Where Were You on June 16, 17, & 18 of 1967?

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Were you at the Monterey International Pop Festival in San Fransisco? You don't remember it? Perhaps you were conceived there? If you'd like to go back in time, you can go to the show now by watching the movie filmed during the festival called Monterey Pop (1968) directed by D.A. Pennebaker. Preferably in HD. It's unsettling how amazing it is. Wrapping your head around the fact that all the footage of hotties you're drooling over are well into their '60's now is one thing you'll encounter, and then your brain will be blown to bits by Jimi Hendrix's performance (first he makes love to it, then he sets it on fire, then he makes more love to it, then he smashes it to bits. And in HD he's smashing your brain to bits. There will be bits.)

Needless to say, without Monterey Pop '67 there'd be no Woodstock '69, and without Woodstock '69 (my Uncle Mike said it sucked) there'd certainly be no Bonnaroo '09 which is underway tonight in Manchster, TN rain or shine--and from what I hear, there's rain. Congrats to all m' peeps honored to rock the Bonnaroo stages for the first time: comedy via Christian Finnegan, and Pete Holmes and tunes from The Tangiers Blues Band. Someone please give Warren Haynes a big, wet, sloppy kiss for me? Thank you!