On Feb 23, 2012, at 10:58 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Larry Colen > >> I've been in a bit of a photographic funk lately, not really excited >> about anything I've gotten. I tried to shake it off by going for a >> walk around Pacific Ave in Santa Cruz after dinner, then a quick >> drive down to the wharf. While there isn't anything particularly >> outstanding, I think I got a few entertaining shots. It was nice >> weather, so the hippies were out in force. What's the collective >> noun for hippies? Tribe? Deadshow? Anyways, they actually had >> someone pretty decent on the trumpet, so their impromptu bardic >> circle on the sidewalk actually sounded better than most. >> >> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157629434946815/ >> >> I'd love to see what Knarf would do given a K-5 and a couple hours on >> a warm night in Santa Cruz. > > Hippies *is* the collective (i.e. plural) noun. "Hippie" when there's only > one of them.
It's good to have the definitive lexical source. > > Although, technically it should always be preceded with the modifier OLD. > > You don't really see REAL hippies anymore. The ones who are left kind of > blended into the background - camouflaged as it were. Most of us eventually > got married, got jobs, bought houses (joined the Army believe it or not) - > maybe had a lot of kids ... and too many started voting republican. > > But if you want to find REAL hippies, look for old farts hanging around > together to the tune of John Prine, Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs ... What's the matter with kids these days? We had to make our tiedye with crushed berries and woad. > > What you have just looked like a bunch of kids hanging out - something that > started long before hippiedom and will still be around long after the last of > us is gone. This is Santa Cruz, where the sixties never ended. Some of those kids are probably third generation hippies. > > "ZA Y ART" would be the best, were it framed a little better. Do tell? How would I improve the framing? > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
