Thanks Zam.

Hm..the ‘greatful dead’ again..and two names caught my attention McClure (a Robert McClure disappeared in 1977) and McCoy (a Debra Lee McCoy disappeared in 1991). FWIW.

QT

You mean the Zodiacs, QT? http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2010/11/zodiacs.html

I’ve read that before, Zamantha, but had to read it again just because it’s fascinating. If I had to choose a particular place and time in history to revisit, it would be 1966 San Francisco hands down.

There are a lot of us that intuit Zodiac being a part of this subculture or at least having a collateral connection to it, given his frequent presence in SF, hatred from SFPD and hints of artistic proclivities. When Zodiac appeared, the Haight Ashbury culture was in the midst of implosion with the flood of "Hippies" invading SF and the culture was being torn apart by both internal and external forces (like perceived harassment by SFPD). I still envision Zodiac (whoever he was) sitting through the opening night of HAIR a half block from Mason & Geary, being thoroughly disgusted by the commercialization and bastardization of "HIppie" culture, hailing a cab from the play and taking his frustration out on an innocent cab driver.

FWIW, I know of at least two Zodiac POIs mentioned in that article and at least four others (including my own) with very close ties to the mid-late 60s Haight Ashbury scene. It was most definitely a Renaissance of sorts but it also generated some really dark, scary stuff as well like the Manson Family.

Thanks for posting, Zam.

This is pretty good essay on the life and times of San Fran scene from the mid sixties to early seventies.

This particular time period should be required reading for zodiac hunters. The mere influx of thousands upon thousands of people into the SF area in 1967 alone,. (summer of love) caused enormous problems.

Although it’s eventually about something called the zebra murders, the first bit dealing with the culture of SF in the late 60’s is fascinating.

http://visupview.blogspot.com/2012/03/z … art-i.html