Tag Archives: LSD

Bob Simmons :
Elevators Reunion: (I Done Got) Levitation
at Psych Fest 2015

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Thorne Dreyer

Like Icarus, the 13th Floor Elevators, a band that should have a special alcove in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, flew too close to the sun. Text and photos by Bob Simmons | The Rag Blog | May … Continue reading →

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Paul Krassner : My Encounter with Owsley

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Owsley ‘Bear’ Stanley, left, with the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia in 1969. Photo by Ho / Reuters. “Investigative satirist” and former Realist editor Paul Krassner will join Thorne Dreyer on Friday, April 1, for a Rag Radio April Fool’s Special. … Continue reading →

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Ivan Koop Kuper : Ken Kesey’s Houston Acid Test

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

The original “Furthur,” the magic bus of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, on the road. Photo from NoFurthur.Paying Larry McMurtry a visit:The Merry Pranksters’ last acid test By Ivan Koop Kuper / The Rag Blog / December 1, 2010 … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : The Psychedelic Revolutionaries

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

The psychedelic revolutionaries…‘White Hand Society:The Psychedelic Partnership of Timothy Leary & Allen Ginsberg’ By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / October 12, 2010 [White Hand Society: The Psychedelic Partnership of Timothy Leary & Allen Ginsberg, by Peter Conners (City … Continue reading →

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Bageant Goes Trippin’

Posted on February 27, 2009 by RagBlog

Skinny Dipping in Reality: A coot’s account of the great hippie LSD enlightenment search partyBy Joe Bageant / February 17, 2009 There’s nothing better that 250 mics of good acid to kick start the cosmic coonhunt for Enlightenment. It takes … Continue reading →

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Emerging from the Drug War Dark Age : A Psychedelic Drug Revival

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Alex Grey’s Oversoul.LSD and other psychedelic medicines make a comebackBy Charles Shaw After a 40-year moratorium, credible research for treating illnesses and addictions with psychedelic compounds has made a miraculous comeback. The return flight from Switzerland was a mix of … Continue reading →

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Doug Zachary in the 70s : Girls Say Yes to Men Who Say NO

Posted on June 22, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Confessions of an ex-Marine on AcidBy Doug Zachary / The Rag Blog / June 22, 2008 It is 1970, I am 20 years old, and I have been out of the Marine Corps for about a year. Finally, women are … Continue reading →

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