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A nostalgic romp through the sixties that changed everyone's lives forever, "Mods, Minis, and Madmen"(c) presents a story of remarkable achievement during the twentieth century's most significant cultural reboot. It celebrates a wondrous age drugged by the can-do attitude of youth. Revolutionary London was the birthplace of the boutique, and Mary Quant introduced the mini-skirt-named after a car. John Stephen introduced heart-racing male boutiques on Kings Road that soon carved out a global niche. Lesley Hornby- also known as Twiggy, the Cockney dolly bird-strutted her popsicle legs while touting mini-fashions. East Londoner Vidal Sassoon gave new life to tousled hair with a look that is still with us today. And of course, British sounds, led by the Beatles, hammered the charts in every country able to tune in. The lyrics spoke to us and seemed to sympathize with our turmoil, revealing an honest understanding of life as it would be, up to the age of sixty-four. It was a booster shot that pumped up everyone living in the sixties, and their tales would be told decades later. "Mods, Minis, and Madmen"(c) is the tale of a writer and his disciples from the New World arriving in the old, just as the explosion was about to take place.

My name is Daniel L. Lawrence. I am a Vietnam War veteran having served in1st Cavalry Divisionwith B Co. 228th Assault Support Helicopter Bn. And with the last American Chinook unit in Vietnam the 362nd Aviation Co. as a Flight Engineer on CH-47 Chinook Helicopters. Upon my return from Vietnam I enlisted in the California Army National Guard as a Combat Engineer with 579th Combat Engineer Bn until 1993 when I was diagnosed with throat cancer from exposure to Agent Orange. I subsequently lost my voice because of it. As a result, in 1996, I became the first and only "on-air" personality in radio without a natural voice. I became "Digital Dan" using a voice synthesizer and laptop computer to speak with. I hosted two live 2hr shows per week, The Digital Music Zone and The Frankly Zappa Show, on KHUM-FM 104.3&104.7. I retired in 2007 and began to write "Nice Day for Flyin'", my first book.