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Time Passages [PG.3]
Al Stewart
1978 — Time Passages
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dave hogerty
August 7, 1976 — The Who’s guitarist, Pete Townshend, leaps onstage at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville. The Who headlined the all-Saturday summer festival, following performances by Black Oak Arkansas and LaBelle.
MAYPORT SAILORS (ONSTAGE)
The next day, Sunday, 350 miles south at the Miami Baseball Stadium, The Who headlined another show, this time in a monsoonal rain after guitarist Ronnie Montrose opened.
1976 — All The President’s Men
1977 — Saturday Night Fever
1978 — Things To Do In Gainesville
1979 — REMINISCING (70S)
1980* — The Year Everything Changed
RONALD REAGAN WOUNDED …
JOHN LENNON MURDERED …
Bill Hicks … “If you’re going to kill somebody, have some taste. I’ll take you to Millie Vinilli’s house. Kenny Rogers. I know where Wham lives.
1980 — JUST SAY OH NO!
REAGAN (RONALD & NANCY)
THE YEAR EVERYTHING CHANGED [1980]
The Day The Music Died Again. Ending with the assassination of John Lennon, and looking forward to Orwell’s 1984
OIL TROUBLES
BOMB IRAN (LOCAL CONFRONTATION)
RONALD REAGAN (JUST SAY (OH) NO.
REAGAN SHOT
NO NUKES (D.C./NYC)
SUMMER IN THE CITY.
SHELTER FROM A NUCLEAR STORM (DC)
SUMMER IN THE CITY (NYC)
SATURDAY IN THE PARK (NYC)
“Danger Zone”
Player
1978 — Love In The Danger Zone
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Shuttle Launch by kim kulish (March 23, 1982)
Tom Petty (1978) alligator
Ronald Reagan (1980s) NBC montage
[FROM THE TOP]
1982 — It had been 11 years since Apollo 17 marked the end of NASA’s manned missions to the Moon in 1972.. launched a man into space since Apollo 17, the last mission to the Moon in 1972. A decade later, the NASA made its return to space with Columbia, it’s first shuttle mission, with Commander John W. Young and Pilot Robert L. Crippen aboard. Columbia’s launch was long anticipated, and at the historic moment, April 12, 1981 (07:00:04 AM) the Alligator was there to see it, witness it, document it.
1981 — Tom Petty had moved to California, and rocketed to international fame with the release of Damn The Torpedoes in 1979. Gainesville and UF were anxious to welcome their favorite son home. [STORY]
1989 — NBC MONTAGE covering the 10 years of life after 1980 and the political coming of Ronald Reagan.
1976 — All The President’s Men
1977 — Saturday Night Fever
1978 — THINGS TO DO IN GAINESVILLE
tuesday
April 11, 1978
vol. 70 no. 112
101 THINGS WE’LL MISS ABOUT GAINESVILLE
Barry Klein Tom Julin Sunshine Law
Robert Q. Marston vs. The Alligator
JIMMY BUFFETT
PORNO 101
ZEBRAS
1979 — Things We’ll Miss
REMINISCING (1970s)
MTV (SURFING WITH THE ALIEN)
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DECADE MAKES
1980 — JUST SAY (OH) NO!
REAGAN (RONALD & NANCY)
THE YEAR EVERYTHING CHANGED
Looking forward to Orwell’s 1984, and ending with the assassination of John Lennon … The Day The Music Died Again.
SHELTER FROM A NUCLEAR STORM (DC)
SUMMER IN THE CITY (NYC)
SATURDAY IN THE PARK (NYC)
1980 (THE YEAR EVERYTHING CHANGED)
RONALD REAGAN WOUNDED …
JOHN LENNON MURDERED …
Miami, Miracles, and Murder
The Day God Saved The Growl
friday
October 24, 1980
vol. 74 no. 25
THE TROUBLE WITH OIL
BOMB IRAN (DOWNTOWN CONFRONTATION)
REAGAN LANDSLIDE
REAGAN SHOT
INTO THE FUTURE ’80s
MIAMI, MURDER, AND MIRACLES
SUMMER IN THE CITY
HIP-HOP FUNK AND FUSION
THEY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT
NO NUKES (WASHINGTON D.C. AND NEW YORK CITY)
1981 — JUST SAY GO!
MTV (SURFING WITH THE ALIENS)
LIVING COLOUR (WATERMELON MAN)
TOM PETTY (HOMECOMING ’81)
Florida Nukes
1982 — Saturday In The Park (NYC)
Shelter from the Nuclear Storm (DC)
NO NUKES, NO DRUGS, NO OIL
THINGS TO DO IN GAINESVILLE (WELCOME)
1983 — Going Back To New York
1984 — The Alligator Odyssey.
“Only So Much Oil In The Ground”
Tower of Power
1978 — Love In The Danger Zone
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“Rocket Man”
Elton John
1972 — Honky Château
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a.lligator*
PG1 — [From The Beginning]
PG2 — [Ride Captain Ride]
PG3 — [Into The ’80s]
PG4 — [TO THE MOON]
PG5 — [Lost In Space]
Summer ’69
1968 — For Earth Below (Apollo 8)
1969 — Gator On The Moon (Apollo 11)
1971 — Space Truckin’ (Apollo 14)
The “Astro” MixTapes
MOON SHOT (PLAYLIST)*
MOON SHOT (PBS) VIDEO [WATCH IT]
MOON (PLAYLIST)*
EARTH (PLAYLIST)*
Apollo 11
JULY 1969 — ALLIGATOR MOON
(JULY 8) GATOR IN WAITING
(JULY 11) A MATTER OF TENURE
(JULY 15) ANXIOUS MOON
(JULY 18) RESTING UP
(JULY 22) PIONEER STROLLING
(JULY 25) SPLASHING DOWN
The Ultimate Ride*
On The Alligator Road
w/ Charles Kuralt*
FLORIDA SUGAR
How Sweet Is It*
The Marstons Have Landed*
[A1A]*
Along The Atlantic Coast
[SR50]*
Weeki Wachee to The Moon
Day Tripping (#1.)*
Mysteries In The Florida Jungle
Day Tripping (#2.)*
Weeki Wachee to the Moon [SR50]
FLORIDA ROAD TRIPS
ROAD TRIPS (NOTES) 1.
ROAD TRIPS (NOTES) 2.
A Beach For All Seasons*
SUMMER
Apollo 14
FEBRUARY 3, 1971
Special Delivery
Back To The Moon
Artemis
APRIL 1, 2026 — After fifty five years, NASA sends men (and women) back to the Moon. (((VIDEO))) See it like a Native, including the drive north on Indian River Drive (The River Road) to the 1880s church, with a widow’s watch with a clear view of the Sacred Ground, across the Indian River Lagoon.
SPACEX (MARCH 31, 2026)
ARTEMIS (K’S BEACH)
ARTEMIS (A MOON TO REMEMBER)
ARTEMIS (IN THE SHADE)
Stephen C. O’Connell’s Holy War
1969 — You WILL Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.
UF’s most notorious president begins his tenure-long (seven years), throughout the VIETNAM WAR, to demand all University of Florida professors and employees sign a LOYALTY (ANTI-COMMUNISM) OATH as a requirement to work for Florida’s first, and largest, state university.
STEPHEN C. O’CONNELL
by CARL HIAASEN
Dead (UF) Presidents
ALBERT A. MURPHREE* (THE HOLY SPIRIT)
Murphree’s Opening Message (alt.)
Best Bible College in the Land. CHRISTIAN SOUTHLAND THAT IS.
STEPHEN C. O’CONNELL’S SUDDEN DEPARTUREE
by CARL HIAASEN
ROBERT Q. MARSTON* (THE FUNDRAISER)
NIXON “GOODBYE DICK”
GERALD FORD (“SUBSTITUTE”)
JIMMY CARTER (“EVEN THE LOSERS”)
CARTER “RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA”
RONALD REAGAN (“JUST SAY OH NO”)
Time Passages [PG.3]
Al Stewart
1978 — Time Passages
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