Category Archives: 60s

3 by Billy Joe Royal

February 16, 2014 – 1:03 am

HUSH DOWN IN THE BOONDOCKS CHERRY HILL PARK

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DEMO DERBY REDUX by Peter Nolan Smith

February 8, 2014 – 8:15 pm

Last August I weekended in Montauk with Richie Boy. As we left his bungalow off Ditch Plains, the diamond dealer handed me the keys to his Mercedes SUV. “You drive into the city.” The two of us had had a long night at the Liar’s Bar in Montauk. “You sure you want me to drive.” […]

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WHAT IS HAPPINESS by Totie Fields

January 31, 2014 – 9:59 pm

Totie Fields is a lost genius of Borscht Belt comedy. I reincarnated her from the past this evening, finding a 1974 clip from the Mike Douglas Show on which she puts Gene Simmons from Kiss by saying after he denied being Jewish, “The hook don’t lie.” See this URL I then sought out more and […]

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Ultimate Spinach’s (Ballad of) The Hip Death Goddess

November 13, 2013 – 10:09 pm

If you’re going to trip out, you have to put yourself in groovy surroundings and play good music. Nothing better than Ultimate Spinach’s (Ballad of) The Hip Death Goddess. Just please stay away from the mirrors on the experience. They stare back.. To hear this 60s classic trip go to the following URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE0JTDhvsJE

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URGE FOR GOING Joni Mitchell

November 7, 2013 – 8:06 pm

Men and boys weren’t allowed to like Joni Mitchell during the 60s and 70s. But that was wrong-headed thinking. Joni wrote great songs and sang them even better. URGE FOR GOING is a killer. I love it to his day

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