[Peace-discuss] James Petras fulminates…

E. Wayne Johnson ewj at pigs.ag
Fri Dec 19 15:01:34 CST 2008


...faded San Francisco Art Nouveau... she's an oldie...

perhaps prophetically?, the war on un-hip-ness had moved to Nairobi by 
that time...

C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> Exactly the scene I had in mind!  (The granny's body-paint was 
> flaking, as I recall.)
>
> Ah, the stuff you have in your mind, Wayne. I'm concerned...
>
> At least we know now what Ginsberg was worried about.  --CGE
Says the kettle to the...er...other culinary vessel.

>
>
> E. Wayne Johnson wrote:
>> memory fails a bit but a rough reconstruction is possible
>>
>> (Hip police officers on patrol)
>> "Check that one out..."
>> "He's a spade, he's groovy"
>> "Yeah, all spades are groovy"
>> "Look at that kid over there, he's groovy."
>> **"He's groovy."
>> **"See that chick with the halter top? She's groovy."
>> **"Groovy."
>> **"Hey, what about the granny waiting for the Walk light?"
>> **"She's not groovy."
>>
>>
>> ....I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed...
>>
>>
>> C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>>>
>>> I mentioned the '60s because I had in mind the counter-culture's 
>>> ironic use of the term. (See, e.g., the Firesign Theatre.)
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