Magic Trip is the re-mastered version of video filmed by Ken Kesey and his proto-hippy Merry Pranksters on their famous 1964 bus trip around America that is often credited with creating pyschedelia. Visit the movie website. Or read Tom Wolfe’s brilliant book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
Canterbury Soundwaves
Canterbury Soundwaves is a fantastic series of podcasts devoted to the Canterbury scene that featured Gong, Soft Machine, Hatfield and the North, Caravan. ‘Nuff respect. To get you in the mood, here’s some Soft Machine…
Magic mushrooms bring beneficial personality
A new academic study has found that taking magic mushrooms can confer lasting personality benefits, making people more broadminded and open to beauty and new ideas.
But then, you probably knew that anyway.
Marc Maron: Grateful Dead on Mushrooms
Amercian standup comedian Marc Maron recalls a mushroom trip – although I’m curious to know what sort of mushrooms need “activating with sugar”.
For the Benefit of Mr Kite
Eddie Izzard does his version of For the Benefit of Mr Kite from the Beatles-inspired movie Across The Universe.
Buckethead Bosch
Buckethead and Hieronymous Bosch, a marriage made in heaven. Or hell.
System 7
A nice little System 7 clip. With Steve Hillage playing guitar, you can hear/see the continuity of System 7′s current trance dance music with Hillage’s legendary guitar-based work from the 70s.
Can you dig it?
Can – in my opinion, the best of the 1970s krautrockers.
Here’s the mellower studio version.
Music from Plants
Apparently this music is the sound of plant vibrations, transmitted by sensors attached to the leaves and roots. The technique was developed at a neo-pagan eco-commune in northern Italy called Damanhur. They make the astonishing claim that the plants “learn” to tune their electric signals to obtain melodies. (Note: music starts about 2.30 into the video)
Damanhur itself looks rather lovely in a slightly hilarious middle-class Italian hippy way. (Again, music starts about 2.30 into the video.)
It also has an amazing complex of underground temples.
