High Times December 1976 Christmas Double Issue, Jimmy Buffett on Parrots
Vintage High Times December 1976 Christmas Double Issue, Dispatches From the War, Jimmy Buffett on Parrots, Tom Robbins on Toadstools. Here is an essential issue of High Times from December 1976. This was the magazine's first year of publication and it coincided with our nation's Bi-Centennial celebration: "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness!" It is a rare double issue and features many articles of interest on the scene, including dispatches from the war. The "centerfold" is a lovely full color photo of the much admired Amanita Muscaria. Herein Tom Robbins discusses those toadstools (he's an amateur mycologist!) Jimmy Buffett discusses all things Parrot-Headed, Albert Goldman discusses Henry Kissinger, and so on and so forth. Also features advertisements for many associated goods and goodies, some of which are meant to appease the paranoia of those who, for one reason or another, are indeed paranoid: electronic bug detectors, super accurate scales, clever stowage containers, and discrete clips and pipes. In a way, it all seems so retro, but based on some recent travel outside the legal zone of my home state of Oregon, I can see that the war still rages on and some of the products herein still have value (I'm lookin' at you Idaho and Wyoming!). Very good condition, some shelf wear on covers, interior pages are fresh and sharp.
High Times December 1976
That 70's Show!
What is there to say about the 70's other than they thoroughly drained the 60's swamp and replaced it with a boat load of geeks bearing their nascent computer programs which would eventually rule the world. Our Vietnam nightmare came to an end with a big "X" in the loss column. But, perhaps most striking was the wake-up call we got from OPEC when our gas pumps went dry and the price went from 32ยข to $1.19 per gallon (if you could find it). We were going nuts with anger and fear when someone called the Ayatollah came into our lives and forever changed the world's playing field.
Terrorists (Palestinians vs Israelis) held a massacre at the Munich Olympics, Airliners were hijacked, Patty Hearst was hijacked, and Kool-Aid was a quick way out of trouble. Nixon gave one last "V" for Victory, Carter ushered in the Bicentennial, Thatcher came on board, Bloody Sunday kept the Troubles brewing, The Pope was Polish, Ping Pong Played Cold War, Three Mile Island melted down, a DC-10's engine "detached" on takeoff, inflation hit 13.9% and "stagflation" was a buzzword. SkyLab went into orbit, and Betamax lost to VHS. Jobs planted Apple amid Earth Day, Deep Throat, Roe v Wade, Women's Lib, Schoolhouse Rock, Charlie's Angels, Pong, Jaws, the Walkman, and Disco Balls. Elvis Left the Building, and Rapper's Delight came in along with Mechanical Bulls, Nurse Ratched, Archie Bunker, Mork, Fonzy, Spitz, Nadia, and Muttonchops (not to be confused with Lamb Chop)! Plus: DNA, MRI, IVF, ERA, SNL, MNF, WTC, & WTF!
Maybe that gives you a sense of the 70's being the S**T show it was for many. Unfortunately, what came next was even worse. Regardless, I always keep some 70's memorabilia on hand in my "That 70's Show" for the few stragglers out there still wanting to get on board: https://www.ebay.com/str/portlandpandemonium/1970s-Show/_i.html?store_cat=38704222017
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