[Inyo-Mono]

I remember seeing American Graffiti in 1973 when it first came out. The tag line for the film advertising was "Where were you '62?" The cultural and musical differences between 1962 and 1973 were astounding. Only 11 years later. The 20 and 30 something audience at the showing of the film was almost tearful at the nostalgic scenes and music. I was in junior high in '62 and the film captured that year so perfectly that it was amazing.

I tell younger people today that no one was smoking pot or using drugs when I was in high school, at least where I lived, in the mid to late '60s and they find it hard to believe.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I was in 6th grade in ‘62 and all I remember was my cousins listening to Doo-Wop. Then the Beatles, the Dave Clark Five, the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks and others hit the scene and I was hooked. I never got into the Doo-Wop era. Missed it by inches.

“The Little Old Lady from Pasadena,” “Little Deuce Coop,” “Good Vibrations,” and “Help Me Rhonda” probably sent me to California (from upstate NY) more than anything else. Well, the West and good weather beckoned, too.