The first part of our mammoth series listing drug slang from Western drug cultures past and present…
Tag Archives: USA
‘The Sunshine Makers’ (2015)
‘The Sunshine Makers’ is a 2015 documentary by Cosmo Feilding-Mellen, covering the fabled exploits of American clandestine LSD chemists Nick Sand and Tim Scully…
‘The Monster’ (2016)
One of our favourite films of 2016 has to be (writer and director) Bryan Bertino’s accomplished ‘The Monster’…
Nautilis - ‘Are You An Axolotl?’
An absolutely fantastic album from Texan producer Nautilis (Skyler McGlothlin, also releasing in a more hip hop vein as Malcolm Kipe), released on Planet Mu in 2002…
Illegal Drug Labs – A gallery
Illegal drug labs come in all shapes and sizes … with the continuing popularity of TV’s ‘Breaking Bad’ (a fictional foray into clandestine cooking) raising interest in such labs, we’ve put together this global gallery…
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. – ‘The Big Trip Up Yonder’
American science fiction author Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. wrote this short story in 1953, publishing it in Galaxy Science Fiction magazine in January 1954…
Krebs on Security
From 1995-2009 writing on tech policy, privacy and computer security for The Washington Post, Brian Krebs is an American journalist and investigative reporter best known for his coverage of profit-motivated cybercriminals…
Prison Slang of the USA
American jails possess a broad and colourful lexicon of prison slang. The United States’ vast and terrifying prison-industrial complex ensures a steady supply of inmates from many cultures…
Edgar Allan Poe – ‘The Masque of the Red Death’ (1842)
“The Masque of the Red Death,” originally published as “The Mask of the Red Death,” is a short Gothic story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842…
‘Frankenhooker’ (1990)
‘Frankenhooker’ is an exquisitely black horror comedy from 1990, directed by the mighty Frank Henenlotter (‘Basket Case’ trilogy, ‘Brain Damage’, ‘Bad Blood’)…
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is an American-based organisation which works to raise awareness and understanding of psychedelic substances…
Giorgio Samorini – ‘Animals and Psychedelics’
‘Animals and Psychedelics…’ is a slim yet hugely exciting volume from ethnobotanist and ethnomycologist Giorgio Samorini…