This Great Storyteller Describes His Life In The 1960s

[@Astronic]

People seem to missunderstand when he says "straight" like the "straight world" he is not talking about sexuality. He means the normal 9 to 5 worlds, owning a house, eating at mcdonalds etc.

[@ashton1991]

He literally said he was attracted to gay ppl…who you tryna convince bud?

[@quadrata8382]

@@ashton1991 Simpletons like you.

[@bryonmiller4326]

@@ashton1991 In the context in which he was speaking it was in regard to taking LSD and he was referring to "straight" like "square". I.E. He doesn't do hard drugs, keeps out of trouble etc. He may talk about being attracted to gays, but he was not referring to sexuality when talking about being straight.

[@sswcustomsewing4276]

​@@bryonmiller4326 Correct yes. I hate how people take everything literally or just don't want to listen these days.

[@Groovysmokes23]

@@ashton1991 what a square. He said he was ATTRACTIVE, TO gay people. Not attracted. Try to listen a little more bud

[@Mr_Bob_A_Feet]

He talks like a novel. I love it. Lol

[@blackmore4]

Like a big gay novel.

[@keithcalvosa5894]

@@blackmore4 He was probably best friends with Lindsay Graham

[@laudace1764]

Talks like an absolute jackass.

[@dxp96]

"Im outta Acid, Im outta Hash, Im outta Here" LOL i felt this on a spiritual level.

[@darksat6]

😂😂😂

[@Prod.CheffinWhite]

U know the vibessssss

[@JohnJohnson-pw9nu]

You just ruined it

[@Caperhere]

David Hoffman. What a fantastic life you’ve lived.

[@jasonhatt4295]

Yeah thanks for recording all this stuff, and then posting it!

[@slyweasel808]

David Hoffman is the guy behind the camera, not in front of it.

[@NitroBoarder17]

no he is jusg g@yb weirdo

[@Dale-q1l]

Who is this guy?

[@Jtworthy1]

"I only took it every three days". WTF this dude had no cooldown period, what a legend... lmao

[@luckyg1293]

To me that’s what explains his mannerisms and fluidity of speech lol he’s still fried 😂

[@stevens4094]

I could watch these videos all day. I’m 24 and can only dream of a life so interesting and unpredictable. Sometimes I think about quitting my desk job and just driving somewhere else. Maybe some day

[@nicholaspesch5086]

I think you should (:

[@highseervehk]

How's life being 27? I'm 24 right now and still working on getting my bachelor's degree but feel much the same already.

[@sdprz7893]

And this is why this is my favourite youtube channel. It's so real. I love seeing the struggles of others, it reminds me that I'm not alone in this world, we're all going through it together.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Yes we are going through it together. Well said. Thank you. David Hoffman-filmmaker

[@Range-X]

LSD explains his extremely drawn-back way of speaking. Awesome video

[@Arrowed_Sparrow]

I said it once and I'll say it again. Life choices aside, this guy knows how to tell a story.

[@johnacord5664]

I just had to hit the like button on this one. I remember the lock - step of the 50s and early 60s. Serve your country. Work hard. That was BEAT into kids. I played the game, and got f#@ked over by the system. I went to work after 2 years college. Worked getting my brain put through the blender. I have been retired for a little over 10 years now. I always kept my hair cut military. Two years ago, I saw myself in the mirror one morning. I need a hair cut. Then I thought I am RETIRED. I started growing my hair out. I didn't know I had this much hair. I have one slight bald spot. When I go to visit San Francisco, I have hair to put the flowers in.

[@boost7983]

A real legend in his own mind, lol.

[@areyoujelton]

When he started talking about his first LSD trip... I just started smiling hahahaha

[@stevenmoyers3586]

yeah, you had to of been there, wow, I'm getting chills. More than fifty long years ago, fifty long years ago...

[@MSP106]

What a fascinating person!! Thanks for the interview!

[@RealisticCookingIRL]

Wow! Such an eloquent guy, I could listen to him for hours. Reminds me of "Dinner with Andre" in that sense

[@RefinerSimilitude]

Simply amazing, your work. It's so timeless, it works perfectly on the KZbin platform. I wish YT were full of more interesting, wholesome, real content like this.

[@gehteuchnixan69]

"We just wanted to dance and sing, take our acid and have a good time. And turn your daughter onto it too." hahaha, man, what a character. Awesome story

[@NitroBoarder17]

terribvle story weirdo

[@posteniuzgajivacovaca8048]

I felt the warmth in my heart and soul listening to this man.

[@pwalms65]

I could listen to this guys stories for hours. I was born in 65 so I'm the generation behind his. Very cool video.

[@globalance1948]

Yes brother....those were the days! I was at the "Human Be In" at Golden Gate Park too! Amazing experience! And the Love was there....and the Love was real.....and Deno Valelti's song: "Come on people now....smile on your brother ....everybody get together and try to Love one another right now!" That song, along with Joni Mitchell's song "We've got to get back to the garden", are the two songs that capture the essence of the whole "hippie movement"! And we really did make a difference....."civilization" was changed by our Love!!! Thanks for sharing your story! D ps: I only took LSD once in the whole 60's......but it changed by direction in life COMPLETELY....and for the good too!!!

[@dmdm8018]

Audio books, that’s the field where this man should work for nowadays.

[@reginadeyoung8750]

I love the true stories. Thank You

[@martinlehfeldt6916]

He's straight. He just soft. A lot of people confuse that.

[@christschool]

Except he said "that's before I knew I was attracted to men".

[@AlmostReady504]

Wait, he's not fruit?

[@oisinquinn9469]

@@christschool they were attracted to him......he said

[@Joe-kb1sm]

My youthfull experience with the hippy movement was similar, but being the youngest of four boys in a row, all bikers, I became one. My nickname still today is Stricknine. That is how I spell the word, allways did. I was 13 or 14 in 1969 when I first tried acid. It changed my life overnight. I had my eyes opened to the drug counter culture.by the time I was 16 in 1972, I got my first real job at Little Bamboo head shop, on W. 25 st & Clark Ave. In Cleveland. My high school was practically around the corner, so I was an after-school hero in 10th grade. My brothers moved large amounts of drugs, so I sold acid in school to pay for my own. I would worm my way in on deals and get a few hits of acid thrown my way. I excelled in school, and when the weekend came, I would drop ten hits of Orange Barrel, or whatever funny name some gur in Detroit named his latest batch. I would be trippen for three days, and then recover during the week, in order to do it again the following weekend. Warewolf Weekends I called it. This is when I aquired the nickname Strick. At the age of 18, my father gave me a two year old Harley Davidson Superglide. All his sons at 18, my lifelong hero. At that time, I enrolled in a trade school on daddy's dime. I worked hard and partyed hard with the goal of becoming a licensed electrician. I then bought my old lady off my brother Boogie Dave, for $100 dollars.we were both 18, and David was the oldest brother, way too old for her. Beth Ann Patton loved the Bike Life, and Immediately instructed me to get my autobody collision / painter brother to paint it "Johnny Cash black %chrome, and get that front wheel out there". Well, she paid $ 2000 dollars cash in advance out of her pay checks, to turn my bike into a chopped and bobbed stalker. We were married two months later. She loved to trip. Her nickname was Gimmy, and everything was free, to her. I got my got my journeyman electrician licence, and we hit the road. The next ten years of my life was, well,😛 " Grab your tin foil hats, Motherfuckers, We're Going For A Ride ! Through her relentless pushing, I became a heavy industry electrician here in Cleveland. The Biker Life, was very similar to the Hippy lifestyle, in the 70s. Both subcultures had the casual sex, but the bike lifestyle had prospect proven trust. There is nothing like a 250 pound gorilla giving you a breah expelling hug, and then loaning you $500. The early 70s, late 60 s hippys had very little money, thier main expenditure was rent and drugs. Sex was casual in the decade after the early 60 s sexual revolution, it seemed like hypergamy was on hold. Then shit went south. Women's lib started getting traction. My wife thought it was unwanted attention to the fact that she allways handled my signed and uncashed paycheck, and stuff like that. Shoot, I went to Sturgis with ten thousand dollars in cash in my hand, seven years in a row. Then the Bitch died, took three of my four kids with her. The baby was at grandma's for grocery shopping. Dude was on his fourth DUI, back in 83. Yeah, I put him down with a after talked to shot in the head, with a nice quiet .22 cal short pistol round. After I got out of prison for manslaughter,in public, I got my shit in one sock, and raised a daughter, with lots of help from both grandma's. I looked around, crack was everywhere ! The late 80 s freaked me out. Girls at the bar had a check list, drug testing started. I was thrown back into the dating world, but was confused by the changes in the dating culture. The late 80 s were a period of great change concerning the traditional rolls of men & women. Well, the 90s, and beyond is for the millenials, it's your world, I'm just liven in it. Now, I'm a semi retired master electrician, my Iron Head Harley is 40 yrs old, I am in my early 60s, and only do acid about every fory months. I never remarried, she was the one. I'm a MGTOW guy now, my bucket list is empty, but I stay busy and my life is and has been interesting. Strick.

[@cadelfowl7724]

amazing history should be a movie I would watch

[@DaiSenshiMounir]

Joseph Patton only 60?

[@ConspiracyGamer]

Joseph Patton Incredible story and i’m glad you had the balls to take matters into your own hand. That bastard would’ve kept driving drunk and would’ve killed more. Sorry you had to sacrifice part of your life in prison but glad you got out and managed to move on!

[@EarlSweatshirtSean15]

I'm sorry but your story is everything that is wrong with the Boomers and Gen X. You ruined the West with your selfish, value void, post modernist garbage ways. You also killed the birthrate so now Millenials and Gen Z get to be slaves and pay for your entitlements.

[@xaderp]

Dude, he had four kids. Cant you read?

[@ragatrix]

he sounds like he's learnt this story by heart. there's something missing for me. not sure what's with him but there's an unsettling disconnect that i can't put my finger on.

[@daddy9925]

He’s lying.

[@Hklbrries]

Right there with you.

[@garyw595]

Obviously a fabricated story. Not by the documentarian, but the subject.

[@Hklbrries]

@@garyw595 Having also grown up in that time, his story feels very disingenuous to me and I trust my radar. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@laudace1764]

Sounds like the acid permanently addled his brain.

[@iswatmoths1862]

this guy knows how to party

[@Smokeythewelder]

Ya think?

[@welhynole4082]

Absolutely loved this video. You’re a great filmmaker David haha. You gotta great eye for things like this

[@98Zai]

This one's great. Loved watching it again :)

[@alessandromienandi1473]

Dave... You are God send! Thank you for your works. A truly great insight into both the history and the nature of humanity.

[@beefandbarley]

My pleasure. ; ×

[@alessandromienandi1473]

@@beefandbarley ;x

[@paintitblack6728]

He certainly is a suave story teller with some flashy quips & and anecdotal recollections... I got to Haight Ashbury San Francisco from the Southern Hemisphere 2 decades an 3 years too late , but I had me a loved up wild time of my own and met some great gays and lesbians who were kind and generous helpful, fun & delightful and it was because of them a couple, gay males who welcomed me into their home not far up a hill from Haight and Ashbury and a lesbian down in the mission district who essentially became my own personal tour guide and showed me her haunts, introduced me to housemates , came back to the guys place for dinner, I got to stay for two weeks longer than just a day and 2 nights, wiring home for extra $$ their hospitality I'll never forget.

[@luckyg1293]

Dude explains the brain change of LSD perfectly lol. “Crew cuts looked strange” I felt that. 😂

[@TheJimbaHut]

Fascinating. He's memorised this story, you can tell.

[@maelstrom2313]

He's told it many times probably, adding new chapters as his life unfolds. There's a subtle difference but it shows.

[@steveohiowine]

He lived it.

[@ismarril]

Everything's so out of the blue. Like genuine, but manicured. He probably told it many times over in treatment to psychiatrists.

[@hurley911]

And matinees on Saturday 🤣🤣

[@dst8002]

A great story. A better storyteller! David Hoffman : Thank you Sir for recording these... now our generation gets to re-live these experiences through your works and realize that our suffering isn't unique or unsurmountable. Your videos have helped me a lot in calming down my restless soul. Take care Sir. Wish you a happy and healthy 2019 😊

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

How beautifully said. Thank you Sir. David Hoffman - filmmaker

[@bm.3759]

Who is he? I'm so mesmerized. He lived through it all. The golden age. The sex. The drugs. Wow.

[@alexeichenauer]

This was my first induction into the unusual.... I'm all ears

[@Allplussomeminus]

Fine mix of feminine and masculine from this man; the way he expresses himself.

[@SeedsofJoy]

ie, he's gay.

[@Niekoue]

@@SeedsofJoy he's straight, he said so in the film 🤣

[@pward17]

Wow another life changer. I love these.

[@rsriddel]

David: the interviews on your channel are worth their weight in gold as candid, first-hand historical documents. No political intent, no vested interest, no "sponsored by", just honest beliefs expressed. Your interviews taught me a lot and changed how I think about generational divides. They have so much in common with eachother! Saying 'OK Boomer' (dismissal) and blaming everything on the boomers (scapegoating) seems to be similar to how some of the interviewed perceive their generational divide.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Thank you very much Ryan, for your comment, beautifully said. David Hoffman-filmmaker

[@stevenh4797]

so entertaining, so helpful re understanding people, so much warmth and vitality

[@matty86]

At first I thought he tried to kill himself with a fudgesicle

[@carljacobson7156]

That's a pretty flamboyant 'Straight Guy'

[@WarHorsesRising]

He either still lives in that mindset or loves to reminisce about those times thinking it was ok to corrupt your daughter on acid. Great story teller and still a fruit loop

[@bobthedj6992]

what a storyteller, seriously incredible description of not only his life but the vibe of the whole time - seriously incredible for young people like myself to be able to just glimpse into this kind of personal account of the past.

[@takaonies]

I like his personality as much as his wonderful way of describing things in words.

[@ChosenCrosseyed]

This is my favorite interview. Very intriguing.

[@MLeibs]

I felt that same love vibe following the Grateful Dead back in the early 80s. ✌🏽

[@RyanEverson16r]

This guy is a poet. Excellent story teller. It's pretty clear this isn't the first time he's organized these thoughts, not exactly off the cuff. Perhaps it is. Either way I want to know where he is now and everything he's done since.

[@krankenheim13]

This guy is an amazing storyteller. I would love to hear more from him, perhaps everything you recorded. I know there's something else out there about how his life was still empty, but then it cuts off. I wonder - who is this guy, what happened with his life? Did he become a pastor? I have no doubt he was a leader.

[@CStelTV]

Ha ha that took a sharp turn with the “spades” at the end

[@apodis4900]

Forgive my naivety, what does he mean by spades?

[@krankenheim13]

@@apodis4900 I can't know with 100% certainty but I believe spades used to be a derogatory term for African American.

[@krankenheim13]

@ Thanks I didn't know that. I looked it up in a couple places - World Wide Words (worldwidewords.org) says it's an "outmoded derogatory slang term for an African-American." Same w/ Urban Dictionary. The people who wrote those probably didn't live in the time where the word was used. Neat thing I learned though, some website mentioned that the word "dude" came into slang usage when it became impolite to call black people spades. It didn't sound right to call someone a "black cat" so it became "black dude." And today "dude" and "cat" have about the same meaning. That's pretty neat, glad I looked at that, thanks. =)

[@manictiger]

Yeah, it caught me off-guard, too. We're so used to be people being pussies about the truth about race that when someone is honest, it throws us for a loop now.

[@krankenheim13]

@Michelle Bearse Okay? I didn't define "dude" so I have no idea what you're going on about. I don't think you read what I wrote.

[@mattschuver4440]

This guy is a trip and super interesting. What a great story teller!

[@MsLizHicks]

OMG, this guy! Can I go back in time and have a cup of tea with him?! Forget the acid, HE is the trip!!

[@AlmostReady504]

And he's not gay at all

[@rockbay79]

I joined the USAF in 1982 and retired 20 years later in 2002. Man, how things changed!!!!

[@danr5105]

The military started planning for "all volunteer" as early as 1969. One thing acknowledged by military leaders was the need to make the job more attractive. In the past the military saw soldiers as cheap labor. Now with so much more needed to attract people to the military they no longer could assign menial tasks (KP for one) to a "highly trained soldier' Rules prohibiting "beer in the barracks" were relaxed along with discipline and grooming. This rebuilding started in earnest in 1973. Lots of scamming needed to make the enlistments quotas in 1973.

[@HenryMcGuinnessGuitar]

My partner downstairs asking me what the hell I'm laughing hysterically about... "and I said 'Hey, man...'"

[@thehouseofcm]

What a difference between the 50's guy and this 60's guy. The 50's guy wanted to do right and have a family and be humble but this guy is all about me, me, me. Truly was the ME GENERATION.

[@catweasle5737]

I expected to hear "With a little help from my friends" playing in the background.

[@bravosierra1000]

Is there the full interview with this guy?

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

I have not posted one yet. David Hoffman filmmaker

[@bravosierra1000]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker Please consider this one as a full interview,I would love to hear his story from start to end. Thank you for creating these well articulated and fantastic interviews. The freedom and effortless way the stories are communicated is a direct reflection of the ease and freedom of your documentation skills and the comfortable environment you create result in amazing stories. I hope hearing these stories today we can take strength from them and make our stories for future generations. There are many themes in these stories that must be listened to. History is repeating...

[@theonlyjamiebourgeois9703]

I wish you'd post what year these were recorded. It seems like they're from some time ago

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

1989. David Hoffman-filmmaker

[@Mind_puzzler]

He reminds me of Roger from American dad

[@suzetteanthony5181]

Great story. I grew up in San Francisco during the 60s. I use to go to the Fillmore when it was on Fillmore Street.

[@spikeybug1]

Ahh, there's nothing like that first eye opening acid trip. I remember mine dearly.

[@TheCrazydomdom]

Thanks for sharing

[@kennethprice8710]

Appreciate the guy's honesty this is life,maybe not mine or yours but,interesting experiences kinda confused though.lol

[@motley100]

He would be amazing for a longer interview. I could sit and listen and watch for a long time!

[@dissturbbed]

Excellent

[@jennytaylor3324]

What a case! Lyrical way of talking that I could listen to for a lot longer.

[@AlmostReady504]

Born in 63 in New Orleans As a teenager of the 70s it was a simpler time. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world

[@victorkoropeckyj2771]

Does anyone know what Spade means in this context?

[@bullstag47]

Second time I’m listening to this. Great storyteller.

[@robbiebalboa]

If I’m ever assessed to narrate my life, I hope to narrate half as good as this guy.

[@holden7637]

david i appreciate u endlessly

[@midwestspeed7889]

This guy is UNNUUUUSSUUUAALLLL!! 😳

[@anthonydemitre9392]

Priceless!!

[@OscarOffTheCuff]

If someone has to keep explaining that they’re straight, it usually means they’re a homosexual

[@Level_No_Curve]

He is refering to straight edge. The term they used back then

[@andrewcorbridge6350]

When he says spades, I assuming he is referring to the "Black Spades." A predominately African-American gang primarily based on the East Coast.

[@mahna_mahna]

Doesn't really make sense, since he is talking about San Francisco.

Just blacks in general.

[@dxp96]

@ yeah people dont know spades was an old racial term that never caught traction

@@dxp96 It was used by hippies in reference to blacks. It wasn't racist but it was racial.

[@christschool]

@@dxp96 Spade did have a lot of traction back then and it was derogatory.

[@acidatheist5191]

These videos are fucking super rad. Best Time Capsule Ever.

[@GuitarBillCurran]

I love this guy, I wanna hear him tell all of his stories!

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Thank you Bill David Hoffman-filmmaker

[@ladykay917]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker Is he gay or not and who raped him? A man?

[@rogeramezquita5685]

Straight in the 60s was not about sexual orientation

[@torque4538]

I wonder where this guy is and how he’s doing, he seems like such a genuine human being.

[@doro69]

Bless him, seems like a wonderful human.

[@kofia6849]

Where is he now??

[@nmmonaco]

What’s this guys name ... love him and the highly decorated Vietnam Vet

[@gruesume]

this is an amazing story!

[@aidanpayan6919]

I live in Fairbanks, Alaska so I thought it was cool that he was there

[@jaylee6769]

Fascinating guy

[@Erika-yi1fj]

Who is this and what's his name?

[@jaylee6769]

Man they sure had a grasp on the idea of freedom at that type

[@seanm3226]

He sounds (and acts) like he’s in serious denial about his homosexuality.

[@khristoferyan]

He did say, "at that time, I didn't know I was attracted to men..." So it doesn't sound like he was in denial when he was interviewed.

[@christschool]

@@khristoferyan How can you not know whom you're attracted to? Seems very odd to say such a thing.

[@mikeodell6090]

Oh man... this is great...

[@BubblewrapHighway]

Oh my. I was in army intelligence, but had to run away. I spent 5 months in Golden Gate Park after my discharge. My heart!

[@danaedwards5849]

Marvelous!

[@DavidSmith-fr1uz]

Who is this guy? I'd like to hear more about his experiences.

[@sswcustomsewing4276]

Agreed same here.

[@WallStreetDope]

Do we know what ever happened to our friend here? I love this guy.

[@zubaidasmith4551]

Man, I have seen those colors and never took a hit of acid. I would hand with this man. And just because he can articulate his experiences and make it come alive does not make him gay. I think people have looked at those crew cuts and GIJoe action heroes for too long. I'd be his ol' lady.

[@catmagic2226]

This guy is a GREAT storyteller!!!

[@TimMcTim1888]

When was this recorded?

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Read the description please. 1989. David Hoffman filmmaker

[@TimMcTim1888]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker oh I did. Still don’t see 1989 mentioned. Must be app Vs web or maybe I’m just stupid. Thanks.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

I am sorry if it is confusing and I am glad that I shared 1989 with you. David Hoffman filmmaker

[@oldndayzd9281]

In Those Later Day's We All partied Hard but had job's to pay for it 🇨🇦👊👊

[@1280haha]

His masculinity really appears by end of the interview as he adopts a modified accent built from his exposure to the effectively different masculine-hippie culture in the 60's. He would've been a skater kid by the best approximation of comparison between modern and yesterday's genetics

[@DenisCarbonaro]

The best interview I've ever watched! God bless!

[@lewiscaine8330]

Bro is his name Paul? He is the spitting image and voice of my old Taco Bell Manager

[@fromdabunka]

Greatest storytelling of the century

[@jason_v12345]

He's talking that way as a deliberate storytelling technique --- to help bring what he's describing more to life. It's not his literal personality. Watch the other parts of the interview if you want to see his real personality.

[@coyotehinderstein37]

people are still turning on to this day the scenes there its not even supressed it just another scene in a sea of socities. take it from a 19 year old this lifestyle is still achievable and oh how beautiful it can be