Phil Dubitsky Boulder had a variety of reputations which attracted my friends and I in the summer of 1970. There was the allure of the Rocky Mountains, lenient street life and a secretive government-affiliated university and the radical student movement which flourished because of this affiliation. My college friend, Bob, and I hitchhiked here after […]
An Oral History of Boulder in the ’60s interview with a drug dealer who preferred to remain anonymous
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds Ken Kesey called LSD a “gift of the gods.” Psychedelics were as much a part of the Boulder scene in the ‘60s and ‘70s as head shops and eight track tape players. A Separate Reality written by Carlos Castenada was one of the most widely read books by students […]
An Oral History of Boulder in the ’60s and ’70s interview with Bob Miller
This interview is one of many that I recorded as part of my never published book which took place in 1985. I donated the cassette tapes of the interviews to the Boulder Carnegie Library in 1986. — S. Byron Gassaway Bob Miller A couple of things in the ‘60s were very stunning to me. The […]
An Oral History of Boulder Colorado in the ’60s and ’70s interview with Al Staehle of the Boulder County Sheriff’s Department
This is one of my interviews I did in 1985 for my manuscript describing events in Boulder in the ’60s and ’70s. I donated the cassette tapes of the interviews to the Carnegie Library in Boulder along with the signed documents granting me permission to use these interviews for a book, which I never got […]
Houthis shoot down F-15, Iran shoots down U.S. drones – with former CIA agent Larry Johnson
If you’re short for time, please watch the last 10 minutes of the video on the subject of how many tons of 2,000 pound bombs the U.S. government has transferred to the IDF this year at no cost to Israel. It’s more explosive power than all the bombs that were dropped by the U.S. in […]
An Oral History of Boulder interview with Kathy Snow in 1985
Kathy Snow I met Kathy Snow at New Horizons, a preschool that was started after Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated and set up as a cooperative venture. The school was created to teach non-violence and non-racism. Three of my own children attended New Horizons, where many of the ideals of the ‘60s were being […]
An Oral History of Boulder, Colorado interview with Juilane Brandauer in 1985
Juilane Brandauer Juilane Brandauer was going to college and studying land use planning and lived in North Boulder when I interviewed her in 1986. She discussed the notorious STP Gang whom Fred Shelton had also mentioned in his interview. Juilane shed light on what it was like to grow up in Boulder during the […]
An Oral History of Boulder, Colorado interview with Fred Shelton in 1985
This is part of a series of interviews I did with various movers and shakers in Boulder in 1985 — S. Byron Gassaway (webmaster) Fred Shelton I would like to begin by assuming that the reader has never heard of Fred’s Restaurant on Pearl Street in Boulder. To help elucidate this part of the oral […]
An Oral History of Boulder, Colorado — Interview with Curt Butler in 1985
Copyright 2026 S. Byron Gassaway Interviews with various Boulder residents took place in 1985 Introduction Boulder in the early ‘60s was both an urbane, cosmopolitan university town and a parochial small Western community. There was still an authentic “Old West” flavor to Boulder left over from the mining days. The air was clean all the […]
A Most Severe Diesel Crunch Will Soon Hit Europe
Moon of Alabama September 18, 2026 There is a lack of diesel in the global markets. It is the most important fuel as it is used most land transport services, all agricultural machinery and lots of independent power sources. The reasons for the lack of fuel are obvious: For more than a year the U.S. […]
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