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Smiley Smile – Beach Boys (1967)

Posted on July 19, 2019 by

“Smiley Smile is the 12th studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on September 18, 1967. It reached number 9 on UK record charts, but sold poorly in the US, peaking at number 41—the band’s lowest chart … Continue reading →

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Mexico City Blues (242 Choruses) – Jack Kerouac (1959)

Posted on May 14, 2019 by

“Mexico City Blues is a poem published by Jack Kerouac in 1959 composed of 242 ‘choruses’ or stanzas. Written between 1954 and 1957, the poem is the product of Kerouac’s spontaneous prose, his Buddhism, and his disappointment at his failure … Continue reading →

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The Gilded Palace of Sin – The Flying Burrito Brothers (1969)

Posted on April 7, 2019 by

“The Gilded Palace of Sin is the first album by the country rock group The Flying Burrito Brothers, released in 1969. It continued Gram Parsons‘ and Chris Hillman‘s work in modern country music, fusing traditional sources like folk and country … Continue reading →

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The White Panthers

Posted on March 20, 2019 by

“The White Panthers were a far-left anti-racist white American political collective founded in 1968 by Pun Plamondon, Leni Sinclair, and John Sinclair. It was started in response to an interview where Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, … Continue reading →

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My Adventures With the Trip Doctors

Posted on February 5, 2019 by

“My first psilocybin journey began around an altar in the middle of a second-story loft in a suburb of a small city on the Eastern Seaboard. On this adventure I would have a guide, a therapist who, like an unknown … Continue reading →

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Myra Breckinridge – Gore Vidal (1968)

Posted on January 25, 2019 by

“Myra Breckinridge is a 1968 satirical novel by Gore Vidal written in the form of a diary. Described by the critic Dennis Altman as ‘part of a major cultural assault on the assumed norms of gender and sexuality which swept … Continue reading →

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Fear & Clothing: Hunter S. Thompson

Posted on January 3, 2019 by

“Countless writers have attempted to copy Hunter S Thompson’s distinctive style of gonzo wordsmithery. The opening paragraph of his book Hell’s Angels is, in fact, often taught in journalism classes as a prime example of ‘The Five Ws’ — What, … Continue reading →

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