Friday, May 27, 2016

The Universe has some splaining to do......

Last week I had a short discussion with someone who was born in 1960 and she was wondering why there was so many "hallucinogenic experiences" going on in the late 60's and early 70's.

Much has been written and about this unique time period but there is also a large number of baby boomers choosing the denial route when talking about their "personal experiences" from 1968 to 1974.

What you are about to read is a short Mind Jazz summary of a time period that is truly "one for the ages."

The question asked by my friend is a valid question and I previously answered that question in December of 1992 with a short paper, which was directed toward a younger woman who was born in 1970, that I was dating at the time.  It was more than dating but that's all history will remember, so dating it shall be.  That young woman was mainly questioning why so many people would risk "frying" their brains on such a "unstable" drug like LSD.

1)....LSD wasn't unstable until people started blending the components.
2)....Certain human beings have always been unstable and the uncertainty doesn't usually get determined until an outside particle or event enters the arena.  Drugs, love, money, sex and religion can all create a platform for erratic behavior....and that applies to both the acquisition and the removal of drugs, love, money sex and religion.
3)...History allows us to look back and do extensive analysis of events that result in other events BUT while those events are fresh, and one is in the middle of either participating or being affected, then it's not easy to analyze.

ONE DOES WHAT ONE MUST DO TO EITHER SURVIVE OR THRIVE

In 1954 America had 6% of the world population and
60% of all the cars
58% of all telephones
45% of all radio sets
34% of all railroads
and on the verge of having 100% of the world's Rock and Roll
thanks to
The King

From July of 1953, when the Korean War ended, to 11/22/63  what America experienced was
26 top 100 Elvis Presley songs along with......

......hit tunes like Purple People Eater, The Chipmunk Song. Some of the greatest musical movies of all time like West Side Story and Sound of Music....and a new term and concept called Beatniks and the Beat Generation.   But mainly Rock and Roll was being born and learning to kick it's heals big time. Television was a mainstay in every American home by 1958 and shows like I Love Lucy, Ozzie and Harriet, Jack Benny, What's My Line and The Ed Sullivan Show were entertaining us and generally making us laugh.

The under the desk five minute drills at school in case of a Nuclear attack didn't really phase us because the 3 network news shows weren't giving us nightly replicas of what a Nuclear explosion looked like.  As kids we figured a two inch wood desk would stop any serious damage....and it was just mainly an interruption in our constant search of having....FUN. 

On January 20 1961 the youthful and handsome JFK was inaugurated President of the United States. (It was an epic visual change from Dwight D. Eisenhower)
On April 17 1961, JFK green lighted a plan initiated by IKE to overthrow Fidel Castro

The number one song on Billboard was "I'm leaving it up to you"  by Dale and Grace.

I was 17 years old and a freshman in college the morning that John Fitzgerald Kennedy visited Dallas, Texas on November 22 1963.

On November 29 1963 The Beatles released "I want to hold your hand" in the UK.
On December 26 1963 that song was released in the USA.
On my 18th birthday, February 11 1964 the Beatles performed their first concert in the USA at the Washington Sports Arena in Washington D.C.

The Universe took JFK 
and then gave us the Beatles.

Odd trade off to say the least....but it got the party started.

The Viet-Nam fiasco begin to interrupt our lives in 1964 and then we were given a temporary resurgence of Camelot when Robert Kennedy decided to run for President in 1968.


THAT RESURGENCE OF HOPE WAS BADLY BRUISED 
ON APRIL 4 1968 
WHEN THE GREATEST CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER IN HISTORY 
WAS GUNNED DOWN IN MEMPHIS.

AND THEN COMPLETELY SHATTERED  ON JUNE 6 1968 
WHEN BOBBY
WAS MURDERED IN LOS ANGELES AFTER WINNING THE CALIFORNIA PRIMARY.

RICHARD NIXON BECAME PRESIDENT AND THE WAR  IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
BECAME ONE LARGE FUNERAL.

BASICALLY OUR (the infamous collective we) CORE BELIEF SYSTEM WAS BEING CHALLENGED AND WE RESPONDED BY SAYING...

FUCKIT!

Turning to mind altering drugs wasn't done because we were happy campers....it was done to remove the pressure of knowing that we really had no say in how society was operating.

EVERYTHING WAS OUT OF CONTROL and we were going to be in control come hell or high water.

A WAR THAT NOBODY WANTED WAS TAKING THE YOUTH OF AMERICA AND DROPPING THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF BUM FUCK NOWHERE TO PROTECT WHO THE FUCK KNEW FROM WHATEVER THE FUCK IT WAS THAT A FEW SELECT LEADERS IN WASHINGTON WERE SAYING WAS IMPORTANT.

THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH WAS BEING CHALLENGED.

WOMEN WERE BECOMING SELF ACTUALIZED LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

MINORITIES WERE WONDERING WHAT CIVIL RIGHTS ACTUALLY MEANT
AND ON TOP OF THAT
SOME OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE MUSIC IN HISTORY WAS BEING CREATED
AND
IT
WAS
LOUD
AND
IT
WAS
DANCING
MUSIC

AND THE HIGHER ONE COULD GET THE BETTER ONE COULD DANCE
or at the very least, think they could dance.
I just happened to be one of those dancers
that made other good dancers
dance
better

Now, I'm not saying that I took LSD so that I could dance
but dancing was a special link
in helping to make the party a little bit more entertaining.....

Being high at a club on LSD and dancing to Otis Redding, Three Dog Night, Janis Joplin, The Doors, The Who, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin truly made one become instantly unaware of The Draft, Viet-Nam, assassinations and political paranoia and corruption.

THE COLLECTIVE WE KNEW 
THEY WERE WRONG
AND THEREFORE
THEY 
WEREN'T INVITED TO THE PARTY
THAT
WE
WERE THROWING

IN OTHER WORDS.....LIKE I SAID BEFORE

FUCKEM!

And I mentioned earlier but it bears repeating........ there were obviously people who weren't equipped to handle mind altering drugs but it turns out that those certain people weren't equipped to handle many many many aspects of life.


THE ANGER TOWARD THE EXISTING POWER STRUCTURE IN LATE 1968 AND EARLY 1969 WAS BUILDING and then suddenly the FUCKEM AND HATEEM attitude turned to....

LOVEEM

and one can say whatever they want regarding the change of heart but one cannot ignore the chemical implementation aspect while trying to understand the paradigm shift that was obviously taking place.

THE ANGER ASPECT RETURNED  WHEN RICHARD MILHOUSE NIXON WAS ELECTED TO A SECOND TERM AFTER TROUNCING GEORGE MC GOVERN IN THE 1972 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

GLOVES OFF
PROTESTS INCREASED
and civil disobedience and social unrest brought the protest game to the street and 
was extremely helpful in changing the perception of what the US was doing in Viet-Nam.

As the war was ending in 1975 the LSD experience was no longer wide spread and while hallucinogenics will always be present in different forms.....the participation will be limited 
to those seeking serious mind expansion( which presently in the country doesn't appear to be a priority.....case in point....as of today Donald Trump is officially the GOP candidate for President) and a limited amount of serious party peeps.

And besides....mushrooms are so much more Organic.

I do believe that LSD should be used in certain types of mental health problems.....it does open windows so one should always be on the ground floor when experimenting....or on a mountain top, or at a great concert, or in the desert, or after a good meal, or while trying to write a piece explaining why an entire generation of baby boomers needed to get
high.

I'M HAVING PROBLEMS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THAT PARTICULAR GENERATION ISN'T SUPPORTING 
BERNIE SANDERS.

I'm not suggesting that Bernie was an LSD experimenter but he was right in the middle of 
the protest concerning civil rights, and the Viet-Nam war.

I'd like to explain more but my teeth are starting to feel numb and I just put on a WHO video so things are getting 
seriously
entertaining and OMG
the
colors
are
SPECTACULAR


Michael Timothy McAlevey



























Friday, May 20, 2016

Hillary picks the Bern

I try to keep informed using various methods, ranging from on-line news to broadcast news and various print media forms, including the previously discussed dying dodo bird entity commonly known as the "morning paper."

I'VE YET TO HEAR A SERIOUS DISCUSSION REGARDING THE POSSIBILITY OF HILLARY CLINTON CHOOSING BERNIE SANDERS AS HER VP.....IF INDEED SHE WINS THE NOMINATION.....which in all practical realities that I can see....is going to happen on June 7 at the California primary.  

Bernie would have to win 65% of the vote and whereas I see him winning California there's no way the margin will be high enough for him to claim all the delegates.....and then his only hope would be to convince all the super delegates to change their minds and that is about the same as believing Star Trek was a documentary.

SO....accepting the given reality of Hillary Goddamn, er....I mean Rodham Clinton being the Democratic nominee for 45th President of the United States, wouldn't it make perfect sense for her to choose Bernard no middle name Sanders as her running mate?

IS THAT TOO LOGICAL?

It would absolutely guarantee a victory in NOVEMBER.....

Having watched all 4 seasons of House of Cards and having observed the Clintons since 1991 I'm a little bit worried that she might pick Bill as her running mate.  

IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? 

( I just did some research and believe it or not there are some legal ambiguities with the wording regarding any previous two term President being eligible for an appointment as VP)   
AND 
IF WE'VE LEARNED ANYTHING ABOUT THE CLINTON'S WE'VE LEARNED THAT MANIPULATING THE SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY THEIR OFFICIAL MO.

OK....FANTASY TIME OVER.....

SHE WON'T PICK BILL BECAUSE SHE CAN'T.
SHE WON'T PICK ELIZABETH WARREN BECAUSE EW WON'T DO IT.
SHE CAN'T PICK AL GORE BECAUSE THAT'S TOO WEIRD
SHE WON'T PICK JERRY BROWN EVEN THOUGH SHE SHOULD
SHE WON'T PICK SETH MACFARLAND BECAUSE WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO LAUGH THAT MUCH
SHE WON'T PICK ELLEN OR OPRAH OR ANGELIQUE BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO
SHE CAN'T PICK TAYLOR SWIFT BECAUSE SHE'S TOO YOUNG

SO

LOOKING AROUND AT VARIOUS OPTIONS AND TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE WHO HAS MILLIONS OF LOYAL FOLLOWERS..... 

SHE HAS TO PICK THE BERN

He is not too old to be VP if he's not to old to be President....and there are millions of young people in this country that are already on the Bernie train.


I'm pretty sure that this issue is being discussed among the "insiders" but I don't see any discussions in the media.  I've probably just missed those moments and this entire posting was a complete waste of time.......

Seriously, what would you have been doing with the last 10 minutes instead of reading this dribble?  If I stole those ten minutes from you and it prevented you from figuring out how to cure cancer or  reduce the national debt or fix the Dodgers pitching staff...then I truly apologize.

Maybe a nice tune to help offset the wasted time......unless of course you hadn't thought about The Hill picking The Bern and in that case.....no apology needed.

But I still think you should listen to this song......




And if you need some gentleness in your life.....watch "Going my Way."  
I Promise it will make you softer and calmer.....two things that the current election season will most definitely 
not do.

Michael Timothy McAlevey





Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Sunday columnist.....not communist

I've notice over the last few years that I'm doing an average of one post a week on Mind Jazz. That's mainly due to energy directed toward visual artwork instead of l  e  t  t  e  r  s normally grouped together on a blank computer screen, except of course I don't always follow normal rules of literary engagement.  That might be due to a few different agenda's.  ONE being I'm not smart enough to be literally exact, TWO I don't have an editor and THREE.....I like things to look unique.  That personal style doesn't always translate to looking better but it does spice up the page.

I think I've  always wanted to have a weekly Sunday column that dealt with current events.  Of course I would prefer that the column appear as a nationally syndicated "event"....like Doonesbury. I'm never as funny and never as colorful as Garry even though I do utilize color when making certain points.  One of the benefits of posting like this is that I can actually create
as
much

negative

space

as

I

want.....
something that could never happen in a weekly newspaper....and besides, the newspaper seems to shrinking in size as well as influence, even though some of us will never not enjoy the holding of a paper at the beginning of each day.  We are shrinking along with the newspaper business.

BEING ABLE TO STRESS A POINT BY USING THE DIFFERENT TOOLS ON A KEYBOARD
AND HAVING NO RESTRICTIONS
ON
SPACE
or
TIME
is
a plus

The fact that I only have between 60 and 100 readers
is less than a plus
BUTathisstageofmylife
itiswhatitis

SIDEBAR:  Within ten years will conversations be like text messages with simple abbreviations only?  "Omg Wtf Dystp?  Pronounce those letters and listen to your self.  That could be one the results from text messaging.


I'm pretty sure that this song by Roy Orbison from 1967 was his anti Viet-Nam song.  Don't know for sure but love the song.

All of us that were against the war in Viet-Nam were called commies, pinko's and hippies and now one of those dudes is trying to be President of the United States.  That's kind of amazing when you think his supporters are generally under the age of 30.

I'm on board until it flips over.


Michael Timothy McAlevey





Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Maybe Trump is a conspiracy theory.....or maybe he's just a theory

Whenever I hear the word conspiracy I think of the Mel Gibson movie and I remember how much I liked it even though I thought it was truly fictional.  There's no way our government has alternative plans and schemes that would harm the American public.

I'm going to repeat that one more time...

There's no way our government has alternative plans and schemes that would harm the American public.

When you have time watch the following talk.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD2lABk16qE
and then
spend a little more time and visit......

http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/

One thing that is truly crazy is believing all the conspiracy silliness.

But one thing that is even crazier is believing
that there aren't ANY
conspiracies.

If you think that our government isn't capable of making decisions that are just simply wrong and detrimental......then you really are living in a bubble.

It's probably a pretty nice bubble with a some great fun and tons of fabulous food and top notch entertainment....but it's a bubble and it will burst if you aren't paying close attention to what goes on around you....and the real problem is it will probably burst anyway no matter how much attention you pay.

Now just imagine for a sec that the government admitted that it made a mistake by using the United States Air Force to spray chemicals on ANYONE ANYWHERE ANYTIME in order to achieve ANY TYPE of solution to ANY TYPE of problem.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN OUR LIFETIME.....AND I'M TALKING TO ALL 2 YEAR OLDS AND UP.

I have no idea if the CHEM-TRAIL EVENTS are in fact true but listening to some of the people involved, like David Keith, I have to acknowledge that "something is rotten in Denmark."  I don't ever remember quoting Shakespeare on a Mind Jazz post but I guess there's a first time for everything.

I'm starting to think that Donald Trump might be the latest conspiracy theory.

He admits to having given a ton of cash to Hillary and Bill in the past so what if they are working together to assure her of being the next President of the United States?  And then she makes him Sec of Commerce and he's in charge of making the economic deals.

What if Dow Chemical makes the stuff to fill up the Halliburton barrels to use the Bechtel distribution systems that fit into the Air Force planes that are constantly dumping chemicals in order to achieve some goal that is only shared by elite members of the government?

What if the Bees disappearing is a result of that effort?

What if the increase in Autism is a result of that effort?

What if Donald Trumps egotism is a result of that effort?

What if ISIS hatred of everybody is a result of that effort?

What if Mel Gibson's attitude toward Jews is a result of that effort?

What if my being poor is a result of that effort?

What if Donald Trump is actually the illegitimate child of Jimmy Carter's brother Billy?

SO MANY THEORIES
SO MANY GAMES TO PLAY
SO MANY TROUBLES IN THE AIR
AND SO MUCH
PAIN ON THE WAY

I honestly can't tell you what is stranger......the fact that our government has made a decision to spray the atmosphere with chemicals
or
that Donald Trump 
believes he would be a good President.

WE'VE CREATED THIS MONSTER WITH OUR DEVOTION TO CELEBRITY
while
at the same time
WE'VE REMOVED THE CHECKS AND BALANCES FROM THE TWO BRANCHES OF OUR GOVERNMENT....MAYBE ALL THREE.

and somehow we've managed to not only be the greatest country in the world but the place everyone wants to be.

Maybe some of these conspiracy theories need to come true so that we aren't the only destination on the planet.

MAYBE THAT'S WHY  THE DONALD  SHOULD BE PRESIDENT.

PEOPLE WILL THINK TWICE OR THREE TIMES BEFORE TRYING TO COME HERE.

And the conspiracy theories just keep on coming.

I absolutely love Presidential election years.......and this one has some very unique algorithms.......which I'm pretty sure was a phrase never spoken by William Shakespeare....

Michael Timothy McAlevey