Vinyl Relics: Black Kangaroo by Peter Kaukonen
A deep dive into Black Kangaroo, Peter Kaukonen’s underappreciated blues-rock gem—blistering guitar, Bay Area roots, and the story behind a lost classic.
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Can Molly Mend Your Marriage?
Former psychotherapist Jonathan Robinson shares how MDMA-assisted therapy helped couples move from years of conflict to deep reconnection in a single guided session. Drawing on hundreds of journeys and insights from Rick Doblin of Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, the article explores the promise—and limits—of MDMA as a tool for healing, empathy, and lasting relationship … Read more
Vinyl Relics: Fields by Fields
Fields’ lone album stands out for its fearless side-long psych-soul epic “Love Is the Word,” derailed by bad management and a missed Woodstock moment.
A Tale of Crescendo ~ Epilogue
This story goes to eleven chapters, as A Tale of Crescendo resolves in a conclusive epilogue one year following the clash and reckoning
Vinyl Relics: Would You Believe with Billy Nicholls
In this Vinyl Relics epysode Farmer John gives due recognition to Billy Nichols, who touched unrequited greatness with his largely unheard album Would You Believe
A Tale of Crescendo ~ Chapter 9: The Clash; Chapter 10: The Reckoning
A Tale of Crescendo comes to a dramatic and stunning conclusion in the new musically fantastical novella making its debut in Psychedelic Scene
Artist Spotlight: Aliume
Aliume is a contemporary artist creating multi-spectral paintings using UV and phosphorescent light to explore perception, consciousness, and form.
Vinyl Relics: Relatively Clean Rivers
The rare 1976 self-titled album by Phil Pearlman’s Relatively Clean Rivers is spotlighted in this latest Vinyl Relics epysode by Farmer John
A Tale of Crescendo ~ Chapter 7: The Flashback; Chapter 8: The Black Bird
Time unravels in A Tale of Crescendo as a Minuet sonata forever changes the tribe’s destiny, and a psychedelic visionquest is revealed by a sagacious explorer
A Psychedelic Journey, Interrupted
One writer’s honest account of his psychedelic journey to heal trauma and PTSD—and the difficult lessons learned when the promised healing didn’t arrive.