Psychedelic
Tinkerbell’s Mind
Bob Crewe had a master plan for the group, 'the Glitterhouse', who had been on his payroll for almost a year at the time that their first recordings came out. Crewe envisioned a one-two punch! Hit them with the 'Barbarella soundtrack album and then two months later, the Glitterhouse album, 'Color Blind'! Superstardom was surely around the corner at last for the now warehoused Glitterhouse. Big hits and big concerts? Barbarella' the single, did not happen for the Glitterhouse. The soundtrack album had some success but didn't seem to translate into any recognition for the band. The presence of the Glitterhouse was downplayed on the record and it seemed mostly a showcase for Bob Crewe and Charles Fox. The release of 'Color Blind - First Edition' was quick & quiet. A single from the album, 'Tinkerbell's Mind' made the top 50 in NYC, but died elsewhere. Any publicity was small indeed, and the band was never put out on the road or to play live. About four weeks after the release of 'Color Blind', when it was clear that the single had bombed, the Glitterhouse were taken off their meager salary, given no gigs and told to make do. Crewe had the band do some new demo's but there was also tension in the band. So, the Glitterhouse, attacked from without and within soon broke up and were readily released from their record label. One can only theorize about why the Glitterhouse were treated so shoddily by Crewe and his label. The Glitterhouse were a great live band that was never given an opportunity to play live. Crewe's company also managed them. Perhaps the label couldn't deal with a white sounding pop band fronted by a Black man. Who knows?
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 03, 2021 -
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Category: Forgotten Figures and Where Are They Now?, Music, Psychedelic, 1960s
Giant Crab, “E.S.P.”
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 22, 2021 -
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Category: Music, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Psychedelic, 1960s
Killer Tomatoes
My partner grafts tomatoes for our garden. Must caution against this!Source: The Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tennessee) 31 Oct 1963, Thu Page 14
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 16, 2021 -
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Category: Family, Food, Psychedelic, 1960s, Goofs and Screw-ups
Pythagoron
Released in 1977, the album Pythagoron consisted of electronic sounds that supposedly stimulated certain brain waves, thereby allowing the listener to get high, without the use of drugs. The Hum blog offers more details:The album is intended to get the listener high – the aural mirror to Brion Gysin’s Dream Machines, and the step beyond La Monte Young. Capitalizing on the the tonal precision allowed by synthesizers – it attempts to harness the resonant interaction of sound and brainwave patterns to induce states of euphoria – the precursor of more recent efforts in binaural beats and neural oscillation.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jun 11, 2021 -
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Category: Drugs, Psychedelic, Music, 1970s
Odyssey: Into the Mind’s Eye
1990s production of psychedelic trip with soundtrack.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 19, 2021 -
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Category: Drugs, Psychedelic, Music, Special Effects, 1990s
The Psychedelic Experience
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 22, 2021 -
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Category: Drugs, Psychedelic, PSA’s, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, 1960s
Sun Ra Arkestra - Seductive Fantasy (A Chad Van Gaalen animation)
Weird music plus weird animation: two great weirds that go great together!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 20, 2020 -
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Category: Music, Avant Garde, Surrealism, Cartoons, Psychedelic, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
LSD: The Vinyl Album Version
Discogs entry here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 08, 2020 -
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Category: Drugs, Psychedelic, PSA’s, 1960s
Deeply Artificial Trees
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 05, 2019 -
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Category: Aliens, Art, Surrealism, Body Modifications, Psychedelic
Michael in Wonderland
Michael Jackson takes a Magical Mystery Tour.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 04, 2019 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Music, Surrealism, Cartoons, Psychedelic, 1970s
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