[Vision2020] changing subjects...

Sun Jul 30 16:06:38 PDT 2006

G~

Before moving to Moscow and enrolling in MJHS, wearing
a purple velvet mini dress, and *cringing* purple and
white tie~dye stockings (remember that, G? *laughing*)
, I lived in Southern California. Synanon was a
destination point for jr. high, and sr. high school
students to hear some great music, socialize and
dance. It was a blast to go down there. Santa Monica
is NOT was it is today.. this is prior to the pier
being washed out to sea, when Venice Beach (close to
Santa Monica) was small, and really "muscle beach"
back when life was simple, we could play "after dark".
In later years, Synanon, got VERY wierd. But back in
the day??? *warm smile* It was a fun, safe place to
spend balmy summer nights listening to music. These
were the years when the Beach Boys would play in a
parking lot of a beach on the back of a flatbed truck,
there were beaches it was safe to spend the night... 

*gentle smile*

You prejudged Tom, based on what you have heard or
read in the media about Synanon. How would you know
what Synanon public events held for teens and young
adults? *shrug* You wouldn't. As far as I can recall,
you weren't raised in the Los Angeles area in the
'60's and 70's, or experience what some of us who
lived there did. 

To everyone ~ ~

This thread, and comments posted in the last 3~4
months, made me realise something. Often times, we
make presumptions when we read about another place, or
time. What presumptions will people make of our fair
city... Moscow? "The City With a Smile" (It used to be
the "motto" of Moscow) When they read about all the
petty bickering and mudslinging? A while back, Shelley
Bennett was quoted in the paper...  wondering "Where
did the smile go?" I wondered at the time, how many
people even knew what she was talking about. 

Where DID the smile go?????

Janesta Carcich
--- "g. crabtree" <jampot at adelphia.net> wrote:

> Seriously Synanon? Wow, that explains so very much.
> Bi-weekly trips to Club 
> Casa Del Mar in one's formative years would
> certainly explain quite a bit of 
> the obsessive wackiness that we see here on the
> vision.
> 
> gc
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> To: "'Janesta Carcich'" <janestacarcich at yahoo.com>;
> "'keely emerinemix'" 
> <kjajmix1 at msn.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 12:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] changing subjects...
> 
> 
> > Janesta -
> >
> > My sister (who now lives in Newbury Park) went to
> the Whiskey regularly 
> > back
> > in the early 1960's when the Doors were
> considered, somewhat, to be the
> > house band.
> >
> > Back then I was pretty much into the Beatles, the
> Beau Brummels, the Box
> > Tops, and bi-weekly trips to the Synanon, just
> outside Santa Monica along
> > the beach.  The Synanon put on some of the finest
> acapella jam sessions in
> > the LA area back then.  Of course, most of these
> bands were made up of
> > Synanon residents.
> >
> > Ahhhh . . . the memories.
> >
> > Thanks for bringing it up, Janesta.
> >
> > And . . .
> >
> > Oh, yes.  Canned Heat.  Cruising songs simply
> don't get any better.
> >
> > "On the Road Again"
> >
>
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/On_the_Road_Again.mp3
> >
> > "Going Up the Country"
> >
>
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Going_Up_the_Country.mp3
> >
> > Somehow "cruisin'" in a 1992 Geo Metro just ain't
> the same.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >
> > "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with
> the intention of arriving
> > safely in an attractive and well preserved body,
> but rather to skid in
> > sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the
> other, body thoroughly 
> > used
> > up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What
> a ride!'"
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Janesta Carcich
> [mailto:janestacarcich at yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 12:03 PM
> > To: Tom Hansen; 'keely emerinemix';
> vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] changing subjects...
> >
> > *chuckling softly*
> >
> > The Doors... Tom, I can still recall the words to
> > almost every Doors song. I suppose because I was
> in
> > Los Angeles when they first started playing at the
> > Whisky.
> >
> > A summer or two ago, I was visiting my mom, as we
> were
> > driving along the road having a lovely
> mother-daughter
> > chat, a Doors song came on HER radio station.
> Bursting
> > out laughing, I turned to her, first asking what
> radio
> > station it was... mine of course, she replied...
> > another question, *grin* quite innocently of
> course...
> > Mother, do you know who this band is? With a wry
> > chuckle she replied "How could I EVER forget The
> > Doors" I had a lovely time teasing her that Jim
> > Morrison was on HER radio station. You see, when
> we
> > drove, or drive anywhere, it is always mother's
> > station. As it should be.
> >
> > I enjoy NPR, talk radio, G. Gordon Liddy, etc.
> Which,
> > since 7th grade has given my daughter a "headache"
> > After my daughter gave birth to her daughter, the
> > three of us drove from Riverside County to Moscow.
> > DAYS before getting in the car, she informed me
> "No
> > talk radio, it gives me a headache. I then told
> her,
> > none of her rap, whatever music she was listening
> to
> > at the time. Soooo.... we sang the whole way home,
> it
> > was a blast! Our "road song" was On the Road
> Again.
> > Only prolbem was, once we got to a certain point
> in
> > the song, we had to kind of fake it. Ever happen
> to
> > you? *laughing* By the time we got to our first
> stop
> > in Sacramento, we HAD to borrow my neices computer
> to
> > print the words to "On the Road Again" by Willie
> > Nelson. I think we sang that song 559 times by the
> > time we arrived home. It sure was good to finally
> have
> > the words! No radio, not one time. It was like
> eating
> > dinner with the TV OFF. Great conversation, and
> > wonderful times of silence.
> >
> > ahhh... Road trips... Anyone taken any fun ones
> this
> > summer?
> >
> > Janesta
> > --- Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
> >
> >> One more to add -
> >>
> >> Best "In Person Dedication" Song:
> >>
> >> May 1992, North Idaho College.  Last day of Mona
> >> Klinger's Speech 155 Class.
> >>
> >> The class consisted of 12 (that's right, twelve)
> >> students, 7 male students
> >> and 5 female students.
> >>
> >> It was a joint-class format.  These same students
> >> (of which I was fortunate
> >> to be one) also took English 104 with Chad
> Klinger
> >> (Mona's husband) during
> >> the same semester.  Needless to say that we were
> >> pretty much familiar with
> >> each all the students and both teachers.  The
> class
> >> size was so small that
> >> we even had a potluck lunch at the Klingers'
> house.
> >>
> >> So, as a return favor, the seven of us (all the
> male
> >> students) got together,
> >> connived a bit, and on the last day of class
> called
> >> Mona Klinger to the
> >> front of the classroom and dedicated (playing it
> >> fairly loudly) to her . . .
> >>
> >> "Twentieth Century Fox" by the Doors
> >>
> >
>
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/20th_Century_Fox.mp3
> >>
> >> If anybody on this list is familiar with Mona
> >> Klinger (and her husband,
> >> Chad), I am certain that you would agree with the
> >> song selection.
> >>
> >> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> >>
> >> Tom Hansen
> >> Moscow, Idaho
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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