Psychedelics

Huxley experimented with psychedelic drugs and was especially curious about how they could be exploited. In one essay Huxley mentions that “The dictatorships of tomorrow will deprive men of their freedom, but will give them in exchange a happiness nonetheless real, as a subjective…

Combining science fiction elements with a 1980's aesthetic, Stranger Things has become a wildly popular original series on Netflix. Created and produced by The Duffer Brothers, the show consists of two seasons, but a season three is confirmed for 2019. The 80's set show takes place in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. A group of young friends embark on wild discoveries when a boy named Will goes missing. After his disappearance, supernatural events begin occurring in the town. They meet a…

full-length debut record came out in 2000 as a self-titled album on the label Gold Standard Laboratories. This was followed in 2003 by the single "Me and Giuliani Down By the School Yard", a lengthy track combining house beats with sinewy basslines, psychedelic guitars, and simple lyrics which quote the title song of the musical Footloose.[5] A second full-length, Louden Up Now, was released on Touch and Go in America and on Warp Records in Europe in June 2004. In June 2005 !!! released…

Counterculture Revolution of the 60s What do you know about hippies? Are they just dirty, smelly drug addicts or is there more to them than their stereotypes? The Counterculture Revolution of the 1960s paved the way for the new ideals and social interests of American society. The late 60s and early 70s are considered a time of confusion to most but, many of today’s mainstream culture is a result of the Counterculture revolution. The 50s was a time of great prosperity but also great conformity.…

Psychology in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest the film is based off of a critically acclaimed book by the same name written by Ken Kesey. Kesey intended the novel to explore psychological principles and took psychedelic substances to immerse himself in the world of the patients he characterized (Lehmann-Haupt, 2001). The film reflects this, and psychological principles are clearly displayed throughout the movie. The movie is set in a mental institution in Oregon…

The EDM Drug Culture: Problem or Normality? When thinking about the dance music scene, what does one think of? Hard basslines and kicks, loud music, DJs, bright lights, big venues, and the big one, the drugs. Whether you go back twenty years or look forward into the future twenty years, MDMA and various other drugs will always be prevalent in this culture. However, ecstasy is only as dangerous as you make it. House, Acid Techno, and Deep House were all being created around the same time MDMA…

The 1960’s was a decade full of change in social order, views on politics, perspectives on war, and music. One way that music changed was through bands and musicians that helped push the new sound of music forward. It appealed greatly to the younger generation who enjoyed the different sound. The Beatles were one of the first, and most important, bands to change the way music sounds all the way to present day. The Beatles were made up of mainly four people: George Harrison (1940-2001), who was…

Connections to the Past Music always changes as time progresses. The more types of music made leads to having more genres to listen to. This begs the following question. How we do truly know what type of music we are listening to? Categorizing music correctly today is very troublesome. Labeling a song with the correct genre is difficult because of the mixture of various genres in a particular song. An in-depth analysis is required to accurately label a song with the right genre. Can we analyze…

The Beatles were one of the most popular and influential rock and roll groups of all time. This iconic band blazed new trails for popular music through their relentless imaginative and experimental songs that caught attention on an international scale. The Beatles gained the hearts of millions in 1963, the start of Beatlemania, and continued to captivate their fans for the next seven years. Their total domination over the music industry remains unrivaled to this day due to their ability to…

and motivated the post-World War II American culture. It focused on renunciation of long-established values, inspection of diverse religions, pursuit of spiritual sense, elimination of materialism, sexual emancipation, and experimentation with psychedelic drugs. The Beat Generation, the countercultural movement was recognized a decade later as the ‘hippies’. The major affiliated characteristics of the hippies were long hair, peace signs and vivid colors. The style of living of the hippies was…