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Linda Lovely's Journal - January 1966.1 comment

ponderpig wrote 1 week ago: Voices from the Haight #2 The original Linda Lovely has given me permission to post portions from … more →

Tags: meaning of things, Voices From The Haight, de Young museum, Grass, Haight-Ashbury, Hippies, The Charlatans

Voices From The Haight #1: A Walk Through San Francisco, Dec. 26, 19671 comment

ponderpig wrote 2 weeks ago: Continuing on my theme of recreating the sixties-era Haight-Ashbury as I actually knew it, as oppose … more →

Tags: Voices From The Haight, Haight-Ashbury, rodney albin, San Francisco

Luminaries of the Haight #4: 1090 Page Street7 comments

ponderpig wrote 3 weeks ago: Sometime in the spring or summer of 1964, Rodney Albin’s uncle acquired a twenty-two room Vic … more →

Tags: Luminaries of the Haight-Ashbury, 1090 Page Street, big brother and the holding company, Haight-Ashbury, peter kraemer, rodney albin, sf state, Sopwith Camel

Glamorpusses of the Haight #4: Linda Lovely21 comments

ponderpig wrote 1 month ago: Photos of the 1966 era Linda Lovely are few and hard to come by. But, I found this rare snapshot  … more →

Tags: Just for grins..., Donovan, Haight-Ashbury, Hippies

Sixties Survivors #6: Signe Anderson5 comments

ponderpig wrote 2 months ago: This is a rock star? You’ve got to be kidding! She looks like a normal person.  Shouldn … more →

Tags: Sixties Survivors, Rock music, Signe Anderson, Jefferson Airplane, Marty Balin, Fillmore Auditorium, Grace Slick, Great Society

Glamorpusses Of The Haight #3: Marilyn Jones2 comments

ponderpig wrote 2 months ago: The Great Lemming Migration to San Francisco was still a few years away in 1965, the year this phot … more →

Tags: Luminaries of the Haight-Ashbury, al nieman, allen cohen, beatle gary, connies, Haight-Ashbury, johnny chance, marilyn jones, paco bautista

Glamorpusses of the Haight #2: Lori Helms6 comments

ponderpig wrote 2 months ago: Ah, Lori Hayman Helms.  So beautiful she was.  And probably still is. Lori was Chet Helm’s … more →

Tags: Luminaries of the Haight-Ashbury, Chet Helms, George Hunter, Haight-Ashbury, lori helms, Parties, peter kraemer, Sopwith Camel, The Charlatans

Glamorpusses Of The Haight #1: Pigpen10 comments

ponderpig wrote 2 months ago: We’re starting a new series on The Pig today, but I’m not sure what to call it yet.  W … more →

Tags: Just for grins..., Haight-Ashbury

The Sad Story of Everpresent Anxiety6 comments

ponderpig wrote 2 months ago: Continued from last time… Back in ‘66  me and a couple of pals got this idea for a pow … more →

Tags: Just for grins..., Everpresent Fullness

I Remember Love1 comment

ponderpig wrote 3 months ago: Did you ever look at an old rock poster and wonder who the acts advertised actually were?  Like thi … more →

Tags: A Panoply of Pondering, Music, Rock music, Poster Artists, Love

A Birthday Party in the Haight-Ashbury, 19678 comments

ponderpig wrote 4 months ago: By 1967, the original hippies were already raising their kids in the Haight. Here’s document … more →

Tags: Birthdays, Haight-Ashbury

Lucy Lewis

ponderpig wrote 7 months ago: I dreamed I saw Lucy Lewis last night, alive as you and me. “Lucy, I hardly knew yuh”, I … more →

Tags: Now, Dreams, George Hunter, Grief, lucy lewis, rodney albin, San Francisco State, tape music center

It's Too Late, She's Gone

ponderpig wrote 9 months ago: Yesterday I learned Beth died. The beautiful girl whose strings are tied into my heart as fast toda … more →

Tags: 1959-1964. Freaks and Baby Beatniks, Sorrow of Life, Folk music, Demonstrations, peter kraemer, Parties, Greg Hoffman, Wes Wilson, sf state

It's Too Late, She's Gone

ponderpig wrote 9 months ago: Yesterday I learned Beth died. The beautiful girl whose strings are tied into my heart as fast toda … more →

Tags: 1960-1964. freaks and baby beatniks, Sorrow of Life, margarita bates, San Francisco State, peace vigils, North Beach, Marriages, Bess Farr, bob kuehn

One More Once for The Summer of Love1 comment

ponderpig wrote 1 year ago: Writer and itinerant hipster Greg Hoffman just sent up a few photos he snapped at the Summer Of Love … more →

Tags: today and yesterday, Greg Hoffman, Haight-Ashbury, Summer of Love, The Charlatans, james gurley, big brother and the holding company

Sally Go Round The Roses or At The Langley Porter Neurasthenic Day School, 1964.4 comments

ponderpig wrote 1 year ago: “The roses they won’t hurt you…the roses they won’t hurt you.” What w … more →

Tags: 1959-1964. Freaks and Baby Beatniks, Gay life, North Beach, beatles, Rock music, langley porter, Buffy Sainte Marie, sally go round the roses, A Hard Day's Night

Last Days of Playland-at-the-Beach5 comments

ponderpig wrote 1 year ago: Note: This is Part 3 of the Playland Story. It’s full of occult hippies and glamorous pop s … more →

Tags: Photos by Patrushka, Grateful Dead, sf state, Chet Helms, lsd, Allen Ginsberg, playland-at-the-beach, avalon ballroom, Hippies

Last Days of Playland-at-the-Beach

ponderpig wrote 1 year ago: Note: This is Part 3 of the Playland Story. It’s full of occult hippies and glamorous pop sta … more →

Tags: 1970-?. later storms, San Francisco State, Chet Helms, lsd, playland-at-the-beach, family-dog, steven gaskin, avalon ballroom, Allen Ginsberg

Ooh, ooh, ooh, what a little blogging can do...3 comments

ponderpig wrote 2 years ago: Back in February I posted a little story about my life in the Haight-Ashbury in 1966 and how I did … more →

Tags: Joy Of Life, melanie kinkead, missing friends