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Summer of Love Bands Jam in Golden Gate Park
Posted by CN Staff on September 03, 2007 at 06:19:46 PT
By Joel Selvin, Chronicle Senior Pop Music Critic
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco, CA -- Country Joe McDonald sang a new song and probably echoed the central thought of the day for most of the huge crowd at the 40th anniversary Summer of Love concert in Golden Gate Park on Sunday: "I wish I was back in the Summer of Love." And for a moment, Speedway Meadow - in the sea of tie-dye with the aroma of marijuana wafting everywhere - almost seemed to feel like another time. Except for the portable ATMs dotting the landscape and all those cell phones.
A crowed estimated at more than 50,000 people, spanning multiple generations, filled the meadow to listen to a procession of '60s rock bands under a cloudless sky. The day began with blessings offered by Native American shamans and ended nine hours later with Jolie Valente, son of the late Dino Valente of Quicksilver Messenger Service, singing his dad's song "Get Together." "It's never too late for another Summer of Love," said Wes "Scoop" Nisker, former underground radio newscaster."I haven't felt like this since 1969," said Woodstock concert producer Artie Kornfeld, one of the many counterculture heroes who appeared during the brief intermissions in the crisply efficient production.Pictures From The Summer of Love Concert: http://tinyurl.com/3bvyze Snipped:Complete Article: http://tinyurl.com/2naz4lSource: San Francisco Chronicle (CA)Author: Joel Selvin, Chronicle Senior Pop Music CriticPublished: Monday, September 3, 2007 - Page A - 1Copyright: 2007 Hearst Communications Inc.Contact: letters sfchronicle.comWebsite: http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/Related Articles:Wistful Over Lost Dreams at Summer of Love Festhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread23304.shtmlSummer of Love: Are You Going To San Franciscohttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread23302.shtmlThe Hippies Were Right All Along -- We Knew That http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread23277.shtml 
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Comment #11 posted by whig on September 04, 2007 at 09:30:55 PT
Hope
If there is to be a separation of wheat from chaff, we are all wheat here.
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Comment #10 posted by Hope on September 04, 2007 at 07:18:52 PT
Exactly
"We're helping keep more people alive, yes, but some of them are very much smarter than average, like Stephen Hawking."They are gifts to us...to be treasured, I'm sure.Wouldn't it be nice if we all "Treasured" one another?Yes. Probably.
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Comment #9 posted by whig on September 03, 2007 at 21:21:19 PT
Richard Zuckerman
Cannabis prohibition causes people to use other drugs that damage IQ, perhaps. I don't agree that there is an evolutionary change for the worse. Evolution doesn't work that way, it's all about adaptation to change. We're helping keep more people alive, yes, but some of them are very much smarter than average, like Stephen Hawking.
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Comment #8 posted by Richard Zuckerman on September 03, 2007 at 15:43:32 PT:
"KORN EVOLUTION VIDEO 
Please type "Korn Evolution" into any search engine, download the music video, watch and listen to it, for the most amusing educational video you have seen in a while?Richard Z.
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Comment #7 posted by FoM on September 03, 2007 at 14:18:27 PT
More Pictures From the SOL Anniversary Concert
http://sfciviccenter.blogspot.com/2007/09/summer-of-love-40th-anniversary.html
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Comment #6 posted by Hope on September 03, 2007 at 14:11:06 PT
why is there so much hate in the world
Good question, Mykeyb420.Why?Greed. Fear. Anger. Loss. Grief. Sorrow. They might have something to do with it.I'm pretty sure about the first three."Why is there so much hate in the world?""Love" is a thing despised all too often. There are those that so despise the concept...and the concept, "God is Love", that they have made it an occupation to oppose and ridicule such a disgusting and contemptible concept.Love sneered at? Not good.
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Comment #5 posted by FoM on September 03, 2007 at 14:07:08 PT
 mykeyb420 
I'm so glad you had a great time. I know how much that time in history meant to so many of us. Even people like me that weren't even there. It was a dream or more like a vision of a better world. What's so wrong about a little peace, love and understanding? Nothing we know.
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Comment #4 posted by mykeyb420 on September 03, 2007 at 13:56:56 PT
It was great
I was only 2 years old during the first summer of love,,,the music was great ,,,the people were awesome,,and the buds were fantastic,,,.
why is there so much hate in the world?? ALL the love was in SF yesterday,,,the world should look to us to see how to LIVE!
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Comment #3 posted by FoM on September 03, 2007 at 13:23:50 PT
Comments From The SFC Article
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/comments/view?f=/c/a/2007/09/03/MNPVRU8JS.DTL
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Comment #2 posted by FoM on September 03, 2007 at 10:12:58 PT
Truth
That sounds just about perfect. 
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Comment #1 posted by Truth on September 03, 2007 at 09:59:47 PT
2007
The music was great, the people were wonderful and the herb was better.Art was everywhere....
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