The Ballad of Jack and Rose
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You all came. I was hoping.
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Okay, let's learn a little American history.
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This is a genuine imitation acid pad
that was built in 1971.

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It's so cool.
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It was built as a meeting house.
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Right. Sorry.
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So there was an idea that all this stuff...
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all these images and sounds
that you'll be hearing, with a little luck...

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would break down the psyche
of the people that were tripping.

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A person could smash past themselves...
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and become part of the other people
in the room.

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Am I getting this right, Jack?
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I'm just here as an observer.
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See, acid was just a tiny part of it.
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Jack wanted this commune
to be a pure place...

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full of people
who re-invented themselves...

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hard-working people who weren't greedy
or petty or selfish...

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people who could actually share property...
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because they weren't enslaved
by the patterns they inherited...

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from their moms and dads.
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It was going to be total freedom.
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Total freedom.
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See, Jack forgot how to believe
in communal life a long time ago.

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How the hell would you know
what I believed in, sweetheart?

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But anyway...
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seeing as we have guests,
I thought we'd have a little...

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educational I nostalgic experience.

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