Gay Liberation Movement: An outgrowth of the Sexual Liberation movement that started when NYC police raided a Greenwich Village gay bar in 1968. In the resulting riot 2000 demonstrators battled 400 police with many injuries.

Generation Gap: Term highlighting the differences in perspective between hippies and their parents.

Get High: To turn on. To do a drug. To alter your consciousness in a pleasant way. “I got high just listening to Joni sing!”

Get into it!: Dig it! Go for it! Do it with your whole being.

Get it together!: Also: Get your shit together. Shape up!

Get Laid: Have sex.

Get Real!: Stop dreaming! “Get real man, nobody’s gonna get high smokin’ banana peels!”

Getting Off: When a drug takes effect and you start to get high. Also means to enjoy something. “I get off on Jerry’s licks.”

Gig: A concert or a job. Something to do.

Allen Ginsberg: Controversial Beat poet from the 50’s who wrote about following your instincts and free love. “Howl” 1956, is one of Ginsberg’s most famous poems. Along with his friends Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, he helped define and… Continue reading →