dispatches from a drug library

snippets on the history of psychotropic substances & their use for the experienced & the interested

[dispatches from a drug library @drug_library]

“Although there is no way to know why these ancient people were consuming such powerful drugs…the boxes featured patterns that present-day humans might interpret as psychedelic inspired — a series of concentric circles suggesting the hypnotic bull’s-eye drawings of yore.”

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happy Valentine’s Day

Grateful Dead, 14 Feb 1968, Carousel Ballroom (later known as the Fillmore West)

#GratefulDead #carouselballroom #fillmorewest

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[psychotronica @psychotronica_]

ladies and gentlemen, the weekend
🚀sound on🚀

[dispatches from a drug library @drug_library]

see also:

“David & the Dorks” at the Matrix, 15 Dec 1970

https://t.co/P7EjmUC2He

#davidcrosby #thegratefuldead #jerrygarcia #atthematrix

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Patrick Lundborg (Psychedelia [2012], 319) calls David Crosby's /If I Could Only Remember my Name/ (1970), "a masterpiece of good vibes and mystique which sums up the late '60s West Coast scene in a tantalizing way"

#davidcrosby #goodvibes

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@GratefulDead Stella Blue

[psychotronica @psychotronica_]

Crack PSA
1986 / City of New York
💨Voiceover by Lou Reed💨

[dispatches from a drug library @drug_library]

happy birthday to Owsley/Bear!

[dispatches from a drug library @drug_library]

happy birthday (a day late) to Augustus Owsley Stanley Ⅲ/Bear. Here’s Robert Greenfield’s biography of him (2016) #augustusstanleyiii #akabear #owsley #lsd #acid #whitelightning #montereypurple #tripping

[Today in Yacht Rock @in_yacht]

Clandestine chemist Owsley “Bear” Stanley, the inspiration for Steely Dan’s “Kid Charlemagne”, was born on this day in 1935. Stanley was a sound engineer and roadie for the Grateful Dead. In 1967, his LSD lab was raided and he received a three year prison sentence.

[AllenGinsbergEstate (find us on bluesky) @Ginsbergpoem]

@MAPS - Albert Hoffman, Allen Ginsberg, and LSD - Remembering Albert Hoffman on his birthday - https://t.co/Wfky44N5wj

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Owsley Stanley, "Bear", the acid king, and the techno-wizard - remembered today on the Allen Ginsberg Project - https://t.co/o2UkyLZecA

[dispatches from a drug library @drug_library]

I’m 75 pages into Andy Roberts’ Divine Rascal (2019), a biography of Michael Hollingshead, and I’m really enjoying it so far #lsd #magicgram #psychedelics #mayonnaisejar

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here’s the show, withJerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzman, and Boz Scaggs joining in at the end (and Butch Trucks sitting out, as he said) https://t.co/zZX4QfqYlC

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Butch Trucks on getting dosed at the 73-74 New Year’s show at the Cow Palace when #Owsley used an #LSD-filled 🔫 to add to his wine bottle #abb #allmanbrothersband #gratefuldead #cowpalace https://t.co/YwKPcxKrcM

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“I turned around and there stood Bill Kreutzman looking just like Jesus, complete with the halo, and I held out my sticks and asked him if he would play my drums, I couldn’t catch them.”

[psychotronica @psychotronica_]

French Windows
1972 / United Kingdom / Ian Emes
👁sound on👁

[Tao Lin @tao_lin]

Mandala 57. I drew this from October 7 to 28.

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Aldous Huxley died 22 Nov 1963. Here is his wife, Laura, on his death #lsd #lsd25 #aldoushuxley #doorsofperception

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