Dr. Strangelove: A Strange and Terrible Glimpse Into the Deep State Part IV
Welcome to the fourth installment in my ongoing examination of the Stanley Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove: Or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. With the first installment I briefly...
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"Distant wings bring you down like a soldier Alive inside but your soul getting colder And there's nothing left nowhere to hide Nothing left, its genocide..."--Corrosion of Conformity, "It's That...
View ArticleSlip Inside This House: The Nightmare Trip of the 13th Floor Elevators Part I
"Bedoin tribes ascending From the egg into the flower, Alpha information sending State within the heaven shower From disciples the unending Subtleties of river power They slip inside this house as they...
View ArticleSlip Inside This House: The Nightmare Trip of the 13th Floor Elevators Part II
"There is no season when you are grown You are always risen from the seeds you've sown There is no reason to rise alone Other stories given have sages of their own"--"Slip Inside This House"Welcome to...
View ArticleSlip Inside This House: The Nightmare Trip of the 13th Floor Elevators Part III
Every day's another dawning Give the morning winds a chance Always catch your thunder yawning Lift your mind into the dance Sweep the shadows from your awning Shrink the fourfold circumstance That lies...
View ArticleSlip Inside This House: The Nightmare Trip of the 13th Floor Elevators Part IV
"Higher worlds that you uncover Light the path you want to roam You compare there and discover You won't need a shell of foam Twice born gypsies care and keep The nowhere of their former home They slip...
View ArticleSlip Inside This House: The Nightmare Trip of the 13th Floor Elevators Part V
"One-eyed men aren't really reigning They just march in place until Two-eyed men with Mystery training Finally feel the power fill Three-eyed men are not complaining They can yo-yo where they will They...
View ArticleA Sun That Never Sets: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Landig Group Part I
The Landig Group, which first emerged in Vienna during the early 1950s, never gained much of a following (at least in terms of sheer numbers) during its run and has largely been forgotten outside of...
View ArticleA Sun That Never Sets: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Landig Group Part II
Welcome to the second installment in my examination of the infamous Landig Group, some times referred to as the Vienna Circle. While largely unknown in the English speaking world, the Landig Group...
View ArticleA Sun That Never Sets: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Landig Group Part...
Welcome to the third installment in my examination of the Landig Group, some times known as the Vienna Circle. This mysterious group has rarely been addressed by researchers except in the most...
View ArticleA Sun That Never Sets: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Landig Group Part IV
Welcome to the fourth installment in my examination of the Landig Group, also known as the Vienna Circle. During the first installment I presented a broad overview of the organization and its influence...
View ArticleOn the Far Side of the Psychosphere Part I
It would seem that few who have sat through HBO's True Detective were unaware that they were witnessing something significant. The almost universal critical praise the show has received, however, is...
View ArticleOn the Far Side of the Psychosphere Part II
Welcome to the second installment in my examination of the acclaimed first season of the HBO series True Detective. In the first part I briefly gave a rundown of season one's primary characters,...
View ArticleOn the Far Side of the Psychosphere Part III
"If the only thing keeping a person decent is the expectation of divine reward then, brother, that person is a piece of shit."--Rustin CohleWelcome to the third installment in my examination of the HBO...
View ArticleOn the Far Side of the Psychosphere Part IV
Welcome to the fourth installment in my examination of the acclaimed HBO original series True Detective. With the first installment I addressed the backgrounds of the show's two leads, Woody Harrelson...
View ArticleOn the Far Side of the Psychosphere Part V
Welcome to the fifth and final installment in my examination of the acclaimed HBO original series True Detective. In the first installment I briefly broke down the show's lead characters, Martin Hart...
View ArticleStranger In a Strange Land: The Curious Times of Ronald Stark Part I
Easily one of the most enigmatic figures in the murky history of LSD is a man commonly known as Ronald Hadley Stark. Allegedly born as Ronald Shitsky in New York during September 1938, Stark became the...
View ArticleStranger In a Strange Land: The Curious Times of Ronald Stark Part II
Welcome to the second installment in my examination of the life and times of enigmatic LSD baron Ronald Hadley Stark. As has been noted before, but it bares mentioning again, I'm deeply indebted to...
View ArticleStranger in a Strange Land: The Curious Life of Ronald Stark Part III
Welcome to the third installment in my examination of the life and times of LSD baron Ronald Hadley Stark, one of the most bizarre figures the 1960s counterculture spawned (which in and of itself is...
View ArticleStranger in a Strange Land: The Curious Times of Ronald Stark Part IV
Welcome to the fourth installment in my examination of the life and times of the enigmatic LSD baron Ronald Hadley Stark. From 1969 till the late 1970s networks Stark was involved with would dominate...
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