Comments on: The Hippie Papers: Trip-Taking, Mind-Quaking, Scene-Making Word from Where it's at (1968) http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/the-hippie-papers-trip-taking.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 10:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: strangefriend http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/the-hippie-papers-trip-taking.html#comment-1680358 strangefriend Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218866#comment-1680358  Far fuggin' stoned man . . .  Far fuggin’ stoned man . . .

]]> By: Elissa Malcohn http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/the-hippie-papers-trip-taking.html#comment-1679620 Elissa Malcohn Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218866#comment-1679620 Naked Came the Stranger (1969) comes to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_Came_the_Stranger Naked Came the Stranger (1969) comes to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_Came_the_Stranger

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/the-hippie-papers-trip-taking.html#comment-1679618 niktemadur Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218866#comment-1679618 And it's all about not rocking the boat. And they're still scared of the half-century ago sixties. And it’s all about not rocking the boat. And they’re still scared of the half-century ago sixties.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/the-hippie-papers-trip-taking.html#comment-1679615 niktemadur Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218866#comment-1679615 The office bullshit extends into their suburban homes, directed at their poor suburban kids. By all means, have a copy of Fifty Shades lying around. But Yellow Submarine?  God forbid, it's a dirty hippie movie, there's <i>drugs</i> (shudder) in it.  Just a little FYI:  there aren't any drugs in Yellow Submarine. Pathetic, isn't it? The office bullshit extends into their suburban homes, directed at their poor suburban kids.

By all means, have a copy of Fifty Shades lying around.
But Yellow Submarine?  God forbid, it’s a dirty hippie movie, there’s drugs (shudder) in it.  Just a little FYI:  there aren’t any drugs in Yellow Submarine.

Pathetic, isn’t it?

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/the-hippie-papers-trip-taking.html#comment-1679610 niktemadur Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218866#comment-1679610 Groovy, man.  Far out.  Keep on truckin'. Groovy, man.  Far out.  Keep on truckin’.

]]> By: Buddy Bradley http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/the-hippie-papers-trip-taking.html#comment-1679587 Buddy Bradley Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218866#comment-1679587 The only thing I've read by Hopkins was Elvis: The Final Years, a riveting story of excess and paranoia. Too bad it's out of print, he's a great writer. The only thing I’ve read by Hopkins was Elvis: The Final Years, a riveting story of excess and paranoia. Too bad it’s out of print, he’s a great writer.

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/the-hippie-papers-trip-taking.html#comment-1679581 timquinn Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218866#comment-1679581 It's the mediocre protecting their turf. It’s the mediocre protecting their turf.

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/the-hippie-papers-trip-taking.html#comment-1679577 Gilbert Wham Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218866#comment-1679577 I really don't get this; if Cosmo & Vogue covers are OK in the break-room, what's wrong with cute hippie-chicks? At least she looks real and beautiful. Christ, I'm so glad I don't work in an office any more. Their relentless bullshit did used to make me stabby... I really don’t get this; if Cosmo & Vogue covers are OK in the break-room, what’s wrong with cute hippie-chicks? At least she looks real and beautiful. Christ, I’m so glad I don’t work in an office any more. Their relentless bullshit did used to make me stabby…

]]> By: ffabian http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/the-hippie-papers-trip-taking.html#comment-1679542 ffabian Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218866#comment-1679542 In before "WTF nekid person on frontpage, I'm reading BB at work!" In before “WTF nekid person on frontpage, I’m reading BB at work!”

]]> By: jandrese http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/the-hippie-papers-trip-taking.html#comment-1679492 jandrese Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218866#comment-1679492 I don't think anybody was reading the Hippie Papers at work in 1968, not unless they were a night watchmen or something.   I don’t think anybody was reading the Hippie Papers at work in 1968, not unless they were a night watchmen or something.  

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/the-hippie-papers-trip-taking.html#comment-1679440 Preston Sturges Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218866#comment-1679440 I see London, I See France.... I see London, I See France….

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