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Remembering the brilliant hypocrisy of Death Cigarettes

Death Cigarettes: How punk branding exposed corporate hypocrisy

Hang on, so they were actually healthier?

Martin Schneider
Jun 23, 2025

A long, rambling blog post about my Nico obsession (+ some astonishing, seldom seen TV performances)

“I’m very interested in murder.” –Nico, 1970 Via an intense David Bowie fandom, and also from being an avid reader of CREEM magazine, I discovered the…

Richard Metzger
Mar 21, 2024

Luke Haines: Psychedelic wrestlers & Xmas tree decorated with portraits of every member of The Fall

Pic via @Bob_Fischer Uncanny Island, the very first solo art exhibition by musician and author Luke Haines is on at the Eston Arts Centre through…

Richard Metzger
Jul 9, 2021

David Hershkovits’ ‘Light Culture’ pot podcast will give you a contact high

It seems like in every circle of friends there’s at least one person who’s an inveterate weed snob. The one who can always be relied…

Richard Metzger
Nov 25, 2019

The Family Acid takes a psychedelic look at the Golden State in ‘California’

After the Grammy Award-winning success of their exquisite Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition box set Ozma Records, the imprint founded by bOING bOING’s David…

Richard Metzger
Apr 8, 2019

Taking psychedelic mushrooms with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

I’m sure we’ve all considered who we’d take psychedelics with, if given the opportunity. Off the top of my head, my choice would be Pauly…

Bennett Kogon
Jan 30, 2019

Moebius for Maxwell House, 1989

In 1989 Jean Giraud, or Moebius as he is universally known in the comix world, accepted an assignment from the Paris office of Young &…

Martin Schneider
Jan 15, 2019

Watch ‘Drugs: Killers and Dillers,’ Matt Groening’s amusing anti-drug parody from 1972

Matt Groening made his comedic name in the 1980s with the brutally nihilistic alternative comic Life In Hell (a favorite of mine in high school)…

Martin Schneider
Dec 18, 2018

Before ‘Grand Theft Auto’ there was ‘SCAM: The Game of International Dope Smuggling’

Monopoly recently released a new version of its board game called the “Cheaters Edition.” It’s exactly what you think it is. Instead of moving around…

Bennett Kogon
Nov 12, 2018

Out of Step (with the world): Anderson Cooper’s 1995 News Segment on Straight Edge

I’m a person just like you, but I’ve got better things to do… Ian Mackaye never intended to lead the straight edge revolution. Songs like…

Bennett Kogon
Oct 10, 2018

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