Tag Archives: LSD

Bob Weir on Psychedelic San Francisco and the Birth of the Grateful Dead

Posted on November 14, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Fillmore West at Van Ness and Market, 1970, with marquee advertising upcoming Grateful Dead shows. “Bob Weir’s long, strange trip with the Grateful Dead began on New Year’s Eve, 1963, when he followed the sound of a banjo into a … Continue reading →

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Love Never Dies: The Beatles’ Revolver Revisited

Posted on November 9, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The Beatles in Abbey Road Studios, 19 May 1966. Courtesy of Apple Corps Ltd. “‘London swings… it is the scene,’ declares TIME magazine’s 15 April 1966 cover story. The most ‘with it’ ‘fab’ ‘groovy’ ‘kinky’ place on earth. Hopping from … Continue reading →

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“American Pie” – Don McLean (1971)

Posted on September 10, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“‘American Pie’ is a song by American singer and songwriter Don McLean. … The repeated phrase ‘the day the music died‘ refers to a plane crash in 1959 that killed early rock and roll stars Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, … Continue reading →

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Detroit Artist’s Workshop

Posted on June 29, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Red Door Gallery – 1964 Archie Shepp: “On November 1st, the Detroit Artist’s Workshop, now defunct, celebrated its tenth anniversary. Not exactly an earth-shattering event, this anniversary, but one with great significance for those of us whose daily cultural practice … Continue reading →

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Stewart Brand Saw the Future

Posted on June 23, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“You may have heard the just-so story about environmentalism as we know it. On Christmas Eve 1968, an astronaut aboard NASA’s Apollo 8 spacecraft took a photograph of the faraway surface of a green-and-blue, cloud-marbled planet known to its English-speaking … Continue reading →

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Diaries, 1970–73 – Duncan Hannah

Posted on June 3, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

September 1970. Eisenhower High School. I can’t get into the teen spirit of the Hopkins High pep rally. Purple Power! Youth Fever! Sieg Heil! Makes me sick. “I put out a comic book with some other freaks that is sold … Continue reading →

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Bad trip

Posted on May 30, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“A bad trip (also known as challenging experiences, acute intoxication from hallucinogens, psychedelic crisis, or emergence phenomenon) is an acute adverse psychological reaction to classic hallucinogens. With proper screening, preparation, and support in a regulated setting these are usually benign. … Continue reading →

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No Sleep till Gloucester

Posted on May 20, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Charles Olson’s Table “Standing in line early in the morning at the Dunkin Donuts located at the service area on Route 128 North heading into Gloucester, I thought to myself that this ‘mole’ brought into town, not just the tourists, … Continue reading →

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Ken Kesey Kisses No Ass

Posted on May 11, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“By Chip Brown, Esquire, September 1992. “What is it that makes him look like Santa Claus in the off-season? A little lorn and north-weathered, as if he were an old magician who couldn’t find the scarf in his sleeve anymore … Continue reading →

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The Harvard Psychedelic Club – Don Lattin

Posted on April 21, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In the winter of 1960-61, when their lives began to overlap in Cambridge, Mass., Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert, Andrew Weil and Huston Smith resembled tweedy extras from ‘Mad Men.’ These future psychedelic pioneers were still buttoned-down intellectuals and careerists, men … Continue reading →

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