I wandered into my first "head shop" in 1969...

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Beads, bongs, incense, day-glo posters and black-light rooms -- the uptight mind of this Southern minister's kid was blown, along with my lonely heart. Long-haired "freaks" were unexpectedly warm and welcoming to this square 13-year-old outsider, and it changed me forever.

 

I never became a hippie or a stoner or a disciple of sex, drugs and rock-n-roll (okay, maybe rock-n-roll), but I've never forgotten that feeling of love and peace, acceptance and celebration, of childlike openness to new ideas and new people.

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Boomtown Rags is dedicated to the warm, welcoming spirit I first encountered as an awkward, isolated teen. It is my sincere hope that those same good vibes will somehow get passed on to you. 

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With love,

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Todd Coleman, Flounder
todd@boomtownrags.com

Burbank, Los Angeles, CA