Episode 522: Are You Experienced?

Show Notes Episode 522: Are You Experienced? This week host Dave Bledsoe thought he had a psychedelic experience when he started seeing strange shapes and colors only to discover he had passed out in the ball pit of a Chuck E Cheese. (Again.) On the show this week we take a look at the influence of LSD and other hallucinogens on pop culture in the 1960s. Along the way we discover that even at a Dead Show, no one wants him around.  Then we dive right into the history of illicit substances in music. (You think those Gregorian Chant monks weren’t high?) Then we meet a band of Merry Pranksters (Their pranks were mostly just dropping acid) and their house band, the Warlocks. (You know them better by the Grateful Dead) More importantly, we meet their sound guy Owsley Stanley.  (His friends, and customers, called him Bear.) We wrap up with a look at art, literature and fashion inspired by LSD and finally explain that all the shit you see tripping is on YOU! Our Sponsor this week is Teddy’s Tie Dye, because one color is boring.  We open the show with a radio commercial for a Dead Show and close with BrennanKill who has a question for you. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/UH4aH1nlkgU?si=i8aQ5vp2EufKk3VL Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Music and Recreational Drugs https://www.o-em.org/index.php/fieldwork/61-music-and-recreational-drugs?showall=1&limitstart= Trippy Tales in Classical Music https://www.kusc.org/articles/trippy-tales-in-classical-music From the Piano of an Opium Eater https://interlude.hk/piano-opium-eater/ The Trippy Life of the LSD Manufacturer Who ‘Helped Create the 60s’ https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-trippy-life-of-the-lsd-manufacturer-who-helped-create-the-60s/ How an LSD-Spiked Coffee Gave Birth To The Beatles' Revolver https://www.therevolverclub.com/blogs/the-revolver-club/how-an-lsd-spiked-birthed-the-beatles-revolver?srsltid=AfmBOorVPQmDn6a_0ZHie8rvALot5T6xx47Q7Tn7W7XySbPNETZH_Ohr Wikipedia: Owsely Stanley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owsley_Stanley#Involvement_with_the_Grateful_Dead Psychedelic rock https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/music/psychedelic-rock Why is the American right suddenly so interested in psychedelic drugs? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/18/psychedelic-drugs-us-republican-thiel-mercer-foundation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices