Music Video: "Ceremony and Ritual" by Gregory Vanderlaan - Totally Cosmic Lyrics but Every Word is True!

 https://youtu.be/FtCyPg8Mr5Y

Inspired by a Grateful Dead Concert in Philadelphia... THANKS! I was way in the Back at JFK Stadium and I noticed that the people danced MORE wildly when the Music PEAK Hit them... I could see the Intensity of the Jam flowing thru the Crowd... and then it Crashed over ME! 

VISUAL SOUND... but actually real... People Really Dance More Enthusiastically when Jerry Garcia is Wailing...

and a Three Day Concert at The Spectrum... Three days of Camping in the Parking Lot and swimming at the Public Pool... 


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OUR MINDS HAVE BEEN FUSED INTO ONE COLONIAL ANIMAL…
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FLOWING IN THE CURRENTS OF THE SOUND… [2X]
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adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire ! [2X]
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IN THE SHADOWS,TORCHES FLICKER IN THE BREEZE.
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THE ORACLE BEGINS TO SPEAK, FEEL THE HEAT… 
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adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire! [2X]
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WE DANCE OUTSIDE OF THE TRADITIONAL REALM OF TIME AND SPACE.
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THE CROWD ERUPTS INTO OUTBURSTS OF FREE-FORM MOTION
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AS THE INTENSITY OF THE JAM PEAKS
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adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire! [2X]
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MY BODY IS TRANSFORMED INTO A PINBALL 
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AND I RICCOCHET AROUND THE SPECTRUM ARENA
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BOUNCING OFF THE FLASHING LIGHTS. I'M SURROUNDED BY DEADHEADS
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WHO ARE INTENT ON TELLING ME STUPID JOKES…
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THEY JUST…know… I WILL LAUGH… [3X]
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WE'RE A KINDA SILLY PEOPLE... [2X]
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adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire! [2X]

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My Facebook Group (Things I remember growing up in Los Gatos) has improved my memory... We all post memories of what happened to us as Children. When people talk of events that happened to me, I remember what I was doing and the names of the other people... Some memories had been lost for decades... The first girl I kissed... for example... Now I remember her Name! I wonder if the drugs they advertise on TV actually Improve Memory. In General, those ads are Lies or exaggeration... Practically speaking the best plan for improving health, including Mental Health is to eat right and exercise... This is NOT secret information... I do think it's funny that they advertise PREVAGEN very often and they repeat the name again and again and again. as if they know that their Target Audience is people that have difficulty remembering things! Good Marketing Strategy... Here is a little trick I use. I do all my word processing in NOTEPAD. It does not have a Spell Checker. I have to remember how to spell words... and the words I have difficulty spelling are Flagged as Wrong by the spell checker I use on Google's Blogger... and That spell checker has a very limited vocabulary... I laugh at the Names of People It Does Not Know... after it corrects my spelling many times, I learn... Intelligence has an I after the Double L... etc, etc, etc... 


I wonder if Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon are actually more powerful than the US Government. Right Now there is a Battle between Big Tech and the Government. Facebook was Fined $5 Billion Dollars but The Stock Price Went UP! by enough to offset the fine! Real People LOVE Facebook and Hate the Government. We the People Laugh at the Old White Men in Congress failing to understand the BASIC Business Plan of Online Corporations... They sell targeted advertising. Little Stevie Munchkin wants an Investigation of Amazon because it wiped out Brick and Mortar Retail Stores. Well, no amount of Investigation will reverse THAT trend. I wanted to buy a Telescope so I could look at the boats going in and out of the Harbor in Eureka. So I went to a Brick and Mortar Store and asked questions, looked at products and the I bought it on Amazon... NO WAY was I going to Pay EXTRA so that retailer could rent a Building and heat it, keep the lights on... ETC... I see that people buy CARS online... well, no high pressure salesmen hassling the shopper... I remember shopping for a new can in the 1980s... it was very annoying to deal with those salesmen... trying to trick me into buying stuff I didn't want or need. and then they really screwed me using Chrysler Credit Corporation... Well, forget That. Online Loans, Online Car Dealers. The entire process is MUCH better for the Consumer... and... Jeff Bezos Bought the Washington Post Newspaper so he can influence Public Opinion... Try Fighting THAT you Pathetic TrumpNik!

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My Autobiography: Growing Up in Los Gatos, California in the 1960s by Gregory Vanderlaan - and Living in San Jose, Washington DC, Chico, Eureka and Orangevale, CA.

I Was Born in 1954. We lived Near the San Jose Airport until they Started Landing Jet Airplanes and We had to move... We went to Los Gatos in 1960. I lived there until graduation from Los Gatos High School in 1972... an Ideal Childhood... FYI: Los Gatos is about 50 miles South of San Francisco on the edge of the mountains between San Jose and Santa Cruz.

I Went to West Valley Jr. College, learned electronics drafting and got a job at System Industries in Santa Clara... I feel blessed that not only did I grow up in a great location but I also grew up at a great time. I missed the Vietnam War by ONE Year and Silicon Valley Was Hiring Like Crazy When I Needed a Job.
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History of the Vietnam War. 58,000 Americans Died for Nothing... Something They Don't Teach in School Now... "Too Controversial" -

During the 1950s Americans went into a Mad Panic about Communists taking over the world. We built thousands of Nuclear Missiles and Fallout Shelters. The US Congress had witch hunts (Joe McCarthy-HUAC) to expose "Commies" who worked in The Hollywood Movie business and blacklisted folksingers that were leading our young people astray with Labor Union Organizing songs.


During the height of this hysteria Vice President Richard Nixon went on Television and explained "The Domino Principle" while pointing to a map of Asia. His theory was...

READ MORE: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2017/11/a-brief-history-of-vietnam-war-58000.html

Who Won the War? DOW CHEMICAL AND HUGHES AIRCRAFT. Selling Napalm, Agent Orange and Helicopters...

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