My friend and I sat listening to Steve Hillage with a whole head full of LSD. Our host came into the room and said (add appropriate repeating echo effect to her voice) "Why are you two sitting here in silence?" Apparently the album had ended 30 minutes before. It hadn't ended as far as we could tell, we were jammin'.
That reminds me of the time back in the '60s when I stared at the cover art of a Butterfield Blues Band album for 2 hours while tripping on acid. It was in 3D MAN! Not really.
Back to weed.
Anybody out there doing any of the concentrates? Wax, dabs, etc.......
Most of the time I vaporize all day long for medicinal purposes, yes I live in a medicinal state and do carry a prescription. Since I vaporize all day I really don't get that "high" from it, more of a just a euphoria. BUT when I do want to get really stoned I medicate with the concentrates. For people with no tolerance this stuff would probably send them into an entry level trip.
Anybody out there doing any of the concentrates? Wax, dabs, etc.......
Most of the time I vaporize all day long for medicinal purposes, yes I live in a medicinal state and do carry a prescription. Since I vaporize all day I really don't get that "high" from it, more of a just a euphoria. BUT when I do want to get really stoned I medicate with the concentrates. For people with no tolerance this stuff would probably send them into an entry level trip.
Back to the effect on music.
From a technical standpoint, it seems to have a lot to do with the perception of time. And music is time and pitch. There is a lot of good info on what THC and the other active ingredients of cannabis (there are about 72) do to the brain. Most who have tried it, understand the time dilation effect. I live in Hawaii were there are plenty of stoners driving reeeal slow, thinking they are zipping down the road. 😉
Listen to Reggae. Notice the heavy reverb and echo? It's there for a reason - 'cause it sounds so cool when you're baked. Other music can be altered or enhanced, but I don't know another genre so well tailored to pot. How about classical counterpoint? How does that fair under the influence? Better or worse?
A couple of years back I decided to listen to Gustav Holst - The Planets on my big Altec VOTT A5 system. Got baked, started the track - loud. Wow! I was zooming out among the planets and stars. Waves of music washing over me, zooming around. But it got toooo intense. Freaked out and had to shut it off. Felt like I would drown in sound. Dosage is key, I suppose.
From a technical standpoint, it seems to have a lot to do with the perception of time. And music is time and pitch. There is a lot of good info on what THC and the other active ingredients of cannabis (there are about 72) do to the brain. Most who have tried it, understand the time dilation effect. I live in Hawaii were there are plenty of stoners driving reeeal slow, thinking they are zipping down the road. 😉
Listen to Reggae. Notice the heavy reverb and echo? It's there for a reason - 'cause it sounds so cool when you're baked. Other music can be altered or enhanced, but I don't know another genre so well tailored to pot. How about classical counterpoint? How does that fair under the influence? Better or worse?
A couple of years back I decided to listen to Gustav Holst - The Planets on my big Altec VOTT A5 system. Got baked, started the track - loud. Wow! I was zooming out among the planets and stars. Waves of music washing over me, zooming around. But it got toooo intense. Freaked out and had to shut it off. Felt like I would drown in sound. Dosage is key, I suppose.
If you smoke one after another there comes the point when reggae/dub is the ONLY music one can listen to. ;-)
For me metal never goes with weed. It does go with beer and speed though.
I'm a lightweight these days. I vapourize after work most days (not all) - just enough to chillax. It makes me a better dad without being a total stoner. No red eyes, no smell, no dumb look on my face.
If the kids are at grandpa and grandma's house, I might make myself and the wife a little snack and watch a funny movie.
If I smoke the stuff full strength in a joint, I get pretty anxious and uncomfortable for the first 30 minutes or so, then I ease into it alright. The potency these days is unwarranted in my opinion.
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I agree about Reggae, but I would say old school Skinhead/Ska is just as good and often times even better. Either way, it all has that same "something" that just puts a huge smile on my face and get's my bones moving. 😛
Don Drummond, Tommy McCook, Toots and The Maytals, etc. etc.
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{Everything written is strictly for entertainment purposes only. Not to be taken seriously}
I wish it was
Molly, and her friends have always been some bitches. On some other areas I can last longer than an elephant (I'd bet I could anyways) but she and other girls did not want to kick it, nor did I
First time, she was "too good" Second time, same story. Third, I'm saying way too much but got a dgaf vibe today, only messed with her half as long. Results... still a bish.
So many parties were in celebration of her and she loved the raves. Stupid glow sticks. I couldn't process a thought like "I need to go get gas before work tomorrow" it was just ...... yeah. And the additional things the females would offer on these occasions were, gotta shut it.
Jim, hard to get people to change on certain things. Especially the old timers like the rents. After you give the tunes a fair shake you won't change the channel and you'll say your listening to something else, but whatever you got to do.
Nice to hear you enjoy them, and that your gear is running smooth.
Northern California gives an immense amount of high resolution recordings. The additional/different perspective it brings along with the haha, wth was I worrying about that for, f em, is needed by the majority at certain times in my opinion
Right, right, keep down the noise at the back.
It was John Lennon of course. All Paul McCartney had to say on the subject was:-
'Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes,
A four of fish and finger pies.'
It was John Lennon of course. All Paul McCartney had to say on the subject was:-
'Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes,
A four of fish and finger pies.'
The one time I dropped acid (I was 14 or 15), a couple of like-minded buddies & I crashed a girls' basement slumber party! Every hetero teenage boy's dream, right? But we did the same thing, just sitting there like 3 zombies on the old sofa.
Sheesh.The girls quickly figured out we were pretty much useless, so they just ignored us and returned to their normal slumber party activities, which included pizza, soda, and music! For some reason the only 2 records they played, over and over, were "Fragile" by Yes, and Traffic's "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys." Normally these were 2 of my favorite records, but the sound was so messed up and distorted that night that I couldn't listen to either of them for years afterward.
Later, two of us found our way home, and got caught by our parents while we were still tripping!! I don't know who was more terrified, them or us; I felt pretty bad about what I put my mom through that night. It definitely put the kibosh on any future trip plans for me. But I'm still glad I experienced it at least once. Nothing else in my life has ever taken my whole concept of how reality is supposed to work and just chucked it right the hell out the window like that. It was truly fascinating. Except for the music - that part was disappointing.
-- Jim
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Anyone interested in an objective overview of the history of LSD, I would highly recommend watching "Hofmann's Potion". It is a Film Board of Canada documentary that is very objective and thorough, IMO. So cool that the Canadian Government funded it. This would never happen in Canada today. So sad.
Note: If you are a fan of Tim Leary, this might raise your eyebrows a bit. Also, some cool footage of an interview with Huxley.
Note: If you are a fan of Tim Leary, this might raise your eyebrows a bit. Also, some cool footage of an interview with Huxley.
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This is essential, and is something I discovered before taking my first journey. I had already lost two high school friends to "stupid LSD tricks"
One was DUMM enough to take acid and go scuba diving ALONE! DUMM, and he paid the ultimate price just because he was too Fu%#&@ up to know what was going on when his air tank ran out.
The other decided to climb one of the local survey towers (like forest fire lookout tower) while on acid. He was sure he could jump down. It's about 100 feet.
I had smoked a fattie or two at the top of that tower with a few friends several times, we had even taken our guitars up there a couple of times.....after our friend was killed, we never went back.
Some of the same friends and I were invited to spend 4 days in a state park in the Florida Keys. One of the guys had a brother who was the park ranger. He was older and as Jimi said, "experienced" with trips into the zone. We brought our guitars and each brought a stack of records. We spent the first couple of days doing typical tourist stuff by day, swimming, diving, hiking....and listened to music and played guitar at night. It is essential to be comfortable, and familiar with your surroundings.
On the night of the journey, the ranger put away all things that could be dangerous (guns, knives, even the fishing gear), locked up all the dive gear, and boat access, even the bicycles, and confiscated all car keys. He had selected the evenings music, and comedy records, much of it was something I had never heard. Only my two Jethro Tull records made the cut. A gallon of electric OJ was made, but each of us newbies only got a small paper cup full at first.
As the journey progressed In Search of the Lost Chord, and On the Threshold of a Dream were permanently impressed in my brain. I can still remember all of the words after 45 years. I never liked Cheech and Chong, stoned or otherwise, I though their comedy was stupid, but Firesign Theater was also impressed, but I can't remember all of it, since I only heard it a few times.
I have been to 21 Moody Blues concerts since then in various frames of mind.....I was just drawn there. Ditto, Pink Floyd, Yes, and ELP. Whenever they came to south Florida, I had to go.
My tripping into the zone was a period in my life that lasted from age 17 to age 21 or so, and I just lost interest after that. However most of the music from those journeys has remained with me to this day. Early Genesis, King Crimson (I wore out 3 "Court" LP's), Strawbs, Floyd, Yes, Rick Wakeman (I even had the blue cape and long blonde hair thing going when I played my synths), Traffic (Low Spark or Shootout were in my cars 8 track player for about a year), McDonald and Giles, Caravan..........
I don't think drugs, legal or otherwise, can MAKE a person SMARTER. I have fought a demon that we now know as ADHD for as long as I can remember. I was removed from public school in the 5th and 6th grade for being a trouble maker. I couldn't concentrate on ANY of that drivel for more than 5 minutes, yet I built a working TRANSISTOR radio, from a kit in 1961 (age 9). I could read an article in an electronics magazine (3 or 4 pages) about something complex like a ham radio transceiver and fully understand it enough to explain it to a 30 year old general class ham who didn't understand it, but could not finish anything longer.....and still can't. Even something interesting gets abandoned. I made it about halfway through A Brief History Of Time, and finally finished my first complete small book about 2 years ago. It was a music theory book.
I discovered weed in high school at age 16. It was the first time that I could concentrate on something, anything, for more than 5 minutes. That can allow YOU to make YOURSELF smarter, and I did. It also gave me some insight into how to control the ADHD without drugs, although I still have some worthless periods that last from a few hours to a week or two.
This led to my ability to finish big projects, like my 2 year long digital music synthesizer project with over 300 IC chips.....That journey began when I first heard Lucky Man on the radio, and got kickstarted when I went to the ELP concert. It was held at a run down amusement park called Pirates World. Everyone knew that if you wanted to "burn one" in the park, you go for a ride in the cable car. As luck would have it, we had just "sparked one up" as the car passed over the front of the stage, and malfunctioned, stopping there for 2 or 3 songs! Keith was attacking the B3 with a pair of daggers and tickling its innards.....duh, did I find a connection between my brain and ELP's music, and could the "enhancement" provided by the weed have helped????
Weed and serious listening go together. I don't think it matters much if you aren't really LISTENING. The type of music doesn't matter as long as you like it, and get into it. Your tastes will be different than mine. As with anything, my tastes changed with time, but some things remain constant. ELP, the Moody Blues, Traffic, Yes, Pink Floyd, and most "symphonic rock" music has remained in constant rotation since the 70's, Other music came and went as my tastes, or the band's changed. Reggae has never done anything for me despite growing up about 150 miles from Jamaica.
Metal, well I have sparked one up at a Metallica concert (Lollapalooza 96) and gone to see them without any weed (the Load tour) which was one of the best "produced" concerts I have seen. They convinced most of the audience that a roadie had died on stage. The callers to the local radio station describing the "death" sounded pretty toasted though, maybe drugs enhanced their perceived reality?????
It became a ritual for someone in my circle of friends to have a "party" nearly every Sunday afternoon. It was usually held at someone's house (sometimes at the beach) who had a good stereo and understanding, or invited neighbors. The Dolphins NFL game would be turned on without sound, and the stereo cranked out the toons. There was plenty of weed and other party favors ( I avoided the nose candy, but went for the 714's). After the game was over we broke out the guitars and other musical weapons, and maybe a Frisbee or two.
This went on for maybe 6 or 8 years. The parties got bigger and crazier, and as expected, eventually getting out of hand, resulting in a death....oddly enough it was the lifeguard that was PAID to keep the drunks and druggies from drowning in the pool. He was too toasted to realize that he dove head first into 3 feet of water. Broke his neck. Game over.
wOW!! I happened to be reviewing this thread while logged in (pics enabled), and those behemoths almost jumped off the screen!
For the record (sorry, heh), I had: Dual 1229/Shure M105HE into Heathkit AA-29 (modded for pre outs) into Crown DC-300 into Double Advents! Yee Haw!! 😎
-- Jim
I think one of my problems is the continual increase in the strength (THC concentration) of the pot.
When I started smoking we got "Mexican Dirt Weed" for $10 an ounce.
BY the mid 70s it was "Panama Red" and other exotics.
By 1980 the pot was strong enough that one toke got you blitz'd.
That is not where I want to be.
When I started smoking we got "Mexican Dirt Weed" for $10 an ounce.
BY the mid 70s it was "Panama Red" and other exotics.
By 1980 the pot was strong enough that one toke got you blitz'd.
That is not where I want to be.
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The 70s will do that to ya. 🙂 The early 70s, that is. Everything was going along just fine until The Scourge of Disco was visited upon the earth.
I try to keep an open mind about music, I really do. But I will never forgive Disco.
The Horror.
The Horror.
<ahem> Sorry. Where were we?
What I've heard of Dream Theater hasn't really stuck with me for some reason, but I do love ELP, so this sounds interesting.
Lessee here... In keeping with the topic of music to get high with, I like Laurie Anderson quite a lot. Her songwriting is a bit hit-or-miss, but when she gets a good idea the results can be amazing. My fave of hers is Mister Heartbreak, but Strange Angels also has some big, gorgeous, lush sounds, and a sense of humor too. There's also Polytown, by David Torn, Mick Karn, & Terry Bozzio, which just defies description I'm afraid. Maybe not for everyone, but I like it. I'm also a huge Todd Rundgren fan, so any of his earlier more experimental stuff (especially the double Todd album) can put a smile on my face, illegal or otherwise. 🙂
-- Jim
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