Cool it: Or Be Cool. Mellow Out. Calm down or stop what you’re doing. “Hey can you cool it with the music, I’m trying to mellow out.”

Cool: Something groovy, OK, or farout. “That’s a real cool tie-dye!”

Contact High: An altered state of consciousness that people get just being around other people who are doing psychedelic drugs.

Conscientious Objector: A draftee could apply for 1-O status if they could prove that serving in the military went against their religious or moral beliefs. With 1-O status your were excused from military duty, but still required to do civilian… Continue reading →

Crash: To stay in someone else’s place. To come down off Acid or another intense drug.

Crash Pad: A place where hippies could hang out, do drugs, sleep, have sex, etc. without having to pay rent. They would come and go, with different people staying there every night.

Crawdaddy: First magazine to cover the Rock Music scene. Published by Paul Williams, author of Das Energi. Crawdaddy is publishing again!

Credibility Gap: This phrase was used to describe the public’s growing unease with the U.S. government public statements about the war in Vietnam (“we’re winning”, “it’ll be over soon”, etc.) and the increasingly obvious truth (more troops going over, more body bags coming back).

Cronkite, Walter: Uncle Walt was considered the most believable broadcaster in U.S. history. In 1968, he broke the code of neutrality among major newscasters, by opposing the Vietnam War in a national television broadcast. His integrity is unquestioned.

Crosby, Stills, Nash: They burst on the music scene at Woodstock in 1969, with their fabulous harmonies. Many of their tunes became anthems during the anti-war movement. These included Ohio (about the Kent State massacre), and Chicago (about the riots… Continue reading →