Happy Bicentennial. Esso jumpsuits. Marijuana leaf t-shirts. Headbands (still). Lasers. Coors. Video screens. Salt tablets. Fireworks. Barricades. Adidas. Frisbees. Liquid jewelry. Lenny Kaye suggested that in the future rock audiences be required to arrive at stadiums wearing dollar bills; the appropriate numbers could be picked off at the door. After all, as the Blue Oyster Cult sings, “This ain’t the Summer of Love.”

I cannot believe what I just got in the mail. Yes, columnists do get free records, concert tickets and promotional t-shirts. And . . . pins like the recent “Kiss” lips and “Run With The Pack” album cover replica. And more.