Hippie Hero, 1967
‘Hippie Hero Dana Beal, 21, is carried on the shoulders of friends after he was released on $3,000 bail on charges of selling LSD, his arrest touched off an all night vigil by some 25 hippie friends outside the Federal Read More …
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Chandelier Pipe, 1970
‘A 1970 raid on a Washington, D.C. Apartment by metropolitan police officers resulted in the seizure of LSD and marijuana, as well as the unusual antique chandelier. The light fixtures on the chandelier had been removed and replaced with rubber Read More …
Party at Powder Ridge, 1970
“There will be no festival. I can assure you of that,” -State Sen. John Pickett of Middletown Crowds at Powder Ridge Rock Festival July 31, 1970 Party At Powder Ridge The Festival that was never to be quickly turned into Read More …
Like Acid Raindrops, 1970
A man wearing a hat, shorts, and fringed vest, with a pipe strung onto hit belt loop, dances among a crowd of other audience members at the Sound Storm music festival Poynette, Wisconsin 1970 Like Acid Raindrops There had been Read More …
Bicycle Ride, 1943
“One often asks oneself what roles planning and chance play in the realization of the most important events in our lives” – Albert Hofmann in a 1996 Worlds of Consciousness Conference speech in Heidelberg, Germany Man smoking pipe with bicycle, Read More …
Sun, Soil, Seeds & Soul, 1979
Sun, Soil, Seeds & Soul This is a article that was published in Blotter Magazine issue #4 in 1979 titled ‘Sun, Soil, Seeds & Soul’. An amazingly insightful article for its time, the otherwise anonymous author simply signed the story Read More …
Gratefully After Dark: Hugh and the Bear, 1969
“Was I a criminal? No. I was a good member of society. Only my society and the one making the laws are different.” – Owsley Stanley Hugh Hefner and Barbi Benton with bunnies 1969 Gratefully After Dark: Hugh and Read More …
Italian Acid, 1968
“I believe that with the advent of acid, we discovered a new way to think, and it has to do with piecing together new thoughts in your mind. Why is it that people think it’s so evil? What is it Read More …