Quicksilver Messenger Service - a San Francisco Trippy Hippy Band that is almost entirely Forgotten... BUT They Were Great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j92RqFP4CM
Have Another Hit of Fresh Air!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBvjXhUSUpU
What You Gonna Do About Me? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_inXx-J3nU
Get Together... Made Famous by The Youngbloods... 

I was lucky enough to See Quicksilver at Winterland, San Francisco with My High School Sweetheart... High on LSD... Sitting in the Balcony, Kissing... The Big Song of the Night was MONA... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjWGr-h8ETA

A Friend Named his Son Quicksilver: 

Biff Rose Said:

Gregory Laan writes..

"I don't know anything about your son"

BIFF: He was named after this huge name QUICKSILVER on the side of an 18 wheeler speeding down Hwy 101 to San Jose in a binding rainstorm..we were bound to slow down and get spalsed by this speeding truck and it made a loud noise on the rear windows and Diane the Huntress his MONKK mom said "Oh I know..we'll name the baby Quicksilver"

His main mometn cosmic-wise to me as Musci and Electricity was the day man landed on the Moon Juky 20th 1969..Diane the Monkee Goddess was 7 months pregnant and said "I only went with you to have a kid ...OUCH....I've always had a crush on VaDark Pykes...I mean VanDyke Parks..."

The "OUCH" was cuz Quick quick kicked her from within...and I coulda sworn I heard the voice on the TV nearby say "That's one small step for man and one quick kick for Quicksilver.."...Diane the MONKEE mom's own mother was Myrtle and Myrtle and I had a love affair that manifested in the birth of a song Myrtle's Pies whih I sang on the Smothers Bros Show and which you may hear on youtube.....Myrtle ran a restaurant and I ate free for a year..

..Through Emma Rose age 22 Quicksilver's kid and my grandkid HATE enntered the world...Dine the Monkee Emma's grandmother told the chile "Myrtle hated Biff".....I raise the evel of hate to just call it Monkee Pox...It is permanent as Emma included it in a creative writing essay she submitted when she was a Freshman at the American Univ.....

That happens a lot..I fall in love with my girlfriends' mothers....my next target is Black Ali out in Grass Valley unless her boufriend's taken her back if she's sobered up...ya never know the details till the skeleton is roughed out thru the Facebook Theatre I'm starting to run in the ground of all being....

It's a dicey situation...Black Ali's mom is named DICEY...Black Ali and Dicey were born the same day..July 20th..the day man landed on the Moon......ouch.

and I replied: Thanks! I Never Knew That!

Quicksilver is another name for the Element Mercury... and Is Mined in San Jose (my Home Town) - Near the Almaden Quicksilver mines are some lakes where Swimming is prohibited. My Parents took us there to go swimming and when I pointed to the sign... saying No Swimming... Mom Said "I think that whoever put up that sign was EXAGGERATING the dangers... because... we've been swimming here all of our lives and never got sick once." Mom Trained me to be Skeptical!

https://parks.sccgov.org/plan-your-visit/activities/cultural-venues/almaden-quicksilver-mining-museum

and then Bob Doran Wrote:

Man, that photo (down below) really brings back memories for me. Thanks Terry Finigan for another great post. Sometime in the early Seventies for maybe six months more or less, I lived right on the other side of that famous snag on Hwy 101 north of Trinidad.

I didn’t own a car at the time and hitchhiked back and forth to Humboldt State College, where I worked and went to school. The snag was a landmark for me.

It all started when I was living in Westhaven in a tourist court not far from Pee Wee’s Market. I was living with a woman, Maureen.

Our friend Rooter Russell was staying out in the garage/guest room and someone called him one morning. I went out to tell him there was a call for him wearing my birthday suit, which is what I slept in. When I turned to return to bed, I looked over to the cabin next door and saw the little old lady next door looking at me stark naked. Her jaw dropped and I guess she called the landlord because next thing we knew it we were told to find a new place to live.

It wasn’t easy on short notice but Maureen had an idea. We would buy a teepee. She had heard that you could make teepee poles by splitting a long 2x4 at a slight angle. The whole thing was partially inspired by my interest in Native American culture. I was taking classes on the subject and for some reason it all seemed like a good idea.

And this is where the snag fits in. There was a brand new campground that had just opened up just across and down the road from Patrick’s Point State Park (now known as Sue-Meg State Park). There were cabins you could rent that had been there for awhile. And the owners had done some work on the top of the hill and created a campground with spots for RVs or camping or whatever. We were the whatever.

They had a big bath house with hot showers and toilets and places to shave or whatever. We put the teepee right next to that. There were dedicated electrical plugs and running water for each site, so we had a place to plug in our tv and the stereo and a hot plate for cooking. For heat, (and sometimes cooking) we had an open pit fire in the middle of the room. I imagine I probably smelled like smoke all the time but since I often wore my long hair in twin braids (yes I was guilty of cultural appropriation), it went with my look.

Maureen had a car to get back and forth to town, but we were mostly on different schedules, so as I said, I mostly hitched to town. I was working at the Jolly Giant Cafeteria and cooked breakfast, so I had to get to work pretty early. So most mornings before 6 I would go through the woods right near the snag and go down to Hwy 101 and stick out my thumb.

After a few false starts figuring out the timing, I had a regular schedule and people who lived north of there would start picking me up. There was a Professor who picked me up and we had some good talks and there was a quiet millworker who appreciated that we were both working men.

It was not a bad setup in general, but there was a major snag: mold. Teepees are used by Plains Indian tribes, and not designed for constant wetness of the West Coast. Anything we did not pay enough attention to developed a coating of mold. After a typical winter we basically gave up on the idea. Mold chased us out.

And as luck would have it, the timing was right: a friend had a little Kit trailer for sale cheap, and we found a place to park it (with no rent) in a place where I had friends, a hippie dream called Moonstone. We took the teepee down and moved into the trailer there. A new chapter began.,But that’s a story for another day.

Here's a student movie made by Ray Manzarek at UCLA... Starring Ray... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBcDersUJZg

The Scientology TV Channel has a Show: "The Truth About Drugs." - Mostly Accurate: Drugs are Dangerous. However They DO NOT Ask The Question, Are They Worth It?

True: Skiing is Dangerous but TOTALLY WORTH IT. The excitement of swooshing down a snow covered hill is worth the chance of breaking a leg... Not Worth It for ME, but many choose to SKI.

True: Driving a Car is Dangerous but TOTALLY WORTH IT. You might get into an accident but you might be able to travel thousands of miles away from home...

True: Drugs are Dangerous BUT... ARE THEY WORTH IT?

For Example:

Marijuana makes Rock Concerts More Fun. I went to an Allman Brothers Concert without smoking weed and the Music was TOO LOUD and the Guitar Solos were TOO LONG and Seemed Pointless. Seeing the Grateful Dead while Tripping on LSD is an experience UNPARALLELED in any other Music experience or RELIGION. Why read a book about Moses Talking to a Burning Bush when it's possible to Talk to God Directly?

Psychedelics gave us the Later Music of The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Moody Blues, Led Zeppelin, Iron Butterfly,  The Grateful Dead, The Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver, Country Joe and the Fish, Moby Grape, Sopwith Camel, Steve Miller, The Eagles, Buffalo Springfield, The Doors and The Who... Scientology has not produced any Great Music...

Opium Gave us "Alice in Wonderland" and "Thru the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll. and "Manuscript Found in a Bottle" by Edgar Allen Poe.

It's True that Edgar Allen Poe had a Horrible Life... Alcoholism and Opium Addiction... but... He wrote some great Tales...

and Psychedelic ART? Fillmore West Concert Posters... Peter Max... Joe Parker... Robert Crumb... Rock Music Album Covers...

and the Computer Programs like Adobe Photoshop and Paint Dot Net have MANY tools that create psychedelic art... I assume the felt there was a market for Psychedelicizers and wrote code to deliver that to people...

ANOTHER SUBJECT that the Scientology TV Show Fails to address is: Should Drugs be Legal?

Obviously, Marijuana should be legal as Many States Have Legalized it with Positive Results. Millions of Lives have been Ruined by Incarceration. The Prisoners AND Their Families.

Should Psychedelics be Legalized? My Opinion is Medicinal Psychedelics Should Be Legal. Many people have benefitted from The Psychedelic Experience when considering Mortality... Others have NOT. The man who had a Travel/Cooking Show on CNN Committed Suicide... Anthony Bourdain says that as a young man he ate Orange Sunshine brand name LSD... I would think that would PREVENT suicide...  I guess I was wrong...

Legalization would improve the QUALITY and PURITY of Psychedelics. Often Illegal Drug Salesmen sell DOM and Call it LSD... DOM causes a Three Day Trip that most people find so unpleasant that they go to the Hospital... Desperate to Stop Tripping... If SANDOZ Labs were making the LSD we could be assured of getting PURE Quality and a KNOWN DOSE. Some people find that 100 micrograms is a great trip but 400 micrograms is JUST TOO MUCH. Consumers would be given the choice of how much to take. When I was a teenager many doses were 400 mics but by the 1990s 100 mics was standard... OR THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY... I have no IDEA what I was eating...

I found that a Large Dose of Psilocybin Mushrooms was Scary but a small dose was fun. I remember going to The San Jose Convention Center the Day BEFORE a Car Show... I just walked in and looked at everything including the Brand New Volkswagen... No One Challenged me or asked for a ticket... or any thing. Then I went next door to the Public Library to work on my website and I noticed that all the Librarians seemed frightened of me... I guess a Giant Man Tripping on Mushrooms Appears to be a WOOKIE... and should not be confronted... The next day I was telling my boss at work about the NEW Volkswagen and How wonderful it looked and He asked my what color the bug was... I did not know the ANSWER to that question because to ME, it was Paisley... so I lied and told him it was Blue.

Peyote should OBVIOUSLY BE LEGAL. and it is for Members of the Native American Church.

Some Couples Counsellors say that MDMA is good for healing Marriages.

The Law says Opioids that you get from your Doctors are Legal... and Kills Thousands of People Every Year.

Coffee seems safe... or at least, I'm going to keep on drinking it Forever.

Tobacco is VERY Addictive and Causes Cancer, Emphysema and COPD. It's Legal.

FOR ME, Smoking Marijuana is not good... When available, I smoke all day every day... When Oregon Legalized, I smoked One Pound in Eight Months. Then I Stopped Smoking and took a driving vacation to The Deserts of Nevada. Can't have an Illegal Drug in the Van... I always met Police. SO, NO Withdrawal Symptoms like with Addictive Drugs Like Tobacco or Opium. However I DID Remain Stoned for about a Month. I DID See things that Were Not There. I DID Make Decisions based on Events That Did Not Happen... OOPS...

and another thing... Since I quit Smoking I have made 53 Music Videos of me Singing and Playing the Guitar... While I was Smoking I Made 4... AND While Playing the Piano Stoned I use too much foot pedal... and the rhythm is not smooth... even while playing composition I wrote myself... my brain was having difficulty remembering what chord came next.

I did a Scientific Study of Drugs and Chess Playing Ability. I Had a Chess Computer that would play at different levels... I played on different drugs... Coffee made me a better player, Marijuana and Alcohol made me worse. I couldn't play at all on LSD... The experiment was not interesting.

Alcohol is TRULY a Dangerous Drug. Thankfully I Joined AA in the year 2000. Quit Drinking, met a lot of Interesting People. Married one of them. In the end stages of Alcoholism a person Gets Delirium Tremens... a horrible hallucinatory nightmare world... That's what they say.

"Yesterday Upon the Stair I saw a man that wasn't there. He wasn't there again today. Oh How I wish he'd go away."