More Silverstein Among The Hippies

August, 1968

More Silverstein Among the Hippies"A guy in a blanket panhandles on the corner with a sign, It's Debbie's birthday--Help me get her high," Shel reports, recalling his Hashbury highlights. "The other night, some guys sneak into the zoo, shoot a buffalo, drag it out, and the Diggers have meat for their free food line. A beaded girl takes me home, makes 'like' to me and never speaks a word. An old man on a soapbox: 'You've tried pot, you've tried LSD--now how about giving Jesus Chris...