarize You, Baby”, synched with what this “woman” was singing and playing!
But it gets better, at first they knew what had happened, they were stoned, not stupid, and it was highly entertaining, but as the song and her performance began to synch-up to perfection it began to take on one of the “strange attracts strange’ elements that LSD is famous for, where reality is questioned, even if for a moment, because right then they were witnessing the anti-Bowie, the next Superstar, and with one of those rare shared LSD moments when what is seen and heard is as real as, well, what was on TV in front of them, and it becomes a true mind-blower!

The track was four minutes and thirty-three seconds; a good long song and even longer on acid, unfortunately, or fortunately, depending where your head is at, things turned ugly as the Captain’s Mack Truck-grinding-gears voice coming out of this “woman” was becoming more than fairly demonic; it was a very creepy and unsettling precursor to next year’s debut of the scariest movie ever, “The Exorcist” which had one of the film’s most twisted scares with Mercedes McCambridge’s demonic voice coming out of sweet little innocent Linda Blair.  This experience achieved the type of psychedelic cheap thrills Psychonauts love; in this case, a few moments in an alternate universe – and this time through a very cool LSD TV Trip that “just happened”.

Another TV Trip was when 00individual and friends would watch late night ’40s and ’50s black and white movies on TV, turn down the volume and each person would take a character and improvise their dialogue. With a group who were pretty high on Marijuana or whatever, this could be hilarious and actually would improve the original movie. This was doubly fun when people’s inhibitions are loosened and they got into it and even used strange character accented voices – trippy fun that can be done today with witty fun people.

Fun human interaction like this took place at 00individual’s pad-hosted communal gatherings for the Tribe – four different pads back in the day from ’69 to ’75 in Playa Del Rey, Westchester, and Inglewood – people were welcome to stop by any time of day or night, and they did.  This was highly representative of groups of friends in towns and cities across the U.S. and around the world.

The Social Network was true flesh and blood and bone and brain interaction with real people in real time with never a moment of boredom; “I’m bored” is probably the worst swear word one can use – it was never heard or spoken in a world where they had limitless discovery and fun at their fingertips.  And speaking of fun at their fingertips, in 1975 00individual purchased the original electronic Home Video Game: PONG!

00individual was not a Pinball Wizard or arcade game player, but an in-home video game was more his style and Pong immediately became a center of attraction for group fun.  It may be hard, maybe impossible for anyone with even the slightest bit of knowledge of the video game market today to imagine the thrill of PONG; but it was a thrill, and immensely fun.
Of course, 00individual and friends, with their everyday imaginative selves, took the game further than most – that’s right PONG on DRUGS!

PONG on DRUGS!
Under the influence of Marijuana and Hash, PONG created a trippy environment to test one’s hand/eye coordination, which was hilarious between certain Stoners.  With psychedelics it was harder as the ball kept bouncing off the screen onto the floor.

Eventually everyone became adept at putting English on the ball and could play very well at the highest speed.  So a new approach was taken; since Heroin was the drug of choice in ’75, – that’s when the real fun began.  The speed was set at slowest which matched the slo-mo enveloped-ambiance of Heroin; this provided an opposite hand/eye coordination test of skill.

There were many a contested game that would be won when a slight Heroin nod would allow a fellow line-snorter the advantage to score a point, or the game.  And because of the mellow Heroin state, all a defeated player could do was smile at his drug-induced error and demand a rematch.

Today the world experiences nearly full immersion/ virtual reality with games light years from PONG. But back then, although it was a technological miracle, it was just another fun accent to add to the fun days that were created with nothing more than existing at the Cultural Peak of World History.

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“Rockin’ Guitar Art” copyright 2014 00individual  TLLThese post and pages contain experiences and feelings of just one of many individuals that lived and partook in the ’60’s and the ’70’s Counter-Culture during a Once in a Lifetime,
Once in History, World-Wide Socio-Political Cultural Shock to the System.

The societal climate’s stunned innocence in the wake of the ’60’s assassinations of JFK, MLK, and RFK, and the escalating Vietnam War “conflict”, served as a catalyst for rebel thinkers on all fronts to right the wrong.  It was a rare opportunity to put ideas and concepts into action.

The Establishment’s Wall was showing cracks and the Counter-Culture leveraged and widened them, breaking off chunks at every level with Demonstrations, Sit-Ins, Rebellions, Free Speech, Free Press, Marches, Concerts, Rallies, and Love-Ins – these are Liberties that if exercised today would get one locked-up as a Terrorist.
Under the present U.S. prison/police state, those glorious days of rebellion are sadly gone, but stay resilient, history has shown that it has only taken a dedicated 5% of any given group, city, or country to create a successful rebellion.  When the time comes, you will be called upon.

Through their willingness to expand their consciousness the Counter-Culture explored an entirely new world of concepts and gained footing on a new reality – one that only they understood.
This advance knowledge into unknown territories allowed for alert perception and a ton of creative leeway for adventures, ventures and endeavors – which they smartly took advantage of – 00individual included.  And within all of this fun they experienced World Class Rock Concerts; Tribal gatherings of righteous Rockers, reverent Rock fans, and other like-minded cool people who met to celebrate and thrill to Historic Rock Bands and their Live Music.

Nearly every post centers around an event, band, concert, or album.  These serve as historic landmarks and catalysts for recollections of a time when a person or groups of people could actually go out in the world and make things happen, a time when Brotherly Love was real, a time when Sex was spontaneous and Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll were a way of life, a time of excitement and thrills, a time when life was as sur-real as it gets.

Let’s Rock!

00individual thanks all Followers, Righteous Rockers, and
’60’s and ’70’s Counter-Culturists for your continued interest and support.

For those of you who missed out on last year’s Rock Crosswords
click on the Puzzle above and enjoy!

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EXPERIENCE ROCK HISTORY!
BOB DYLAN’S GREATEST HITS – March 27, 1967
Album Track Gem – LIKE A ROLLING STONE
from Highway 61 Revisited – August 30, 1965

Nearly everyone from the ’60s say they knew exactly where they were and what they were doing when they first heard of President Kennedy’s assassination; well 00individual doesn’t, but he does know exactly where he was and what he was doing when he first heard Dylan’s Like A Rolling Stone.  He was 14, and had just come home from wherever he was that day to his room in the back of the house.  To get there he crossed by a short hallway to the kitchen which always had either of the two Top 30 L.A. stations, KFWB or KHJ, on all day and into the evening.  As he ran his fingers along the length of the ironing board top on the way to his room the tactile sensation met a sound sensation and he froze in his steps.  What was that sound?  He entered the hallway to the kitchen and heard a six minute musical odyssey.

There was a strange alluring feeling that emanated from “Like A Rolling Stone” – it can best be summarized by 00individual as nothing less than a breakthrough in music.  This song became the confirmation that a new level had been established.  And it had.  00individual could feel it.  It was the next level of sound that The Beatles’ I Want To Hold Your Hand started.  The difference was that this was not Pop, and not Folk, and not Rock – this was like nothing ever heard before.

This was Like A Rolling Stone and it came from a much deeper place, it showed the emotional involvement that could be experienced with songs that lasted longer than the typical three to four minute semi-standard.  But it was even much more than that; the feelings and honesty of Dylan’s voice, the pacing of the song, the captivating interest to hear another verse all contributed to Like A Rolling Stone literally being a sonic drug – as while it was addicting in a good way, it certainly expanded the Counter-Culture’s consciousness and reverberated out to receptive individuals everywhere, then and now.

One of the All Time Greatest Hits albums that truly was: 
BOB DYLAN’S GREATEST HITS
Side one
1. “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” released March 22, 1966 – 4:40
2. “Blowin’ in the Wind” released August 13, 1963 -2:51
3. “The Times They Are a-Changin'”  3:16
4. “It Ain’t Me Babe” 3:38
5. “Like a Rolling Stone”  released June 28, 1965 – 6:12
Side two
6. “Mr. Tambourine Man” 5:31
7. “Subterranean Homesick Blues”  released March 8, 1965 – 2:22
8. “I Want You”  released June 10, 1966 – 3:09
9. “Positively 4th Street” released September 7, 1965 – 4:12
10. “Just Like a Woman”  released August 18, 1966 – 4:53

Looking at these titles is like walking through a museum of rare iconic treasures, each one is unique and impressive and tells a different tale, only they are all done by one man.

Large fold-out poster included with initial releases.

While aware of Dylan’s previous albums, it wasn’t until Highway 61 Revisited in ’65 that 00individual really got into the sardonic and righteously angry attitude of Dylan’s songs – as his “you think you know me but you don’t” serious expression on the classic album cover below reveals.

00individual had his share of teenage angst and “Subterranean Homesick Blues”, “Ballad of a Thin Man”, “Desolation Row”, “Highway 61 Revisited”, the absolutely terrific shut down, put down, karmic single, “Positively 4th Street”, and of course the historic “Like a Rolling Stone” were songs he memorized and dementedly rejoiced in singing along with a typical rebellious teenage attitude.

Volumes have been written about Dylan by writers and historians with dedicated intense insightful detail, so all 00individual can add regarding this historic Righteous Rockin’ Troubadour is that Dylan was not only a magickal lyrical rebel musician who stood for justice, independence and equality, but through his exceptional music he provided the spirit and confidence that a young teen needed at just the right time to become an individual.
Thanks Man!

“Well, they’ll stone you when you’re tryin’ to be so good,
They’ll stone you just like they said they would.”
Translated: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.
Dylan speaks Tribal Truth

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EXPERIENCE COUNTER-CULTURE ARTIFACTS

THE ANARCHIST COOKBOOK

Here is 00individual’s personal original First Edition 1971 copy of THE ANARCHIST COOKBOOK. This was as popular as the Whole Earth Catalog among the Counter-Culture.

So as not to assign a negative connotation to the word “anarchy”, remember that anarchy simply rejects being ruled by a hierarchy.

The Cookbook was packed full of subversive lethal and non-lethal tactics and information; this was really only for serious revolutionaries “in the field” – but still provided a lot of advance knowledge of home-made tactics if needed.  Admittedly, Chapter One: DRUGS was of most interest and of practical use.

The fact that this book was even published with the intent that there would be actual incidents when drastic measures would have to be taken, speaks volumes on the social-injustice and outright criminal climate created of and by every authority figure from President Nixon’s criminal acts, all the way down to the daily unjustified brutality by Cops.

The times were weird; horrific events one day and sublime trips the next.  People were extremely angry and frustrated and there were an assured many who took this book to heart, and society labeled them Radicals.  These Radicals all had the same initial drive; to prove or bring up an important critical point of injustice and rectify it.  That definition of a Radical’s cause is what Freedom and the birth of the United States was built on; Radicals, Revolutionaries, Freedom-Fighting History-Influencers,

For most Tribes, Radicals were few, and generally they splintered-off to more active groups, this included the political intelligentsia.  00individual was passionate too, only he expressed it in a more out-of-the-line-of-fire sort of way through doing his part by being a Psychonaut Representative for Responsible Heads Everywhere.

As one can see from the dog-eared pages, it was an ongoing source for conversation as it was generally left out in the open as a “Counter-Culture Coffee Table Book”.  Vive La Revolution!

ARCHAEOLOGICAL WEED

Here is a relic from 1973; a glass Ball Mason Jar with the original sticker that was adhered to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon album cellophane wrap.  00individual removed the sticker and placed it on the hermetically-sealed jar to forever commemorate a time when his archived personal stash consisted of different choice strains of compressed Marijuana guarded by the cosmic seal of PF DSOTM!

This jar created a visible timeline of Marijuana acquisition that served much like archaeological strata in the ground – an artifact that, as each layer was smoked, revealed the past history of legendary times.

While the jar and sticker are the real artifact, the weed is digitally-applied, as alas, the archived weed slowly dwindled due to lean times, which proved the Stoner’s Adage that: “Weed will get you through times of no cash, better than cash will get you through times of no weed.”

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EXPERIENCE ROCK HISTORY and ’60s SURF ‘n’ CAR CULTURE!

SURFIN’ SAFARI – The BEACH BOYS – October 1, 1962 – Capitol DT 1808

Well, the first day of Summer is June 20, 2016 – so,
“Let’s Go Surfin’!
“Surfin’, bop-dip-da-dip, surfin’ bop-dip-da-dip,
bop-bop-dip-da-dip, bop-bop-dip-da-dip,
surfin’ bop-dip-da-dip,
surfin’ is the only life the only way for me,
now come on pretty baby and surf with me, yeah, surf.”

“Surfin'”, the first single by the Beach Boys, was the very first 45 RPM single 00individual bought, released in November 1961; a few months before his 11th birthday.  As simple as that song was, it began both his single and LP vinyl fetish addiction/mania.

Living in Southern California, the future mecca of the massively influential “Surf Culture”, was ideal for his pre-teen sensibilities. Within the next two years the “Surf and Hot Rod/Car Culture” would become an all encompassing vibe that would include; fashion, clothing, hair styles, dances, slang, attitude, beach bunnies, Pacific Islander culture, Tiki Gods, Ed Big Daddy” Roth’s custom cars and Rat Finks, and really fun cool spacey rockin’ surf music – and would also mark 00individual’s emergence as an official “teenager”!

This new craze would spread across the United States and to a certain extent the world.  Here in SoCal where Dick Dale, Jan and Dean and The Beach Boys lived, recorded and performed, many were fortunate to “live” the culture in their own modest way and actually go to the beach and surf – even if you didn’t have a board, you would body surf!  Gnarley!

Junior High school (and everywhere else) was a place to show your “surfwear”; usually a white t-shirt, Pendleton – a specific brand name plaid flannel long-sleeved shirt like The Beach Boys are wearing on the album cover – faded blue jeans, Blue-tipped Purcells, or barefoot, and if you were a “Ho-Dad” then your car culture fashion would be a white t-shirt (maybe a white buttoned-down shirt – if you were serious), black leather or dark blue “tanker” jacket, dark jeans and black tapered shoes/boots. 00individual preferred a cross between the two with all the surfwear but with a tanker jacket in place of a Pendleton.  Many wannabe surfers called “Gremmies” would to peroxide their hair blonde as if bleached by the sun – and even some true surfers did – as tan and blonde became a fashion/lifestyle statement.

While not all the tracks on their first album were winners, “Surfin’ Safari” was a monster, and “409” was arguably the first single to chart that celebrated the Southland’s romance with everything cars. “409” led to other major Car Tune hits for The Beach Boys; “Shut Down”, “Fun, Fun, Fun” and “Little Deuce Coupe”, which in turn influenced classics by others like; “Drag City”, “Deadman’s Curve” and “The Little Old Lady From Pasadena” by Jan and Dean, “Little G.T.O.” by Ronny and The Daytonas, and “Hey Little Cobra” by The Rip Chords.

All too soon the British Invasion pretty much overtook the Surf ‘n’ Car culture music; leaving a truly historic time-stamp of a unique culture that emerged as quickly as it submerged.  The Surf Culture however, was not music-dependent and surfers carved-out and established their part of society with a devoted core of individuals who continue with the “Surf Spirit” and Surf Rock – this applies to the equally-established Car Culture as well.

Eventually the ever-present serious issues of civil rights and the Vietnam War was reflected in Pop and Rock music – and everyone grew-up – fast.  But for a moment in time they were enjoying truly innocent fun.  The Beach Boys sound was full of the joys of summer; the beach, surf, cars, girls, guys, sun, freedom and youth.

The Beach Boys deserve all the credit that history provides as they single-handedly created a cultural and musical genre tidal wave.  A wave that broke through the harbors of the original Rock of the ’50s, a wave that burst the dams for the British Invasion, and then a wave that morphed into a psychedelic pipeline with Brian Wilson’s epic “Good Vibrations“.

And while Chuck Berry’s riffs were admittedly used as basis or flourish to many of these tunes; cultural credit also has to be given to Dick Dale, “the King of the Surf Guitar” and to The Ventures for their creation of the guitar-driven surf instrumentals that were essential complements to The Beach Boys’ exquisite vocal harmonies that made up the Classic Surf Sound.

Rock History acknowledges The Beach Boys for their creation of a genre and for their incredible influence in the history of music.  And also for the inspiration they provided for countless artists, bands, and music lovers that continues to this day!

Malibu – Zuma Beach – early 1960s

’70s Surf Culture Archive:
By 1979 00individual would be renting a nicely-converted horse stable guest house on the property that Neil Young recorded his “Zuma” album in 1975 – straight up from the bluff in this photo. 00individual’s immediate neighbors on Point Dume were Goldie Hawn (when Kate and Oliver Hudson were infants), Max Gail (Wojo on the TV series Barney Miller, had real Native pow-wows in a real teepee with late night drum and vocal chants; trippy ), and Bob Dylan – 00individual never saw him just his house/property.

’60s Surf Culture Archive:
At almost 18, 00individual was going into the second half of his senior year of high school – he was a split semester student and graduated as an A-12 in February 1969.  He still needed to attend summer school to make up credits to graduate.  His incarceration was at Westchester High, near LAX which was a very short ride/hitch to the beach.  That Summer of 1968, every morning after class he’d go straight to Gillis beach and hang for the day.

As each day at the beach passed he marked it off on a calendar he had inside his notebook; by the end of the summer he had gone to the beach every day except for seven odd days, that included weekends, for the whole three months!

He had gone full native, his skin was a dark golden brown and he had a “Surfin’ U.S.A.” bushy, bushy blonde hairdo” – and to make sure that he had really gone native the only showers that he took were in the ocean, that’s right, any “dirt” that he had on him was washed away by the natural wonders of the pristine Pacific Ocean salt water – and he never had so many girlfriends as he did that summer!

” . . . and when the surf is down to take its place,
we’ll do the Surfer’s Stomp it’s the latest dance craze!”

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EXPERIENCE ROCK HISTORY!
STEPPENWOLF
Top 13 Album Track Gems ’68/’69

Ain’t it great that the band that talked the talk, walked the walk?  Look at these Badass Rockers –
Born To Be Wild?  Hell yeah!

Steppenwolf were one of the first Rock bands to address and explore the Counter-Culture’s darker side with gritty Hard Rock Psychedelic Blues infused with a biker style and the impressive commanding vocals of John Kay.

Their massive hit, Born To Be Wild spoke of the freedom that Rockers, Hippies, and the Counter-Culture felt, and it still has the power to invigorate, anytime.  The Pusher anguishes over of the dangers of excess, addiction and heartless street dealers, through a dramatic, yet ineffective solution: the War on Drugs.  Magic Carpet Ride was pure Psychedelic Rock that conveyed a High Ride perfectly – with the classic spacey instrumental interlude.

But it was their sadly overlooked concept album “Monster” where Steppenwolf really hit on a rockin’ perfect storm of music, profound lyrics and righteous protest against the War and social injustice in general.  This Monster is responsible for nearly half on this list – a real Era-Gem.

Top 13 Album Track Gems
From STEPPENWOLF – January 29, 1968
This album has a very special place in Rock History as it was one of those albums that everyone had, and played – a lot.  It became emblematic of the times.
“Sookie Sookie” (D Covay, S Cropper) –3:12
“Everybody’s Next One” (J Kay, G Mekler) –2:53
“Hoochie Coochie Man” (W Dixon) –5:07
“Born to Be Wild” (M Bonfire) –3:28
There’s a reason that this song is so well liked; it is empowering, and hits all of the right Rock spots, and no matter how many times it’s heard, it never fails to:
“Get your motor runnin’, Head out on the highway,
Lookin’ for adventure, And whatever comes our way,
Yeah Darlin’ go make it happen, Take the world in a
love embrace, Fire all of your guns at once, And explode into space.
I like smok’n’ lightning, Heavy metal thunder,
Racin’ with the wind, And the feelin’ that I’m under,
Like a true nature’s child, We were born, born to be wild, We can climb so high, I never wanna die.
Born to be wild, Born to be wild.”
“Your Wall’s Too High” (J Kay) –5:40
“The Pusher” (H Axton) –5:43
Classic psychedelic drugged-out intro with downright real rockin’ anger from Kay that is echoed in the music.

From THE SECOND – October 1968
“Magic Carpet Ride” (J Kay, R Moreve) – 4:30
By far Steppenwolf’s most psychedelic Rocker – with this track Steppenwolf held on to their status of the originators of the Heavy Metal Thunder Big Bad Sound.  1968 was an adventurous year of drug exploration and psychedelic “magic carpet rides” – Steppenwolf was there.
“I like to dream yes, yes, right between my sound machine,
On a cloud of sound I drift in the night, Any place it goes is right,
Goes far, flies near, to the stars away from here.
Well, you don’t know what we can find,
Why don’t you come with me little girl, On a magic carpet ride.”

From MONSTER – November 1969
“Monster” (J Kay, J Edmonton
     “Suicide” (Kay, St. Nicholas, Byrom, Edmonton
         “America” (Kay, Edmonton) – 9:15
“America where are you now, dontcha care about your sons and daughters,
Donthcha know we need you now, we can’t fight alone against the monster.”
“Draft Resister” (Kay, G McJohn, Byrom) – 3:20
“Here’s to all the draft resisters who will fight for sanity, When they march them off to prison in this land of liberty.”
“Power Play” (Kay) – 5:26
“Move Over” (Kay, Mekler) – 2:53
Yesterday’s glory won’t help us today.
You wanna retire?  Get out of the way!
I ain’t got much time, The young ones close behind,
I can’t wait in line.
“What Would You Do (If I Did That to You)”
(Francen, Porter) – 3:19
“From Here To There Eventually”
(Kay, McJohn, Edmonton) – 5:27
YES, that good Ol’ Time Religion! ! !
Steppenwolf’s righteous solid Rock, Gospel choruses and Kay preaching the good word:
“But I remember when I still embraced you,
A little prayer would ease my mind,
‘Til I saw that you hide from the misery outside so I left you behind,
But all the other teachings That I’ve tried were ’bout the same,
One grain of truth mixed with confusion caused by man,
But since you’re around anyway, May as well get you back on your feet again,
(Get right back up on your feet),
Don’t ya know we need somebody to (Do some work down in the street),
You might just touch somebody (Start to think about today),
Throw your robe and staff away (And break away from yesterday),
Ah, tell me can we reach you? ( I don’t know, still we got to go)
From Here, To There, Eventually!”  Halleliuah!
Among all of this Rock ‘n’ Roll cosmic goodness is Goldy McJohn’s jammin’ underwater organ during the spacey, rockin’, Carpet Ride II instrumental segment complete with ethereal howls and a hard-chargin’ locomotive beat that goes From Here To There Eventually.

“From Here To There Eventually”: a Classic Rock ‘n’ Roll Album-Ender and Album Track Gem.

STEPPENWOLF were named after the Hermann Hesse novel of, among other things, casual sex and drugs.
John Kay: guitars, harmonica, lead vocals
Goldy McJohn: organ, piano, electric piano.
Rushton Moreve: bass guitar, backing vocals.
Michael Monarch: guitars, backing vocals.
Jerry Edmonton: drums, percussion, backing vocals

You know, society as a whole did go from here, (back then) to there, eventually –
only 00individual thinks they overshot the mark.

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