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Mblaze

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40. The band we opened for that sucked the most

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 01:40 PM

Dec 2024

was Skye Saxon and the Seeds. The best was a young Charles Lloyd and the Turtles were close. And then... I enlisted in the AF to avoid being drafted because I was 1A and it was a whole new world.

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This post will probably sink like a stone... [View all] PCIntern Dec 2024 OP

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That's all true. bucolic_frolic Dec 2024 #2

If people have not read it, I can strongly suggest reading "A Fever In The Heartland" by Timothy Egan GeoWilliam750 Dec 2024 #66

I recommend Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the U.S." Martin68 Dec 2024 #88

Also an excellent read. GeoWilliam750 Dec 2024 #98

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This is what I want to say... madaboutharry Dec 2024 #8

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Sounds like it'll bee good! calimary Dec 2024 #96

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Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia Wicked Blue Dec 2024 #9

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People need to watch jeopardy MacKasey Dec 2024 #10

True, but Jeopardy has changed. LisaM Dec 2024 #15

I have a friend born in the 1950s IbogaProject Dec 2024 #57

It depends on the categories. LisaM Dec 2024 #64

Alot more pop culture QA as well. nt Ilsa Dec 2024 #77

"I went home for lunch" BumRushDaShow Dec 2024 #34

I lived 2 blocks from school MacKasey Dec 2024 #46

I lived about 4 blocks from my original elementary school BumRushDaShow Dec 2024 #53

I had the exact experience as a kid, La Coliniere Dec 2024 #65

Frankly, I think that is exactly the wrong approach. malthaussen Dec 2024 #67

I can appreciate your disagreement MacKasey Dec 2024 #70

An interesting observation, and of course it leads to Santayana's famous remark, Ocelot II Dec 2024 #11

I frequently get posts from a group called "Old Time Baseball" in my fb feed. malthaussen Dec 2024 #68

This is why history isn't linear, but moves in cycles Blaukraut Dec 2024 #72

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Historians are fully aware of what you both say. Which is why they become historians in the first place, and why ancianita Dec 2024 #21

bookmarking to read later. Thank you. I rec'd it already and want to chew on a bit - and provide a respose. NewHendoLib Dec 2024 #13

Yep. Another way to put it is "here and now" -- that's all Americans care about, the current KPN Dec 2024 #14

We also often forget when our stars are no longer with us. keep_left Dec 2024 #16

Outstanding. Mike 03 Dec 2024 #17

I always refer to a sense of history. murielm99 Dec 2024 #18

No Long-Term Memory is how bastards get the US Taxpayer on the Hook Kid Berwyn Dec 2024 #19

Sigh...sadly, all true. pandr32 Dec 2024 #20

To me, the key line on your post: Escurumbele Dec 2024 #22

There's never a magical time of remembering Sympthsical Dec 2024 #24

Ho ho ho... PCIntern Dec 2024 #28

Do you know all kinds of 1880s and 90s singers as well? Popular theater actors of the Gilded Age? Sympthsical Dec 2024 #39

Memory intelpug Dec 2024 #83

I remember the Grass Roots. My band opened for them Mblaze Dec 2024 #26

That's actually pretty cool... PCIntern Dec 2024 #29

The band we opened for that sucked the most Mblaze Dec 2024 #40

I remember them too BlueSpot Dec 2024 #97

They definitely had some hits. Mblaze Dec 2024 #99

Sanewashing is brainwashing. dchill Dec 2024 #27

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And to you!!! PCIntern Dec 2024 #41

Let's Live ForToday JMCKUSICK Dec 2024 #31

Gore Vidal dubbed the US thucythucy Dec 2024 #32

Excellent points, perfectly articulated. PCIntern Dec 2024 #42

You jumped right from radios to smart phones. What about TV? nt Nittersing Dec 2024 #48

TV obviously also had an impact, thucythucy Dec 2024 #54

A lot of kids were "raised" by television Nittersing Dec 2024 #56

Good points. thucythucy Dec 2024 #58

Many Americans are lazy young_at_heart Dec 2024 #33

I feel that... 2naSalit Dec 2024 #59

I would also rather do those things BUT MuseRider Dec 2024 #90

What you wrote echoes my feelings riverbendviewgal Dec 2024 #36

athiest that does xmas traditions here Kali Dec 2024 #37

The result of letting many home school their children biophile Dec 2024 #38

Thinking more philosophically, there is the 14th Dalai Lama outlook Beringia Dec 2024 #43

I went to high school with Hugh Downs' daughter PCIntern Dec 2024 #44

"We are the weak link: deliberately undereducated and programmed by the corporate media." OldBaldy1701E Dec 2024 #45

Memory is a small part - Nigrum Cattus Dec 2024 #47

Even in the 70s history Figarosmom Dec 2024 #49

History teachers intelpug Dec 2024 #84

And he was right Figarosmom Dec 2024 #85

Excellent. I would also add that somewhere along the line, "History is boring" became a LoisB Dec 2024 #50

History was made boring by becoming an endless recitation of facts. malthaussen Dec 2024 #69

A salient point about the band The Grass Roots EYESORE 9001 Dec 2024 #52

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In the era of "personality politics" (bad) people only want their prejudices reinforced. And they are easily tricked. usonian Dec 2024 #60

You echo my thoughts... rasputin1952 Dec 2024 #61

Nostalgia and its opposites Nasruddin Dec 2024 #62

And assassination is becoming too common dlbell Dec 2024 #63

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Am an American. I remember Tweedy Dec 2024 #74

You speak the truth! Ziggysmom Dec 2024 #75

I remember the W. Bush administration and Beck23 Dec 2024 #76

I remember in the early 80s many people didnt know who their Senators were Callie1979 Dec 2024 #78

It is shocking to me anyway Meowmee Dec 2024 #79

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It's not that Americans have no memory. The problem is mass media. Initech Dec 2024 #82

Thank you for this. MuseRider Dec 2024 #86

You better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone. Yes, our memories, like our attention spans, have shrunk down Martin68 Dec 2024 #87

There is no community memory Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #89

Rethink the idea of american amnesia Southern_gent Dec 2024 #91

Disagree with almost every point PCIntern Dec 2024 #93

Let's Have a Real Conversation: Disagree? Tell Me Why! Southern_gent Dec 2024 #94

Because I'm busy. PCIntern Dec 2024 #95

"international efforts to curb authoritarianism" Lulu KC Jan 25 #100

some of the best tv shows in my memory were one season or 2 seasons ones . barely got off the ground and yanked AllaN01Bear Dec 2024 #92

But knowing the short-term memory of The Public is why no_hypocrisy Jan 26 #101