tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261994975895323987.post1326016067293208651..comments2023-12-24T15:12:18.168-08:00Comments on books, etc.: Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream / Neil Young -- N.Y.: Blue Rider Press, 2012 Alan Mattlagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123037050466769121noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261994975895323987.post-47836317390661842642013-01-28T10:16:55.432-08:002013-01-28T10:16:55.432-08:00Yes, reading Waging Heavy Peace has revived a lot ...Yes, reading <i>Waging Heavy Peace</i> has revived a lot of memories of the early 70s -- a time when I was stepping out of the personal world of my childhood (Sugar Mountain) and beginning to survey the wider world (Tin soldiers and Nixon coming). Neil Young was one of the voices that spoke to me, maybe even spoke for me. His subtitle, "A Hippie Dream" makes me pleased to see that he has not allowed the mainstream backlash against that sensibility make him run for cover. In the words of Rob Low, "What's so funny about peace, love, and understanding?"Alan Mattlagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06002254538342389502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261994975895323987.post-64184611854509663732013-01-28T07:25:14.509-08:002013-01-28T07:25:14.509-08:00Isn't that the best--when one of your heroes w...Isn't that the best--when one of your heroes writes what feels like a personal letter to you? This was a very heartfelt "review," Alan, and it reminds me of the best of those old days.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.com