The Summer of Love = 2007

The Summer of Love 2007

The 40th Aniversary of the Summer Love was = blessed=20 with perfect weather in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and = record=20 gatherings celebrating the brotherhood of love and good=20 vibes!

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Captain Wayne-O has taken on the task to = document=20 this event to the very limits of his $79 aiptek pocket DV5100M and = his=20 still developing abilities for RanchoBozo.com!=20 I was just turning sixteen years old and entering my junior year = at=20 Highland High in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Music was everything and = it=20 couldn't have been better! All over the world the possibility of = love and=20 peace was broadcasted through hifi record players, scratchy = transistor=20 radios and four/eight track machines in our cars. We believed it = was real=20 and we believed we were real special and I guess it really was and = we=20 really are. My hair was starting to look good in the back. =

I saw a sea of brightly colored bipeds some had camcorders in = their=20 hands . . .=20

Now witness a mighty river of humans in a = man=20 made valley . . . this is what happens when the tribes gather and = gather .=20 . . as Arlo once said = "lotta=20 freeks!" . . . there really was "a whole lotta love" on this 40th=20 anniversary. Millions of digital images were taken. Here is but a = few of=20 them.

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A special thank you to all the = beautiful=20 people I photographed! I'll post all the ones that turned out OK * = just=20 click HERE.=20 Depending on your browser down loading should be a snap. Please = feel free=20 to send me an email SuburbianCowboy@yahoo.com . . . A FREE = EVENT=20 just like all best things in life . . . =

There will=20 be lots of photos and video coverage of the musical stars that = graced the=20 great out door stage at the north end of Speedway Meadows. I will = provide=20 links to those better equipped and trained photographers and = videographers=20 as their work comes on the net. At this point we have this=20 from the big boys. This effort reflects the personal experience of = my=20 encounters along the way during the greatest Love In of the twenty = first=20 century. While I was dedicated to documenting the event that never = stopped=20 me from mostly being there, having fun, and the greatest contact = high in=20 fifty six years.

I know I should know who this hipster = in the=20 Panama is . . .
wait he should know who I am . . . oh well a = couple of=20 old
hipster's that can act like they know who they are . . = .=20

Watch this=20 remarkable movie by Linas Phillips a young brave hippy film maker = and=20 dedicated dude"Walking = to=20 Werner" it contains a way cool cameo with Captain Wayne-O. = Showing=20 9-11-O7 on the worker owned Red Vic's silver screen in the Haight = Ashbury=20 district of San Francisco, California . . . you'll have a chance = to meet=20 Linas in person . . . peace in our time!

[RanchoBozo]=20 [SONGS] [ramblings]= [CYBER=20 BACKpack] [InTown]<= /B>=20 [COOL = LINKS]=20 [scie= nce]
In the morning our native = shamen=20 blessed the four corners of Speedway Meadows with whispy white = clouds sage=20 and prayers. The Great Spirit smiled upon our day with the = brightest blue=20 sky and a gentle warm sun. San Francisco rocked in oneness once=20 again.

Mantra of the day:

Love is better than hate
Peace is better than=20 War

Nobody is better than=20 Anybody

Thanks Genevieve Elkin for these two great = photos=20 and these two cool videos!

the Lobster gives his benediction . . . and Dan tempts the = buzzard

It was wonderful to have your = own=20 daughter enjoy what you are enjoying. There's nothing more family = than=20 family . . . Genna came to this because of me. Her boyfriend Kaz = came=20 because of her. They had a fantastic time too! Genna was a big = help on=20 this media project!

FIGHT HUNGER FIGHT THIRST . . . food and = beverage=20 vendors were located past the porta potties and porta atms on the = south=20 end of the meadow.

I found the smallest line at the = artichoke=20 stand. The stuffed crab and shrimp artichoke was delectable but = hardly=20 filling. Somehow it seemed to be enough food for the rest of the = day.=20

photo by Genevieve=20 Elkin

I didn't push the right little button = on my=20 little camera and missed a great interview with Dan. I might be = able to=20 get a little audio up some day. Dan is the dude to the right. A = big thank=20 you to who ever took this picture.

I don't wanna cause no fuss . . .

HELP THE EARTH HELP IT'S = SELF=20 Almost every old hippy likes what = the=20 environmental activists do until they do what they do to you . . . = It's=20 around dinner time. You're scrambling around the kitchen trying to = find an=20 onion so you can throw together a decent meal for the kids. Out of = nowhere=20 appears Save Troubled Species of the World at your door . . . it's = not=20 that funny when you actually 'resonate' to the cause but you = really have=20 things that you need to do right now. I always manage to scrape up = five=20 dollars or six if I can fish a few quarters from the crack in the = sofa and=20 then say (in earnest) "I'm sorry that's all I can afford right now = but you=20 can keep your news letter and I'll sign your petition . . . = speaking of=20 troubled species . . . I gotta feed my kids. Take care!"

The most beautiful activists I have = ever seen=20 happen to be the activists I got to march with. Our dear Captain = is=20 marching for the silent oak that through no fault of it's own is = unable to=20 march or speak for it's self. Once as an acorn the oak was mobile = able to=20 roll out of danger. Now as a mature tree, the oak remains = stationary=20 unable to avoid sudden death oak disease and chain saws. To make = matters=20 worse the spotted owl doesn't give a hoot.

Peace symbols made of stained glass and I like the bright = orange=20 umbrella

with just a little tweaking with color saturation = and tint .=20 . . turn up the gain . . . and it's '67 all over = again!

It's the free who do their own = thing that=20 makes the happening happen . . . those who display their = uniqueness for=20 free . . . those who put the peep in the people . . . right = on!

On my way to the meadow I = met two men=20 that didn't look much like hippies but I could tell they really = got it=20 more than most. They work for the Park and Recreation Department = in the=20 fair city of San Francisco. They take care of the many maintenance = issues=20 of Goldengate park. When there's a major event and I don't think = there's=20 been this major of an event in some time they take care of what = ever has=20 to be done. It's got to be a big job bringing the park back from = the=20 ravages of a super herd of bipedals. I too worked for the City not = too=20 long ago. It's really their good effort that allow these = shenanigans to=20 happen in the first place. Thanks = again.

Picture this: You're at the Love In of = all Love=20 Ins, you're kinda tired, and the music's over. You're over taken = by the=20 feelings the day.
You think you just might have met = Jesus=20 laughing out loud in a wheel chair. So what you do? Do you run? Do = you ask=20 for forgiveness? I know what you do. You push him. That's what you = do.=20 After you talk to him about his idea for a new reality TV = show.=20

After the music booming from the stage was = over . . .=20 the people's music arose somewhat a kin I imagine to the = flourishing of=20 tiny mammals after the gigantic dinos expired . . . I knew that = this was a=20 time when interesting things would happen . . . Roger Maurice of = Bolinas=20 played his flute . . . and I documented with video. He asked if I = could=20 help him carry some of his God Eyes that he crafted and sold. I = said=20 "sure". He said on more meditative days he visualizes calming the = dragon=20 in San Andreas Faultline . . . it has been said that love, = meditation, and=20 prayer keeps the world from self distruction . . . who=20 knows?

till dusk do us part: the last = of the=20 troop heads north toward the Haight . . .=20

=A9 2008 Wayne = Elkin – SuburbianCowboy@RanchoBozo= .com=20