Maybe that's why I can't stop listening to 'The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter' by The Incredible String Band. The Invisible University Of Williamsburg Hippiedom can be incredibly seductive. Most beautiful young girls are hippies, at least while they're going through college. As Peter Sellers in 'What's New Pussycat' realised, a hippy wig can do wonders for your love life. Hippies are super-organic and environmentally friendly, which is an important corrective to Bush's America.
Hippies are tall, superior, Aquarian, gentle.
And gentleness, man, is a turn-on. You're in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It feels like a campus town. The air is thick with joss smoke. You don't have to do much thrifting before you find a sheepskin jacket, a pair of bell bottom flares, and a woolly al paca jersey.