Timothy Leary videos at Archive.org
Lisa Rein twittered about Archive.org's new Timothy Leary video archive. It currently has over 80 videos.
The above screenshot is from a documentary called Growing Up In America: Breathing Together, Revolution of the Electric Family, from 1986, which has interviews with Allen Ginsberg, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, Fred Hampton, Deborah Johnson, John Sinclair, and Timothy Leary.
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Timothy Leary doesn't do much for me. Of the beats and revolutionaries of that era, ....Jack Kerouac wrote some good books, Gary Snyder stayed true to his ideas and ideals.
..But, but...Timothy Leary's dead!
No, no no no, he's outside - looking in.
--Charlie
That site is horrible to use. I think I'll pass.
soupisgoodfood, what is it you hate about the site specifically? It works great for me. If you are on a Mac, consider getting Speed Download 5.x (or something like it) and using that to get the videos. It has bandwidth throttling, resumable downloads and much more.
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I won't pass. Thanks Mark for this link!! Downloading Growing Up in America NOW.
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I don't mean to be alarmist, but I think that fellow is on "the drugs".
Which one?!
You're right! It's all of them.
When Leary broke out of prison in 1970 I was living on Scott Street in San Francisco. I was making morning coffee when I heard the news over the radio. As a joke I made and placed in the front window a large sign that read, "Timothy Leary you are NOT welcome in this house!" Earlier, signs had appeared in hundreds of Bay Area houses, including my own, welcoming fugitive Angela Davis; so the Leary sign was both a parody and a genuine reflection of my lefter-than-thou attitude towards the guru of "Dropping Out."
An hour after the sign was up, a friend dropped by with fresh blintzes and fresh news that it was the Weathermen who had sprung Leary from the joint. Well, that sign immediately came down! As I have said elsewhere, we thought the Weathermen were crazy and dangerous, and I didn't want to be on their (s)hit list for any reason.
I saw him only once, I think, at the first Human Be-In at Golden Gate Park. That day he had an acid-inspired beatific smile and a snootful of cold beer. (Aye, to be sure, he was Irish.) Our later attitude towards Leary was more forgiving and benign. He seems today to have been a true prophet of futurism, half-cracked and half-genius. I miss his cultural presence.
@#9 POSTED BY BUDDY66
Interesting story. But, I'm left with one nagging question... what on Earth made you think the WU were crazy and dangerous?
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I heard that.
@#11 POSTED BY ANTINOUS
Shit, I'm dead.