1960s
Taking Acid for the First Time? Read This Vintage Guide
Pro tips from a no-nonsense 1967 manual on what to expect when the stuff kicks in.
Meet the Free-Loving Folks Behind Hippiedom In This Out-of-Sight Exhibit
Framed around the Summer of Love, this multimedia exhibit makes hippiedom relevant again.
THUMP Mix: Toro Y Moi & The Mattson 2
Chaz Bundick and the West Coast jazz duo serve up 34 minutes of psych-rock, French pop, and 70s soul.
[NSFW] A New Erotic Art Book Tells the Tale of a Nude Female Desert Cult
Amy Hood's erotic art book tells the story of a violent kidnapping in the Hollywood Hills.
The Oral History of the First Two Times the Beatles Took Acid
A few months after George John were unexpectedly dosed with LSD, the whole band decided to try psychedelics properly. So they holed up in Zsa Zsa Gabor's house with Peter Fonda and David Crosby to get properly fucked.
The Photographer Who Inspired "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"
A repress of Tom Wolfe's seminal book features rare manuscripts, photos, and more. We talked to Lawrence Schiller, whose photographs of the counterculture movement inspired Wolfe, about how the new text offers the "full picture of set and setting."
Rare Photos of Black Activism from the 60s
'North of Dixie: Civil Rights Photography Beyond the South' spotlights moments in the fight against discrimination, focusing on areas of the country where the struggle for civil rights has been ignored by the history books.
The Trippy Life of the LSD Manufacturer Who ‘Helped Create the 60s’
Augustus Owsley Stanley III was the LSD chemist and audio maestro who not only created the Grateful Dead's "Wall of Sound" and inspired the band's dancing bear iconography, but also created the drugs that sparked the "spirit of that era."
Andy Warhol in the Gaze of a 60s French Photographer
Full of bad haircuts, perfectly posed group shots, and unsentimental romanticism.
LSD Candy and Explosive Love Beads: Revelations from the US Government's Private Drug Newsletter
It was 1968, and the feds were really starting to freak out about drug use in America.
Jared Leto Is Going to Play Andy Warhol in a New Biopic
The actor plans to play the lauded pop artist in the upcoming film 'Warhol,' which he's also helping to produce.
Woody Allen's New Show Trailer Is Full of 1960s Clichés and Woody Allen Clichés
Can Allen take this bundle of clichés and turn his first TV show into something fresh and engaging?