Feliz

The author of the book mentioned vivid details of her drug trips. She always mentioned listening to music, and how it just took her away. Much of the music in the '60's and '70's was stuffed with drug allusions. Her most memorable experience with music and drugs was one of the first times she was on LSD. She talked about singing and dancing to the music. The songs themselves were confusing enough for sober people. No wonder she enjoyed the music so much. The most closely tied music to the book Go Ask Alice is the Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbits". I kept wondering to myself who Alice was through the entire book. Could Alice just be the girl mentioned in the song? I also didn't know if the title of the book referenced anything that the author mentioned inside the diary, or if the song brought the title about because of her similar experiences and lifestyle. There is one song that says, "If you're going to San Fransisco, be sure you wear some flowers in your hair..." The music was the new hippie counter-culture way of communicating and spreading ideas and innovations to others. People listen to music and take it to heart by tweaking it in ways that it realates and speaks directly to themselves. Many of the authors ideas that she referenced were the same attitudes and state of mind that many of the famous songs of those days talked about. I just found these connections very intriguing.