|
Learyfan
It's the psychedelic movement!



Registered: 04/20/01
Posts: 34,141
Loc: High pride!
Last seen: 9 hours, 54 minutes
|
Today in counterculture history (05/21) 6
#14488606 - 05/21/11 07:14 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
|
|
- 1964: Vince Taylor supposedly goes crazy after taking LSD
Quote:
One of Britain's earliest rockers, Vince Taylor described by Joe Strummer of The Clash as, "... the beginning of British rock'n'roll. Before him there was nothing. He was a miracle" had his career and life destroyed by a single LSD experience. The result of Taylor's encounter with LSD, and that of others who have suffered long term psychological reactions to the drug, begs the question whether those individuals had a predisposition to mental illness. In Taylor's case there is some evidence for this; his reaction to smoking cannabis on one occasion in 1962, when he believed he was in a giant coffin and couldn't recall doing his show that night, suggests undiagnosed mental problems, while on another occasion he told friends he was an aeroplane. On 22 May 1964 he turned up late for a gig in Paris looking disheveled and clutching a bottle of Mateus wine. In response to his band mate's concerns Taylor said, "You think I'm Vince Taylor don't you? Well I'm not, my name is Mateus, I'm the new Jesus, the son of God." The night before, in London, Taylor had taken his first LSD trip at a party thrown for Bob Dylan (who allegedly thought the quality of the drug that night to be so good he bought £200 of LSD to take back to the US). For the next few years Taylor lived a street existence, taking more LSD and whatever other drugs he could get hold of, preaching he was Jesus Christ and wallowing in paranoid fantasies. In 1966 Taylor met David Bowie in a coffee bar, monopolizing the conversation with stories from the other side of madness. Bowie couldn't "... remember if he said he was an alien or the Son of God, but he might have been a bit of both." Later that night Taylor showed Bowie a map of the world marked with alien bases and treasure locations. Taylor was a rock star who had lost the plot and had nowhere to go but further into his own delusions. Bowie remembered that meeting and later based his Ziggy Stardust persona on Taylor's fractured rock life.
(Albion Dreaming: A popular history of LSD in Britain)
Vince Taylor (14 July 1939 – 28 August 1991), born Brian Maurice Holden, was an English rock and roll singer. As the lead singer of Vince Taylor and His Playboys, sometimes Vince Taylor and The Playboys, he was successful primarily in France and other parts of Continental Europe during the late 1950s and early 1960s, afterwards falling into obscurity amidst personal problems and drug abuse.
Taylor is best known for being a major inspiration for David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust character and for his song, "Brand New Cadillac", which The Clash covered on their album London Calling.
(https://en.wikipedia.org)
- 1970: The Weather Underground declare war
Quote:
Declaration of a State of War, May 1970
In response to the death of Black Panther member Fred Hampton in December, 1969 during a police raid, on May 21, 1970 the Weather Underground issued a "Declaration of War against the United States government, using for the first time its new name, the "Weather Underground Organization" (WUO), adopting fake identities, and pursuing covert activities only. These initially included preparations for a bombing of a U.S. military non-commissioned officers' dance at Fort Dix, New Jersey in what Brian Flanagan said had been intended to be "the most horrific hit the United States government had ever suffered on its territory".
We've known that our job is to lead white kids into armed revolution. We never intended to spend the next five to twenty-five years of our lives in jail. Ever since SDS became revolutionary, we've been trying to show how it is possible to overcome frustration and impotence that comes from trying to reform this system. Kids know the lines are drawn: revolution is touching all of our lives. Tens of thousands have learned that protest and marches don't do it. Revolutionary violence is the only way. —Bernardine Dohrn
Bernardine Dohrn subsequently stated that it was Fred Hampton's death that prompted the Weather Underground to declare war on the US government.
We felt that the murder of Fred required us to be more grave, more serious, more determined to raise the stakes and not just be the white people who wrung their hands when black people were being murdered. —Bernardine Dohrn
In December 1969, the Chicago Police Department, in conjunction with the FBI, conducted a raid on the home of Black Panther Fred Hampton, in which he and Mark Clark were killed, with four of the seven other people in the apartment wounded. The survivors of the raid were all charged with assault and attempted murder. The police claimed they shot in self-defense, although a controversy arose when the Panthers and other activists presented what was alleged to be evidence suggesting that the sleeping Panthers were not resisting arrest. The charges were later dropped, and the families of the dead won a $1.8 million settlement from the government. It was discovered in 1971 that Hampton had been targeted by the FBI's COINTELPRO.
On May 21, 1970, a communiqué from the Weather Underground was issued promising to attack a "symbol or institution of American injustice" within two weeks. The communiqué included taunts towards the FBI, daring them to try and find the group, whose members were spread throughout the United States. Many leftist organizations showed curiosity in the communiqué, and waited to see if the act would in fact occur. However, two weeks would pass without any occurrence. Then on June 9, 1970, their first publicly acknowledged bombing occurred at a New York City police station, saying it was "in outraged response to the assassination of the Soledad Brother George Jackson," who had recently been killed by prison guards in an escape attempt. The FBI placed the Weather Underground organization on the ten most-wanted list by the end of 1970.
(https://en.wikipedia.org)
-------------------- -------------------------------- Mp3 of the month: The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - I Wanna Come Back (From the World of LSD)
Edited by Learyfan (05/16/21 09:32 AM)
|
Caine
lab rat



Registered: 01/25/10
Posts: 3,920
Loc: NE
|
Re: Today in counterculture history (05/21) [Re: Learyfan] 2
#14488609 - 05/21/11 07:16 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
|
|
Fred Hampton's death absolutely sickens me 
It was actually discovered that the only shot the bp's fired was from Mark Clark's shotgun, because he was convulsing after being shot in the heart.
|
Learyfan
It's the psychedelic movement!



Registered: 04/20/01
Posts: 34,141
Loc: High pride!
Last seen: 9 hours, 54 minutes
|
Re: Today in counterculture history (05/21) [Re: Caine] 1
#14488633 - 05/21/11 07:28 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
|
|
The government had to murder him because they recognized that he had what it took to rise to the level of another MLK. That was their worst nightmare.
-------------------- -------------------------------- Mp3 of the month: The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - I Wanna Come Back (From the World of LSD)
Edited by Learyfan (05/21/17 01:12 AM)
|
Learyfan
It's the psychedelic movement!



Registered: 04/20/01
Posts: 34,141
Loc: High pride!
Last seen: 9 hours, 54 minutes
|
Re: Today in counterculture history (05/21) [Re: Caine]
#16261463 - 05/21/12 04:36 AM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
|
|
Annual bump.
-------------------- -------------------------------- Mp3 of the month: The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - I Wanna Come Back (From the World of LSD)
|
Learyfan
It's the psychedelic movement!



Registered: 04/20/01
Posts: 34,141
Loc: High pride!
Last seen: 9 hours, 54 minutes
|
Re: Today in counterculture history (05/21) [Re: Learyfan]
#18296547 - 05/21/13 05:27 AM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
|
|
Annual bump.
-------------------- -------------------------------- Mp3 of the month: The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - I Wanna Come Back (From the World of LSD)
|
Learyfan
It's the psychedelic movement!



Registered: 04/20/01
Posts: 34,141
Loc: High pride!
Last seen: 9 hours, 54 minutes
|
Re: Today in counterculture history (05/21) [Re: Learyfan]
#20018735 - 05/21/14 05:37 AM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
|
|
Annual bump.
-------------------- -------------------------------- Mp3 of the month: The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - I Wanna Come Back (From the World of LSD)
|
Konyap

Registered: 06/30/07
Posts: 33,945
Loc: Planet Piss
Last seen: 4 years, 3 months
|
Re: Today in counterculture history (05/21) [Re: Learyfan]
#20018843 - 05/21/14 06:37 AM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
|
|
they live
|
Learyfan
It's the psychedelic movement!



Registered: 04/20/01
Posts: 34,141
Loc: High pride!
Last seen: 9 hours, 54 minutes
|
Re: Today in counterculture history (05/21) [Re: Konyap] 1
#21705269 - 05/21/15 05:35 AM (8 years, 9 months ago) |
|
|
45th anniversary today.
-------------------- -------------------------------- Mp3 of the month: The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - I Wanna Come Back (From the World of LSD)
|
Learyfan
It's the psychedelic movement!



Registered: 04/20/01
Posts: 34,141
Loc: High pride!
Last seen: 9 hours, 54 minutes
|
Re: Today in counterculture history (05/21) [Re: Learyfan]
#23253218 - 05/21/16 09:53 AM (7 years, 9 months ago) |
|
|
Annual bump.
-------------------- -------------------------------- Mp3 of the month: The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - I Wanna Come Back (From the World of LSD)
|
Learyfan
It's the psychedelic movement!



Registered: 04/20/01
Posts: 34,141
Loc: High pride!
Last seen: 9 hours, 54 minutes
|
Re: Today in counterculture history (05/21) [Re: Learyfan]
#24337098 - 05/21/17 01:16 AM (6 years, 9 months ago) |
|
|
Annual bump.
-------------------- -------------------------------- Mp3 of the month: The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - I Wanna Come Back (From the World of LSD)
|
Learyfan
It's the psychedelic movement!



Registered: 04/20/01
Posts: 34,141
Loc: High pride!
Last seen: 9 hours, 54 minutes
|
Re: Today in counterculture history (05/21) [Re: Learyfan]
#25218032 - 05/21/18 05:41 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
|
|
Annual bump.
-------------------- -------------------------------- Mp3 of the month: The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - I Wanna Come Back (From the World of LSD)
|
Learyfan
It's the psychedelic movement!



Registered: 04/20/01
Posts: 34,141
Loc: High pride!
Last seen: 9 hours, 54 minutes
|
Re: Today in counterculture history (05/21) [Re: Learyfan]
#26004931 - 05/21/19 06:31 AM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
|
|
Annual bump.
-------------------- -------------------------------- Mp3 of the month: The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - I Wanna Come Back (From the World of LSD)
|
Learyfan
It's the psychedelic movement!



Registered: 04/20/01
Posts: 34,141
Loc: High pride!
Last seen: 9 hours, 54 minutes
|
Re: Today in counterculture history (05/21) [Re: Learyfan]
#26685045 - 05/21/20 07:38 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
|
|
Annual bump.
-------------------- -------------------------------- Mp3 of the month: The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - I Wanna Come Back (From the World of LSD)
|
Learyfan
It's the psychedelic movement!



Registered: 04/20/01
Posts: 34,141
Loc: High pride!
Last seen: 9 hours, 54 minutes
|
Re: Today in counterculture history (05/21) [Re: Learyfan]
#27317103 - 05/21/21 04:09 AM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
|
|
Annual bump.
-------------------- -------------------------------- Mp3 of the month: The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - I Wanna Come Back (From the World of LSD)
|
QM33
(NOT A PUPPET!) ❤❤❤❤❤



Registered: 04/09/20
Posts: 4,739
Loc: Oregon
|
Re: Today in counterculture history (05/21) [Re: Learyfan] 1
#27317162 - 05/21/21 06:43 AM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
|
|
-------------------- OmManiPadmeHum,OmManiPadmeHum, OmManiPadMeHum... There are known knowns, there are known unknowns, there are also unknown unknowns. With great privilege comes great responsibility.
  Quantom Qups PROOF AND Soft Drops Turn your Swab to a Syringe and Syringe to Multiple Syringes! No Pours (QuantomStyal)Magic Fruit Leather DMT for IandI
|
Learyfan
It's the psychedelic movement!



Registered: 04/20/01
Posts: 34,141
Loc: High pride!
Last seen: 9 hours, 54 minutes
|
Re: Today in counterculture history (05/21) [Re: QM33]
#27786740 - 05/21/22 10:40 AM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
|
|
Nice!
-------------------- -------------------------------- Mp3 of the month: The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - I Wanna Come Back (From the World of LSD)
|
Learyfan
It's the psychedelic movement!



Registered: 04/20/01
Posts: 34,141
Loc: High pride!
Last seen: 9 hours, 54 minutes
|
Re: Today in counterculture history (05/21) [Re: Learyfan] 1
#28328556 - 05/21/23 09:30 AM (9 months, 6 days ago) |
|
|
Annual bump.
-------------------- -------------------------------- Mp3 of the month: The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - I Wanna Come Back (From the World of LSD)
|
|