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September 10, 2015
The Original Nature Boys
The record set off a brief journalistic frenzy in 1948 over its hitherto unknown lyricist eden ahbez, who had long hair and a beard, dressed in a robe and sandals, ate only fruits and nuts, had given himself a Book of Genesis first name and cosmic A-to-Z last name, and lived in a tent under the first “L” in the “Hollywood” sign. In other words, years before the word was coined in the 1960s, this guy was a hippie. He and the dozen or so other robe-wearing proto-hippies who hung around a German couple’s health-food store in Laurel Canyon called themselves “Nature Boys.” - Steve Sailer
Posted by gerardvanderleun at September 10, 2015 8:53 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
Your Say
Oh look, Gerard!
Nature-boys' younger brother!
Hark! He speaks!
www . youtube . com/watch?v=Y7rXlbHtcqM
(h/t Gerard, of course. A gift that keeps on giving...)
Posted by: John Condon ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://americandigest.org/sidelines/nav-commenters.gif)
at September 10, 2015 9:38 AM
John Condon....
That ain't funny. If you ever worked in a psych hospital you'd have seen these guys in their hundreds, and it always hurts like a bastard.
Especially if they get through to you, and you realize how fragile is your own sanity. Jesus.
Posted by: Rob De Witt at September 10, 2015 1:26 PM
FYI, youngsters, the "word" in the late '40s and into the 1950's was "beatnik"
and yes, there was plenty of pot in the public schools.
Brigade of Auld Pharts
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Posted by: Anon43 at September 10, 2015 4:56 PM
Okay.
My bad, ya'll.
Posted by: John Condon at September 10, 2015 5:19 PM
"the "word" in the late '40s and into the 1950's was "beatnik" "
Beatnik...
Like this guy, Anon43?
(Work?!)
www . youtube . com/watch?v=pqzpQPDSr2s#t=12s
Posted by: John Condon at September 11, 2015 10:50 AM