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Friday, January 13, 2006
Hippy Berthaday MK!
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Another Hippy Happy iten from Leah Garchik's column...
"The Human Be-In celebrates its 39th anniversary Saturday, and nobody's celebrating more than the California Historical Society, which is showing Summer of Love pictures and rock posters from the era until Jan. 28. The Society's Stephen Becker tells me that many of the visitors to this show are old hippies. "They're still trying to decipher the lettering on the posters.'' This is a task that's become even more complicated because their vision isn't what it used to be. One man who was an icon of the time approached Becker and said, "So, you holding? How come nobody's lighting up in here?''
The man went outside and used the alley next door. His identity is being protected here because, says Becker, why get him busted "now that he is over 70? He'll complain that we shouldn't trust anyone over 95.''