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Hip Glossary – Go Down

Go Down: Something happening. “What went down at the protest yesterday?” Also a blow job (oral sex). “She went down on me and I let loose!”

Hip Glossary – Ferlinghetti, Lawrence

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence: Poet, publisher and owner of the City Lights Bookstore in North Beach, San Francisco. Part of the beat scene in San Francisco, Ferlinghetti published Allen Ginsberg’s controversial poem “Howl” in 1957, which landed him in jail, but lead… Continue reading

Hip Glossary – Fillmore posters

Fillmore posters: The Fillmore East and West were concert venues in the 60’s that had introuduced some of the biggest rock acts to American audiences including The Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, etc. The posters for those concerts are… Continue reading

Hip Glossary – Flashback

Flashback: A spontaneous psychedelic experience that reminds one of a previous trip, but without any drugs. “Every time I climb that mountain I get flashbacks from my acid trip there back in 1969.”