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Hip Glossary – Grass
Grass: Marijuana
Hip Glossary – Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead: The ultimate hippie band, from San Francisco. For thirty years Jerry Garcia and his faithful band brought hallucinatory music to their legions of fans. Some of those fans followed them on the road year after year.
Hip Glossary – Great Society
Great Society: LBJ’s far-reaching economic and social plan begun in the boom years of the early 1960’s. It achieved some worthwhile goals including Medicare and other workers benefits. It got sidetracked by the financial burden of the Vietnam War.
Hip Glossary – Green
Green: Someone active in the Ecology Movement. A product that respects ecology, using biodegradable substances for example.
Hip Glossary – Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village: Also referred to as “The Village”. Home to the Beats in the late 50s, early 60s when the coffeehouse scene was hot. Artists, writers, poets, musicians all were attracted to the area. Later in the 60s, the hippies… Continue reading
Hip Glossary – Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory: Black activist undertook several hunger strikes.
Hip Glossary – Gary Grimshaw
Gary Grimshaw: Prominent graphic artist well known for his posters and flyers of all rock bands that past thru Michigan in the late 60’s-early 70’s and played such meccas as the Grande Ballroom and/or Eastowne Theatre. His body of work… Continue reading
Hip Glossary – Grok
Grok: A deep understanding of a concept. From Robert Heinlein’s Strangers in a Strange Land.
Hip Glossary – Groove
Groove: A good habit or style. “I’m getting into the groove of doing gigs every week.”
Hip Glossary – Groovy
Groovy: Very pleasing, wonderful.