07/09/2008
Ray Manzarek Wonders If Jim Morrison Is Still Alive, Plans To Make New Doors Movie
Rumors have been swirling about the "death" of The Doors' elusive lead singer Jim Morrison, since the day he "died" in 1971. Did he fake his own death to avoid the French Police? Perhaps he is now living in Africa? How about a key member of the ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/09/2008 9:08 AM EST in Rock, WTF?, 60's Psych, News | Permalink
06/23/2008
Video: Donovan Reflects On the Creative Process
Donovan, one of the most poetic singer-songwriters of the 60's psychedelic era discussed his creative influences with The Atlantic. From The Beats to The Beatles and beyond, the great transcendental troubadour reveals the inspiration behind song ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/23/2008 3:52 PM EST in Folk, 60's Psych, YouTube | Permalink
05/21/2008
Before T-Rex, Glam Icon Marc Bolan psyched out with John's Children
Marc Bolan got his start in the 60's psych group, John's Children and he instantly gave them the edge they needed. Bolan's songwriting chops and signature vibrato, single-handedly set them apart from the swelling influx of the other British mop- ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 05/21/2008 12:42 PM EST in 60's Psych, YouTube, Glam | Permalink
05/15/2008
Hasil Adkins Will Cut Your Head Off If You Eat Too Many Hot Dogs
Hasil (pronounced 'Hassle') Adkins is one f'ed up hillbilly. As the youngest of 10 children, he apparently went to school only four days out of his entire life. Perhaps that may help explain why in his song "No More Hot Dogs" he wants to decap ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 05/15/2008 4:33 PM EST in 60's Psych, Garage Rock, Lo-Fi | Permalink
05/01/2008
Doors Fans Aren't Made, They're Born!
After seeing Kids in the Hall live last night (amazing), I started thinking about my favorite sketches from the original show, and after very careful analysis I have to say that Bruce McCullough's bit where he plays a snobby record store clerk o ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 05/01/2008 3:11 PM EST in 60's Pop, 60's Psych, Video | Permalink
04/30/2008
The Father of LSD, Albert Hofmann, Takes His Last Trip at 102
Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who first determined the psychedelic properties LSD, died at his home in Basel, Switzerland at the age of 102. While researching the synthetic compound of lysergic acid, Hofmann unknowingly absorbed enough of ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 04/30/2008 11:46 AM EST in 60's Psych | Permalink
04/10/2008
Hawkwind and The Master of the Universe
When you hear the phrase "Master of the Universe" what comes to mind? He Man, right? Well that is what I thought, but apparently I'm not enough of a psychedelic space rocker to know that is also a Hawkwind song. From their live 1974 album ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 04/10/2008 12:11 PM EST in Experimental, 60's Psych | Permalink
03/04/2008
Count Five Are The Original Vampire Weekend
Long before the Ivy League, deck-shoed quartet Vampire Weekend began borrowing ideas from Paul Simon and ultimately soukous music, Count Five, another group of madras shirt wearing academic musicians, borrowed heavily from the Yardbirds and ulti ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 03/04/2008 11:57 AM EST in 60's Psych, Garage Rock, Indie-Rock | Permalink
02/28/2008
40 Years Later, "I'm Not A Young Man Anymore," A Never Before Heard Velvet Underground Song, Rings True
What a wonderful way to start the day! A new Velvet Underground song? It can't be! Hoooray, but it is! Velvet fans everywhere will be thrilled to hear "I'm Not A Young Man Anymore" from Gymnasium, the rare bootleg recording of a 1967 perform ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 02/28/2008 11:42 AM EST in Experimental, Rock, 60's Psych, Lo-Fi, Highly Recommended | Permalink
02/11/2008
Garage Upheaval! Waking Up The Myddle Class
The Myddle Class were revered as The Rolling Stones of suburban New Jersey for a period in the mid 60's. The Velvet Underground opened for these guys in 1965 at a high school (this concert debuted The Velvet's androgynous new drummer, Maureen Tu ...
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