Please do not misinterpret my queries as criticism of YOU in any way. I know you do an outstanding job. I SEE it — and so do thousands of other people who are lucky enough to have acccess to these sites.

Remember my topic during the summer “What Happened to Las Vegas?” At that time I began doing research about our company to find more visuals for you to put up on the site and to correct many glaring historical omissions regarding the Hawai’i/Las Vegas Paka’lolo Tribe.

An example: I was checking Wikipedia the other night. There are links to Las Vegas, shows, timelines, history and other pertinent stuff. The write-up on the history of the International Hilton (built in 1969) has information about who opened (Striesand), followed by Elvis’ long engagement …blah blah blah. No mention of the new (and only one in Las Vegas at the time) legitimate theatre venue; a beautiful creation with continental seating, where HAIR ran for a year. (This was the start of the NEW Las Vegas.) There was nothing to describe the show nor was there even a HAIR link. This is one example. There are at least hundreds more.

My collaborator in researching this issue is Lyle K’ang. In the virtual world in which we live (he’s in WA state, I’m in NV), we decided to emerge from the silence — with a loud but harmonius primal scream of sorts — and let it be known: we were THERE and we’re still HERE.

We’re discovering, continually, glaring errors of fact or ommission when it comes to HAIR and the beautiful young men and women who worked so hard yet were vilified, followed, searched, and arrested continually.

The myriad stories of police surveillance and harrassment of Tribe members in Las Vegas in ’69 – ’70 is a small part of what we were about and fighting back then.
We are changing and fixing errors of fact and ommission where ever possible.

So, if I (we) sometimes seem overly assertive in posts, it’s because we continue to “do the work.” There’s much to be done — especially for our HAIR brothers and sisters who are no longer able to speak out, and the others — gone from our realm — who made loving contributions to humanity that must be remembered.

I don’t want the memories of the passion, love and youth to die — even though they have.

I now belong the Human Tribe.

Again, Mahalo Nina
Me ke aloha pumehana

Julie Winn McKay
joolee@netzero.net

If it is the timing of the FAQ you are questioning, that had nothing to do with the photos Lyle posted. It is a document we have been working on for a long time, and its release was timed to go with Michael’s mailing about his Blogs.

If you are questioning the timing of my post about photos on the blog it was definitely in response to Lyle’s posting of the LA Be-In photos. When there is a jump of 28MB in server space used it catches my attention. I would be surprised to hear that Lyle felt unappreciated since I not only thanked him for what he did in my posts, as both Michael and I were genuinely touched at his efforts, but I made sure to say that I appreciated what he had done, and was sorry to have to take the photos down. I only wish he had looked at the Alumni section of the Archives web site first, as he would have seen that these photos were already on line there, and wouldn’t have had to go to all the trouble and work he went through for this purpose. I have even left these photos up here at the blog, despite the fact that I should be taking them down already, because I did not want his work to be for nothing. I am sorry that you object to my posting of the rules Michael set for his blogs at this time, but the 28MB jump in server space needs to be addressed quickly. Lyle is lucky to have a friend who is so willing to look out for him, but if he is offened by my doing what I have done I would encourage him to either contact Michael directly and discuss his objections to the rules Michael sets for his blogs, or if he is upset by my response then I would suggest he contact me directly at dayton3@rcn.com.

You ask about the photo Lyle sent me on November 19th. There are literally thousands of photographs of Hair here at the Archives that are not on line at the web site. The majority of the work I do has to do with researchers/writers/producers etc. who come here to research Hair, and only a portion of the photos that are donated to the Archives for that research are put on the web site. The photo you refer to that Lyle sent has a good chance of making it to the web site because it depicts a moment of the show that is not well represented. However, there is a significant lag between when things are donated and when they appear on the web site. I prioritize based on either time sensitivity (for instance updating the Current Productions page, or putting up photos after a reunion when people want to share them)gets top priority. Second priority is based on what companies are less well represented than others on the web site. Currently I am prioritizing the Detroit company, the Venus Tour, Turkey, Argentina, Yugoslavia, and the Las Vegas company. As Lyle’s photo is from the later company it is likely that it will get up on the web site comparatively soon. However, it often takes time from donation to web site. I have never had anyone complain, as I think everyone is aware that I give a lot of thought and care to this process. So while the photo of Lyle is likely to be put up on line I would not look for it in the next few days, unless there is a reason I am unaware of that makes it need priority, in which case please let me know.

We would love to have any photos and memorabilia you can locate from those days, as I have said. I look forward to seeing it, when you find it.
Nina

I hope Lyle did not feel his hard and artistic work for Roxanne was unappreciated.
I think the pictures are beautiful.

So, as it turns out, this has turned into a good thing for everyone. Because, not only do we have more reunion photos, but some specific guidelines about the site(s).

By the way, did you ever add that Las Vegas Claude (in the final scene) photo Lyle sent to you?

[[You would never guess, would you(?), that I am his OLD friend and nearly life-long advocate.]]

As I have told you — I’ve got quite a few photos to scan or just send to you — just as soon as I can find them. SOMEONE has been in my house messing up all my stuff so I can’t find a thing..:-)

Please don’t consider this meddling. It’s a tricky balancing-act to hold onto caring, love, understanding, logical, educated input, meddling and co-depenendant behavior so they don’t knock into one another and dangerously topple over.

In most cases, I am ever-protective of caring and love. After all, that IS our message…right?

Aloha

Many of us have become caught lately in some kind of technological dead-end when attempting to log in.

I think this little misunderstanding / glitch /attack of stupidity or what ever (at least for me) had me running me in circles on the sites.

AHHHHH, Now, Nina, I believe everything will be okay. I’ll tell the kids — again —- yes, there is a Santa Clauds– she’s Nina!!!!

Julie (Winn) McKay
Las Vegas