Thursday, April 3, 2008

'67/'68 in Lyrical Context....from Hal Burroughs

Hey Guys,

Greetings to all. Many thanks to Phil for doing all the communicating and for setting up this blog for us. I also thought Dick's pictures were outstanding and memorable, except that he apparently didn't get to be in any of them. We can fix that this time, of course. Anyway, I can see that the occasion of a reunion leads many of us to apply a little recall to what life was really like two thirds into the twentieth century. I don't know about you, but when I think of high school, it wasn't quite totally about Martin and Bobby. So I thought I would share some of these super 8 clips that I took on my travels with Albert Elzas' wind-up Bell and Howell ( just kidding, Al - no corrections necessary!):



http://youtube.com/watch?v=FPtsMlY6Oz8



http://youtube.com/watch?v=tah0OnS3nBU



http://youtube.com/watch?v=CjOQ9r35uiU





They still remind me so much of that time too, and of course two of these guys weren't around much past our graduation either.



Hal

3 comments:

Don Davis said...

hal boy

right on! MLK"s speeches give me goose bumps now, but then, I barely knew who he was. These 3 music pieces are equally inspired as "I have a dream"
don

Phil Irwin said...

My most vivid music memory, off the campus, was going to see the Jefferson Airplane at Earl Warren Showgrounds. As I recall, the stage was smack* in the middle of the floor and one could pretty much stand right in front of them- but perhaps compliments of the haze of odd smoke (I did not inhale) my memory may be distorted. Phil *of course no pun intended....

Phil Irwin said...

Guess because I set up the blog I get to be named the class of 1968-- it is not going to my head, rest assured! Phil