‘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…
Drugs
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…
Meet Craig Smith, L.A. pop-folk golden boy turned lost psychedelic genius, then tragic acid casualty
Rock lore loves to romanticize the drug casualty. Of course it’s wrong, but it’s so hard to resist imagining the tantalizing might-have-beens that surround the…
‘My Life in Orgone Boxes’: William Burroughs on his sexual science experiments in OUI magazine, 1977
Burroughs contemplating an orgone box As a contributor to this blog, I spend a lot of my time poking around looking for suitable subjects that…
‘The Wall’: Stunning behind-the-scenes images from Pink Floyd’s harrowing cinematic acid trip
A behind-the-scenes images of Bob Geldof as ‘Pink’ and actual skinheads from the 1982 film ‘Pink Floyd – The Wall.’ I don’t know how many…
‘I feel good!’: Jordan Peele reenacts James Brown’s crazy drug-fueled CNN interview word for word
Here’s a priceless bit of business from the irreplaceable Jordan Peele. In May of 1988 James Brown was arrested in Aiken County, South Carolina, on…
‘Get High On Yourself’: Robert Evans’ coke-bust community service mega-turd TV special
Robert Evans, the wunderkind Hollywood studio executive best known for his work on Rosemary’s Baby, Love Story, The Godfather and Chinatown had gotten himself into…
TV taboos: Things you can’t do on television, 1949 edition
I don’t know who wrote and photographed this guide to “Television Taboos” but it seems to have appeared in 1949, just as the new household…