‘American Honey’: Cruising the highways of a broken America
I think many us have been there: broke and looking for any kind of gig that will get us enough money to make it from…
Drugs Archives: 09/2016
The UnCola: 7Up and the most psychedelic, LSD-friendly ad campaign of all time
John Alcorn’s “Uncanny in Cans” billboard seems to reference “the girl with kaleidoscope eyes” from the Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds“ 7up has…
Cops offer to test your meth for the Zika virus — free of charge!
The Bath Township Police Department in Michigan is making meth users with Zika contamination concerns an offer they can’t refuse. With a Facebook post containing…
‘Cottonwoodhill,’ the acid-damaged Krautrock LP that can ‘destroy’ your brain
Cottonwoodhill (1971) by Brainticket Unless the CAT scan shows lasting damage, I am forever indebted to my friend Aaron Aldorisio. You see, when we were…
That time Jack Kerouac finked out on helping Allen Ginsberg promote ‘Junkie’
Allen Ginsberg was a hustler. He was always on the make. But if Ginsberg was getting a piece of the pie then everyone was getting…
Narcos en fantasyland: Pablo Escobar’s 1981 trip to Walt Disney World
The Escobars visit Frontierland at the Magic Kingdom in 1981 In the early ’80s, Pablo Escobar was at the top of his game. He was…
Obama finally handing out pardons, and after 22 years for pot and acid, this Deadhead will go free
Barack Obama has been (somewhat notoriously) light on pardons and commutations of sentence throughout his administration. As of March he had only granted 70 pardons…