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Stranger in a Strange Land: The Curious Times of Ronald Stark Part V
Welcome to the fifth installment in my examination of the life and times of infamous LSD baron Ronald Hadley Stark. With part one of this series I briefly addressed Stark's pre-1969 days as well as his...
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Stranger in a Strange Land: The Curious Times of Ronald Stark Part VI
Welcome to the sixth installment in my examination of the infamous LSD baron Ronald Hadley Stark. With the first part of this series I briefly gave a rundown of Stark's pre-1969 endeavors before he...
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Stranger in a Strange Land: The Curious Times of Ronald Stark Part VII
Welcome to the seventh and final installment in my examination of semi-legendary LSD baron Ronald Hadley Stark. Over the course of this long, strange trip I've briefly considered Stark's pre-1969...
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The Stoner Rock Mysteries: Top 13 of '14
And so another year has mercifully come to a conclusion. 2014 proved to be a most trying time for your humble author --easily the most difficult one he has had since the maelstrom that was 2002....
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The Family Part I
Across the blogosphere there are no shortage of accounts of "occult" secret societies infiltrating the American political spectrum in a bid to destroy Christianity and control the world. Certainly this...
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The Family Part II
Welcome to the second installment in my ongoing examination of an organization variously known as "the Family" or "the Fellowship." Founded in 1935 by a minister known as Abraham Vereide with the...
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The Family Part III
Welcome to the third installment in my ongoing examination of the highly controversial Christian organization variously known as "The Family" or "The Fellowship." In the first installment I broadly...
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The Family Part IV
Welcome to the fourth installment in my ongoing examination of an organization variously known as "The Family" or "The Fellowship." Established in 1935 by a Lutheran minister named Abraham "Abram"...
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The Family Part V
Welcome to the fifth installment in my examination of the elite and highly secretive Christian sect variously known as "The Family" or "The Fellowship." In the first installment of this series Abraham...
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The Family Part VI
Welcome to the sixth installment in my examination of the elite Christian sect variously known as "The Family" or "The Fellowship." Founded in 1935 by a man named Abraham (Abram) Vereide, this highly...
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The Family Part VII
Welcome to the most recent installment in my ongoing examination of the elite Christian sect sometimes referred to as "The Family" or "The Fellowship." In part one I briefly addressed Family founder...
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The Al Cisneros Mysteries
The first and only time I've been fortunate enough to catch Al Cisneros live occurred during Scion Rock Fest 2012 in Tampa Bay. Cisneros was performing as a part of the reunited stoner rock legends...
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The Al Cisneros Mysteries Part II
Q: "But anyway, my question is when you listen to a lot of new bands of that variety who are emulating your style of singing, how does it feel?" A: "I don’t really listen to stoner metal. There are...
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Fear and Loathing in St. Petersburg Part I
St. Petersburg, Florida, is a city that rarely concerns the American public at large. If they think about it all, images of smiling senior citizens living out their golden years in a quiet beach...
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Fear and Loathing in St. Petersburg Part II
Welcome to the second installment in my examination of the curious cast of characters who flocked to the sleepy Florida city of St. Petersburg in the post-WWII years. Located slightly south of Tampa,...
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Fear and Loathing in St. Petersburg Part III
Welcome to the third installment in my examination of the curious cast of characters who appeared in and around Florida's St. Petersburg in the years following World War II. With the first installment...
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The Stoner Rock Mysteries: Shrinebuilder
As regular readers of this blog are aware, your humble author is quite taken with a genre commonly referred to as "stoner rock," something of catchall term that includes styles such as doom, sludge and...
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Kowalski Part I
"If you could see what I can seeFeel what I feelWhen my head is on fireWhen I'm a burning wheel" --"Burning Wheel," Primal ScreamThe 1971 road movie Vanishing Point is easily one of the most...
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Kowalski Part II
"Rebels souls!For the dreamers, rebels souls and future daysBe brave and strong, keep keeping onbe conscious in the chaos" -"Star", Primal ScreamWelcome to the second installment in my examination...
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Kowalski Part III
"Live lifeLive a long lifeFeel fineIn the sunshineAliveAliveGood to be alive" --Primal Scream, "Long Life"Welcome to the third and final installment in my examination of the 1971 cult road movie...
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