Hi,

Elsewhere on/in AWAD and several weeks ago, I claimed coinage of the term "heavy metal," an act that dates from my gig as the first rock critic of the New York Times and a syndicated columnist (1967-1974). But that's now what I'm posting about today.

In the New York Times Magazine issue of June 6, 1971, I published a very funny ... well, I thought so, and so did David Frost, for he invited me on his show to talk about it ... article dissecting the hip jargon of the time. It was called "If You Think It's Groovy to Rap, You're Shucking," and I finally scanned it, optical character recognitioned it, and put is up on my noncommercial site, "Tales of the Ancient Rocker."

You might get a kick out of it. It's at www.geocities.com/theancientrocker/rapshuck.html

I don't recall coining anything there. But I am amused by how the term "rap" hasn't changed over the years other than to grow a backbeat and amplification, and how many hip terms of the late 60s/early 70s have endured and passed into the mainstream. Last year an executive of a multinational corporation called me "dude."