LETTER: Look at a list of what Palin doesn't have Aug 18, 2009
- The Weathermen: "With a charismatic and articulate leadership whose revolutionary positions were characterized by anti-imperialist, feminist, and Black liberationist rhetoric, the group conducted a campaign of bombings through the mid-1970s, including aiding the jailbreak and escape of Timothy Leary. The "Days of Rage," their first public demonstration on October 8, 1969, was a riot in Chicago timed to coincide with the trial of the Chicago Seven. In 1970 the group issued a "Declaration of a... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Medical marijuana dispensaries thrive in Colo. Jul 28, 2009
Leigh's waiting room could be found in a dentist's office, save for coffee-table reading material that includes a copy of High Times and a Timothy Leary book. Spice jars feature samples of marijuana available for sale. (MSNBC -- Health)
One bad month can destroy an entire year Jul 23, 2009
Washington State: The late Timothy Leary, a "psychedelic therapy" and drug use proponent, received a Masters from Washington State. After his death, seven grams of his ashes were sent into space on a rocket. (Notre Dame Sports -- Rivals.com)
Founder recalls Comic-Con's humble start Jul 22, 2009
So did Dr. Timothy Leary, newly released from federal custody and eager to promote new, non-chemical methods of mind expansion. At the 1976 Con, I participated in a strange press conference with Dr. Leary, during which I pretended to pass him messages transmitted from outer space as a room full of confused reporters looked on. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Not astronauts, but part of historic Apollo flight Jul 18, 2009
It was the times, the music, the Beatles, Timothy Leary and LSD. It was the age. Back from the war, stoned in California with about six months before his enlistment was up, Wolfram could not shake the memory of a LSD trip spent in a Vietnam hotel room. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Paul Krassner: Button-pusher redefines obscene Jul 16, 2009
As an omnipresent figure in the '60s, he edited Lenny Bruce's autobiography, "How to Talk Dirty and Influence People," took LSD with Timothy Leary (and introduced it to Groucho Marx), rode with Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters, co-founded a political party with Abbie Hoffman and started a magazine with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. He currently writes columns for High Times magazine and the online magazine Adult Video News. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
American Adulterer Jun 24, 2009
Mary Meyer, in particular - here relegated to a cameo - deserves more, being more interesting than her lover - a woman of independent spirit who smoked dope (noted) and took LSD with Timothy Leary (not noted) and came closest to destabilising the philanderer's equilibrium. She was later murdered under bizarre circumstances and her diary detailing their affair threatened briefly - until it was confiscated - to become a political hot potato. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
VH1 Presents a Slate of All-New Series, Documentaries and Specials for Summer 2009 May 22, 2009
The series celebrates the counterculture icons of the '60s and '70s -- the legends who defied the social, political and cultural mores of their time; Andy Warhol, Timothy Leary, The Black Panthers, Muhammad Ali and Cheech and Chong. 60's week continues with Monterey Pop and Creedance Clearwater Revival Live all culminating in the premiere of the Roc Doc: Woodstock. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Radio Host Savage Always Up For a Fight May 20, 2009
He wrote 20 books and hung out with the likes of Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. His left-leaning politics shifted in the 1980s. (Newsmax)
Book Review--Exile On Main St. May 9, 2009
Robert Greenfield is a freelance journalist, former Rolling Stone magazine associate editor, and author of several books on pop culture, including biographies on Timothy Leary, Jerry Garcia, and promoter Bill Graham. His 2006 book Exile On Main St.: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones, is a snapshot of a moment in time, 35 years earlier, the summer of 1971, the south of France. (Suite101.com)
Ex-radical now low-key academic Apr 29, 2009
He remains unapologetic about his days with the Weathermen, an offshoot of the antiwar group Students for a Democratic Society that, among other things, blew up a statue commemorating police killed in an 1886 clash with unions, tried to set fire to the house of a judge who was presiding over a Black Panthers trial and broke LSD advocate Timothy Leary out of prison. Ayers called himself "nonviolent." Other than the three Weathermen killed when a nail bomb they were building exploded, he contends... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Tom Bergeron Hosts as Fast as He Can Apr 10, 2009
And why do I feel like I've been partying with Timothy Leary. Related. (ABC News)
New memoir recounts early days of SNL Apr 8, 2009
Davis, 56, also details his friendship with counterculture legends Timothy Leary and Jerry Garcia (the two tried unsuccessfully to write a screenplay of a Kurt Vonnegut Jr. novel); his own drug use (he first took LSD watching "2001: A Space Odyssey" with friends at a Twin Cities drive-in); and his travel as a young hippie to India in the 1970s. Davis, whose hair and beard now are now gray and stylishly trimmed, says his stories are those of his generation. (MSNBC -- News)
KATHLEEN PARKER: We are overwhelmed by crisis fatigue Apr 2, 2009
Back in the day, Timothy Leary urged boomers to "turn on, tune in, drop out," which was his snappy way of encouraging the mind-expanding benefits of LSD. (It came to him in the shower, natch. . (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Kathleen Parker: To make more sense of the world, just press 'pause' Apr 1, 2009
Back in the day, Timothy Leary urged boomers to "turn on, tune in, drop out," which was his snappy way of encouraging the mind-expanding benefits of LSD. (It came to him in the shower, natch. A more-apt mantra today might be "turn off, tune out, drop in." Turn off the switch, tune out the noise, drop in on a friend. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
THIRTY-NINE YEARS OF SHORT-TERM MEMORY LOSS Mar 22, 2009
The book reads more like a drug memoir than a showbiz one: There are two chapters on the Grateful Dead, another dedicated to Timothy Leary and many, many anecdotes involving the author's fondness for LSD, coke, peyote, etc. A typical self-aggrandizing example: "Jerry [Garcia] was making a lot of trips to the bathroom, and that evening we ran out of coke . ... I arrived, victorious [with more coke] in Jerry's room before the sun came up. He said, 'Davis, you're amazing.' He was right.". (New York Post -- Opinions)
Former Franken comedy partner steps into spotlight Mar 15, 2009
Davis, 56, also details his friendship with counterculture legends Jerry Garcia (the two tried unsuccessfully to write a screenplay of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s 1959 novel "The Sirens of Titan") and Timothy Leary; his own drug use (he first took LSD watching "2001: A Space Odyssey" with friends at a Twin Cities drive-in); and his travel as a young hippie to India in the 1970s. His hair and beard now gray and stylishly trimmed, Davis says his stories are those of his generation. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
THE $1 TRILLION TAX INCREASE... Feb 27, 2009
Timothy Leary was my first guru, now its Rush. Posted by: Old Guy | Feb 27, 2009 12:44:32 AM. (The Drudge Report)
'A Paranoid Nation': Daily Bad News May Bury Obama But Revive America Feb 20, 2009
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Book review: Toward 2012, Perspectives on the Next Age Feb 10, 2009
Over the past decade or so he's become the closest thing this era has to a Timothy Leary. Pinchbeck is a regular on the lecture circuit; he's done "The Colbert Report." He gets Sting to blurb his books. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
