What happened in 1965?

we as Boomers were starting to graduate from High school in high numbers. My graduating class was over 388 and we set off to conquer the world. 

I became a Charter Student at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby and graduated four years later. The University is hosting its 50th year celebration today, and I am looking forward to renewing some old friendships and catching up. 

When I was at the University I was a member of the first Student Newspaper and the first Student Government. In the music world  a lot was going on as well.

To remember 1965 As time goes by, music editor has put together a great column on the music of the year. If you are an early Boomer, like me, you will love this post. His post is here:

He starts off the post with this information.
Dennis Lehane was born

Jefferson Airplane made their début (In the Spring of 1966, in my role as Cultural Director at SFU, I booked this group to play at the University, but the concert was not as big a hit as I thought it would be, probably because this group were not as well known as they were later in the year.)

Days of our Lives made its first appearance

The first concert was staged at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco

How to Murder Your Wife was released

Ronni Bennett got married

Essendon were premiers

Sonic Boomer not just a Boomer

A friend on Facebook said to me "As long as you are not a sonic boomer! You  could unknowingly break all your windows." and I thought what a wonderful phrase. I love the idea of being a sonic boomer. I do have to say that I find the term is interesting in that the latest KISS Album album is called Sonic Boom "Kiss are what they are and Sonic Boom is what the title implies: an explosion of rock and roll. That’s why legions of weirdos and people from upstate New York have held their collective breath in anticipation of these songs for over ten years. They knew what everyone else had forgotten, that Kiss wrote the book on feel good rock music. If you are still not sold on this belief system check out “Say Yeah”—you’ll be converted around the first “Oh Yeah.” from a review by Matthew Chernus.


Ernie, I suspect you are a sonic boomer, I will strive to become one. I know I want to break the windows that house the paradigms of how I view life and how others view the boomers. The Sonic Boomers will not just be an explosion of Rock and Roll but an explosion of life energy designed to shake, rattle and roll society into a new understanding of what life after 60 is all about.