Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[beans-on-toast]

The hippie movement where the idea was, free everything, was a failure. There were a lot of mooches. Some had a good work ethic and managed to get beyond it.

Intellectuals were interested in social engineering and the power that came with it. Credit goes to many in the folk community that stayed true to their roots. That continues today.

Call me cynical. If the truth be told, mainstream performers were all about using their talent to make money. Zappa was musically very talented and productive. His schtick was using shock value to create controversy, and critical manipulation to gain media attention to sell records.

Many big name acts that emerged from the 60’s with relatively little money got it together and went on to substantially increase their wealth. Performers and songwriters took more control than ever over their product.

At the same time, this new wealth brought on a lot of spending excess and drugs. Some adapted and survived, others were not so fortunate.

 

[GonePlaid]

I once played wearing a chicken suit!

What @Thumpr said

 

[GonePlaid]

How cool is that.


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Among the surreal imagery, Lewis Carroll references, and fanciful wordplay in The Beatles’ “I Am the Walrus” is the mention of the Eggman. This has long been known to refer to The Animals’ singer Eric Burdon, who was given the nickname by John Lennon. According to Bob Spitz in The Beatles: The Biography Lennon bestowed the nickname in “a reference to a 1966 orgy he attended with Eric Burdon, who earned the nickname for breaking raw eggs on girls during sex.”

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That's disgusting, should be poached.

 

[GonePlaid]

Well, in reality, I found I didnt actually want to get into firefights while wearing it either. But, like most things, I learned that a few minutes too late to do me any good.

I didn't get into many(OK, any)firefights on the carrier(s).

 

[steve_rolfeca]

I once played wearing a chicken suit!

I did a promotional appearance dressed as a gigantic Mynah Bird mascot.

Believe it or not, I did it to avoid embarrassment.

 

[Al Kraft]

I didn't get into many(OK, any)firefights on the carrier(s).

If you ever end up with capital asset like a carrier in a 1V1 situation, a lot of things went wrong with the battle plans!

 

[GwenOnBass]

The hippy movement where the idea of free everything was a failure. There were a lot of mooches. Some had a good work ethic and managed to get beyond it.

Intellectuals were interested in social engineering and the power that came with it. Credit goes to many in the folk community that stayed true to their roots. That continues today.

Call me cynical. If the truth be told, mainstream performers were all about using their talent to make money. Zappa was musically very talented and productive. His schtick was using shock value to create controversy, and critical manipulation to gain media attention to sell records.

Many big name acts that emerged from the 60’s with relatively little money got it together and went on to substantially increase their wealth. Performers and songwriters took more control than ever over their product.

At the same time, this new wealth brought on a lot of spending excess and drugs. Some adapted and survived, others were not so fortunate.

"We're bringing the war back home"

all performed by the Firesign Theater on How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All.

One of those secret wars saw The Diggers doing all to keep the peace. One of those stories seldom told (and with fair reason).

 

[mikeoso]

I didn't get into many(OK, any)firefights on the carrier(s).

sure you did...just using very longrange crew-served weaponry.

 

[Al Kraft]

"We're bringing the war back home"

all performed by the Firesign Theater on How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All.

One of those secret wars saw The Diggers doing all to keep the peace. One of those stories seldom told (and with fair reason).

Those were very strange times with diametrically opposing lines of thought and cultural mores. I was able to see a lot truth and value in both sides, but have never understood why both the left and right felt the need to be so extreme (or even confrontational). On the other hand, it did produce changes that still influence our lives today.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Those were very strange times with diametrically opposing lines of thought and cultural mores. I was able to see a lot truth and value in both sides, but have never understood why both the left and right felt the need to be so extreme (or even confrontational). On the other hand, it did produce changes that still influence our lives today.

Extremes tend to take on a religious fervor, with no discussion, giving or taking on ether side.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I didn't get into many(OK, any)firefights on the carrier(s).

Some shipboard fights....

 

[GwenOnBass]

Extremes tend to take on a religious fervor, with no discussion, giving or taking on ether side.

Yet "both sides" were not the same. Funny that. Yet a very good time to be a musician. If you didn't mind watching the profit go to seemingly everyone but you.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Yet "both sides" were not the same. Funny that. Yet a very good time to be a musician. If you didn't mind watching the profit go to seemingly everyone but you.

There are always people on the sidelines waiting to take advantage of others. Musicians were more into their art than concentrating on the bottom line. It’s difficult to manage and be productive artistically. The internet makes that a lot easier today. Music contracts with record companies are not needed. You can sign up for a host of online music licensing and distribution services.

All but one of the large group of musicians that I played with in the 60’s are now gone. Many due to lifestyle, some were medical related, some due to misfortune, none due to old age. The music business took a toll on each and every one of them.

Life is too short to waste one moment. Prioritize what’s important, make the most of what you have.

 

[GonePlaid]

If you ever end up with capital asset like a carrier in a 1V1 situation, a lot of things went wrong with the battle plans!

One night in 67 a spy sampan made the mistake of being in line with the carrier's course during launch and recovery.

 

[Raymundo49]

One night in 67 a spy sampan made the mistake of being in line with the carrier's course during launch and recovery.

Was there anything left of the sampan?

 

[GonePlaid]

Was there anything left of the sampan?

Hmm. Enterprise at 25+kts/wooden sampan(ship didn't stop to check). I'm gonna say....uh, matchsticks?

 

[Raymundo49]

I could not imagine being on the water, and having the Enterprise bearing down on me at 25+kts!

 

[GonePlaid]

I could not imagine being on the water, and having the Enterprise bearing down on me at 25+kts!

In the water.

 

[mikeoso]

Being on or in the water in a sampan or a CV would have scared me to death. You can't dig a hole in the water if they shoot at you. As Bill Mauldin said about tanks, "A moving foxhole attracts the eye." It was bad enough walking around with a radio on my back.

And enough about that...is everyone finished with winter? I'm ready for some front porch jamming, but it's going sub-zero again this week. Walking around on glare ice and shoveling...nope, stick a fork in me, I'm done.

 

[beans-on-toast]

This past weekend I was walking around without gloves. Snow was melting, lots of puddles. It felt like the end of winter was upon us. Monday and Tuesday it turned bitterly cold.

Passed by a car, the wheels were frozen solid in a few inches of water. They would have had to chip it out. The snow cleaning crews were out. It’s a big operation, graters, large and small ploughs, snow throwers, dump trucks, tow trucks, .... They blow sirens to alert straglers that ignored the no parting signs to move their vehicles. Otherwise they are towed to another block. A car like the one frozen in the ice would have been ripped out. They don’t pay much attention to damage.