Heard about the Diggers and Emmett Grogan from “The Haight Ashbury, A History by Charles Perry.” He seemed intriguing so I googled him and found this. Seems like he was the real deal, not a self aggrandizing opportunist. Quite an admirable man. I’ll be 60 this year. Went to SF and HA for the first time a couple of months ago. Such a cool place. The Victorian houses are sensational.
Amazed that Emmett agreed to this. But I suppose he was a fairly practical guy and wanted to sell his book. What he achieved in his young life was phenomenal. Heroin is a curse.
ChicoNahui's reply fits Grogan's history/sentiments completely. my thought was too big a topic he had way lots to say about so he figured, it is a game show after all, not a context ripe for thoughtful at-length replies... I think this was the shortest answer that he regarded as an honest attempt ... there are a lot of implications behind that one diff. it is sort of the short title to the essay he'd have needed to say his piece on that matter. or maybe just the title of one of its chapters ... maybe that still stuck in his craw prompted his mentioning the "next book I'm writing" obviously I'm guessing about all of this
shame that book he mentioned @end didn't get written ... he had an especially to-the-Point eloquence on that subject far more to the point than pro news analysts are too well paid to not be "to" sure did a lot with the time he had, tho'
Grogan died of a heroin overdose in 1978 he was only 35. He is said to have been one of the people who kept Janis Joplin involved in or at least interested? in her continuing use of heroin. She died in 1970 of course.
Agent Grogan didn't write Ringolevio and his death was faked as was most of his bio. The evidence proves Joplin never used drugs or partied she was a CIA asset whose death was faked of course.
