While in Los Angeles during January 1969, the members of the Grateful Dead performed two of their classic songs, “Mountains of the Moon” and “St. Stephen”, on the set of Playboy After Dark. Before the performance, Jerry Garcia bantered a bit with Hugh Hefner about the hippie scene in San…
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San Francisco Engineer Accidentally Dosed by LSD While Repairing a Vintage 1960s Buchla Synthesizer
While repairing a vintage Buchla synthesizer from the 1960s, KPIX broadcast operations manager and instrument repair volunteer Eliot Curtis came across an unknown substance and wiped it away with his finger. With this single motion, Curtis unexpectedly ingested lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), which had somehow been preserved on the synthesizer…
The Secretive CIA LSD Mind Control Experiments Explored in the Netflix Docudrama ‘Wormwood’
During the Cold War, the Central Intelligence Agency embarked on a series of mind control experiments under the codename Project MKULTRA. Not all the subjects were aware they were participating. One such subject, CIA employee Frank Olson, jumped to his death, seemingly while under the influence of LSD, but questions…
The Chemical History of LSD Explained in Honor of the Greatest Bicycle Ride Ever Taken By a Scientist
ACS Reactions humorously recounted the fascinating chemical history of how lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) came to be, as well as the origins of Bicycle Day on April 19th. As the story goes, determining that his LSD compound was unhelpful to the research he was doing, Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann decided…
The Fascinating History of LSD as Told Through Timely News Reports, Headlines and Interviews
Turn on, tune in, drop out. Through the use of historical news reports, newspaper headlines and interviews, the documentary news gathering organization Retro Report offers a look back at the fascinating history of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and its eye-opening effect on society. The report also tells how the drug…
John Lennon and Yoko Ono Discuss the Breakup of The Beatles and Other Subjects With Dick Cavett in 1971
In September 1971, John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared on The Dick Cavett Show where they talked with the host about the breakup of The Beatles, particularly whether or not Yoko was the cause. She didn’t split the Beatles …The Beatles were drifting apart on their own. …everything’s fun off…
How 1960s Psychedelic Artists Borrowed Heavily From the Classic Art Nouveau Style of the Late 19th Century
In a trippy video essay for Vox, assistant producer Marie Cascione traces the roots of psychedelic art, specifically noting how artists of the 1960s and 1970s borrowed heavily from the late 19th century style of Art Nouveau. While the subjects remained the same, the color-palate was electrified and the text…
1964 Archival Footage of British Soldiers Under the Effects of LSD Losing the Ability to Properly Function
1964 archival footage of British soldiers being given LSD-25 while training the field. Over time they lost their ability to properly function, with one ending up having bad trip, while others engaged in silly activities.
