Tag: marijuana

• Memoir: A summer job (1981)

  

  So much great culture was happening for me in 1981. My high points: But my memoir prompt–to describe a summer job in 500-ish words–limits me. So as I was enjoying the culture above referenced, here’s my chapter: I was 20 years old the summer of 1981, living rent-free with dad in his two-bedroom apartment off…

  abendelow

  October 28, 2025

  memoir

  1981, alcoholism, Brian Eno, Chevy Malibu, dad, David Byrne, drug test, illinois wesleyan, Kmart, marijuana, memoir, music, poetry, pot, Psychedelic Furs, self-acceptance, venture store, X

• Memoir: a stomach-churning event (1976)

  

  But kids who did “drugs”? I was not them. My preferred stupifiant was respectable. Wasn’t it advertised endlessly with catchy jingles? And didn’t the most popular shows drinking on TV?

  abendelow

  December 29, 2024

  memoir

  1976, austin, blotter acid, chicago, criminality, dragnet, drug education, drugs, entrepreneurship, ethanol, go as alice, LSD-25, marijuana, memoir, oak park, psychedelics, smiley face, stomach-churning, suburban trust and savings

• Memoir: Rest in peace, Brenda. You never gave yourself away (1978)

  

  Those lyrics described the way you lived your life–with bold individuality, yet also compassion–revolutionary subversion alongside radical acceptance.

  abendelow

  December 2, 2024

  memoir

  “Surrender”, Aerosmith, alternative lifestyle, Cheap Trick, chicago, chicago stadium, Chicago SunTimes, Dennis Rodman, Doc Martens, education, erica jong, fear of flying, genesis, Jimmy Page, laser light show, Led Zeppelin, marijuana, oak park, OPRFHS, rock n roll, Rush, sex education, toxic masculinity

• Memoir: Eclipse (1973)

  

  Then he picked up a pair of chunky Koss headphones. “And you really should prepare your head for these phones!”

  abendelow

  April 18, 2024

  memoir

  dark side of the moon, dragnet, drug war, koss headphones, marantz stereo equipment, marijuana, pink floyd