tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post8671523600207377170..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Music Monday ~ Back to Be-in, Love-in and the '60sTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-20542870487502423452014-01-16T00:09:32.216-06:002014-01-16T00:09:32.216-06:00Anonymous ~ She's wearing it well isn't sh...Anonymous ~ She's wearing it well isn't she! Unlike some of her male counterparts (Redford and Nolte in particular - Sam Elliott is still as yummy though!) :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-77960816161673413062014-01-15T21:02:32.226-06:002014-01-15T21:02:32.226-06:00I saw " Thr Company You Keep " and Julie...I saw " Thr Company You Keep " and Julie Christie is still as beautiful as she was in my 60s favorite, "Darling".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-1583971715654327882014-01-15T14:43:43.111-06:002014-01-15T14:43:43.111-06:00DC ~ Thanks - and for the link.
Watched it - once ...DC ~ Thanks - and for the link.<br />Watched it - once one gets over the stilted acting (I kept expecting Leslie Nielson to show up!)it carried a huge warning sign. <br /><br />Kind of public service announcement wrapped up in a popular series, albeit a tad heavy-handed in presentation style for present-day audiences, it might have saved a few young people in the '60s from the same fate as the young man at the end of the episode.<br /><br />I wonder what the detective did with those special ciggies he put in his pocket. ;-) Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-40820618514484271592014-01-15T09:32:52.390-06:002014-01-15T09:32:52.390-06:00Great post
you might get a kick out of this...I re...Great post<br />you might get a kick out of this...I remember watching it on TV when I was about 7<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eBPWwxOKwQ" rel="nofollow">click here</a>DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404195170822950372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-61313053088057490232014-01-15T00:03:30.132-06:002014-01-15T00:03:30.132-06:00mike ~ We watched "1964" - good programm...mike ~ We watched "1964" - good programme - enjoyed it. Thanks for the heads-up!<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-59201814326855076522014-01-14T10:12:07.256-06:002014-01-14T10:12:07.256-06:00mike (again) ~ Oops - gettin' my days mixed up...mike (again) ~ Oops - gettin' my days mixed up! LOL! Well, as we've now finished the pile of rental DVDs maybe we'll take a look at "1964" tonight then. :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-57051613629623829052014-01-14T09:51:48.085-06:002014-01-14T09:51:48.085-06:00Twilight, "1964" is on tonight (Tuesday ...Twilight, "1964" is on tonight (Tuesday evening). Yes, you're probably saturated, so not interested. I'll keep an eye open for "11/22/63" to read.mike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-80437021961197009412014-01-14T09:00:10.778-06:002014-01-14T09:00:10.778-06:00mike (again) ~ Oh gosh! I'm glad we weren'...mike (again) ~ Oh gosh! I'm glad we weren't watching in a way - I'd have felt even more time-slippy than I do already! :-)<br /><br />PS: I've finished the book - now know the ending. Excellent read! Food for thought too.<br /><br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-22881425440825848202014-01-14T08:57:35.073-06:002014-01-14T08:57:35.073-06:00Ex-Chomp ~ Best wine comes in dusty ol' bottle...Ex-Chomp ~ Best wine comes in dusty ol' bottles - so they say! ;-) I have many Moons also, and more to go, I hope.<br /><br />Yes I've thought about trying to list differences and similarities between '60s and now. I get the feeling that now is a faint echo in some ways. Occupy Wall Street was an echo that faded fast.<br />The racial unrest of '60s has faded too - in relation to how it was then anyway. Now we have the constant surveillance and NSA thing - newer (to us). There's more and more money manipulating the political system, more inequality, and over it all the digital explosion of constant communication and entertainment on tap 24/7. <br />All still unfolding.<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-79818146169817842272014-01-14T06:48:08.006-06:002014-01-14T06:48:08.006-06:00On PBS tonight @ 7 PM (Tuesday, 1-14-14), "19...On PBS tonight @ 7 PM (Tuesday, 1-14-14), "1964: American Experience" <br /><br />"1964 was the year the Beatles came to America, Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali, and three civil rights workers were murdered in Mississippi. It was the year when Berkeley students rose up in protest, African Americans fought back against injustice in Harlem, and Barry Goldwater’s conservative revolution took over the Republican Party. In myriad ways, 1964 was the year when Americans faced choices: between the liberalism of Lyndon Johnson or Barry Goldwater’s grassroots conservatism, between support or opposition to the civil rights movement, between an embrace of the emerging counterculture or a defense of traditional values."<br /><br />http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/1964/mike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-20847780948850112142014-01-14T05:20:25.087-06:002014-01-14T05:20:25.087-06:00I do remember very well of the song San Francisco,...I do remember very well of the song San Francisco, but, among my favourites, there was a “Whiter Shade of Pale”, not doubt on it. <br /><br />Well as you’ve understood, my Moons are old, ah ah ah <br /><br />Ol’ Moons, good soup... <br /><br />Differences and similarities between the Great Crisis of the Sixties and this actual Great Crisis: A topic worth of munbling and pondering, indeed... <br />ex-Chompnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-81006160956486537022014-01-13T13:52:17.993-06:002014-01-13T13:52:17.993-06:00mike (again) ~ Thanks - I watched 30 mins of the v...mike (again) ~ Thanks - I watched 30 mins of the video then skipped through bits of the rest (on my computer video had an out of sync sound and picture going on, which was a little offputting - we sometimes get that on PBS on our TV too unless we swap to the HD version on a different channel).<br />My OS is out of date - gotta get out my new computer soon. <br /><br />I'm not a Sherlock Holmes fan generally, though I saw and quite enjoyed an SH movie with Robert Downey Jnr playing the part, tongue in cheek, naturally. I will give this series a try though. It seems as though a 21st century of S. Holmes will be better than the 21st century adaptation of "Little Women" complete with smartphones etc, I saw on TV not long ago and complained about in a post. :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-75409663174320029442014-01-13T11:45:25.800-06:002014-01-13T11:45:25.800-06:00An FYI and off post, Twilight! I saw a PBS progra...An FYI and off post, Twilight! I saw a PBS program last night, "Unlocking Sherlock". Can be viewed: http://video.pbs.org/video/2365144932/<br />It's a prequel to season 3, starting January 19th. It's a British production of a contemporary Sherlock Holmes. I certainly enjoyed the prequel and I'll tune-in to Masterpiece Theater next Sunday at 10PM. It's very different and not what I would have expected! We both enjoyed "The Paradise" and this appears equally good, but maybe only to me! LOLmike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-68092651881662666582014-01-13T11:21:33.718-06:002014-01-13T11:21:33.718-06:00mike ~ Yes I bet certain factions absolutely hated...mike ~ Yes I bet certain factions absolutely hated what was going on.<br /><br /><i>We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee;<br />We don't take our trips on LSD<br />We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street;<br />We like livin' right, and bein' free.<br /></i><br />Okies from Muskogee....an' all that!<br /><br />You describe it nicely, mike - in a balanced way. As an onlooker, and from a distance in time (now) and miles (then) it seems that it all began with the very best of intentions, but eventually went wrong. A rot set in, either naturally brought on by the heat of heightened emotions or manipulated by a cadre of less "gentle people".<br /><br />It was a punctuation in time though, wasn't it? One that's impossible to ignore.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-50306745909513379192014-01-13T11:14:56.611-06:002014-01-13T11:14:56.611-06:00James Higham ~ Cynically said, I feel sure, James!...James Higham ~ Cynically said, I feel sure, James!<br /><br />Not having been any part of that scene, I feel unqualified to judge it one way or t'other, but think of it as an interesting phenomenon, quite unlike anything else before or since.<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-15358442653392998772014-01-13T10:46:26.617-06:002014-01-13T10:46:26.617-06:00I should also add that live coverage of these even...I should also add that live coverage of these events and the Vietnam war was a first-of-its-kind phenomenon delivered in gory, full-color detail to America's dinner tables every night. For the first time in history, America could be virtual, vicarious guests to these events.mike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-75153842293044640472014-01-13T10:21:38.507-06:002014-01-13T10:21:38.507-06:00A quirky era! So much was occurring that it was v...A quirky era! So much was occurring that it was very difficult to find solid footing. The conservatives were extremely volatile trying to squelch the "alarming" liberalism seeping, then flooding their domain. A new-found liberalism and not-gonna-take-it-anymore mindset had risen on many fronts, in many groups, in many forms of expression. Marijuana and psychedelics were party favorites amongst the uber in-crowd replete with accompanying music, dance, op and pop, and other visual aides.<br /><br />For all of the peace-and-love, there was a polarizing hatefulness permeating the ether. Racial tension was devastating, hippies were on the establishment's ass, the rise of the Black Panther Party to succor the white's politics, the Watts riots that spread across the nation was parallel with the Stonewall gay riots, Kent State shootings gravely gave new meaning to war protesting furthered by the Chicago Seven.<br /><br />Ah, the good ol' days! LOLmikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-26055786351333718822014-01-13T09:30:53.594-06:002014-01-13T09:30:53.594-06:00A union of love and activism previously separated ...A union of love and activism previously separated by categorical dogma and label mongering<br /><br />Heaven.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com