Leonard Nimoy speaks out: Why Spock approved of LSD and ‘dirty movies’
Throughout his life, the actor Leonard Nimoy appeared to be always open to discussing nearly everything in his life. He answered questions frankly and honestly…
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A young Primal Scream before ‘Screamadelica’: Live in London 1987
One small but hugely significant turning point in the long career of Primal Scream came when Alan McGee gave Bobby Gillespie an ecstasy tablet at…
The Germs give out the telephone number of a drug dealer on KROQ radio, 1979
One of the best DJs in American history was Rodney Bingenheimer, whose show Rodney on the ROQ was an important force in bringing punk acts…
Bill Paxton, William Burroughs, ‘Blade Runner’ and the making of ‘Taking Tiger Mountain’
Taking Tiger Mountain is a strange film with an even stranger back story. It all began in 1974 when thirtysomething filmmaker Kent Smith saved up…
Was Groucho Marx’s famous anthem ‘Hooray for Captain Spaulding’ actually a celebration of cocaine?
Rule of thumb, the earlier a Marx Brothers movie was made, the better it probably is. The initial impulse of the brothers’ manic energy and…
Donald Trump bong
This is truly a bong that could go for any political party or group affiliation. Whether you’re a Republican, Democrat, alt-right, liberal, socialist, libertarian etc.…
‘It’s fun to smoke dust!’ Satanic panic preacher gets mashed-up with Queen
From renown mashup artist, DJ Lobsterdust, comes this brilliant ode to 1980s Satanic Panic hysteria over “backward masking,” a process which many preachers insisted was…
Mind-blowing functional glass bongs of Stephen Hawking, Edgar Allan Poe, Die Antwoord & more
Edgar Allan Poe ‘Raven’ dabbing rig by the incredible glass artist, Rollerghoster. I recently stumbled on a the fantastic Tumblr of glass artist, Rollerghoster and…
Giant John Waters head bong
Image via NikkiSwarm on Instagram I completely adore this huge ceramic John Waters head bong by artist John de Fazio. The piece is currently on…
Mind-blowing psychedelic 60s posters of Hendrix, Dylan, Pink Floyd, Yoko Ono & The Who
Martin Sharp, ‘Exploding Hendrix,’ 1968. The late great counter cultural figure, poet and publisher Felix Dennis collected an incredible array of psychedelic advertising posters during…