It is any surprise that the conservative revolution in Australian politics comes at a time when LSD is a forgotten acronym amongst our youth? Is there any doubt that the lack of acid on our streets is directly responsible for the rise in church activity amongst our best and brightest?
Not in this reporter's opinion.
The lack of good quality hallucinogens is creating a generation of subservient Australians. No longer excited by ideals of peace, love and mind expansion, The Kids are shunning the counterculture… weak characters looking for a new direction are slipping one by one into the conservative cluches of the Liberal Party.
Members of the Labor faithful are asking, “What are we to do?” Here's what you do. Put Mark Latham at the wheel of the LaborFM Thunderbus and for the next three years he drives around Australia handing out free Kool-Aid and hosting acid tests in every townhall. The People will know he has arrived when they hear the 2007 campaign song from mounted speakers on the bus… Kevin Rudd will play bongos dressed as a court jester, Lindsay Tanner will speak beat poetry through a megaphone… and perhaps “Howard's battlers” will forget about their hip pocket when they're skinny dipping in the lake with Julia Gillard.
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<center><img src="http://www.kilbot.net/news/uploads/acid.gif" style="border: 1px solid black;" alt="I’m not like the others" /><br /><br />Picture of a cat (possibly <a href="http://www.kilbot.net/news/uploads/atomic.jpg" target="_blank">Atomic</a>) drawn by Kilbot when on LSD, 2001.</center>
B-Diddy DubSac says:
Hear fucken Hear!
Acid - Yes!
Karate Kid/ Peter Cetera - Yes!
Hows about this Campaign slogan:
"Keep The Kids Off The Keto!"
$BDW$
fancy dave says:
Couldn't bring yourself to badmouth your beloved meth, eh Jerry? Ketamine is as close to hallucinogenic as "the kids" get in these topsy-turvy days.
Except the hippies.
But anyway, back to my point. All drugs are good in their place (i.e. me) but speed has been too big for too long. Mostly because it doesn't challenge the mind, for the consumer or the manufacturer. For fuck's sake, where are all the pharmacologists and biochemists, while dumbass bikies are setting up labs?
IT MAKES NO SENSE!!!!
B-Diddy DubSac says:
You're coming at my man all wrong…kep that up and I'll stick a soldering iron in ya face! [/Walken, Joe Dirt-mode off]
"Beloved meth" - Good God man, I ain't touched that shit since Willenium! Since I was dutifully informed that it is as close to ingesting *poison* as you can get, I have decided to let that baby fall the wayside….
A prominent reason for my (initial, and continued) drug-taking was for the "mind-challenge", as you put it, and the giddy expectation of being "taken for a magical mystery tour"…i've reached the plateau with acid, ie no longer works in a positive fashion…shrooms, when they WORK, are still golden…Ez, always good for a laff…
But yeah, I must concur on the speed-overload tho'…Gypsy Jokers must be making a KILLING here in WA! Vicious cycle and all that, which basically leads to the overriding conclusion…
WHERE DA [RUN]-DMT AT?!?!?
Perhaps Mr Kilbottery would care to enlighten us as to this miracle cure-all…
On a lighter note, I recall one "Gatecrasher" type "rave" out at the Belvoir, where I was "mixing" it with "The Kidz", and lo and behold one young and bold lad thought it would be appropriate to request from me,
"Have you got any Vapo[rub] bro?"
I looked at him like he had three cocks hanging from his head…
THE END!
killer says:
Just been reading <a href="http://troppoarmadillo.ubersportingpundit.com/archives/007440.html" target="_blank">this</a> over at Troppo Armadillo, it is a response to Miranda Devine's "conservative revolution" article and the comments add to the debate… some of you may like to look at <a href="http://econrsss.anu.edu.au/~aleigh/" target="_blank">the research</a> on Electoral Behaviour by Andrew Leigh, and <a href="http://imaginingaustralia.blogs.com/" target="_blank">the article</a> he reproduces from the AFR is worth a read.
killer says:
<center><img src="http://www.kilbot.net/news/uploads/grasshopper.gif" style="border: 1px solid black;" alt="I’m not like the others" /><br /><br />Picture of a grasshopper drawn by Kilbot when on Mushrooms, Christmas Day, 1999.</center>
I love two things about this picture;
(a) Somehow the grasshopper looks like it is smiling, and
(b) The only bit of the grasshopper I label are its 'orange cones'.
science says:
Where is this lake?
grasshopper says:
You got a problem with me orange cones, guv? I'll fucking take you to the cleaners.
Barney says:
i can only assume the label 'orange cones' is to faciliatate anyone else who may bump into said grasshopper in the future being able to recognise him… a la Naked Lunch.
Billy Zabka says:
Ahhhhh, So *that's* why they became "Waterslide"…
Ahh, did ya mum know what she was cooking in the Weber that day?
killer says:
I cleverly got my Christmas duties over and done with in the morning… I went back to Tyrell St knowing that I would have the whole house to myself (a rare treat when living with 5 people). At the time I was growing a large quantity of <a href="http://www.stainblue.com/cubensis.html" target="_blank">Psilocybin Cubensis</a> and this was a perfect opportunity to 'push the envelope'. I got down 40 of the mushrooms (they are about twice as big and twice as strong as the golden tops, so you can do the maths… it was an extremely large dose), I managed to get out these <a href="http://www.kilbot.net/images/mushtrip.gif" target="_blank">semi-famous last words</a> plus a dozen pages of scrawled notes (which included the sketch of the grasshopper)… then as they say 'shit happened', bad shit… but extremely funny shit. I will write up my shit story over the weekend so you all have something to look forward to on Monday.
killer says:
in belated response to Hamish's question "which lake?"… i always liked <a href="http://www.southwestlife.com.au/images/barrabupfull.jpg" taregt="_blank">Barrabup Pool</a> near Nannup for my acid skinny dips.
KL says:
The more I look at your picture of Atomic, the more scary the words "I'm not like the others" seem to me.
Great start of a short story:
"I'm not like the others," my cat said to me this morning.
Barney says:
Those semi-famous last words are the shit, Bot. Too bad you didn't make it any further, but knowing what happened next, I'm 'sprized' you made it that far.
Long Live the Silly-Cibin.
killer says:
Yeah, the spelling of those semi-famous last words is a disgrace, but when you got a head full of psilocybin it is 'sprizingly' hard to arrange the letters to make a word… I remember sitting, crouched over the typewriter with my head in my left hand with elbow on knee (much like the Thinker), and my right index finger stabbing at the keys, pausing for painfully long moments thinking, "Now, how on earth do you spell orchestra."
Atomic Cat says:
I'm a hero.
And I'm a cat.
Watcha think about that?
Atomic Cat says:
Y'know, the kids used to write songs about me.
"He stepped in radioactive goo,
Now he is better than me or you,
He is the feline hipster who knows kung-fu."
kranki says:
:weirdo: I really enjoyed watching my friend who is a talented guitarist completely lose the ability to play a thing once the mushrooms kicked in. Then mine kicked into high gear and I was 90% sure that I was a baby gorilla in the jungle. Also everything yellow was my friend.
Giovanni says:
Ever seen/read the play 'gertrude: the cry'… can't remember who it is by, but Hamlet is refered to as 'the moralist' in it by his enemies. Now it is my turn to fill that role. not bothered with reading all 17 comments, indeed, not bothered with reading more than three of them, I will JUDGE from on high regardless. As appaealling as the prospect of Tanner's poetry is, I'd have to say that the YOUNG PEOPLE need to spend less time on the devil's sugar cubes or blotting paper (well, more like THE DRUGS in general) and more time actually expanding their minds, if you catch my drift.
Selah!
fancy dave says:
Hamlet's "morals" were all about wanting his momma so bad he couldn't stand to see her happy with his uncle.
You've lived up to his example admirably with a confused and confusing attack on hallucinogenic experimentation.
"Young people" should fucking grow up and take some REAL drugs instead of wasting everybody's time and patience on addictive and destructive ones.
Giovanni says:
Confusing? Maybe. Confused? Definitely!
I seem to recall Hamlet being cranky about his uncle murdering his father, but I guess that's my conservative interpretation of it.
Anyway, I was fatigued and hazy when I wrote my last thing. I still think hallucinogens are a bad move. Claiming that they aren't potentially destructive is just silly. Whereas the detrimental effects of most drugs are accumulative, one bad trip can scramble someone's eggs for good. You don't need to be addicted to screw yourself. I don't know this from first hand experience. I have never taken hallucinogens. I have encountered people who have permanent neurological impairment as a result of dropping acid and I have done a little reading on the mattter. That's enough for me.
FDB, you're a wise man and almost never wrong so I'd like an answer to this question:
When was the last time someone had an LSD-inspired epiphany that actually resulted in a substantial, lasting improvement to their lives?
killer says:
1997-2001 for me.
badger says:
[quote]When was the last time someone had an LSD-inspired epiphany that actually resulted in a substantial, lasting improvement to their lives?[/quote]
I know you were asking fancy for an answer to this question but I'd have to say hearing Rocky Raccoon for the first time on acid resulted in a substantial lasting improvement to my life.
B-Diddy DubSac says:
i think it was Loafers 21st, where I realised that not only could I NOT make it to the table to sample StrappDogg's delectable squid dish - but that i didn't NEED to, so long as my magic middie glass was kept full of magic ale!!
Substantial Life Improvement: Beer Negates Necessity For Food!
Tell me you couldn't use that in everyday life!
I subscribe to the Don't Knock It Till Ya Tried It Theory (The "DKITYTIT Theory"), except for smack - coz
Smack Iz Wack!
fancy dave says:
I won't even start listing the experiences I've had which were QUALITATIVELY different to any others I've had (as an adult). The feeling of seeing something in a new way for the first time is an unmitigated delight, which fills our childhood with joy and wonder, panics us with its gradual disappearance in our middle years, and eventually embitters us with its stubborn absence as we grow old and begin voting conservative.
Sure, hallucinogenic drugs are an artificial short-cut to this feeling, and often give less [i]useful[/i] results than an intellectual awakening through "normal" experience, but in any case:
a) Who ever said that only things which produce a "substantial, lasting improvement" to one's life are worth doing? Not me, boyo! Recreation is generally thought to be a good thing. To remove from the roster any recreational activity which has [i]potential[/i] to cause harm is a mistake. It's all about a cost/benefit analysis.
b) With reference to your attempt at said CBA with hallucinogens vs. other drugs, it should be pointed out that drugs with a "cumulative" detrimental effect also happen to be largely the addictive ones. Sure, each time you do it only harms you a bit (or kills you) but you end up doing it constantly. Most people don't really want to take acid every day, even those who love it to death. Those who do will probably fuck up badly, just like those who take speed for five days running and develop a lasting and recurring psychosis.
c) A lot of stuff that YOU like (music, art, philosophy, literature etc.) has been produced by people who cite hallucinogens (and for that matter, opiates, alcohol, etc. etc.) as major creative influences. Sure, lots of them were pretty fucked up by it, but what they did improved the lives of many, many other people if not their own.
Conclusion:
If you don't want to do it, fine. If you try it and don't like it, stop. If you do like it, and know where to get it, FOR FUCK'S SAKE TELL ME WHERE!!!!
Giovanni says:
Good points from FDB, especially (a) and (c). I'm not a prohibitionist, just a nest poker.
I wasn't arguing that acid is worse than other drugs because it can be a one hit fuck-up, just stating that whereas most drugs are RELIABLY and consistently bad for you and hallucinogens aren't, acid is still potentially dangerous.
By the way, speed is one of the worst drugs in the world, and far too many of THE KIDS think it's harmless fun and use it accordingly. It's also horrible for creativity.
Accumulative is the best word I have ever invented.
I should be working now.
Giovanni says:
By the way, I seem to recall the supply drying up well over a year and a half ago, maybe longer.
Surely demand creates supply? Smith and Riccardo lied!
killer says:
I am growing bored with this thread, which is surprising seeing as though it is a thread I started and a subject very close to my heart. I guess I'm not in the mood to argue my case for responsible drug use, I am presuming everyone here has thought about it and made an educated decision that they are happy with…
I had a bit of a look around the net and found <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2098109/" target="_blank">this article</a> which talks about the decline in LSD availability. The shortage is more likely to be a lack in supply than a lack in demand. LSD is an extremely hard drug to make, but if you have the materials and knowhow you can make a lot in one batch… this means the LSD market has always been dominated by a very few suppliers. (I doubt if LSD has ever been made in Australia, as opposed to backyard meth labs which dot the country). If the few major suppliers are removed, which seems to have happened, the LSD dries up and The Kids™ move to whatever else is available.
Timothy Leary says:
…and in the space of 28 automated-to-well-thought-out comments, Killa has FINALLY found a purpose…
Kilbot V2.2 "Just Filling A Void, Niche Market!"
Follow my lead, my son…
KL says:
Growing bored of this thread?
Jeez, Killa, could you sound anymore like a jaded acid-junkie?
:D
killer says:
Sorry, that was a bit rude. I think I'm am having Monday blues after yet another drunk/hungover waste of a weekend… I would be much better to swap a dozen wasted weekends of drinking with one good dose of acid.
Giovanni says:
And check this out… (completely unrelated)
From: http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/10/27_lakoff.shtml
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curtis T says:
Boo. There are so few occasions on which it is acceptable to talk about the ol' acid days, and I missed it.
kimbosa says:
My understanding of the evolution of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) is that it was developed as a psychotherapy instrument. In the 1960’s a number of leading psychologists were selected and funded by the US Government to explore the possibilities. The rationale was that under controlled simulations a patient who had been administered the drug would be susceptible to permanent personality change or as it was termed ‘meta-programming’. Psychologists such as Dr. Timothy Leary had recorded 100% success rates in curing ailments from over eating to smoking to homosexuality. When the Nixon ‘Hard on Drugs’ campaign got into full swing, as well as pot and smack, LSD got included in the black list forcing it underground. Dr. Leary refused to desist his groundbreaking research and inturn faced a lifetime of simultaneous government persecution and tripper adulation.
My point though, is that under controlled circumstances LSD does have the power to effect life long change; this can be negative in the case of Giovanni’s mate; and it can also be positive from my own experience. Respectful as I am of the lasting effects of LSD’s double edged sword I endeavour to only partake in the company of trusted friends and in beautiful natural environments. I sincerely believe that this yearly ritual of mine has fostered my love and respect for the environment, no less the world. I am convinced that in the right setting LSD will effect ‘substantial and lasting improvement’ upon the respective lives of the Brave. Furthermore, ignorant and outdated command-and-control government policy on the manufacture of such a potentially wonderful substance, therein threatening its availability, is indeed detrimental to society as a whole.
KL says:
A late entry to this thread:
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