(1961) The Gamblers - LSD-25

Early surf band. Earliest mention of LSD.

Today we have two early surf classics which I couldn't describe better than Billboard magazine did on 23 May 1960, under the title Moderate Sales Potential: Moon Dawg - pounding piano spotlighted on frantic r&r ditty; LSD-25 - effective guitar solo work on pounding r&r instrumental.

The Gamblers were a Los Angeles studio band consisting of session musicians, many of whom went on to bigger and better things. Moon Dawg is reasonably well known as it's been covered a bunch of times, but the b-side, LSD-25, brings this record its notoriety. You see it's the first musical reference to that particular substance, which became a major artistic inspiration and influence. But don't expect to get even an inkling of psychedelic rock in this tune, as apparently the title was just something the guitarist read in a magazine and thought sounded cool.

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(1964) Bob Dylan - Chimes of Freedom Flashing

In the early months of 1964, BOB DYLAN enjoyed his first LSD experience (the exact occasion varies with different reports), something which many see as the inspiration behind "Chimes Of Freedom" on the Another Side Of... album. Later Dylan songs such as "Gates Of Eden" and "Visions Of Johanna" also seem inspired by psychedelic trips. As noted above, use of hallucinogens was already firmly established in the beatnik and folk music circles where Dylan moved, and it appears from some anecdotes that Dylan may have taken peyote as early as 1961.Source

(1965) Kim Fowley - The Trip

In 1965, Kim Fowley wrote and produced a song about the psychedelic experience, "The Trip". Source

(1953, Oct.) first known media mention of LSD - McCleans Magazine




(1954, Jan.) second known media mention of LSD - Reader's Digest link

Yoinked from DML and the Herb Museum.

(2011, Sept. 29th) IPolitics.ca - Pinball wizard PM: Harper attends Roger Daltrey concert

Never shy about his love for classic rock, Prime Minister Stephen Harper stepped out in Ottawa Wednesday night to attend a performance by Roger Daltrey, lead singer of 70’s rock icons the Who, according to a concert-goer.

Daltrey’s stop at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa was part of his tour highlighting the Who’s 1969 double album, Tommy, which he performed start to finish. The show premiered earlier this year at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust.

Somewhat unsurprisingly, Wednesday’s two-hour-plus show in Ottawa was attended mostly by those of the Boomer crowd, and featured a screen playing 70’s-era psychedelic images of gyrating women and twirling colours.

A press release from AEG Live, the tour presenter, described the show as an “unforgettable concert experience for lifelong fans and newcomers alike,” saying they would be “treated not only to the majesty of Tommy, but also to a variety of Who classics and more.” ‘More’ on Wednesday night included a medley of Johnny Cash covers.

After a full day of caucus meetings and steering away attacks from the Opposition in question period, here’s hoping the PM had a good time.

© 2011 iPolitics Inc.

It's like Harper sang some Elton John songs and attended a broadway musical to get some brownie points with Canadians, all the while trying to pass mandatory minimums for same-sex hand holding to ensure the destruction of gay culture.

(1984) John Lennon - Nobody Told Me

"Nobody Told Me" is a song by the British musician John Lennon. Recorded (but uncompleted) shortly before his death in 1980, the song was later completed by Lennon's widow Yoko Ono in 1983 and released as the first single from Lennon and Ono's album Milk and Honey in 1984. The song was originally written for Ringo Starr to include on his 1981 album Stop and Smell the Roses, but Lennon died before the song could be used.Source

Another Beatles (John Lennon) song with a Marijuana reference.

(1971) Willy Wonka and the Chocolate FactoryTrailer

This film, released at the sunset period of the Sixties, contains a scene where one of the children has one of the machines explode in his face. When his mom comes to his aid, he exhales a clouds of smoke and quips: "That's great stuff." A node to cannabis no doubt.


The film also features an psychedelic boat ride sequence reminiscent of LSD trip depictions in films from the era: (1971) Willy Wonka Psychedelic Boat Ride Scene

That scene was also used as the basis for one of Marilyn Manson's music videos with a main subject of drugs: (1994) Marilyn Manson - Dope Hat

(2003) High Society - Rochdale College [1of2]
(2003) High Society - Rochdale College [2of2]

Opened in 1968, Rochdale College was an experiment in student-run alternative education and co-operative living in Toronto, Canada. It provided space for 840 residents in a co-operative living space. It was also a free university where students and teachers would live together and share knowledge. The project ultimately failed when it could not cover its financing and neighbours complained that it had become a haven for drugs and crime. It was closed in 1975.Source

(1966) The Dovers - The Third Eye

The Dovers were an American garage rock band of the mid-1960s. The Dovers were an example of mid-1960s folk rock and pop, heavily influenced by the British Invasion and American groups such as The Byrds.

The Dovers were from Santa Barbara, California, and started their band under the name The Vandells.[1] They began their recording career as The Dovers in 1965 with the Miramar Records release "She's Gone"/"What Am I Going To Do?," which reportedly was a minor hit in the Santa Barbara–Ventura County area. Three singles followed in late 1965 and early 1966, showing The Dovers' interest in folk and pop; none of their four singles met with national success, and The Dovers broke up shortly afterward.Source

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