Well, here are samples from This is . . . One month before Altamont, during the Nixon presidency, the year people twice landed on the Moon.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
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Politically active at the beginning? I don't think I even knew the word politics when I was that old.
Ah, Altamount. The year Mick Jagge and his band had to be helicoptered off the stage to avoid being stomped by Hell's Angels, whom organizers had foolishly hired to act as security. Many in the audience were not so privileged or lucky. Broken heads a pool cues.
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