Tag Archives: 60s

THE INHALE OF WEED by Peter Nolan Smith

April 8, 2013 – 9:43 am

60s, marijuana, the south shore, clam box, nantasket beach, reefer, the surf, wollaston Marijuana was demonized during the 1960s. The Boston police treated reefer smokers as harshly as junkies. John Sinclair, the MC5 radical, was sentenced to ten years of prison for the crime of ‘giving’ an undercover agent two joints. The severity of his [...]

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12/7/1960

December 7, 2012 – 6:34 pm

71 years ago Japanese aircraft attacked the US Pacific Fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor. Nearly every capital ship had been damaged by bombs or torpedoes and the Pacific Ocean became basically a Japanese lake. The next day President Roosevelt declared before Congress, “December 7th shall live forever as a day of infamy.” I asked a [...]

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THE EYE OF THE STORM by Peter Nolan Smith

October 28, 2012 – 9:06 am

In early September of 1960 Hurricane Donna hit New England as a category 2/3 storm. The radio station WBZ announced numerous school closing. My primary school, Our Lady of the Foothills, was one of the first on the list. My older brother and I were happy to stay home. We were new kids in town. [...]

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SOMEONE TO LOVE The Great Society

October 7, 2012 – 10:54 am

In 1965 Grace Slick and her husband formed the Great Society in San Francisco. They released ‘SOMEONE TO LOVE’ as a live single on Autumn Records with Sly Stone as the producer. Sadly Grace left the band to join the Jefferson Airplane, which scored a huge hit with their version of SOMEONE TO LOVE. To [...]

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I HATE PAUL by Peter Nolan Smith

September 2, 2012 – 2:22 pm

The Beatles began their infestation of America in 1963 and the following April the Fab Four dominated the US charts with 5 #1 hits. I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND was followed by one chartbuster after another. My next-door neighbor favored John Lennon. Addy Manzi had seen the group at Carniege Hall in December 2, 1964. [...]

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