tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post1248105868874717423..comments2024-03-18T04:40:38.214-05:00Comments on Murderous Musings: Summer Shorts: Wrapping Up The '60sChester Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07155257451021065218noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-59199888641731533452009-07-26T23:47:00.425-05:002009-07-26T23:47:00.425-05:00Pat, you're forgetting about all the wrinkled ...Pat, you're forgetting about all the wrinkled tattoos, arthritis cases from texting, and brain cancer from cell phones. Of course, our political views remain unclear.Mark W. Danielsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127689413680147200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-25856857230576922632009-07-26T22:45:12.228-05:002009-07-26T22:45:12.228-05:00Chester, I love the big bands, too. Tonight I tape...Chester, I love the big bands, too. Tonight I taped Lawrence Welk's 1960 Tribute to the Big Bands on PBS-- 45 minutes of nothing but music and almost no chatter.I counted 30 bands from the 1930s and '40s! No wonder their music defined a generation.<br /><br />Some songs I hadn't heard in a coon's age,like "Blue Moon" (Guy Lombardo), "Daddy" (Sammy Kaye)and "Mood Indigo" (Duke Ellington).<br /><br />They flashed photos of band leaders when they played their songs and I only recognized Paul Whiteman and Fred Waring! Reminded me of Frank Sinatra's comment that he never learned to dance because he was always on the bandstand singing.<br /><br />The music was sublime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-37116947541047253972009-07-26T22:34:02.803-05:002009-07-26T22:34:02.803-05:00Jean, and here I was thinking that right now is a ...Jean, and here I was thinking that right now is a terrible time to be a teen. So many temptations and such a scary world!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-28256608572652560172009-07-26T22:32:13.312-05:002009-07-26T22:32:13.312-05:00Ben, I saw a funny post on DorothyL this week from...Ben, I saw a funny post on DorothyL this week from someone who said her grown sons are still mad at her for not taking them to Woodstock. They were babies at the time. LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-69932237421145135742009-07-26T22:30:04.144-05:002009-07-26T22:30:04.144-05:00Mark,40 years from now we'll all have big head...Mark,40 years from now we'll all have big heads, bad eyes and tiny bodies, caused by spending our lives sitting in front of computers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-3612176616017978352009-07-26T22:28:07.090-05:002009-07-26T22:28:07.090-05:00Elizabeth, Gen-Xers are definitely a quieter bunch...Elizabeth, Gen-Xers are definitely a quieter bunch,and don't seem so me-oriented. Political corruption is staggering but maybe it always was and we just didn't hear about it 24/7. We're probably still hung over from the "whatever feels good" era. Boy, do Iremember those days!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-50932839648443976892009-07-26T21:14:27.002-05:002009-07-26T21:14:27.002-05:00An interesting time, for sure. Unlike you, Pat, my...An interesting time, for sure. Unlike you, Pat, my musical tastes stayed with the big band era and the ballad. I never got into rock. I liked a few of the Beatles songs and some of the folk music of that era, but Woodstock was too far out for me. As for Vietnam, I supported the war effort (I was in the Air National Guard when it started) but didn't agree with a lot of what went on.Chester Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07155257451021065218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-88052993397314991702009-07-26T15:52:34.278-05:002009-07-26T15:52:34.278-05:00Ah, the 60s! I lived in Los Angeles at the time an...Ah, the 60s! I lived in Los Angeles at the time and attended and filmed a few park "Love-ins." While in college I also interviewed, as a campus reporter, some of San Francisco's flower children. Thank heavens my kids weren't teens during that time.Jean Henry Meadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146960738692672013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-27130024570108925812009-07-26T14:45:22.621-05:002009-07-26T14:45:22.621-05:00Cannot believe I didn't go to Woodstock, and I...Cannot believe I didn't go to Woodstock, and I had no excuse. I was even in New York then. But I thought it would be a disaster, and I guess for some, especially with the rain, it was. But as time has passed, Woodstock has taken on a different image, one of peace and love and great music, not what many experienced from what they told me. I heard stories of gang rapes, drug overdoses, lack of bathroom facilities and mud, mud, mud. Maybe it was better that I wasn't there afterall. I do like my facilities. Still, the music was great.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01368973223808495975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-17140009786176175822009-07-25T11:33:49.071-05:002009-07-25T11:33:49.071-05:00This was an interesting period in history. On the...This was an interesting period in history. On the "activists" side, if you weren't against "the establishment" then you must be supporting "the war machine". On the "conservative side", anything with long hair was anti-establishment. With neither side having much tolerance for exception, riots broke out and people got hurt; a few fatally. I wonder how we'll view our current period in forty years.Mark W. Danielsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127689413680147200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-5709776328184636752009-07-25T08:11:42.934-05:002009-07-25T08:11:42.934-05:00As a Generation X-er (known for general political ...As a Generation X-er (known for general political apathy...although we're good community volunteers) I've always been interested in my parents' generation. <br /><br />Thanks for the pictures and links.<br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><a href="http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Writing is Murder</a>Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.com