Psychedelic Circus
Category: Psychedelic
Somebody calls you and you answer quite slowly: a girl with kaleidoscope eyes....
Posted by Martin R at 2:44 AM • 2 Comments •
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Awesome Turkish 70s Psychedelia
Category: Music
One of the major influences that combined to form Western psychedelic rock was traditional Asian music. But musicians in Asia picked up the vibe pretty quickly and started to play their own versions of it. Lately I've been listening...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 9 Comments •
In My Earbuds Lately
Category: Music
Here are some excellent albums I've been listening to lately on my trusty smartphone. If you're into power pop, alternative rock, US folk and psychedelia, then check them out!Brendan Benson. Alternative to Love. 2005. Grand Duchy. Petits Fours. 2009. It's...
Posted by Martin R at 5:17 AM • 0 Comments •
R.U. Sirius Heads New Transhumanist Zine
Category: Psychedelic
After over a year's near-invisibility on the net, cyberculture guru R.U. Sirius resurfaces as editor of H+ Magazine, a web zine about transhumanism. Explains Wikipedia, transhumanism is a "movement supporting the use of science and technology to enhance human mental...
Posted by Martin R at 6:32 AM • 2 Comments •
Genius on the Edge
Category: Music
Yes he is extremely lewd, yes he is psychedelic, yes he has a plastic synth sound...
Posted by Martin R at 8:33 AM • 3 Comments •
I Miss The R.U. Sirius Show
Category: Psychedelic
The R.U. Sirius Show is/was a great weekly counterculture podcast that aired 88 episodes until about a year ago. Then it went on unannounced hiatus. I miss the show! Can anybody offer information on what R.U. is up to, and...
Posted by Martin R at 7:37 AM • 1 Comments •
Estonian Chicken Spam Nightmare
Category: Psychedelic
So it's the 80s, Estonia is under Soviet rule, and your job is to direct movie commercials. And when you get the assignment to promote kana-hakkliha (processed chicken meat), you know exactly what it will take to make the...
Posted by Martin R at 2:51 AM • 4 Comments •
Surrealist Love Story
Category: Humour
Over at Podcastle, I just heard an amazing reading/performance of an amazing surrealist love story, "Fourteen Experiments in Postal Delivery". It was written by John Schoffstall, first published as text two years ago, and read by Heather Lindsley at Random...
Posted by Martin R at 1:32 PM • 1 Comments •
Tech Note: Flash Memory Random Remix
Category: Tech
The micro-SD flash memory chip that came with my new smartphone has some interesting issues with data integrity. I mostly use it to store sound files in the mp3 format, both pop songs of a few MB each and podcasts...
Posted by Martin R at 3:11 PM • 1 Comments •
Film Review: Scenes From the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Category: Film
There was a time, around the age of twenty, when I saw some pretty weird movies. First I lived a short bike ride from the Swedish Film Institute, where I caught Kenneth Anger and Luis Buñuel (neither of whom I...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 6 Comments •
And It Went Wherever I Did Go
Category: Film
I'm spending tomorrow in a cultic field with Per Vikstrand and a metal detector. So I reckon it were best if we all had a look at the druggiest bit in all of Monty Python first....
Posted by Martin R at 4:42 PM • 7 Comments •
Manson Cult Forensic Archaeology
Category: Archaeology
Having done some surface investigations with non-destructive methods, a group of volunteer investigators including Patti Hearst's Sharon Tate's sister calls for the excavation of the Manson Family's last hideout."Vass said that, considering the quantity and the types of markers of...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 5 Comments •
Concert Review: the Mars Volta in Stockholm
Category: Music
After work today I had dinner with my friends Asko & Eva and then went to the Cirkus concert venue to hear the Mars Volta. For those of you who have missed them, they're a US psychedelic progressive rock...
Posted by Martin R at 6:02 PM • 3 Comments •
Scintillating Scotoma
Category: Health
It's a weird kind of snow crash in your visual cortex.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 7 Comments •
Lucifer Over London
Category: Music
Some of these angels have the face of Gods / Some of them the face of dogs
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 1 Comments •
Three Good Albums
Category: Music
Three good albums, listened to in the car when driving to & fro the Djurhamn dig.
Posted by Martin R at 2:34 PM • 3 Comments •
Swedish 1909 Cannabis Enthusiasm
Category: Psychedelic
This dictionary was in every home with any pretentions to literacy and social respectability.
Posted by Martin R at 4:18 PM • 19 Comments •
Subway Conversation
Category: Humour
"Oh my, that's a thick book! Is it maths?"
Posted by Martin R at 8:51 AM • 6 Comments •
Lulubird, Shoot the Doorbell Off My Head
Category: Music
Andy's joke reminded Gerard that his sloth balloon was owned by Turkish moths.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 2 Comments •
Three Good Records
Category: Music
My generation is releasing divorce records.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 1 Comments •
Turn On, Tune In LazyTown, Drop Out
Category: Psychedelic
A product way off the scale on the weirdometer.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 6 Comments •
Pugh & Co Rock Stockholm
Category: Music
They rocked! Really good drumming and blues guitar, tightly rehearsed.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 4 Comments •
If It Was Green, Then I'll Replace It
Category: Music
Here's a translation of one of my first brushes with absurdism.
Posted by Martin R at 12:38 PM • 1 Comments •
Tangerine Carousels and Marmalade Tapirs
Category: Psychedelic
My crappy camera actually enhances the visual effect of this day-glo monstrosity.
Posted by Martin R at 4:55 PM • 9 Comments •
Robert Schneider Talks & Sings
Category: Music
A charming interview with Apples in Stereo front man Robert Schneider.
Posted by Martin R at 4:23 PM • 0 Comments •
Strawberry Parking Lot
Category: Language
The naming of Swedish places has long been regulated by the authorities.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 3 Comments •
Album Review: Dungen, Tio Bitar
Category: Music
Dungen ("the Grove") combine psychedelic 70s prog rock with Swedish ethno, fiddle and flute.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 6 Comments •
R.U. Sirius Show Turns 100
Category: Psychedelic
The R.U. Sirius show is good, smart, addled leftie fun.
Posted by Martin R at 12:42 PM • 0 Comments •
Melodic Psychedelia
Category: Psychedelic
Have a look, lots of album recommendations!
Posted by Martin R at 9:05 AM • 2 Comments •
Zoolook
Category: Music
Extraterrestrial party animals titter and croak madly in the background.
Posted by Martin R at 9:05 AM • 3 Comments •
Sausage Skin Hat Episode
Category: Music
This triangular old man came in.
Posted by Martin R at 9:05 AM • 6 Comments •
Super Furry Archaeology
Category: Music
I keep an eye open for pop lyrics having to do with archaeology.
Posted by Martin R at 9:05 AM • 1 Comments •
Psychedelic Undies
Category: Psychedelic
Sex sells, so here's a pic of my new psychedelic undies.
Posted by Martin R at 9:05 AM • 3 Comments •
Stockholm Art Shows
Category: Art
Work by Sally Mann, Henrik Saxgren and Alphonse Mucha is on display in Stockholm, Sweden.
Posted by Martin R at 9:05 AM • 0 Comments •
New Study on Cannabis as Gateway Drug
Category: Psychedelic
Stoner rats display brain changes and graduate to smack.
Posted by Martin R at 4:16 PM • 20 Comments •
New Apples in Stereo Album
Category: Music
Robert Schneider, one of my favourite neopsychedelic musicians, has a new album out, this time with his main band again, The Apples in Stereo. His previous album Expo was issued in 2005 with The Marbles and is an excellent...
Posted by Martin R at 3:13 PM • 0 Comments •
Psychedelic Disney Elephant
Category: Psychedelic
I am an admirer of all things psychedelic in art and music. My wife recently bought a second-hand copy of Disney's animated feature film Dumbo -- dubbed in Finnish of all languages. But we're a multilingual family and the...
Posted by Martin R at 11:29 AM • 8 Comments •
