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Youth Unlimited: Forbes Mill Rock Music Hall and the Fre-Ba-Zak House... Los Gatos, CA 1971. (a Chapter in my Autobiography)

A friend of mine went to San Francisco to the Fillmore West and came back to our high school and said... LET'S BUILD OUR OWN! We used the Old Mill in the center of town. We formed an organization called "Youth Unlimited" and got the Town to Sponsor Us with $1 per year rent. 

That was the beginning of The Forbes Mill Teen Club in Los Gatos California... We had a light show and electric rock music every weekend... On Wednesday nights we performed folk music.  I was the head of security and did advertising posters. I used the mimeograph machine at the High School to print the posters for upcoming shows...

Drawing of the Forbes Mill Light Show - Los Gatos, CA 1971



"Youth Unlimited" first held a concert in the Rec Room of the Presbyterian Church next to Old Town on University Ave. There was a live rock band that featured a saxophone player with an electric sax. We also formed a drum circle outside with me playing harmonica and a couple of guitar players. 

Since we had Town sponsorship of our "Teen Club" thru the organization Youth Unlimited, we had to make sure no laws were being broken at Forbes Mill or the police would shut us down. Certainly no drinking or illegal drug use or housing of runaways. My take on law enforcement was to direct potential lawbreakers to the nearby hole in the fence that lead to the wooded area next to the freeway.  I admit that a lot of laws were broken on State of California property, but that was NOT MY CONCERN. I was responsible for making sure that OUR property was crime free.

The light show was created by using four slide projectors and two spinning wheels with variable speed motors that blocked the light from reaching the white wall behind the bandstand. Each cardboard wheel had holes cut into it so that the slides would be projected in a stroboscopic manner.  Some slides were abstract art created by "crystal craze" paint and others were photographs.


We also owned a strobe light and I learned to not point it at the electric organ player because the blinking light made it impossible to see which keys were black and which were white...

"Youth Unlimited" also built a crisis center called Fre-Ba-ZAK House. 
 It was in an old wooden home on North Santa Cruz Ave. The idea was to have a place for runaways to have a safe location to negotiate with their parents. Kids that had nowhere else to go could go there ... My friend Richard Bergholdt worked there as a counselor. I used to go there because it was a fun place to go talk with other classmates... I remember drinking coffee and discussing weighty subjects late at night. One time I went there because I couldn't go home. I had gone to the Ike and Tina Turner concert at the San Jose Convention Center and took a Large Dose of LSD. I had to wait until my parents went to sleep before going home. It was a great concert and I remember that MANY of the students at LGHS went. I also remember listening to the FM radio there. Talks by Alan Watts about Buddhism... and the story "The Cave" by Plato. There were some totally free radio stations then. They had the freedom of selecting what to play and when to play it. I heard "Space Hymn" by Lothar and the Hand People at Fre-Ba-ZAK House.

In the 1960s I made tie dyed shirts using rubber bands and boiling the dye... one color... RIT brand named dye... and Mom sewed a shirt with bell sleeves and a Nehru collar... I wore it with a bell around my neck. Like, totally "mod"- like the fashion that was popular with the teenagers in England... 

READ MORE: 

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/03/growing-up-in-los-gatos-california-in.html 

Swim & Raquet Club - Los Gatos, CA - Pete Denevi owner
Swim & Raquet Club - Los Gatos, CA -
Pete Denevi owner

The Pool at the Swim and Raquet Club on Oka Road was 100 feet long. Most Pools are 25 yards. (Like the Los Gatos High School Pool) - Training in a longer pool was an excellent way to build endurance... For Example: if I got used to swimming a lap of butterfly... and then went to a competition in a shorter pool... I had an advantage... of Course, this didn't work when swimming at Foothill Junior College with their 50 meter pool...

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In Humboldt County California... What if Bill the Librarian and Tofu Mike (Absynth) and Jesse (Samba Parade, Humboldt Calypso Band) formed a Band...

With a Super Assortment of Players... Tim Day on Bass, Samantha Toste Day Vocals, that guy from the Generatorz on Guitar... Calamity Jane (the Nurse) on Hammond B3... The Horn Section from Gregg Moore's Bandemonium... Dr. Eugene Novotney Spiritual Guidance (and a Practice Hall on Campus - HSU) etc etc etc...

Bill the Librarian and The Generatorz Guitar Player - Humboldt County All Stars
Bill the Librarian and The Generatorz Guitar Player - Humboldt County All Stars

Humboldt Calypso Band - Dr. Eugene Novotney
Humboldt Calypso Band - Dr. Eugene Novotney

Dancers in Arcata

Gregg Moore's Bandemonium
Gregg Moore's Bandemonium

Tim Day and Samantha Toste Day
Tim Day and Samantha Toste Day

Tofu Mike Schwartz - Doing the Sound at the Anti war protest march
Tofu Mike Schwartz - Doing the Sound at the
Anti War Protest March

Jesse Leading the Samba Parade
Jesse Leading the Samba Parade

Samba Parade Drummers in Arcata, CA
Samba Parade Drummers in Arcata, CA


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I had a dream last night. I was in a gas station with Lady Gaga and She was talking to a woman parked at the gas pump but not pumping gas. The Woman was just crying. She said: "I need Gas but I Have No Money." Lady Gaga turned to me and said: "Go Pay for Gas. Pump #3." and I did...

There was also a Photo blown up to poster size that we were spray painting stencil letters of Corporations on... There were 10 names but the only one I remember was Nestle. We were preparing the photo to hold in a protest march.

SO... If I'm ever in a Gas Station and I see a Crying Woman parked at the Gas Pump but Not pumping Gas... I'll Know What to Do...

Some Random Dude Asked:

You would do what Lady Gaga would tell you to do. Right?

and I Replied:

Just typing in a dream before I forgot it... and FaceBORG is my Favorite Word Processor... AND - I would do what's Right no Matter Who Gave me free advice... Yep... Morality is pretty Damn Simple... I'd buy Gas for a Crying Woman...

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CR Said:

It’s time to let the smart people take the wheel for a while. Everyone’s vote is proportional to their IQ(or…)score. Therefore each person’s vote represents a number from 1-5 depending on how they perform on standardized tests. The testing would be high caliber and sensitive to cultural variables. Nobody would know their score and everyone would have equal access to voting equipment. What do you guys think?

I Replied:

Too Complex... and Unfair to Stupid People. A Better System would be One Person One Vote. Everyone Votes on a Paper Ballot and when they are done they dip their thumb in purple dye. No possiblity of voting twice. no need to register. no chance of computer fraud. Damn Simple. Everyone gets to vote. Including Illegal Aliens. They are People too. Whoever gets the most votes becomes president. NO ELECTORAL COLLEGE... None of That. Majority Rule!

CR Replied: it was a joke. 

and I Replied: 

 Then say *Just Joking* because I took You Seriously... and In Fact It's a Pretty Good Idea... The Current System of One Dollar One Vote is Horrible... Bribed Senetors Like That guy from West Virginia... Russian Money funding Trump... It's Insane..

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Greg Predicts the Future: This Summer North Shore Lake Tahoe will be Threatened by Wildfire. It'll start in the foothills near Highway #80 and Burn uphill to Donner Lake... and then a Short way over the Mountain... and then they'll put in out... By Dumping Water on the Fire with Helicopters that dipped Buckets in the Lake.

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Yorba Linda, Mission Viejo, San Ramon and Los Gatos also scored well for safety relative to other small cities in the survey.

https://ktla.com/news/california/these-are-the-safest-small-towns-and-cities-in-california-study-finds/


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Liz Merry asks: 

QOTD: What's the last thing you learned that helped you in a significant way?
No politics, please.
(Yuck! New avatars!)

Some Dude Said: That phase angles only matter in harmonically related circuits (I already knew RF chokes would help, but the missing link in my understanding was how AC circuits — in my case Radio Frequency — behave in transmission lines.)
I’m not an engineer, have no formal training in this field, and I’m a late bloomer (COVID inspired enhancement).
Suffice to say, new and unfamiliar Alternating Current Radio Frequency Transmission Line Phenomena. If you’re familiar with this at all, I just bridged the thought gap between zero knowledge, and that of a new 1st-year, first day physics course. Yay me! ðŸ˜‰
Oh, how did it help me in a significant way. Well, besides being the missing detail in my knowledge whilst assembling coax stub filters (just cut pieces of coax transmission line that filter things out), it seems to have applicable relevance to so many other things.
This math, is music math.
All of this I intellectually already knew. I could answer “A” on the multiple choice. But to see it…from an unfamiliar source. Mind blown.

I guess this is what you were asking, so I thought I’d share.

and I replied: How to open and sign in to 15 social media sites with one click. Handy for publishing my words... and pictures... and songs...

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Police Records Show That the Number One Cause of Death by Gunshot is SUICIDE.  and The Number Two Cause of Death by Gunshot is Family Members Killing Each Other... and Children Playing With Guns is Number Three... 

In Fact, Owning a GUN Makes Your Family LESS SAFE... and Crazy Gun Nuts Make Us ALL Less Safe... 

Simply Outlaw Guns. Collect Them All and Melt Them. Gee, That Was Easy. 

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