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List Of Dashiki Lovers

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A dashiki is a brightly colored African garment. You can buy your own dashiki here. The following is a list of Dashiki Lovers as outlined in the Mono Puff song "Dashiki Lover."

  • James Baldwin - (1924-1987) American writer, noted for his novels on sexual and personal identity, and sharp essays on the civil-rights struggle (web site)
  • Sammy Davis - (1925-1990) American pop icon and Rat Packer also known as Mr. Entertainment. Aside from his notoriety as a singer, dancer, and funnyman, he was also known for his one glass eye and conversion to Judaism (web site)
  • Peter Fonda - (born 1939) American actor and filmmaker famous for the counter-culture movie Easy Rider also starring fellow Dashiki Lover Dennis Hopper. Son of Henry Fonda, brother to Jane Fonda and father to Bridget Fonda.
  • Allen Ginsberg - (1926-1997) American beatnik poet. Appeared on a punk rock album with The Clash in the eighties. Quoted in I Should Be Allowed To Think. (web site)
  • Abbie Hoffman - (1936-1989) An American countercultural icon of the 1960's, Abbie Hoffman was successful at turning many flower children into political activists. (web site)
  • Dennis Hopper - (born 1936) American actor and filmaker, star of Easy Rider along with fellow Dashiki Lover Peter Fonda.
  • Humbert Humbert - This is either:
  • Clifford Irving - (born 1930) American writer from New York who, in 1971, wrote an "authorized autobiography" of the eccentric tycoon, Howard Hughes. The "authorization" to write such a novel from Hughes, as well as the "interviews" Irving conducted with Hughes, were all an elaborate hoax, partially made possible through the use of clever handwriting forgeries. At the same time, Irving was also involved in the Orson Welles film, "F for Fake," a film about art forgery.
  • Lonesome Cowboy - Might be a reference to a Frank Zappa song named Lonesome Cowboy Burt. "Lonesome Cowboys" was also the name of an Andy Warhol movie from 1969, and "Lonesome Cowboy Bill" was a song by The Velvet Underground from the album Loaded.
  • My First Grade Teacher - has JF ever mentioned the name of his first grade teacher?
  • Rosemary's baby - Reference to the 1968 Roman Polanski movie of the same name.
  • Jerry Rubin - (1938-1994) Revolutionary and anti-war activist known for his media sensationalism (web site)
  • Wayne County - Transsexual rock singer who was part of the New York punk scene in the late '70s. Now goes by Jayne County.
  • Ultra Violet - Member of Andy Warhol's "Factory" community in the 1960s. Appeared in some of his movies.
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