Marijuana was not widely known in the 1920’s, but for jazz musicians, it was part of their lifestyle. Marijuana sustained their energy in a way alcohol couldn't, and provoked experimental improvisation that captivated audiences...
I began to play music at my new cafe, and I noticed that the local kids here were really interested. We spent weeks hunting around in junk shops and markets for traditional musical instruments. We called our band 'Kome Anak Pahang.' It means; the son’s of the forest. That is a significant name, because so much of what the traditional Malay people need comes from the jungle...
Marilyn Manson...love him? Hate him? Too scared to say?
In 1972, journalist Hunter S. Thompson provided characteristically unique insight into why the Democrats lost the election against Nixon. In 2016, we learned that the DNC didn't learn from their past mistakes.
A desert dystopia holds a special appeal in its distorted truths. A world where ugliness is grotesque, beauty is unadulterated, humanity is tenacious, and hope is life.
Sixty years ago, Aldous Huxley shared a utopic vision that might prove useful in light of present-day predicaments.
After Issue 9 (August 2019) the magazine will no longer be available at newsstands, and Issue 10 will be the last to have new content.
Let's examine 'Renegade: The Life Story of David Icke', a film in which Icke discusses how he was faced with historic levels of ridicule because of his ideas and he explains that we are in an awakening period now where speaking your truth is utterly crucial to where humanity goes from here.
Some dismiss martial arts as a mere celebration of violence, but the craft and the stories surrounding it vividly contain everything that makes art great.
Just who was this blind, six-foot tall composer, musician, instrument inventor who dressed in homemade Viking garb and went under the name of Moondog?
On a normal day, the last thing I'd want to tune into is a stranger going about their daily mundane lives. But right now, when nothing is normal, all I want is for someone to share the same sentiments I've been harboring.
In his latest documentary, 'Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind', Dr. Greer argues that Contact Groups around the world (including his own) have for decades made peaceful contact with EBEs through a series of peaceful protocols he designed. It might be time to suspend your disbelief.
"If the cops saw a busker playing music on the street they would make us go away or even beat us. Busking used to be seen as just a kind of begging. It was a low-class, haram thing to do. If you played music on the street people would assume you were very poor, maybe homeless..."
House music was born of necessity by a counter-culture crowd relegated to the secluded societal corners of underground clubs and venues. But, how did it start and how'd it get so popular?
Cannabis is as influential to the sub-genre as the desert itself. 'Desert rock,' though used interchangeably with 'stoner rock,' is not necessarily the same thing. Desert rock was a localized phenomenon; stoner rock a psychedelic one. The birthplace of the two, however, is the same.
The ASMR community is growing every day...but WTF is it and why should you care?
Bubblegum pop and novelty music both hold special appeal in their approaches to music. What makes the two ripe for resurgence is the very same thing that has kept them alive so far.
Bestselling journalist Michael Pollan heralds the new psychedelic revolution, and the benefits it might bring.
For me, Anthony Bourdain wasn’t a celebrity, but more of an elder statesman of a cosmopolitan tribe made up by my fellow travel and culture journalists. He was much loved because we saw ourselves in him and in his heroism we recognized our own.
One-of-a-kind songwriter, artist, and cult icon Daniel Johnston has died at the age of 58. Let's take a look at his extraordinary life story.
There's a good chance no single account has delivered more laughs than @dril who's always trafficked in the sort of absurdist humor long associated with "Weird Twitter." Now, dril is going to have an (online) TV series with Adult Swim.
The German museum has prepared a two-month-long multimedia program that will feature a "Moon Machine" which will display unheard Moondog pieces and new compositions, as well as visualize sounds and ideas.
'CREEM: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine' will premiere in August 2020 and will include interviews with Alice Cooper, Cameron Crowe, Joan Jett, Michael Stipe, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Kirk Hammett, Thurston Moore, Peter Wolf, and more.
As a proud ‘90s kid, 'Beats' took me back to the glorious days of EDM when attending rave parties and festivals was a rite of passage to adulthood.
