She smiled,sweetly

“In that year there was an intense visitation of energy. I left school & went down to the beach to live. I slept on a roof. At night the moon became a woman’s face. I met the spirit of Music.”

Every time they had to stop for gas or something, some of the Pranksters would be wandering off and whenever it was time to leave, at least one Prankster could not be found. Hence the metaphor, “You’re either on the bus or off the bus.” Of course, no outsider had any idea what Kesey was talking about when he said that, because you had to have been on the bus that summer to get it… duh!

Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don’t stand in the doorway Don’t block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled The battle outside ragin’ Will soon shake your windows And rattle your walls…

Grace Slick & The Jefferson Airplane

The belt that Morrison made famous on stage with The Doors and in many of his photo sessions is called a “concho belt.”  The traditional concho belt is unique to the Zuni and the Diné (Navajo) Pueblo tribes from the Southwestern United States.

The Fool, 1967

‘Love the one your with’

Ringo, Maureen, Patti, George

1-☮ It happened in Rishikesh a short time ago… George, Paul & Donovan help Shah Jahan, son of Indian magician Gogia Pasha, as he completely stops his assistant’s pulse. The picture was taken at the Maharishi’s meditation centre.

2-☮Disc colour picture from India of the Beatles and friends at the Maharishi’s meditation centre in Rishikesh. From left: George, Paul, Shah Jahan (who entertains the star guests), Donovan, Pattie Harrison, John and flautist friend Paul Horn.

Imagine 

Good things will come

Paul on “Bungalow Bill” and animal rights: I remember John singing “Bungalow Bill” in Rishikesh. This is another of his great songs and it’s one of my favourites to this day because it stands for a lot of what I stand for now. “Did you have to shoot that tiger” is its message. “Aren’t you a big guy? Aren’t you a brave man?” I think John put it very well. Funny enough, John wasn’t an overt animal activist, but I think by writing this song he showed that his sentiments were very much that way. One of the nice things about Beatles songs is that in many cases they do seem to stand the test of time and this is an example of one that’s getting better with time. It’s becoming more and more relevant. If you look at veal crating and listen to this song, or look at the hunting of nearly extinct species like tigers and rhinos, well, this is a very good song. In that context it’s fabulous.

image source: beatles bible.com

The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it – basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them

And our time is flyin’ see the candle burnin’ low , Is the new world rising, from the shambles of the old , ‘If we could just join hands’