Abbie Hoffman talks about John Lennon
marcus
on a local New York City cable TV station, only a few weeks after John
Lennon was killed.
This was also after Abbie, who had been underground for seven years,
was "outed" as an environmentalist known as Barry Freed in upstate
NY. He's a much more laid-back Abbie, in this interview, than he was
during the Sixties, but is quite candid and touching in his memories
of John.
http://marccatone.webs.com/apps/videos/videos/show/11655670-abbie-hoffman-talks-about-john-lennon
Fattuchus
I'm no fan of 1960's left wing radicals, the Chicago Seven, etc.
However, this is an interesting
interview. Hoffman comes across as pretty likeable.
Fattuchus
I didn't know John road public transportation.
marcuscp
You're right about the Chicago Seven - they sounded much better as a
sextet. Hold on, I might be confusing them with the Birmingham Six.
Fattuchus
No, I suspect you are thinking of "Take Six."
nowhere man
e53f57...@j28g2000vbp.googlegroups.com:
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>> You're right about the Chicago Seven - they sounded much better as a
>> sextet. Hold on, I might be confusing them with the Birmingham Six.-
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> No, I suspect you are thinking of "Take Six."
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FREE the Hawaii 50 now
Fattuchus
> Fattuchus <fattuc...@yahoo.com> wrote in news:aad09200-d513-491f-81b1-
> e53f57881...@j28g2000vbp.googlegroups.com:
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> >> You're right about the Chicago Seven - they sounded much better as a
> >> sextet. Hold on, I might be confusing them with the Birmingham Six.-
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> > No, I suspect you are thinking of "Take Six."
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> FREE the Hawaii 50 now
LOL.
Free My Willy
> Hoffman comes across as pretty likeable.
You started liking him the moment you found out he was Jewish.
marcuscp
I liked him better when he was known as as Abbie Road.
The Lone Star
And who can blame her?
I watched "The Ten Commandments" again last night and for the first
time in HD!
God bless the Jews: past, present and future!
Jesus was a Jew, you know.
Happy Easter!
Fattuchus
> On Apr 24, 9:00 am, Free My Willy <estuspir...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > On Apr 24, 6:32 am, Fattuchus <fattuc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > Hoffman comes across as pretty likeable.
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> > You started liking him the moment you found out he was Jewish.
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> And who can blame her?
You are a gentleman, Lone Star. But I've never been a fan of Abbie
Hoffman. Don't like his politics. However, I did think
he seemed appealing in this particular interview.
marcus
I always liked Abbie since the late 1960s. I'm not usually very
critical of John Lennon, but I thought John was a bit harsh in his
characterization of Abbie in one of John's final interviews (Playboy,
perhaps?). John was weary of the press saying that John was emerging
from the "underground" when he released his first album in five
years. He blamed that description of him by the media because Abbie
had just emerged from the "underground" in 1980 (he had been set up on
a cocaine-selling charge) after hiding out, and changing his identity
for 7 years. John thought the press was using the word "Underground"
because it was still on the tip of everyone's tongues. Perhaps, it
was a valid complaint, but then John said something to the effect that
"Abbie got want he wanted" from hiding out, infering that Abbie wanted
attention only. John might not have known all the details and
circumstances surrounding the reasons why Abbie had gone
"underground", but I thought his remark was unfair.
I wrote an essay about Abbie on the 20th anniversary of his death in
2009. You can find it at the link below, but will need to scroll down
towards the end to read it.
http://marccatone.webs.com/beatlessixtiesarticles.htm
Marc
Fattuchus
> I always liked Abbie since the late 1960s. I'm not usually very
> critical of John Lennon, but I thought John was a bit harsh in his
> characterization of Abbie in one of John's final interviews (Playboy,
> perhaps?).
I thought it was in Newsweek or some other interview. I recall
reading that Hoffman was upset by some
remark John had made.