Lincoln Cushing | lcushing~AT~igc~DOT~org | www;docspopuli;org

Cataloging a variant of "The End Of The War" poster (LBJ and Ho embracing) - would really like to know a year (1968?) and artist; 7 September 2009 - Berkeley Reggie's Comments   Hi Lincoln, This series of posters and handbills and stand alone art mimio was done by an unknown to me Digger in the fall of 1967. L&P

Charlotte Houghton | cmh17~AT~psu~DOT~edu

Jospeh Gostanian--so glad to see his name here; I worked with him after his time at the Strait, in 1976, when he directed "Find Your Way Home" downtown; He was a phenomenal director, and rightly proud of his work at the Straight; It pleases me, and would make him proud, to be remembered here; 19 August 2009 - State College, PA Reggie's Comments   He was a great talent. I wonder what he would have done if he lived longer? L&P

Wesley Hind a;k;a; Earl Pillow | whind1~AT~aol~DOT~com

Hey! Reggie; Give me your personal e-mail so I can reminisce with our old manager some more; I've tried a few of the addresses I could find but had no luck; Are you still in contact with Howard Kerr? I seem to have lost him or something; I'm concerned about us all as time crawls(and scrawls)by; Love to the happy,hippie hordes who made the sixties the unique historical event it was; I'd like to score a time machine and search the future for anything remotely resembling it coming to pass again; Bye,for now,I've got to go out to the kennel and feed our 15 far-out flat-coated retrievers; Bye;Oh!,By the way; I have a page on Voiceover Universe you might want to dig; There's my pic,bio and demo if anyone needs a voice actor out there; Bye,again; 18 August 2009 - Dover,Florida,U;S;A; Reggie's Comments   How time slips by. I miss you old friend and want to talk. my edress is reggie@thestraight.com. I think I have a good # for Howard. Can't wait to hear back. P&L rew

E Bluhm | ggpmag~AT~gmail~DOT~com

I'm working on a written piece about the group the Wildflower who played the Straight a few times; Tracked down the guys but would love it if any of youse had any remembrances, stories, etc; 23 July 2009 - LA, CA Reggie's Comments   I have a few stills from my movies one of which is on the movie page of the large red headed player. I knew Mike Brown at SF State and at the Straight but lost track after he joined the cast of Aquarius. L&P

Roan (Worldmind) Carratu | worldmind~AT~yahoo~DOT~com

Between 69 and 70, I was in the Army, a Green Beret, and about as right wing as one can get, (crazy, I mean) and I suddenly realized how crazy I was getting and how crazy it was around me, so I stopped being a soldier and became a pacifist right in the middle of the Army; They didn't know what to do with me, and one day I was given a hit of pink clinical acid by a friend in my unit and blew my mind; And became so smart and together, they could never put a hand on me; After traveling all over the country, studying everyone and everything, hiking through deserts and taking psychedelics, I took my massive hippy ego and moved to the Farm, Gaskin's community in Tennessee, a direct descendant of the Haight; They helped me get my head together and from then on, I've worked to free up the world; Reading the history of the Straight helped me grow roots where none existed before; I am grateful for all you old hippies who remind us what we came from; Love and Peace, -Worldmind 9 May 2009 - Ogden, Utah Reggie's Comments   Hi Roan, Thanks for writing about your important life experiences as they deal with concerns that effect us all, especially today. I appreciate your motivating words about my writing as I have a lot left to tell and expressed thoughts like yours take my focus off the mundane mire pulling at me daily and back onto the Universal principles exemplified by the people of the 60’s and its fomenters like Stephen leading me back to the heart of the story that has to be told. Love and Peace, Reg

Martin F Guerrero | planetmg~AT~sbcglobal~DOT~net

Have a poster "Japanese cut out"oct 27-28 1967 great conditon (stpg#14 to look up at web site)Anybody interested for collection?Will trade for robots(old)or? 11 January 2009 - Berkeley Ca USA

Scott Inglis | low_notes~AT~scottinglis~DOT~com

Thanks for a great site; My name is Scott Inglis and I was the Bass Guitarist and vocalist with the band "Freedom Highway"; I spent many a wonderful night at the Straight Theater and played many gifted musicians and bands including The Dead and Janis w/ BBHC; It was great to see all the dates we played, something I will keep for the rest of my life; Many Thanks; Scott Inglis; low_notes@scottinglis;com 4 December 2008 - Santa Rosa, Ca; USA Reggie's Comments   Hi Scott. thanks for the Scrawl. . I’ll never forget your opening set at the Straight Opening, with your psychedelic music and my silver liquids streaming over the band on the front screen and a biplane looping across the giant screens soaring through the vividly colorful moving liquids on the surrounding walls. I would love to add Freedom Highway to the site. with any pictures and audio from the old days you could send along. Love and Peace, Reg

Reggie | reggie~AT~thestraight~DOT~com

I was sorry to get this email sent by a friend of poets announcing the passing of former Straight Theater President and poet Jim Wilson; Reads as follows: I was a friend of Jim Wilson who passed away a couple of days ago in SF; I was happy to find a couple of photographs on your web site that had Jim (Board of Directors page and the Dance page); Thanks for keeping the spirit; I have some of Jim's poetry on my web site: frankshome;org/jimDOThtm 7 September 2008

Steven Palmer | hashburysp~AT~yahoo~DOT~com

I am compiling oral histories for the 40th anniversary of Altamont; If you attended this event, or know anyone who attended, please contact me; Thank you, Steven Palmer 19 August 2008

Wayne (Teak) Peel | acacia6~AT~verizon~DOT~net

Greetings Reg, It's been awhile since Ive been to your site; I love the input and scrawl from those of familier taste; waxing nestolgic at the Straight; I'm wondering if anyone remembers a girl named Roxie? She went to SF state; And lived upstairs on the corner of Clayton and carl st; We hung out together at the Dance classes at the Straight in 67; She was from NY originally; Ive always wondered what happened to her; Thankyou again for a wonderful website; Wayne Teak 18 June 2008 - Pittsburgh,PA; USA

reggie | reggie~AT~thestraight~DOT~com

Playboy article "The Theaters Nude Revolution" November 1968 Page 104 "Topless and bottomless is the way the San Francisco rock band the Allmen Joy played recently at the hippie culture Palace the Straight Theater the Joy were part of an all singing all dancing group grope in titled “Carnival and Resurrection of the Blind God Orpheus Under the Tower in the Palace of Lost Souls” scripted by Monty Pike “Carnival” was a tedious evening of slack-jawed social protest until the very last moment when the Joy urging everyone to be free flung off their clothes and the 26 man casts started walloping one another and the audience with pillows and finally 50 brave souls from the audience joined the melee;" 28 April 2008

Lu | wingsls~AT~wingswest~DOT~net

Hi reggie, I found an old reel to reel tape I beleive to be a studio recording of Allmen Joy; I am currently investigating how to transfer the audio to a digital format; When I Do, I will share some of it with you; Also, I have emailed you a couple of times, but with no response; I hope my sent mail isn't falling into the proverbial black hole! Lu 16 April 2008 - Foresthill CA, USA Reggie's Comments   Can't wait for the tunes. I don't know where the emails went. Some times I throw the baby out with the ton of daily spam trash i get. Try sending them again. L&P

Lu | wingsls~AT~hotmail~DOT~com

Hello, just thought I'd check in: I was the original keyboard player for Allmen Joy (Managed by Hillel Resner)1966 thru 1971; Still alive and kicking, and in touch with Hillel, Lucy James, Lori King, Dennis "Funky" Parker; Check my the web site wingswest;net 3 April 2008 - Foresthill Ca; USA Reggie's Comments   Thanks for stoping by. I don't have any Joy tunes for the Sounds page. One from the Straight or that era would be great. Some pictures and bio would be even a better package. I have to also ask Hillie. I always enjoyed the way the band could get the people up and rock out. L&P

JohnLopresti | JohnP~DOT~Lopresti~AT~gmail~DOT~com

How could research, teen, lean into this website Tilt the upright frame 'til Squared like Straight to the sun, And, so, know, fog drifts to and from Golden Gate Park Close, yet a green hand knurled with Seacliff's expanse at the ocean, and the jam of redwood construction homes on Fell, Streets like Lincoln Way, which, note, leads other than to Parnassus A glimpse of a ridge up the slopes; Maybe the homework simply looks, as I did, for a dancer, the one at the door, like Li Su, though only the imagined visitor, As always, remained busy, even in the fun of trying to place the center of the dance entertainment participatory part of that era, this time, In the same place as the actual people, or, actual streets; located on the sign marquee, easiest is to change Haight by word processing sixties style only the first part, Ha, making, Str As if a project calls; Building; Permits; Oversight; Newsworthy; Lightshow in a petridish flickers candle-like both following and leading the infusion of music Lives that joined, but the folks on the sidewalk in that one photograph Look like the university strategy bunch; And were; This day later the drift from Beiring Straits says all the permafrostmelt breathing things an electric ear can fathom; Coming warm, the moment the earth lived with the new adjectives like global, commitment, empowerment; Prose awash in the internet; The place and time were superb; and the picture of your website catches the balance; I would add detail; more resolution; more cropping a few frames; Straight was the dream of waking in the rational kindness that made a hasty time accelerate; But for a moment, at work, it is nice to find your site is developing; Imagine being busy, so busy dance is out of the question, dance the art, the union of space and body; Dialogs; 16 November 2007 - Cloverdale,CA,USA Reggie's Comments   Thanks for the post. I'd like to read it at our local poetry slam. L&P

diamond ed | bebop42~AT~earthlink~DOT~net

Reggie; it was great to see you Saturday and Sunday, What a treat, gathering of the tribes revisited, great music, great food, great vibe;back in Louisianne we say, "it don't get no better than this"; more later 4 September 2007 - greenbrae, ca, usa

diamond ed | bebop42~AT~earthlink~DOT~net

Does anybody know anyone with backstage access that needs a chauffeur\video documentarian to haul them around on Sunday at the Summer of Love fortieth anniversary at Speedway Meadows? I have a 2 seater Caddie convertable, lights, camera, action, and mucho experience shooting bands\performers; kfmlnooze;com ed chatham, 415 240-5924 31 August 2007 - greenbrae, ca, usa

Meg | desertbounty~AT~hotmail~DOT~com

Glad to meet you and view this flashback website; Water that plant! 9 August 2007

Dotty LeMieux | coastlaw~AT~earthlink~DOT~net

Any one know a Zachary who hung out at the I and Thou in the summer of '67? Kind of wiry, with a beard? 6 August 2007 - Ca

Reggie

Who will carry liberty’s flag? I see Virginia Ginny Resner as the beautiful warrior with the flag held high leading the charge for righteous change calling out from beyond “Who will step up and carry on;?” When she was just a little baby she was shown by her parents Herbert and Dodi Resner that the life lived without egalitarian standards was not living; Following in the ancient Judaic traditions of a just legal system her father fought the good fight never giving into the pressures from the powers that be; Herb as a young lawyer helped free from life sentence, Thomas Moony, proving that his was an unjust imprisonment for being a labor activist that in fact he was framed by the Governor and District Attorneys for the WWI Preparedness Day parade bombing he did not commit, Herb taught: What’s right is an open case worth fighting for; I knew Ginny when she was growing up in a colorful era of San Francisco’s history; She never swerved from supporting the front line whether on Cadillac Row, fighting the Un American house of un-American activities and of course working since early on to end the abominable inexcusable Illegal war in Vietnam; Her Brothers Hillel, the older, and Bill, the wise, who died too young, were her support group from early on providing Health hearth home so much more than just older brothers are expected to do; Later in the 60’s with her brothers and other Aquarian pioneers She was a force behind the Haight Asbury’s Straight Theater presenting all the famous sixties musicians and working toward a total Renaissance right in our global village and all this in the face of the sluggish empathy of a Nation of Sheep dominating the home front controlled by Nixon’s Military Industrial Complex; Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dum political parties created an even more repressive society forcing dwindling personal freedoms and a corresponding rise in the will and guts it took to be among “ the loyal opposition,” Many people here and now can pick up her story in the 80’s speaking about when she led the fight against unjust mandatory minimums ; Once again, her head above the trenches, she collected information, rallied forces, wrote books, and assaulted the seemingly impregnable Establishment forces with only her beautiful smile and beatific presence to form alliances and keep up the good fight; She was Doctor King exemplified; Persistent and loving; The same veiled threats we ignored Ginny faced head on; Where there was the injustice metted out to countless down trodden mothers and children suffering “Shattered Lives “ because those close to them were unfairly locked up Ginny was there for support; Then came strategy then more action ; Always more action; As far as I can tell, living a State away, she then went on to battle the unjust imposition of heinous harassing federal minions running rough shod over the will of the people and burning the advocates at the stake of puritan self-righteousness; I hear her calling “ Who will take up the banner until the battle is won; “ If we all do we will all win; If we don’t …;; You don’t have to ask; Do what she did, act on what she said and revere how she lived her life; She calls “Work to Legalize Liberty where ever it is still lying, before it is to late;” God Bless you precious Warrior; Peace and Love Reggie http://stopthedrugwar;org/chronicle/495/memorial_for_virginia_resner This article appeared on page B - 5 of the San Francisco Chronicle July 26 Virginia Resner, a longtime advocate for drug policy reform and the families of imprisoned drug offenders, died July 18 after a lengthy battle with breast cancer; She was 60; Ms; Resner was co-author of the book "Shattered Lives: Portraits from America's Drug War," which won the Robert C; Randall Award for Achievement in the Field of Citizen Action from the Drug Policy Foundation in 2001; The book documents how families are affected by federal drug enforcement policy; She was also president of Green-Aid, an Oakland medical marijuana legal defense fund that champions the plight of Ed Rosenthal, a former High Times columnist who twice has been convicted of violating federal drug laws for growing medical marijuana; "She was a very compassionate and very caring person," said Rosenthal; "Some people get bogged down in the intricacies of issues, but not Virginia; She had a good strong sense of herself and what she believed in;" Ms; Resner was born in San Francisco and graduated from Galileo High School; Her father was Herbert Resner, a prominent labor lawyer who worked with longshoreman union activist Harry Bridges; "She was a real red-diaper baby," said Ms; Resner's brother, Hillel Resner; "A lot of her values and interest in social justice came from our father;" In the early 1990s, Ms; Resner's boyfriend, Steven Faulkner, was arrested for drug dealing and sentenced to five years in prison; Even though Ms; Resner did not know about Faulkner's activities, federal agents raided her house searching for evidence; She became involved with a group that helps families of drug offenders and fought against mandatory drug sentencing minimums; She also helped gain clemency for Amy Pofahl, a Los Angeles woman who was sentenced to 24 years in prison for conspiracy in her estranged husband's ecstasy operation; President Bill Clinton granted Pofahl clemency in 2000 after she served nine years; To all her activist endeavors, Ms; Resner brought energy, a strong sense of purpose and outstanding organizational skills, Rosenthal said; "Virginia had a very strong commitment to social justice and was very well loved," said Mikki Norris, Ms; Resner's co-author on "Shattered Lives;" "She had a real solid inner strength and wisdom;" She is survived by her brother; A memorial service is scheduled for 1 p;m; Tuesday at Temple Emanu-El, 2 Lake St;, San Francisco; Donations can be sent to Coming Home Hospice of San Francisco, Green-Aid or Temple Emanu-El; 2 August 2007

diamond ed for kfmlnooze;com | bebop42~AT~earthlink~DOT~net

Hey Reggie, I finally got an inexpensive reel-to reel recorder and transferred my stash of old news programs I had put together in Denver back in the 70's; The site, kfmlnooze;com is coming along pretty well and I just invested a day in making it easier to navigate around so let me know what you thing, lots of SF history imbedded in it; 29 March 2007 - greenbrae, ca; usa

Richard Balison | richard~AT~balison~DOT~net

I first got to the Haight Ashbury about October 1966 when a girl by the name of Rusty Jagger who worked at the topless shoe shine parlor next to City Lights Book Store in North Beach She told me that the term “Beatnik” was passé and that we were now “Hippies” My first thought on hearing this was hippy, sounds like we were disportioned; Rusty also turned me on to where I and my friend Jim could crash for free, The Kirkland Hotel at Sutter and Laguna was an old run down three story hotel inhabited by the last of the beatniks and the first hippies; Later on I found other places to crash like a place called the British Embassy on Belvedere St about two blocks off Haight St; At 1090 Page St I got my first cap of Owsley acid from Chuck Jones whose claim to fame was that he was the original drummer for Big Brother and the Holding Company; The last time I saw Chuck was about 1976 he was living off Geary St with some Native American chick; From 1966 to maybe 1972 I took near 100 acid trips, however after my time on speed it put me in a different mindset and the trips never created the wonderment of the pre speed trips; Most of my memories however go to a shooting gallery at 256 Central St; there I met Crazy Cathi, the late Judi Fisher who took a OD in Seattle WA; about 1971-72 and died; That was a big heart break; But on the lighter side, an funny story was, one day Cathi said to me ,Hay you know that they are calling us; No I replied, they calling me Crazy Cathi and you are Paranoid Rich, also Freddie the Barber called you a nut; We were speed freaks Cathi, Judi, Donna, Devon, Carol from Texas and that was what weirded us out; Looking back I guess even by Haight Ashbury standards I was tweaked out pretty good; After a little over a year I managed to quit speed; But I did stuff till about 1978 in San Francisco, Los Angles and somehow made it through almost three years in the Army of all places; Back to my old friend Freddy the Barber who went back to the North Beach scene of the Beatniks, and claims to have fixed with Lenny Bruce the comedian during his day in that area about 1965-67; Freddy was one of my best connections till about 1976; I have now been married since 1980 raised three boys and been clean and not fixing dope since 1980; But I think I had better cut this short; If anyone thinks they remember me I will email them a link to my personal web site; 28 March 2007 - San Jose California

Shelly Gillit | shelly~AT~cartsandparts~DOT~com

Can any of you who were in CA around 1969 help give "Castaic Doe" a name? Please take a minute to visit http://www;doenetwork;org/cases/559ufca;html to see if you recognize the ring and/or dress; The ring is from a Kerrville, TX jeweler (James Avery) that operated from his garage at the time; She could possibly be from the Central TX area; There could also possibly be a connection with a rock band from Kerrville named The 13th Floor Elevators who were in CA around the time; If you can offer any clues, please contact Richard Kennerly at rkennerly@cox;net Thank you; Thanks in advance for your help; 25 February 2007

Reg E Post

Rock & Recovery – Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Summer of Love On June 7, 1967, David E; Smith, MD, opened the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic in San Francisco, the first of its kind in the United States and the catalyst for a free clinic movement that swelled worldwide; Dr; Dave believed health care is a right, not a privilege, and that it should be free for all who need it; The issue of free or affordable health care for all Americans continues to be a major topic in the social and political landscape of this country; The word "free" meant much more to Dave than "no charge" and introduced a radical health-care philosophy emphasizing medical treatment free from red tape, free from value judgments, free from eligibility requirements, and free from emotional hassles, frozen medical protocol, moralizing, and mystification; The clinic opened as a response to the medical needs of 100,000 young people who descended on San Francisco for the Summer of Love; On that day in June, Dave wasn't sure the clinic would last the month, let alone the summer; Hundreds of thousands of patients later, the Free Clinic movement marks its 40th anniversary in June, 2007; To commemorate the history and contribution of his work as a pioneer in the field of addiction medicine, join us in honoring Dr; Dave and supporting the work of the Common Ground Free Clinic in New Orleans and Road Recovery; Hot Tuna (tentative) Michetones (with Tiffany DeBartolo) Crazy James, ROAD RECOVERY’S house band Silent Auction Meet and Greet with the Bands MC: Dr; Ken Honored Guests The Honorable Willie L; Brown Eddie DeBartolo The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco Wednesday, June 27, 2007 – doors at 7 p;m; Tickets: $100 -- Tables: $500 - $1000 Available from Smith Family Foundation and at the door The COMMON GROUND HEALTH CLINIC is a non-profit organization that provides free quality health care for the greater New Orleans community, and develops and provides programs to address community health care needs through collaborative partnerships; ROAD RECOVERY is a not-for-profit organization comprising entertainment industry professionals whose lives have been touched by addiction and other adversities, and now wish to make a positive impact on the lives of others; Through mentoring, educational and live performance-based programs, ROAD RECOVERY’s goal is to help young people find their way towards a healthy future; THE SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION supports projects that further access to health care and education; Rock & Recovery, a project of The Smith Family Foundation www;FreeCC;org A 501(c) 3 tax-exempt organization 321 Crestmont Drive, San Francisco, California 94131 415-566-1259 -- Rock@DrDave;org 11 February 2007

Steve Wakimoto | swakimoto_005~AT~yahoo~DOT~com

Congratulations to all the people of the beautiful "hippie" generation; We've all had a lot of struggles and had a lot of in road, but after 40 years we the beautiful baby-boom people have all made it; We all deserve a big hand from the whole wide world; We're the leaders of the 21st Century; We've come along ways but we've still got a lot more to do but together with our coordinated efforts we'll still make it; Warmest Regards, Steve Wakimoto from Pasadena, California; Peace, Love and Happiness to you all in 2007-2008; 4 February 2007 - Pasadena, California---U;S;A;

reg e POST | www;2b1records;com/summeroflove40th

Valentines Day Launch Party for Free Summer of Love Concert in Golden Gate Park 40th Anniversary Events to Rock San Francisco and London SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Feb; 1, 2007 The Council of Light, a non-profit organization, is proud to announce a free musical event that will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Summer of Love; The event will take place at Speedway Meadows, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, September 2nd 2007 and will feature world-class musical acts and entertainment that will represent the spirit and energy of the 1967 Summer of Love; RELEASE A special event kick off party is planned for Valentines Day, Feb; 14 that will officially launch the beginning of the event’s coordination and promotion efforts; More information about the Summer of Love event including participating bands will be released at a later date; Launch Party: The 40th Anniversary Summer of Love event launch party will be on Valentines Day, February 14th, 6pm to 10pm at 3075 17th Street, San Francisco and will feature live music by the band, Doc Craft and live sound board concert recordings of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead; Also featured are 12 poster artists displaying their commissioned, “Summer of Love” commemorative event posters; The artists will be available for signing and collector’s edition poster sets will be available; The event web site is http://www;2b1records;com/summeroflove40th and contains information about the event, sponsorship and volunteer opportunities 4 February 2007

Jen Schmitz Furlong | AnnwnWillow~AT~aol~DOT~com | www;myspace;com/annwnwillow

1968; Married to a Rock n Roll dog turned TV producer by day and Lead Guitar Player for the reunioned SUGARLOAF on tour :)(gotta love that 70's music), Im an ex-punker(Fab Mab days)-60/70's hippie gone lost,(or is it gone wild )?Grew up in SF, Golden Gate Park, Berkeley, Free Peoples Park !! and all that Jazz !!! Now;;(after that background, go figure) I walk the path of recovery from drugs and alcohol, and am reclaiming my Self; I fight it ;;; but It's my chosen road; If I could take back the "live fast die young" philosophy, I might;;; but It has showed me who I am down the road; I find peace with the Goddess/Wiccan Faith and the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains; I love life and love my husband Mike and my two boys, Jake ( aka "SEW "and a Semper Fi Marine !) and Nick (aka Ras / RASKAL or RazDillinger), my daughter Holly and my granddaughter Makayla! My road has been full of peaks and valleys, but it has been a great journey, I wouldnt have missed it for a moment; 15 December 2006 - Lake Tahoe NV Reggie's Comments   The rest of Jen's story, video, and pictures are found on her myspace. L&P

Dorothy Jesse Beagle | jezprez~AT~sbcglobal~DOT~net

I found THE SCRAWL and attempted to add a note re the 2007 SUMMER OF LOVE, having lived in the BEAT, the 60's (but always doing my own thing) the Telegraph Ave, the HAIGHT (with Rabbi Schlomo Carlbach performing, huge circle of dancing, and attending, with current poet laureate ofCA Al Young giving me in the 60's a ride to the Straight Theater for performance of play by Black friend living in the Haight - same night, Schlomo was performing music; My 60's etc experiences & my friend who co-hosted first summer of love, and dear Eileen Kaufman photographed so beautifully for the happening (the beauty of North Beach - 50's and 60's) Thanks for this site providing beautiful info on the Straight Theater; I enjoyed the Colorado message from Paul; I was born in Boulder, lived in Loveland, from 7 on in Coos Bay, Oregon, came to Berkeley same year as Ginsberg (who lived in a cottage in Berkeley) 1959, heavily in composition/shows/music (and regular working also to earn living!) and performed with current poet laureate Al Young when I worked on ‘movie projects’ etc with he and Black artists of the old MED Café on Telegraph, but entrance tor reading with BEATS came later not in ‘their day’ and hippy? That was for me ‘a free spirit’ natural, not for psychodelics or drug experiment, but the natural love/high—lifetime; met friend Allen Cohen and his wife, Annie in the 80’s, sharing celebrations, memorials and readidngs together (see site, Allen’s work/poems for him, picture of the incredible “living breathing beautiful newspaper” the Oracle on www;sfheart;com- poem there tells how I happened upon Allen in People’s Park, Berkeley; HE IS AND SO ARE other close friends, the very heart of SUMMER OF LOVE which I believe he co-hosted in it’s first happening; And one beautiful photograph of that ’dancing on the meadow’ is of my dear friend Eileen Kaufman (living E; Bay, still writing love songs for Bob Kaufman as she too, pianist, opera singer, writer (see Women of the Beats) and ‘free spirit’ called in the day of the BEATS “The Beauty of North Beach” and is as beautiful at 83! I hope, though large events are not my cup of tea, to somehow share in this celebration in 07; Perhaps there will be ‘side happenings’ - including hopefully people renewing acquaintance with North Beach where both Allen Cohen and I read (just a few BEAT poets and I happened to be included, invited by Tony Seldon who as close friend to Allen and Annie, died not long after Allen) - we were at the Abandoned Planet for celebration of Jack Micheline (I read with him and we sang our songs, his last reading before his death) wonderful 3-wall mural at The Abandoned Planet in North Beach, still there and I urge people to visit the mural; Jack, not only ‘one of favorite poets’ but perfectionist in his art work of rich intense primary colors! Big handsome Jack Micheline! Memorialized by great poets, as Jack Hirschman, Allen Cohen, Julia Vinograd, q; r; hand who said “when I heard Jack MIcheline read in New York, it changed my writing forever;” everyone was there including young people living in and around the session or whom Jack would read a ‘poem on the street’ for perhaps reward of a beer! They came with great love, overflowing in the huge Abandoned Church in the Mission; It is significant that his life and death was memorialized around ”abandonment” for his writings knew the lonliness of the soul and he was most of all ‘the wandering troubadour’ reading in every little cafe of America and travelling the world; Too much history in me, enough of remembering, I just closed (after 5 years) Whole Note Poetry in Berkeley, it was ‘a place to put my life,’ was family, was ‘the 60’s again’ was community, I was born ‘a 60’s child’ (though not literally the 60’s) though raised in isolated, ‘not free’ Coos Bay, Oregon! Waiting for the day I would be ‘set free’ in Berkeley; My wish: don’t let ‘policing and hatred of the homeless - which is after all you and me ---and right wing ‘christian’ fascist cell-doors-slamming mentality push our young children, travelling through, or homeless, on the streets of my beloved Telegraph Avenue, The Med Cafe, People’s Park which was ‘fought and died for’ in it’s birth, founded by FREE SPEECH leaders of UC Berkeley’s Free Speech movement and the free speech emblem known to the world; Students come up to me and say (from Europe and various countries) “Can you show me the way to People’s Park;”KEEP LOVE AND FREEDOM 9 December 2006 Reggie's Comments   The Straight Theater Director you hitched to see was Oscar Kriner his picture is in the Gallery.Thanks Peace&Love

Steven Palmer | hashburysp~AT~yahoo~DOT~com

Hello folks, I'm just passing along info regarding the 40th annivesary Summer of Love Celebration scheduled for 2007; Date: Sunday September 2nd, 2007 FREE Time: 10am to 6pm Location: Speedway Meadows, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; The “SUMMER OF LOVE 40th Anniversary Event” will take place in Speedway Meadows in Golden Gate park with a simultaneous event being organized at Hyde Park in England as well as multiple other potential markets including France, Germany, Holland, Australia, Japan; The concert will mark the 40th anniversary and pay homage to the summer of 1967 known as the “Summer of Love”; This event will concentrate on the original ideology and beliefs that surrounded the times and the movement that would ultimately change the way people thought and lived worldwide; 29 November 2006 - New York, NY Reggie's Comments   Right On, Hope to see you there. L&P

Jon-Paul Palmer Savage Resurrection | chetannupa~AT~aol~DOT~com

Wow;this is amazing; I just found an old handbill from the Staight theater where I played with my group the Savage Resurrection back in 1968;Great memories! 28 November 2006 - Apache Junction, AZ USA Reggie's Comments   Hi Jon-Paul.What was the dates and featured acts? Is it in the Straight Theater Presents Scroll on the front page? If not could you send me a jpg of it so as to add it to the Graphics record. Do you have any audio of the group back then you'd like to put up on the Sounds page? You can use the email us button on the Marquee. L&P

Paul

I was born in Wyoming, but I came to life in San Francisco; I have not been to California since 1969; I ain’t a traveling man, but someday I want to wander through Golden Gate Park again; I am so happy I came upon This Scrawl; More than anything else I trace the birth of my soul and spirit back to San Francisco in 1967-68; I wandered out there after I dropped out of college and ran away to escape being drafted into the army; I was lifted up… Oh, how lifted up I was; I was truly blessed; I was given free love, free food, and free acid and free psychedelic light shows at the Straight Theater; It must have all been free because I know I didn't have any money at the time; I only spent a total of about three months of my young life in and around Haight Asbury from November 1967 ‘til August 1968; I was a wandering hitchhiking Hippy; Coming from the high Colorado Desert down to the moist, green, lush, oxygen rich climate of San Francisco was an incredible rush all by itself; And then I took a trip inside the Straight Theater; I especially liked the way you could wander around inside The Straight Theater; I always went up on the balcony and watched the people squirting the colored dyes on the overhead projectors; I don’t currently know anyone who really understands how things were back there; In my sleep I have dreams about those days; No! No! I cry and choke through my tears as I wake up from paradisiacal dreams! It was real! It is NOT just a dream! It WAS real! Sometimes I experience waves of nostalgic sadness for those days that are almost too much to bear; I still believe; 22 September 2006 - Colorado Reggie's Comments   Paul, Your wonderful message, full of memories, is a prime example of why the Scrawl Wall at Haight and Cole lives on decades past the wrecking ball. Keep the Faith. Love and Peace.

diamond ed for kfmlnooze;blogspot | bebop42~AT~earthlink~DOT~net

I finally figured out an inexpensive way to post video by starting a blog; Although the video is a little fuzzy, I'm able to get awsome audio quality; I think I read that you have some old video from the Straight Theatre; If you want I can help you slam a blog together and show you how to embed the videos, or I'd be happy to transfer them and archive them for you on kfmlnooze; So check out the blog and let me know what you thinik; I have'nt been this excited since I discovered LSD at a dollar a hit; Talk to you soon buddy, diamond ed 10 September 2006 - greenbrae, ca; usa

Wayne P; Peel | acacia6~AT~verizon~DOT~net

What a great site this truly is; I was envolved with the Straight in 67, with the light shows, and the dance class with the Dead;I was wondering if anyone knew if Magnolia Thunderpussy from the Drogstore on the corner of Haight& Ashbury is still on this planet? And also if anyone attended the show at Brooks Hall that was put on by the Sons of Hawaii; Reg, You are a blessing to the faith of the real changes that brought a positive turn in the 60s;Keep the faith brother;Also does anyone know what happened to Juanita from Sonoma? 5 September 2006 - Pittsburgh,PA; Reggie's Comments   Thanks for all your emails and post. Hope some one can answer your questions.L&P R

diamond ed for kfmlnooze;com | bebop42~AT~earthlink~DOT~net

The reason I posted yesterday, before I got of on a tangent, was to find out if you knew of a good map of the businesses of the Haight Ashbury; My friend Buffalo Chip worked at Tracy's and I had and impromptu office at the Doughnut Shop on Stanyan and Frederick; I shared a public phone there with a couple of hundred common "bidness men", musicians, pin-ball wizards, Chris the Communist, etc; I know that Buffalo had a thousand or so "compadres" that made Tracy's their home\office\bulitin board; The Drug Store on Haight Street, The Blue Unicorn, etc; I wonder if Stanley Mouse or Lore Shoberg\Orion, or some other incredible artist active during those years ever made a "characterized" map of the Haight; I know it would be a boon to me in recalling "stories" of yesteryear; It would make it so much easier for someone to envision "the life" if they could consult the map from time to time; 21 July 2006 - greenbrae, ca; usa Reggie's Comments   Collin did maintain both Who's Who in the HA and Map of the 60s HA which are on the Links page but I just tried them and they don't seem operational today. There are other map sites which you could Google. L&P

diamond ed for kfmlnooze;com | bebop42~AT~earthlink~DOT~net

I don't remember it being under the Straight Theatre,  but it rings all kinds of memory bells by its name;  The web site is coming right along;  I followed your example of writing a stream-of-consciousness  type of running-intro kind of a thing, sort of a where are they now,  what are they doing kind of deal,  and before I knew it; it had run-on to 5,000 words before I could wrap it up and call it enough for now;  Its really addictive, its like I've been telling my story over and over, all my adult life, editing, polishing, refining, and now its like a good acid trip, it just rolls naturally off my  finger-tips and onto the screen;  Remember, how it feels the next morning when your coming down from some good acid,  there's a timber in your voice,  every sentence is profound,  everything you say has a ring of resolve to it;  Like Moses, coming down off Mt; Sainai or something;  I still wish I could take it ever so often; It was such an important tool to my decision making; All my major decisions were sat-on under the influence of good psychedelics; That's one of the main things I loved about acid, it was like a brain bath, kind of like de-fragging, all the marbles in a row again, for a time; As long as I'm on the subject, the best trip I ever took, out of at least a thousand, was some psylicin (doubt if thats spelled right) any way, I got it from a pre-med student who lived next door to me at 935 Stanyan; He got it from a chemistry major friend of his and it amounted to man-made psylocybin, (again I can't spell it, do ya want good grammar or good drugs?) It was so fine, it might well have been a simple culmination kind of a deal, an evolution of wonderful experiences, resulting in pure bliss; Oh, well; I'm at the stage of creating a blog to run within my site, kind of a "can you hum a few bars" kind of a kfmlnooze challenge; "If you have a tune rattling around in your head, call 1 (800) blah-blah-blah and hum a few bars, and me and my "posse of geezer music people" will name that tune, or die trying;" 20 July 2006 - greenbrae, ca; usa Reggie's Comments   I love you dude. your enthusiasm blows me away. Keep on keeping on. Keep the Faith. If these are not enough 60's stuff for you I'll call later. Oh yeah Right On! L&P rew

diamond ed for kfmlnooze;com | bebop42~AT~earthlink~DOT~net

was the I and Thou over on Fell St; near Masonic? 20 July 2006 - greenbrae, ca; usa Reggie's Comments   Hi Ed How's your web site going? No the I and Thou Coffee house was a store front under the Straight Theater School for the Performing Arts and other Straight Theater Enterprises in the Ex Masonic Hall at 1748 Haight. The I and Thou was between the bakery and a Hardware store. Maybe you are thinking of The Blue Unicorn which was located across the panhandle from Haight.L&P rew

ivanovitch | ivanogbake~AT~hotmail~DOT~com

saw ur site mistakenly, it was cool consedering the fact that am a modest internet user i loved it and it madesense to me; keep it up 16 July 2006 - benin city,edo state, nigeria

Greg Hoffman | greg~AT~familydog~DOT~com

Fascinating stuff; But the legend on the Family Dog logo is: "May the baby Jesus shut your mouth and open your mind;" 12 July 2006 - San Mateo, CA Reggie's Comments   Right On Greg I new that. L&P Reggie

John | webmaster~AT~focusonyourlife~DOT~net

still dig your website ppl should check out mine just add w instead of webmaster we r going back to the City in the next year or two 12 July 2006 - Dallas

ed chatham | bebop42~AT~earthlink~DOT~net

have to tell you, after rambling around reading your responses to the many different posts, I'm encouraged by your broad compassion and understanding; Over the years I hear and read cheesy comments about the Haight, hippies, and misrepresentations of the peace approach to life and living and I want to scream; Then you come along and I feel like I'm no longer alone; I hope this doesn't sound like a lofty bunch of shit; I'm having my first cup of coffee and thought I'd review my postings from yesterday and by mistakenly hitting the e-mail button got a direct line to you; I moved from the St; Lawrence Hotel in North Beach to a flat behind the liquor store on Cole and Haight in the fall of 64' and lived at many addresses in the Haight over the next 7 years, winding up at 935 Stanyan; After a brief cram course in dj'n at KMPX I was invited to Denver, Colorado and a free-form station called KFML where I was a hippy-dippie newsman and dj for a year or so; I have enjoyed the benefits of having taken many, many trips and the peace of mind that comes with the experience; I learned from the acid, not to lend myself to anything I couldn’t live with and Denver was beginning a cycle in 71' that San Francisco was ending; Now that I know that you and people like you are still trying to hack out a peaceful existence, I will keep checking and contributing when I think I can; Who's motto was, "may the baby jesus open your eyes and shut your mouth"? 30 June 2006 Reggie's Comments   Hi Ed Thanks for the wonderful email and picture. Just as I start to think I am howling in the wind, wasting everyone's time, a thoughtful and caring person from "The Army" lovingly "brings me up" as we used to say reminding me to "Keep the Faith". Our dear departed friend Chester Helms popularized the "May the baby Jesus open your eyes and shut your mouth" on an Avalon poster for the Blues Project and Great Society April 23, '66 featuring a picture of an Indian in a top hat smoking a long cigar and the phrase in a box below him. L&P

ed chatham | bebop42~AT~earthlink~DOT~net

In 1967 I found myself hitchhiking outside of Sacramento in extremely sparse traffic, when out of the glow of the setting son appeared a VW bus, the door opened to the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and this fella leans over and tells me he's heading to Salt Lake City and I'm welcome; Nobody tells you where they're going until they've had a chance to screen you, so I knew this was a fine fellow; As it turns out, he told me his name was Justin luther, and he was heading to Salt Lake in search of sound equipment for the soon to open Straight Theatre; He took some pictures of me in various poses with an STP sticker and I ran into him in the mid 70's when I was selling time for KTIM in San Rafael, at Bimbos for a reunion party for the Straight Theatre; I think he said he was married to Dusty Street by then and that was the last I heard of him until I googled the Straight Theatre and saw his picture in the board of directors shot; I think he told me his name was Greene when I met him and that he changed it to Justin Luther so as not to embarrass his family; My only other significant Straight memory happened months later; Upon returning to SF, the Straight Theatre was up and running and I started going to the shows; One night I was cruising around the front of the stage and saw this cu-tie standing there with her arms folded; I asked her if she wanted to dance and she said she had to go on in a few minutes; That was the first time I saw Big Brother and the Holding Company and I was, as we used to say, "blown away"; 29 June 2006 - greenbrae, ca; usa Reggie's Comments   Hi Ed I forwarded your post to Luther. I loved you email today and like I said in the reply I wish it would find its way here to be scrawled on the wall. I liked seeing your picture. What year was it taken? L&P rew

Britney | hoock~AT~us~DOT~net | avx;fcpages;com/impotence;html

Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life; 1 May 2006 - USA, New York

Hillari | artden~AT~good~DOT~com | wagering;fcpages;com

Great website, well done to the webmaster on all his hard work!Loved the score section, a good idea; Had a good look around and enjoyed the site, will be back again in future;Best Regards ,Hillari 30 April 2006 - USA, Texas

Required | help~AT~thebollocks~DOT~com | www;thebollocks;com

This site is cool; Mine is cooler; 28 April 2006 - USA Reggie's Comments   Thanks for dropping by. Glad you think so. L&P

Mandy Jones

Hey there;;;;i am in 11th grade; i was really just wondering what exactly happened? i mean y did everything come to an end like it did? any information would be nice; i am currently reading Beneath the Diamond in the Sky; it is very interesting; most of the websites i have been to, dont give me enough info about it; thank you , amanda 26 April 2006 Reggie's Comments   Then: The life in the United States mid to late 60’s was very much influenced by its own foreign war ,Viet Nam, ( the longest so far in our history) in which the “”Military Industrial Complex” sucked off the youth to kill and die in a foreign country paying for it by siphoning, our large industrial, agricultural and financial surplus despoiling our Democracy. By the early 70’s Madison Ave had usurped the counter cultures clothes and styles and glossed over the real 60’s values of Peace, Love, Equality and Freedom to Pursue Happiness. The real social renaissance we envisioned although this modest attempt did produce a lot of great music and art created when a peaceful society uses cybernetics to produce the leisure time needed for creativity to flourish did not happened. Afterward 60”s Values went into the “Spin Cycle” Now,: The Military Industrial Complex has been joined by Corporate, Pharmaceutical Medical, Police and Penal Drug War interests and continues to mire the world in “Oil Wars” wasting our youth, the economy continuing to postpone any possible social renaissance. President Eisenhower's 1960 warning to beware of the danger posed by "the military Industrial Complex is more true today because this complex is still the gravest danger to life, liberty and the pursuit of happyness world wide " one country at a time". One good place for leads to the 60’s story is a web site called “Who’s Who in the Haight Ashbury” You could also find the “Scrawl on the Wall” posting from a few years ago by a student named April which tells of her high school groups report and 60’s Dysplay Showing held in their Texas High School. L&P

Mandy Jones

Hi;;;my name is amanda and i am doing a research paper on Haight-Ashbury; i was wondering if u would help me learn a little bit more about it; i am very interested in it; if you would give me some more insight on it, that would be wonderful; Thank you! 24 April 2006 Reggie's Comments   Sure. What scholastic level is the paper for? What particular questions could I help answer. Check some of the links on the link page for more information. L&P

Olinda | thevegetariantimes~AT~yahoo~DOT~com

Hey, I was wondering if anyone knew what the name of this little food stand was that used to be on Haight St; in 1966, we had some good times playing on that corner; 12 April 2006 - Los Angeles, Ca Reggie's Comments   Hi, At which cross street? L&P

Wayne Peel

Its been awhile since I have visited your wonderful website; I left a message 7march 2004 about my experience with the Straight theatre;The Dead and Sons of chaplin,the dance class, and my envolvement with the light show;Its hard to explain what it was like unless you were there;What a long strange trip its been; I'm now living in the Pittsburgh,PA; area and have such great memories back in the 60s Keep up the good work; Peace and Love;Wayne 21 February 2006

Jay & Carol Edwards | SageRange~AT~Centurytel~DOT~net

We lived in the haight/Ashbury district from 1965 to 1967 and shared a flat with several people we have since lost touch with; It got so crazy, finally, that we couldn't take it anymore and left San Francisco to hitchhike around some; We'd love to hear from people who lived in SF during those years; We saw Dierdre Weir's message (Tom Weir's daughter) and remember her as a cute little blond-headed girl upstairs in our apartment building; 19 February 2006 - Walden, Colorado

Panoramix | panoramix~DOT~magic~AT~gmail~DOT~com

Wow ! All those pics remind me lots of memories; Guys, continue ; That's Hype !!!! 12 February 2006 - Belgium

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