The Long Road to Marijuana Legalization

In 1999 or so, after many years of not communicating, my friend Chip and I got back in touch.  One of the first things he said when we talked on the phone was in relation to the fact that marijuana was still illegal.  Since then, several states have legalized the weed for medical use and two have legalized it for recreational use.  Here in Vermont, an effort is underway to legalize marijuana.  The law that was drafted is less than ideal, but it is a step in the right direction.  This oped appeared in an online daily newspaper in Vermont known as the Vermont Digger.

Daydream Sunset and 1970s Radical Politics...

In some of the reviews of Daydream Sunset, there has been mention that I minimize some of the politics of the 1970s.

For those desiring a more complete understanding of the alternative perceptions and the people that held them in that period, let me recommend reading The Way the Wind Blew and/or Max Elbaum's Revolution in the Air and/or Aaron Leonard's Heavy Radicals.  I think the combination of these texts provide a fairly comprehensive look at the trends of the Sixties New Left and counterculture movements in the 1970s.

The Dead Show That Closes Out My Book

I went searching for a recording of the January 198o Kampuchean Refugees Benefit Show that I close out Daydream Sunset with.  While searching, I found this description of the show.  I have a few differences with the author, but it's a good read.  So is the rest of the site--Lost Live Dead....Check it out.
http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2014/12/january-13-1980-oakland-coliseum-arena.html

If you want to hear the Dead's portion of the show, here is a link to a fairly decent recording

https://archive.org/details/gd1980-01-13.sbd.miller.106517.flac16

Happy New Year!

From the Mayday Bookstore Blog

http://maydaybookstore.blogspot.com/2015/12/bombs-or-vermont.html

Review of Daydream Sunset by Fred Mills, editor of Blurt Magazine ( a fine music journal)

http://blurtonline.com/feature/daydream-sunset-the-60s-counterculture-in-the-70s/

The Clash at Tribal Stomp 2

A recording of the Clash performance at Tribal Stomp II in Monterey, CA.  September 8, 1979.....I write about this in Daydream Sunset....

http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=2598#comment-2877085

1973--Autumn in America

This is not an excerpt from Daydream Sunset, just an indication of the times the book is about.

http://www.theragblog.com/ron-jacobs-autumn-in-america-1973/