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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

A Volunteer of America that we could've used

Grace Slick:

"See, Trish Nixon’s daughter went to Finch College, and it was so small that she invited all of the alumni to a tea at the White House. But my name when I went there was Grace Wing, that doesn’t mean anything right? Now, Grace Slick meant something.

So I get an invitation to the White House and I call up Abbie Hoffman and say [Sing-songy] “Guess what I have….I’ve got an invitation to the White House.” So I put 600 mics of acid under a long fingernail I had for cocaine, and we go and we’re standing in line, and the security guard comes up to me and says, “I’m sorry you can’t go in. You’re a security risk.” And I go, “What?!” And he says, “You’re on the FBI list.” And I go, “What?!?!” And I found out that the members of Jefferson Airplane were on a list because of “suspect lyrics.”

They didn’t know why I was a security threat, but they were right."

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Pushing out the '50s

I know it's been a matter of much scholarly discourse and tavern brawls, but I think I have found the definitive moment when the '50s ended during this episode of "Mother-in-law" (produced by Desi Arnez).

It's at about a half minute in: