Animation: Pitcher Dock Ellis' LSD-fueled no-hitter
Long-time readers of TDR know the story of major league pitcher Dock Ellis, famous for the no-hitter he threw on acid and speed in the ‘70s.
Here, animator James Blagden brings the story to life hilariously, produced by American Public Media’s Nielle Alel & Donell Alexander, featuring classic track “Do the Push and Pull” parts 1 and 2 by Rufus Thomas from Stax Records 1970.
Ellis died at age 63 in 2008. We miss you, Dock.
[NoMasTV via Dosenation]
This is your brain on drugs for real
Science is here to prove that it’s not an emotional girl making a mess in the kitchen. This is an excerpt from an upcoming episode of Explorer airing next week. Tune into National Geographic Channel on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 8 p.m.
Thanks, Manson Family for killing the '60s [Dirty Hippies]
As aging Boomers attempt to remember Woodstock (Aug 18, 1969) this coming weekend through hundreds of anniversary articles, perhaps they should recall the week before the event. The social movement built on free love, great drugs and the best rock music also gave us the Manson “family” who brutally slaughtered seven people on two consecutive evenings August 9 and 10, 1969.
The murders had all the elements inherent in the ‘60s counterculture:
Dear Steve Jobs, What's Acid Like?
LSD guru Albert Hofmann asked Steve Jobs how LSD helped him form Apple. The answer is still up in the air, but the question itself has taken on a life of its own; a life chronicled by This Is Your Country on Drugs, a new history book out June 22, and the subject of an upcoming TDR interview, no doubt.
[BoingBoing via HuffPo]
Why We Stopped Eating Acid in Nevada [Terminator]
A man who ran naked through the Stateline casino core was subdued by a Taser on Tuesday before a group of “startled” children in the Harrah’s Lake Tahoe casino arcade. ... Sean Stanley Smith, 19, was jailed on charges of indecent exposure and resisting a peace officer. ... He reportedly told officers he had ingested marijuana and LSD, and was running naked because he thought he was “the Terminator.” ... Smith reportedly ran into the arcade, startling the children who were playing video games. ... The deputy deployed his Taser with a “touch stun” which failed to subdue the suspect. The second time, Smith went to the ground and was handcuffed.
Bad vibes.
[Record Courier via DoseNation]
