When the 1950s Met the 1960s via LSD TV
These eight TV episodes illustrate what happened when the 1950s met the 1960s via LSD TV, leading to moments of confusion and irony, often with comical results.
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What Roger Corman’s Psychedelic Film ‘The Trip’ Helps Us Realize
Roger Corman’s film about psychedelics and self-awareness, The Trip, turns 55 this summer, yet its message resonates to this day.
Teslas or Woolly Mammoths? An Interview with ‘We Are As Gods’ Filmmakers
Filmmakers David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg talk about ‘We Are As Gods’, which tells the story of environmentalism pioneer, LSD enthusiast, and Whole Earth Catalogue founder, Steward Brand.
Time Out of Minds: Interview with Author Ryan Walsh on Van Morrison’s ‘Astral Weeks’
Ryan Walsh chronicles the making of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks and the chaotic Boston scene that gave birth to it and tells us all about it in this expansive interview.
Positively Tripping with Michael Pollan
That a highly respected professor would take a variety of illegal drugs so he can tell the rest of us what we're missing is a pretty enticing project.
‘Astral Weeks’ and the Making of a Van Morrison Classic
Ryan H. Walsh's Astral Weeks beautifully captures a not-so-distant era of free-form radio playing the "boss-town sound", people living communally, thriving underground newspapers -- and a 22-year-old Van Morrison coming into his own.
The Grateful Dead Are Dead, Long Live the Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead didn’t seem to give a damn about the American dream and yet seems to have lived it—well, parts of it, anyway.