Psychedelic

1960’s young designers began to reject the social norms. They perceived their parents’ style to be outdated and developed their own style, psychedelia. This art movement with its distortions and bright colors drew its inspiration from the usage of psychedelic drugs that caused visual and auditory hallucinations. In America and Britain, many designers contributed to the developing counterculture that appealed to young music and concert consumers. Designers Wes Wilson and Victor Moscoso known for…

turned into the psychedelic era from 1967 to 1968. This era brought us the Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, the Magical Mystery Tour album, and The White album. These songs were more about giving the world a message about peace and loving one another and also about protesting the Vietnamese war that is expressed in the song “Revolution.” John Lennon met Yoko Ono in 1966 and decided he was going to leave his wife Cynthia and son Julian for Yoko. The first album of the psychedelic era…

women had more free time, and women were being more open about their sexuality. In the 1960’s the genre of Psychedelic rock was not very straight forward for one to lyrically understand its meaning. However, this was because most of the songs were written under the influence of psychedelic drugs by artist that explained the impairment of reality because of the use of such drugs. Psychedelic rock in the 60’s created a counterculture as it reflected those ideals of the American youth. The 70’s…

MDMA, marijuana, alcohol, and LSD are just a few of the drugs advertised by hip-hop, rock`n`roll, gangsta rap and a variety of other genres. The progression of popular music throughout America is affected by countless influences that have been instrumental in the inspiration for musical artists. The primary motivation of the artists in the United States has definitely been drug culture that was the largest at a specific time period. Popular music would have taken a completely different and…

Ibogaine is a very controversial drug used for several purposes. Ibogaine should be legalized because it is used for religious purposes, helps overcome addictions, therapeutic use, adults’ rights to recreational use, the history of drug addiction cures, and its minimal effect on other members of society. Ibogaine, roots of tabernanthe iboga, a shrub originating in the West African country Gabon, where indigenous people use it as a stimulant while hunting and in large doses during religious…

Right ethics (RE) is a moral theory that is a branch of Deontology, another interesting moral theory. For every duty there is a corresponding right, and for every right there is corresponding duty. The rights introduced or promoted by a society are protected and given the utmost precedence. These rights are deemed to be ethically right and legitimate since a large population sanctions them. The two ethical agents in this theory are the duty bearer and the rights bearer – these are never the same…

history of cocaine and ergot use. Ergot is produced by a fungus that grows on rye and its compounds were used to create synthetic LSD. If the rumors of his ergot habits are true, his psychedelic experiences under the influence could have inspired him to write the “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”. Psychedelic hallucinations can force an individual to witness their own lack of self-control. If Stevenson had lost himself to the darker side of his uncontrolled thoughts during a…

The band Grizzly Bear came out with an album in 2009 titled, Veckatimest this was the first album that gave us a glimpse as to what Grizzly Bear would develop to look like in 2016. For the most part Grizzly Bear remains in the same genre: psychedelic pop, indie rock, and art rock. The band started with Ed Droste as a soloist, then time later the band was formed. The new band composed Yellow House in the year 2006. Yellow House was a darker and creepier album in comparison to Veckatimest. As of…

The Beatles: Fine Tuning Britain “The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn 't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility” (Lennon). The empowering musical legend, John Lennon, recalls the sixties as a time of maturation and optimism for the world as a whole. Instead of fighting world wars, cowering in economic depression, or riding the wave of regularity, people began to express the values near and dear to…

However, hippie fashion spirit is all around nowadays. Hippie was a windstorm of new mindset and outlooks on life and when it disappears it found different aspect in many positive areas that have become part of our society. To advertise the hippie style for the purpose of making money is genuinely offensive to the hippie movement. It directly hostile its original foundation. Hippie fashion of today do not represent rebelling as they once did, their outfit suited their life of fairness but they…