Kate quoted Richard von Busack's review of
"Hippie Revolution" (in 1996)
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/07.18.96/hippie-9629.html

>The hippies' efforts may not have been lasting; 
> they were fuzzy thinkers who produced little art 
> that endured. Today, "Today" is a nice single 
> mom with two kids, a house and a swimming
> pool in New Mexico.'

Critics of all expression  - in this case with the
facts wrong, it seems  -  Louise has just written
to me saying:

> BTW, the house and pool wasn't mine.  
> They filmed at Rebecca's in Marin.  I've
> never had a pool, and always thought that
> sounded so 'fashionable' which, I confess,
> I am not.

Kate wrote:

> like paul's friend louise (who, contrary to how the author portrays her is
> as paul wrote 'saving lives and stamping out disease as a hospital
> administrator') i know many who who grew up through the 'hippie era' who
> remained true to their ideals & have devoted their lives to making the world
> a better place...

Certainly true of Louise. 

Found this site - a brief virtual tour of the
Haight Ashbury area and the associated
musicians and characters  -
http://www.sftravel.com/haightashburysanfrancisco.html

>"If The Grateful Dead were kings of the psychedelic kingdom 
> then 710 Ashbury Street was Buckingham Palace!!

re Country Joe & the Fish
>The Fish Tank was located at 638-640 Ashbury. ...
>And its One..Two...Three..What are we fighting for?

re Janis Joplin
> you can visit her homes away from home in the Haight. 
>Two of them are located at 112 Lyons and at 635 Ashbury. 
>To roundout your Joplin pilgrimage go north of Haight Street 
>one block to Page, turn right and find 1090 Page, not only the 
>site of one of the Haights early crashpads, but is also where 
>Big Brother went full tilt boogie in between gigs. .

re Jimi Hendrix
>his pre-wah wah Woodstock days were spent around the 
>lava lamp at his apartment at 1524A Haight. You can almost 
>hear the Star Spangled Banner ripping from the windows!!

re The Jefferson Airplane
>Heading towards Fulton Street you won't run into any hookah 
>smoking caterpillars but if you go to 2400 Fulton Street you 
>will see where Alice would have hung out had she been around 
>in the 60's. 

Joni, of course, played at Winterland (The Last Waltz) - 

PaulC

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