People seem to missunderstand when he says "straight" like the "straight world" he is not talking about sexuality. He means the normal 9 to 5 worlds, owning a house, eating at mcdonalds etc.

He talks like a novel. I love it. Lol

"Im outta Acid, Im outta Hash, Im outta Here" LOL i felt this on a spiritual level.

David Hoffman. What a fantastic life you’ve lived.

"I only took it every three days". WTF this dude had no cooldown period, what a legend... lmao

I could watch these videos all day. I’m 24 and can only dream of a life so interesting and unpredictable. Sometimes I think about quitting my desk job and just driving somewhere else. Maybe some day

LSD explains his extremely drawn-back way of speaking. Awesome video

He's straight. He just soft. A lot of people confuse that.

And this is why this is my favourite youtube channel. It's so real. I love seeing the struggles of others, it reminds me that I'm not alone in this world, we're all going through it together.

I just had to hit the like button on this one. I remember the lock - step of the 50s and early 60s. Serve your country. Work hard. That was BEAT into kids. I played the game, and got f#@ked over by the system. I went to work after 2 years college. Worked getting my brain put through the blender. I have been retired for a little over 10 years now. I always kept my hair cut military. Two years ago, I saw myself in the mirror one morning. I need a hair cut. Then I thought I am RETIRED. I started growing my hair out. I didn't know I had this much hair. I have one slight bald spot. When I go to visit San Francisco, I have hair to put the flowers in.

When he started talking about his first LSD trip... I just started smiling hahahaha

Wow! Such an eloquent guy, I could listen to him for hours. Reminds me of "Dinner with Andre" in that sense

"We just wanted to dance and sing, take our acid and have a good time. And turn your daughter onto it too." hahaha, man, what a character. Awesome story

Simply amazing, your work. It's so timeless, it works perfectly on the KZfaq platform. I wish YT were full of more interesting, wholesome, real content like this.

What a fascinating person!! Thanks for the interview!

I felt the warmth in my heart and soul listening to this man.

I said it once and I'll say it again. Life choices aside, this guy knows how to tell a story.

this guy knows how to party

My youthfull experience with the hippy movement was similar, but being the youngest of four boys in a row, all bikers, I became one. My nickname still today is Stricknine. That is how I spell the word, allways did. I was 13 or 14 in 1969 when I first tried acid. It changed my life overnight. I had my eyes opened to the drug counter culture.by the time I was 16 in 1972, I got my first real job at Little Bamboo head shop, on W. 25 st & Clark Ave. In Cleveland. My high school was practically around the corner, so I was an after-school hero in 10th grade. My brothers moved large amounts of drugs, so I sold acid in school to pay for my own. I would worm my way in on deals and get a few hits of acid thrown my way. I excelled in school, and when the weekend came, I would drop ten hits of Orange Barrel, or whatever funny name some gur in Detroit named his latest batch. I would be trippen for three days, and then recover during the week, in order to do it again the following weekend. Warewolf Weekends I called it. This is when I aquired the nickname Strick. At the age of 18, my father gave me a two year old Harley Davidson Superglide. All his sons at 18, my lifelong hero. At that time, I enrolled in a trade school on daddy's dime. I worked hard and partyed hard with the goal of becoming a licensed electrician. I then bought my old lady off my brother Boogie Dave, for $100 dollars.we were both 18, and David was the oldest brother, way too old for her. Beth Ann Patton loved the Bike Life, and Immediately instructed me to get my autobody collision / painter brother to paint it "Johnny Cash black %chrome, and get that front wheel out there". Well, she paid $ 2000 dollars cash in advance out of her pay checks, to turn my bike into a chopped and bobbed stalker. We were married two months later. She loved to trip. Her nickname was Gimmy, and everything was free, to her. I got my got my journeyman electrician licence, and we hit the road. The next ten years of my life was, well,😛 " Grab your tin foil hats, Motherfuckers, We're Going For A Ride ! Through her relentless pushing, I became a heavy industry electrician here in Cleveland. The Biker Life, was very similar to the Hippy lifestyle, in the 70s. Both subcultures had the casual sex, but the bike lifestyle had prospect proven trust. There is nothing like a 250 pound gorilla giving you a breah expelling hug, and then loaning you $500. The early 70s, late 60 s hippys had very little money, thier main expenditure was rent and drugs. Sex was casual in the decade after the early 60 s sexual revolution, it seemed like hypergamy was on hold. Then shit went south. Women's lib started getting traction. My wife thought it was unwanted attention to the fact that she allways handled my signed and uncashed paycheck, and stuff like that. Shoot, I went to Sturgis with ten thousand dollars in cash in my hand, seven years in a row. Then the Bitch died, took three of my four kids with her. The baby was at grandma's for grocery shopping. Dude was on his fourth DUI, back in 83. Yeah, I put him down with a after talked to shot in the head, with a nice quiet .22 cal short pistol round. After I got out of prison for manslaughter,in public, I got my shit in one sock, and raised a daughter, with lots of help from both grandma's. I looked around, crack was everywhere ! The late 80 s freaked me out. Girls at the bar had a check list, drug testing started. I was thrown back into the dating world, but was confused by the changes in the dating culture. The late 80 s were a period of great change concerning the traditional rolls of men & women. Well, the 90s, and beyond is for the millenials, it's your world, I'm just liven in it. Now, I'm a semi retired master electrician, my Iron Head Harley is 40 yrs old, I am in my early 60s, and only do acid about every fory months. I never remarried, she was the one. I'm a MGTOW guy now, my bucket list is empty, but I stay busy and my life is and has been interesting. Strick.

Yes brother....those were the days! I was at the "Human Be In" at Golden Gate Park too! Amazing experience! And the Love was there....and the Love was real.....and Deno Valelti's song: "Come on people now....smile on your brother ....everybody get together and try to Love one another right now!" That song, along with Joni Mitchell's song "We've got to get back to the garden", are the two songs that capture the essence of the whole "hippie movement"! And we really did make a difference....."civilization" was changed by our Love!!! Thanks for sharing your story! D ps: I only took LSD once in the whole 60's......but it changed by direction in life COMPLETELY....and for the good too!!!

I could listen to this guys stories for hours. I was born in 65 so I'm the generation behind his. Very cool video.

Audio books, that’s the field where this man should work for nowadays.

Absolutely loved this video. You’re a great filmmaker David haha. You gotta great eye for things like this

A great story. A better storyteller! David Hoffman : Thank you Sir for recording these... now our generation gets to re-live these experiences through your works and realize that our suffering isn't unique or unsurmountable. Your videos have helped me a lot in calming down my restless soul. Take care Sir. Wish you a happy and healthy 2019 😊

what a storyteller, seriously incredible description of not only his life but the vibe of the whole time - seriously incredible for young people like myself to be able to just glimpse into this kind of personal account of the past.

This one's great. Loved watching it again :)

so entertaining, so helpful re understanding people, so much warmth and vitality

This is my favorite interview. Very intriguing.

Thank you for sharing this guy's story. Hopefully he sees it and would like to do another interview. Wherever he is I hope that he is doing great.

he sounds like he's learnt this story by heart. there's something missing for me. not sure what's with him but there's an unsettling disconnect that i can't put my finger on.

He would be amazing for a longer interview. I could sit and listen and watch for a long time!

David: the interviews on your channel are worth their weight in gold as candid, first-hand historical documents. No political intent, no vested interest, no "sponsored by", just honest beliefs expressed. Your interviews taught me a lot and changed how I think about generational divides. They have so much in common with eachother! Saying 'OK Boomer' (dismissal) and blaming everything on the boomers (scapegoating) seems to be similar to how some of the interviewed perceive their generational divide.

Dave... You are God send! Thank you for your works. A truly great insight into both the history and the nature of humanity.

Fascinating. He's memorised this story, you can tell.

I like his personality as much as his wonderful way of describing things in words.

He certainly is a suave story teller with some flashy quips & and anecdotal recollections... I got to Haight Ashbury San Francisco from the Southern Hemisphere 2 decades an 3 years too late , but I had me a loved up wild time of my own and met some great gays and lesbians who were kind and generous helpful, fun & delightful and it was because of them a couple, gay males who welcomed me into their home not far up a hill from Haight and Ashbury and a lesbian down in the mission district who essentially became my own personal tour guide and showed me her haunts, introduced me to housemates , came back to the guys place for dinner, I got to stay for two weeks longer than just a day and 2 nights, wiring home for extra $$ their hospitality I'll never forget.

Wow another life changer. I love these.

Ha ha that took a sharp turn with the “spades” at the end

Dude explains the brain change of LSD perfectly lol. “Crew cuts looked strange” I felt that. 😂

Who is he? I'm so mesmerized. He lived through it all. The golden age. The sex. The drugs. Wow.

Fine mix of feminine and masculine from this man; the way he expresses himself.

At first I thought he tried to kill himself with a fudgesicle

This guy is an amazing storyteller. I would love to hear more from him, perhaps everything you recorded. I know there's something else out there about how his life was still empty, but then it cuts off. I wonder - who is this guy, what happened with his life? Did he become a pastor? I have no doubt he was a leader.

This guy is a poet. Excellent story teller. It's pretty clear this isn't the first time he's organized these thoughts, not exactly off the cuff. Perhaps it is. Either way I want to know where he is now and everything he's done since.

I felt that same love vibe following the Grateful Dead back in the early 80s. ✌🏽

The best interview I've ever watched! God bless!

That's a pretty flamboyant 'Straight Guy'

I wish you'd post what year these were recorded. It seems like they're from some time ago

This was my first induction into the unusual.... I'm all ears

Thanks for sharing

This guy is a trip and super interesting. What a great story teller!

Great story. I grew up in San Francisco during the 60s. I use to go to the Fillmore when it was on Fillmore Street.

this is an amazing story!

Bless him, seems like a wonderful human.

Priceless!!

I joined the USAF in 1982 and retired 20 years later in 2002. Man, how things changed!!!!

These videos are fucking super rad. Best Time Capsule Ever.

What a case! Lyrical way of talking that I could listen to for a lot longer.

Love how he describes it all.

When he says spades, I assuming he is referring to the "Black Spades." A predominately African-American gang primarily based on the East Coast.

david i appreciate u endlessly

That was good to hear.

OMG, this guy! Can I go back in time and have a cup of tea with him?! Forget the acid, HE is the trip!!

Depersonalization. Is that what it's called? I'm in CO, can't find a scrap of the stuff, and haven't since I left Alberta 16 years ago. Side note- This guy is great. Sitting here with goosebumps and mind racing

He either still lives in that mindset or loves to reminisce about those times thinking it was ok to corrupt your daughter on acid. Great story teller and still a fruit loop

I expected to hear "With a little help from my friends" playing in the background.

Excellent

Second time I’m listening to this. Great storyteller.

I love this guy, I wanna hear him tell all of his stories!

Marvelous!

If I’m ever assessed to narrate my life, I hope to narrate half as good as this guy.

There is real gold in these interviews David and, with your permission, I would like to cut them up and compile something new. I am an editor by profession so I am completely invested in telling stories, I will not take any statements out of context in order twist or subvert the narrative for cheap applause (which could easily be done). I have purposely not watched Making Sense of the Sixties so that I can try to make something of the content you have uploaded without a preconceived idea of what it's all about. If you are cool with that let me know. It may take years though as this will be a hobby for me when I have time.

My partner downstairs asking me what the hell I'm laughing hysterically about... "and I said 'Hey, man...'"

Appreciate the guy's honesty this is life,maybe not mine or yours but,interesting experiences kinda confused though.lol

The military started planning for "all volunteer" as early as 1969. One thing acknowledged by military leaders was the need to make the job more attractive. In the past the military saw soldiers as cheap labor. Now with so much more needed to attract people to the military they no longer could assign menial tasks (KP for one) to a "highly trained soldier' Rules prohibiting "beer in the barracks" were relaxed along with discipline and grooming. This rebuilding started in earnest in 1973. Lots of scamming needed to make the enlistments quotas in 1973.

Wow what a story made you feel like you were there

That was awesome

This guy is a GREAT storyteller!!!

I love stories like this. I wonder what his family thinks about this.

Ahh, there's nothing like that first eye opening acid trip. I remember mine dearly.

I live in Fairbanks, Alaska so I thought it was cool that he was there

He reminds me of Roger from American dad

Oh man... this is great...

I just realized he is SO much like the Wreck it Ralph's opposite in the movie! Can't think of his name at the moment

What’s this guys name ... love him and the highly decorated Vietnam Vet

people are still turning on to this day the scenes there its not even supressed it just another scene in a sea of socities. take it from a 19 year old this lifestyle is still achievable and oh how beautiful it can be

I wonder where this guy is and how he’s doing, he seems like such a genuine human being.

Wonderful! Hope it worked out for him...

What a rollercoaster ride off my mind watching this, so confusing.

Born in 63 in New Orleans As a teenager of the 70s it was a simpler time. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world

Fascinating guy

This guy is UNNUUUUSSUUUAALLLL!! 😳

Do we know what ever happened to our friend here? I love this guy.

He can definitely tell a good story 😊

Greatest storytelling of the century

Did you keep in touch with this incredible man? I wonder what became of him?

Oh my. I was in army intelligence, but had to run away. I spent 5 months in Golden Gate Park after my discharge. My heart!

He speaks and sounds like he is reading poetry, is this what is known as Jive talking?

I love this dude

Who is this guy? I'd like to hear more about his experiences.