I REMEMBER MY DAYS IN THE 70'S

IN THE 70'S IT WAS A LOT OF FUN, WE USED TO GO TO STERN GROVE FOR THE DAY... PACK A HUGE LUNCH AND ICE CHEST FULL OF COLD SODAS AND BLANKETS TO SIT ON ON THE GRASS.
THERE WE HAD A SUNDAY CONCERT WITH MANY FAMOUS AND GREAT MUSICIANS AND SINGERS. THEY WOULD ALL CONTRIBUTE A CONCERT FOR US BECAUSE WE CAME AND ENJOYED IT AND LATER WE PAID FOR IT AT A MUSIC HALL LIKE THE FILLMORE WEST OR THE BERKELY AUDITORIUM OR ANYPLACE THAT WOULD HOUSE OUR ROCK BANDS.
THOSE WERE INDEED THE DAYS.
AND SOON EVEN IN SACRAMENTO THEY HELD CONCERTS AT THE DOWNTOWN PARKS ON FRIDAY NIGHTS ALL SUMMER.

I REMEMBER IN THE 90'S THEY FENCED OFF THE PARK AND THEY HAD SOME SAFETY ENFORCERS AT THE GATES TO MAKE SURE NOTHING HARMFUL GOT IN LIKE WEAPONS OR DRUGS.
IN THE 70'S WE HAD NO FEAR THERE WERE NO WEAPONS TO FEAR. PEOPLE REALLY ENJOYED EACH OTHER AND WERE VERY FRIENDLY AND SUPPORTIVE IN EMERGENCIES. LIKE KIDS WOULD RUN OFF THE WHOLE PLACE FOUND THEM. AND KIDS WERE ALWAYS WELCOME AT THESE GATHERINGS BECAUSE NO ONE WOULD HARM THEM.

TODAY I WOULD FEAR TO LET GO OF A CHILD'S HAND IN ANY PARK ANYWHERE SINCE WE SEEM TO HAVE BEEN INVADED BY MULTITUDES OF CHILD PREDATORS. SAD
TODAY WE SEEM TO BE INFESTED WITH THEM. IS IT THE CULTURE THAT MAKES IT OK FOR THEM? THE MOVIES THE INTERNET? WHAT? HAVE OUR MORALS BECOME SO CORRUPTED BY THE ENTERTAINMENT FIELD THAT WE NEED TO STOP THEM SOMEHOW? I DON'T KNOW. THE LAND OF THE FREE AS LONG AS YOU DO NOT INTERFERE WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S FREEDOM. I WAS WATCHING A PROGRAM ON TV ABOUT SOME SOUTH AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS WHO HAD INTERPRETED " THE LAND OF THE FREE" AS MEANING EVERYTHING WAS FREE FOR THE TAKING. ODD. THIS WAS ON " WITHOUT A TRACE". AND AS A RESULT THEY GOT HOOKED INTO A FAKE CHURCH THAT HAD THEM VISIT PEOPLES HOMES TO CASE THEM THEN LATER BURGLED THEM. ANYWAYS THAT IS A GOOD SERIES. IT BRINGS A LOT OF CULTURAL ISSUES TO THE FOREFRONT.
THAT IS LIKE THE AFRICAN FAMILY IN PHOENIX WHOSE 8 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS RAPED AND THEY BLAMED HER FOR IT.
I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RECULTURIZATION PROGRAMS WE USED TO HAVE FOR FOREIGN PEOPLE TO WISE THEM UP ON WHATS WHAT IN AMERICA?

I REMEMBER IN SAN FRANCISCO WHEN THE CAMBODIANS CAME TO AMERICA ND WERE EATING ALL THE SQUIRRELS IN THE PARK THE CITY TOOK ACTION IMMEDIATELY AND STARTED A CULTURE CLASS FOR THEM , THEY ATE DOGS TOO ,
AND MANY CHINESE SERVE CAT MEAT IN THEIR COOKERY TO THIS DAY. BE SUSPICIOUS OF A CHINESE RESTAURANT IF THEY FEED CATS AT THE BACK DOOR THAT MEANS YOUR CHICKEN IS CAT MEAT. HAHHA ONCE A CAFE IN NAPA WHERE WE LIKED TO GO TO LUNCH WHEN I WORKED THERE, WAS DISCOVERED TO BE SERVING CAT MEAT AS CHICKEN UGHHH. I HAVE NOT LIKED CHINESE FOOD SINCE THEN.

IN SACRAMENTO THERE WAS A CHINESE GOURMET RESTAURANT CALLED THE CORAL REEF WHICH HAD THE ONLY CHINESE FOOD I EVER REALLY LIKED, CHICKEN IN PAPER AND THE MORE PEOPLE CAME TO EAT THE BIGGER THE SERVINGS THEY GAVE YOU.
WE TRIED CHINESE FOOD HERE ONCE AND I ASKED FOR ITEMS ON DISPLAY IN THE HOT FOODS SERVERS AND THEY INSISTED ON GIVING US STUFF FROM THE BACK WELL IT WAS TERRIBLE! WE TOOK IT BACK AND LEFT IT ON THEIR DOORSTEP OF THE RESTAURANT CUZ IT WAS CLOSED.
THUS I'M DONE WITH THAT FOOD.
HOW FAR I STRAYED FROM ROCK CONCERTS EH? WELL THAT'S HOW MY MIND RUNS... ON MEMORIES.
NUFF SAID.