This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite drug related songs. See if you agree with any of these!
In part one I picked, “Novocaine for the Soul”, “Day Tripper”, “The Pusher”, “White Rabbit”, “The Acid Queen”, and “Poppies”. Here I’ll write about another six that I’ve always liked. “Comfortably Numb” is one of Pink Floyd’s most enduring and psychologically resonant songs, written primarily by David Gilmour with lyrics by Roger Waters
The myth began in 1966 with a satirical article in the Berkeley Barb titled “The Great Banana Hoax”.
Banana peel smoking is a strange and memorable episode from the 1960s counterculture, rooted in satire, misinformation, and the youthful pursuit of altered consciousness. The myth began in 1966 with a satirical article in the Berkeley Barb 1titled “The Great Banana Hoax,” which claimed that the fibrous inner lining of banana peels contained a hallucinogenic compound named “bananadine.”
This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite drug songs. See if you agree with any of these!
“Novocaine for the Soul” is a song by the American alternative rock band Eels, written by frontman Mark Oliver Everett (credited as E) and producer Michael Simpson of the Dust Brothers. Released in 1996 as the debut single from Beautiful Freak, it became Eels’ breakthrough hit, reaching No. 10 in the UK and topping
The product reflected and exploited the psychedelic themes and rebellion of the era.
Albert’s Hippy Sippy was a controversial novelty candy released in the late 1960s by the Albert Candy Company, based in Stamford, Connecticut. Emerging at the height of the counterculture movement, the product reflected and exploited the psychedelic themes and rebellion of the era. Hippy Sippy consisted of a small, colorful plastic syringe filled with tiny candy pellets, often multicolored and vaguely resembling pills or drugs.
Several more have passed this summer of 2025.
These individuals have been in Delaney & Bonnie and co-founded Derek & the Dominos; played Dee in What’s Happening!! (1976–1979); was nicknamed “Superlungs”, and turned down lead singer for Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple; and was a pioneering musician in the realm of Contemporary Christian Music.
Many of the MKUltra experiments involved unwitting American citizens, who were often administered LSD without their knowledge or consent.
Project MKUltra was a clandestine program run by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that began in the early 1950s. The project’s roots trace back to the post-World War II era, when the U.S. government became increasingly concerned about the potential use of mind control and brainwashing by the Soviet Union, China, and North Korea.
There is a theory that the Salem witch trials were partially caused by ergot poisoning (St. Anthony’s Fire).
Ergot fungi, belonging to the genus Claviceps, primarily infect cereal grains and grasses. Ergot fungi are believed to have evolved alongside grasses, their primary hosts. The co-evolution with grasses has enabled them to develop sophisticated mechanisms for infection and dispersal.
I hear this song occasionally on the Sirius/XM station Sixties Gold.
As a record collector, I went out and hunted down a lot of my favorites but obviously came nowhere near getting them all. These are some of the favorites that I didn’t own at the time.
At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd.
Consolation for the old wound now forgotten.
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes.
She’s just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings.
N, N–dimethyltryptamine or DMT, a powerful psychedelic drug. Its chemical structure is similar to that of serotonin and melatonin, and it is believed to bind to certain serotonin receptors in the brain.
