The Shake Spears – Biography of a 1960s pop group
I had started this project several years ago and I hadn't worked on it for a long time - but now I am happy to publish this post,...
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5 Great Psychedelic Movies For Students That Are Worth Your Time
So, you’re in the mood to get a little trippy? Art isn’t just supposed to amaze us. Sometimes, it’s all about uncovering some of the deepest mysteries of...
1967 Brit-Psych B-Sides
The mode of the music changed, the walls of the cities shook, rooms hummed harder, ceilings flew away. In his 1965 poem, ‘Who Be Kind To?’, the preeminent...
Tokyo Jazz Joints | Documenting A Vanishing World Of Japanese Jazz Culture
Tokyo Jazz Joints is a documentary photography project which began to document Tokyo’s myriad jazz bars and cafes back in March 2015, with little idea of how far...
1966 Brit-Psych B-Sides
In this digital age, the phenomenon of the ‘b-side’ is an endangered one. All too often, the recordings which comprised the flip side of even the best selling...
Pink Floyd’s Best Kept Secret: ‘A Saucerful Of Secrets’ 50 Years On
This week fifty years ago, a semi-famous English group with the strange name of ‘Pink Floyd’ released their second LP: ‘A Saucerful Of Secrets’. The release was met...
Psychedelic Yoga: A Story of American Mental Health in the 1960s
Psychedelic Yoga: A Story of American Mental Health in the 1960s By Lucas Richert & Matthew DeCloedt This is a short article about Supple bodies, healthy minds: yoga,...
“A Coffee House for the Sponge People” The Rise and Fall of The Crypt
For a brief but glorious five month period in 1970 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada) was home to a venue devoted to new and original music…namely the Crypt Coffee House....
“Pharmacopious” (Part 6) by Jenell Kesler
I looked at my watch, and even though it didn’t say so, it was time to leave. Packing didn’t take long, and as I peered into the top...
Bubble Puppy Psych Del Rio
In the mid to late 1960s, it is indisputable that Austin, Texas was the epicenter of the burgeoning psychedelic music scene with The 13th Floor Elevators leading the...