tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post4189378110679512889..comments2024-01-31T11:37:10.331-06:00Comments on Born-Again Hippies: Almost Cut My HairRandy Haspelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15371114789022032381noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-41434498250877188982012-06-08T22:25:54.550-05:002012-06-08T22:25:54.550-05:00Come to think about it Sput may prefer that the pl...Come to think about it Sput may prefer that the plaque be dedicated to 'Randy and the Radiants'. That may also make it easier to get through the approval process, because it was Randy AND his bandmates that made their mark on Memphis music over the decades. The locals will know that he was the ramrod.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-67148645145745606802012-06-08T21:49:28.385-05:002012-06-08T21:49:28.385-05:00Dr. Gregg, this is Jerry. I may be a right wing nu...Dr. Gregg, this is Jerry. I may be a right wing nut, but I also have a sense of fair play. Sput's political views are only a small part of what he is as a person. Sometimes I get carried away and say some things that I shouldn't. But, I admire what Sput has made of himself over the course of his life. It takes a lot of entreprenuerial spirit to form a long-lived band. I understand that he has written some songs. I know that he is a damn good DJ and journalist, and I also believe that he has a good heart. I live a long way from Memphis and only return about once per year to visit old friends. So, there is no way that I could help in the endeavor. Besides, I don't think that I would be very welcome amongst Sput's crowd...I feel that I has poisoned the water. Actually, I was thinking in terms of folks like you and Father Farken, and the numerous influential friends and fans that he has made along the way to ramrod the plaque idea. Like I said before, I think that it would mean a lot to him to be finally recognized for his lifetime of devotion and influence upon Memphis music. If this can be pulled off, I will go to Beale St. to see the plaque when I visit my buddies. I am a bit schizoid in regard to Sput. Somewhere along the way I began to secretly admire him for what he has made of himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-68242869025258848452012-06-06T21:22:36.046-05:002012-06-06T21:22:36.046-05:00I skipped the rest after I read the courage of Ano...I skipped the rest after I read the courage of Anon's comments on Randy Haspel being memorialized on Beale Street. There is something that a whole lot of people could get behind with ease, confident that they'd be doing what was irrevocably the right thing to do. <br />Anon, how do we get this going? Why don't you email me at my email address so we can have a private conversation about this.<br />gregggrinspan@yahoo.comGreggnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-8524384230640494892012-06-06T17:24:28.731-05:002012-06-06T17:24:28.731-05:00Great comments!Great comments!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-63057015053375184572012-06-06T17:23:53.187-05:002012-06-06T17:23:53.187-05:00Great repartee!Great repartee!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-91744614788091390672012-06-06T12:14:23.254-05:002012-06-06T12:14:23.254-05:00The whole Tea Party vs the Occupiers issue as port...The whole Tea Party vs the Occupiers issue as portrayed by the bogus mainstream media is a joke. The non-violent Tea Partiers who merely want a return to a constitutional republic and a balanced budget are villified as Nazis, haters, or worse, while the Occupiers who shit in the streets, fuck in public, rape, set fires, loot, and destroy property (they are mostly anarchists and Marxists) are extolled by the media and the Democrats as heroes. Back in the early 70's, Jesse Jackson who has spoken truth once or twice in his life, looked around a tent city of hippie miscreants the day after a Washington, D.C. protest. They were passed out from alcohol and drugs, in a state of utter squalor...filth everywhere. Jesse said as he viewed the scene that you couldn't build anything of value with such people. His words were prophetic. Did you see the video of the miscreants holding hands, surrounding the Wisconsin capitol building Oming to bring spiritual forces to bear to unseat Gov. Walker? Folks here don't put much stock in the New Age, but I can say as one who was involved deeply in it for 9 years that occultic mantras are actually invocative prayers to the demonic realm. But, the lower level practitioners are told that the mantras merely attune them to higher evolutionary forces. They are dupes who are being drawn into deeper levels of evil. I'll be stoned for saying these things, but I know the truth of what drives the entire New Age movement and it is a malignant evil. The Dems are perfectly Ok with this state of affairs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-23349682621038770692012-06-06T10:24:20.373-05:002012-06-06T10:24:20.373-05:00Well said Anon June 5. I'd like to comment on ...Well said Anon June 5. I'd like to comment on the walker recall election. Can you believe the way the libs are behaving? I have never seen tea party people behave that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-5756902440150206492012-06-05T11:14:23.383-05:002012-06-05T11:14:23.383-05:00Looking back on the hippie years I remember one gl...Looking back on the hippie years I remember one glaring bit of hypocrisy. We tended to look down on the 'straights' as being, narrow, bigoted, and intolerant. Then we proceeded to be exceedingly narrow, bigoted, and intolerant toward them. We even resorted to some 'soft' bullying. Remember the game of 'freaking out the straights'? Remember how condescending and non-inclusive we were toward them for not being a part of the 'new consciousness'? But we insisted that we were purveyors of peace, unity, and love toward all. I still see some of that in today's Left. For instance, they believe in free speech...as long as that speech is in complete agreement with them. Otherwise, it is forbidden. Why the glaring hypocrisy? Especially when it is so flagrant and visible? Can anyone respect that? I was as guilty as anyone of hypocrisy in regard to the straights. However, I insisted that they had their place. Somebody had to embrace capitalism and the work ethic seriously enough to make all of the stuff that we used, like stereos, record albums, food, etc., etc. while we got stoned and played at being feckless hippies all day. Those who played that game too long are now on food stamps, and other forms of government assistance whining that capitalism doesn't give everyone a shot at being materially succesful and that people who worked, saved, etc. for their future are selfish for doing so. What is wrong with that picture? I believe that someone said long ago that we reap as we have sown. Is that no longer true? And is it cosmically right to reap where others have sown? That is even true of the capitalist pigs who are driving us toward world socialism so that they can be even bigger capitalist pigs...as in controlling all of the Earth's resources, capital, and labor. Does it bother the Left that Obama is in bed with the uber-capitalists on Wall St. and even internationally. Soros is one of his big international uber-capitalists donors who is driving the world to socialism. Don't you know that when world socialism is finally effected that 'Leftists' like Obama will have a seat within the oligarchy and be living like kings while the rest of us live in 'egalitarian' squalor? They will probably have a special holiday to commemortae the useful iditos who helped them realize their grand capitalistic scheme. This is where the worst of human nature is driving us while using a bogus claim of compassionate sharing as a ruse to get there. Ever think about how compassionate the Chinese, Russians, and Muslims are? Many of these will be part of the ruling oligarchy some day. They will not be very nice to the little people who helped them get where they are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-82859355602506975962012-06-04T18:59:24.720-05:002012-06-04T18:59:24.720-05:00This is a digression, but please bear with me. I m...This is a digression, but please bear with me. I moved away from Memphis before Beale Street opened. I have visited there a few times when visiting friends. I noticed that there are plaques in the sidewalk that honor those who have contributed to Memphis music. I feel that Sput has not been adequately acknowledged for all that he has done to promote Memphis music as a musician, as a DJ, and as an accomplished journalist. He is getting to be an old man. I would love it if some of the influential people that he knows would come together and work toward his getting a plaque on Beale St. I feel that such a memorial would give him a great deal of satisfaction knowing that he would be remembered for many years for what he made of himself and what he did in the promotion of the music that he loves so much. I have decided to be a proponent of the good things that Sput has made of himself and of the good that he has done for others and to be more civil in my political critiques...life is more than meat. This blog is a venue mainly for Sput's family and friends and I have no right to barge in and say hurtful things. For that I apologize to Sput, his wife, and everyone else. I was wrong in doing so. Sometimes I can be an asshole, but I am trying to reform. The measure of a man's success in life is largely in terms of the good that he has done for others and in terms of the love that those he has touched will feel for him after he passes. According to that measure, Sput is a better man than I. I will still spar with him politically,though. I think that he enjoys a little bit of a challenge. If Sput gets a plaque on Beale St. I will make a special trip to Memphis just to see it. Justice will have been served.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-598383513692478752012-06-04T18:19:03.026-05:002012-06-04T18:19:03.026-05:00How can a 65 year old man be condemned for somethi...How can a 65 year old man be condemned for something that he did when he was 18? I am in my late 60's and I shudder to think about those days of gross excess. Unfortunately, I am still judged by some for what I was as a mindless, wreckless adolescent and it hurts. Can there be no forgiveness? Most of those who condemn Obama for his college drug use aren't really offended by it. Rather, it is just a low-blow political tactic. The issue is what he currently is and the same goes for Romney. I have more respect for Obama's honesty than I do for "I never inhaled" Clinton. If everyone were honest, I'll bet that there are plenty of congressmen, judges, and lawyers, etc. who indulged when they were younger. There is something about people who reform that incline them to be self-righteous toward those who have made the same mistakes. That is why it is said that we are always guilty of that which we condemn in others. In a nutshell that means that we are all mistake makers. We need to be more forgiving and certainly more honest. I do not mean to be heavy-handed, but that goes for you too Sput.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-48373653262718167472012-06-04T12:08:17.184-05:002012-06-04T12:08:17.184-05:00Only problem with the Romney story is that the fam...Only problem with the Romney story is that the family of the supposed victim says it never happened.Alannoreply@blogger.com