60 Years Ago, Today
LSD was discovered by Dr. Albert Hoffman, a Swiss chemist. He was an apparently somewhat accident prone person, as he both created LSD by virtue of a mistake in the lab, and also, … Read more
Hello, I’m Johnny Cash
In the midwest in the late 50’s and early 60’s Johnny Cash was one of the musical staples on the radio and in honky-tonk jukeboxes. Though he had not been in my regular … Read more
Me and My Uncle: 2003 Update
sung to the dead’s “Me and My Uncle” (via Jeffrey; I’ll post a link to his blog when he’s got more than one entry 🙂 Me and Dick Cheney, Went bombin towns Umm … Read more
The Journey Begins
We weren’t sure what to expect at the Sacramento Yorkshire Terrier dog show. What we got was what the name implied: dogs being shown and judged as they were walked around the ring … Read more
I Am the Drum
“You are the drum; we are the drum.” When I saw Olatunji and his drums of passion perform before the Dead at Telluride, it made a lasting impression. Large drums, bigger than anything … Read more