Best LSD I had was Windowpane, Orange Barrel and Purple Microdot were pretty good too.
There was some really bad **** cut with strychnine as well.
There was some really bad **** cut with strychnine as well.
That girl really does it well !!
I'm glad to see some of those old classic synth's still around. I have the
emulated one (below) to play in case I run into some weed 😀 .
I actually want to build the real oscillators /filters/ envelope generators.
and a classic 1V/octave analog keyboard.
Lots of VCO/VCF/VCA projects out there. Even the classic moog filters
and oscillators are public domain now ! 😎🙂
I like ELP/Yes/kansas/Styx for classic rock synth material !!
OS
Attachments
I have that one too, and the rest of the Arturia V collection. They have a Mini Moog that lives in an iPad. Add a small MIDI keyboard and you have a realistic sounding Mini Moog with one big difference....it's POLY.
It's on my to do list too. Way back in 1970 I started building a digital music synth, then started adding an analog rack. The new job at Motorola in 1973 kept me too busy to work on it, and the money to buy used Odyssey, so the analog synth never got built. Now 40+ years later I have started again. This time it will be SMD. Too many of the parts just aren't available in through hole any more.
Here are some viable modules ,
The link - fonitronik modular synth diy
- even the 2n4392 jfet is available (mouser has
2k+) , so all the VCO/VCF's are doable - lots of common tl072's.
Vca's and envelopes could be modernized with mosfet switches , any common
audio bus could also be switched electronically.
These modules have quite the following , very stable with temp. - good stuff.
PS - sources like this will enhance your buzz AND it really pushes my amp designs/speakers.
200W sawtooth waves like to kill audio equipment !!
OS
Last edited:
I thought I posted earlier from my phone, but it seems to not be here. Here it is again. Ordered Polytown. Amazon, gotta love 'em. Laurie Anderson is desert island, "Mister Heartbreak" and "Strange Angels" are great, but it is "Big Science" that I'd miss the most. Music for your brain more than your ears. Being from Kansas, it's always been cool to have the band Kansas be ranked right up with prog's best. "Magnum Opus" and "Mysteries out of Nowhere", saw them 6 months ago on their farewell tour. Saw Yes a year ago or so. Have seen every Tull tour since Passion Play. Saw ELP do Brain Salad Surgery, (and the Works tour with and without orchestra.) Saw every Genesis tour since Trick of the Tail, and for all you Phil Collins bashers, Trick of the Tail is one freaking great album. One of the very best albums ever. Ever. Yup, toasty during most if not all of the 70's and 80's concerts. I spaced the Frank Zappa concert, my brother called the next day asking where I was...wasn't the smoke, that's just my brain...
Wish I had some weed / psychedelics for my Alan Parsons FLAC collection
while playing on my "spooky" amp !
Even straight , the hidden "ghost sounds" on Alan's super quiet mastering
of these albums would almost make you "paranoid". 😱
The noise floor on some of the newer Parson's is around -100db.
Perfect for testing.
Makes you wonder if the material is engineered with the altered state
"in mind" !
OS
while playing on my "spooky" amp !
Even straight , the hidden "ghost sounds" on Alan's super quiet mastering
of these albums would almost make you "paranoid". 😱
The noise floor on some of the newer Parson's is around -100db.
Perfect for testing.
Makes you wonder if the material is engineered with the altered state
"in mind" !
OS
The thing with mushrooms is that they have in them (and taste like) whatever medium it is they are growing in. If growing from a cow pie, then enjoy that cow pie.....and all the chemicals and hormones as well. I shared an experience whilst in college of growing them. We used brown rice flour added to the vermiculite as a natural food source. Actually quite easy, took about 6 weeks.😎 There are quite a few different psilocybin types and some are more potent than others. It is not something that you want to ingest on a regular basis. You can loose touch with reality, and unfortunately reality always has a way of reintroducing itself to you when your not expecting it.
I do think it is important that people have a hallucinogenic experience but under a controlled secure scenario. The spiritual nature of the experience is important and the inner reflection helps you see things about yourself and your life that you would not normally realize.As for drug testing, psilocybin metabolizes into psilobin (the actual hallucinogen), which then break down into normal undetectable compounds. Unless you are tripping and it is noticeable (and it would be😛) I don't think you can fail a DT for shrooms.
Last edited:
MJ is not the evil that it's been sold as, but it does have a destructive influence when used to excess (a threshold that's different for various users). Some high-performing people I've known use(d) it regularly. Alcohol is much more dangerous.
Philosophically, live and let live. Practically, there's no reason to smoke it, with other delivery methods available absent the carcinogens. Personally, I live just fine without but do appreciate the pleasant effect it brings particularly to music- I'm not a total prude, just believe that my memory is bad enough already, and also that I'd be the guy to get "randomly" tested at a job.
Philosophically, live and let live. Practically, there's no reason to smoke it, with other delivery methods available absent the carcinogens. Personally, I live just fine without but do appreciate the pleasant effect it brings particularly to music- I'm not a total prude, just believe that my memory is bad enough already, and also that I'd be the guy to get "randomly" tested at a job.
NONE of this is "evil" !
What is a drug ? Why is is different than a "medicine"?
The same substance , when in control of the "powers that be", is a legally
prescribed medicine.
As soon as it leaves "control" it becomes a "drug".
MJ is a medicine in some US states and a scourge "drug" in others.
It can be easily grown - so not easy to "control".
So , right and wrong is quite blurred here. One thing a few LSD experiences
does is break the faith in what's commonly taught. The lies become
quite apparent and the truths become fewer and harder to find.
Many fall victim to this hypocrisy and become incarcerated. I know
many in NY that were fined for MJ - became productive , successful.
Here in TN , the same offences create a long unproductive loop
in and out of the criminal justice system. 😡
OS
What is a drug ? Why is is different than a "medicine"?
The same substance , when in control of the "powers that be", is a legally
prescribed medicine.
As soon as it leaves "control" it becomes a "drug".
MJ is a medicine in some US states and a scourge "drug" in others.
It can be easily grown - so not easy to "control".
So , right and wrong is quite blurred here. One thing a few LSD experiences
does is break the faith in what's commonly taught. The lies become
quite apparent and the truths become fewer and harder to find.
Many fall victim to this hypocrisy and become incarcerated. I know
many in NY that were fined for MJ - became productive , successful.
Here in TN , the same offences create a long unproductive loop
in and out of the criminal justice system. 😡
OS
I still remember hearing their debut album for the first time, particularly "Journey From Mariabronn." You're right, they did us proud in the midst of the British prog invasion.
One of my big regrets is not getting to more big shows when I was a kid. Didn't get to see ELP until '93 (the Black Moon tour). They were still pretty damn great, but at that point Keith & his grand piano were no longer doing somersaults onstage! As to topic: I was cold sober for that show, but still very excited of course. Sat next to a dear old friend who was well and properly baked. I can still see the poor guy shrinking in his seat as I yelled in his face, things like "I can't believe they're doing "Pirates," man!! This is so cool!!" I'm such an idiot sometimes. (I did apologize a few days later, but he didn't even remember, hee!)
For the record, my Phil remark earlier was directed specifically at that YouTube link posted back there. I absolutely love Trick of the Tail and pretty much everything that came before it (and some after). I can't speak for the Collins=Hitler guy, though. 🙂
-- Jim
Last edited:
It was funny! I laughed!
The guy definitely took a sharp turn back there somewhere...
[raises hand] Pop quiz? Does anyone remember how many hits were in a single Orange Barrel? Were they meant to be sliced up, or did 1 Barrel = 1 hit?
I think I smoked some weed like that once. Spent a whole Wishbone Ash concert with the worst skull-splitting headache I've ever experienced, before or since.
-- Jim (waiting for the "Are you sure is was the weed?" snarks, har har)
Sorry, heh...
Yes.
There was a palpable cultural shift there during the mid-70s that cast a pall of bleakness over the latter half of the decade that wasn't there before. The attitudes, the clothes, the drugs, and God knows the music, all of it changed, and not for the better. Disco and coke, man. < shudder >
-- Jim
Nope. That's the main reason I stopped mixing live sound in clubs - I just got sick & tired of dealing with drunken slobs, night after night. (And of course the mixing desk is also the Complaint Desk, usually conveniently located within easy staggering distance.) And I didn't even mind the random d-bags so much. The worst of it was watching what it did to some of my friends, people that I knew weren't normally like that. Alcohol is insidious.
-- Jim (loved your book, by the way - hope that's not a TOS violation 🙂)
To me, the sad thing about disco is that it is what the general public remembers about the era. I hear people dis music from those years, and am saddened realizing they know very little about what to me was the greatest musical era ever. I knew lots of people that were passionate, we couldn't wait for the next release, always with a sense of dread, is it going to suck? Compared to "Saturday Night Fever", no, compared to "Dark Side of the Moon" or "Days of Futures Past"...
Its how I met my wife. I asked this girl what music she listened to, and Gentle Giant was mentioned...I only knew two people that listened to Gentle Giant, and I was one of them. She opened another avenue in. Her group of friends (which became another complete circle of friends for me), came with a whole different spin...but stoners all.
Its how I met my wife. I asked this girl what music she listened to, and Gentle Giant was mentioned...I only knew two people that listened to Gentle Giant, and I was one of them. She opened another avenue in. Her group of friends (which became another complete circle of friends for me), came with a whole different spin...but stoners all.
I only see the perfect pose, the one that tells you "I'm the coolest cat on earth".....but you're not listening or you just don't want to listen.
I watched part of Saturday Night Fever a few weeks back. I had things to do so I shut the TV off part way through.
I remember thinking I didn't miss much by avoiding Disco. The few friends that I knew who went to it, were just going looking for pick-ups.
I remember thinking I didn't miss much by avoiding Disco. The few friends that I knew who went to it, were just going looking for pick-ups.
I guess I didn't know Disco was Disco. It was all pop music to me. I enjoyed it in the clubs, it was truly a great time to go clubbing. We had so much fun with the goofy clothes and all the dancing. I do remember waiting until late (about 4AM) when they would play what is now called New Wave. That was even more fun.
The first time I saw a "Disco Sucks" tee-shirt I thought "Oh, a Classical Music fan." What did I know? It was all rock-n-roll to me. 😉
The first time I saw a "Disco Sucks" tee-shirt I thought "Oh, a Classical Music fan." What did I know? It was all rock-n-roll to me. 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFvOO6DSoQw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imYJpr09IgQ
(call me a 2-faced rat)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imYJpr09IgQ
(call me a 2-faced rat)
- Status
- Not open for further replies.