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It was spring 1965. Lennon and his wife, Cynthia, and Harrison and his wife, Pattie Boyd, were attending a dinner at the London home of dentist John Riley and his girlfriend, Cyndy Bury. Before the foursome left, Riley asked them to stay for coffee, then urged them to finish their cups. Shortly after, he told Lennon he had placed sugar cubes containing LSD in the coffee.
> Beatles’ Acid Test: How LSD Opened the Door to ‘Revolver’ | Rolling Stone
Surrealist painter Salvador Dali and Disney began their collaboration on Destino (Destiny) in 1945. The animated short was painted for 8 months until the second world war ended the project.
In 1999, Roy E. Disney (nephew of Walt Disney) decided to revive the forgotten project while working on Fantasia 2000. Disney combined traditional (hand-drawn) animation and computer graphics to bring Dali’s surreal vision to life.
Method Man explains how a Masta Ace track influenced his lyrics for “Bring The Pain” and tells a story about his stoner childhood. Limericks and songs from Sesame Street, Chuck Berry, and Rick Dees all contributed to Method Man’s style of writing music and lyrics.
The Story of the Chinese Farmer is a parable about life and nature narrated by Alan Watts, animated by Steve Agnos, and with music by Chris Zabriskie.
The whole process of nature is a process of immense complexity and it is really impossible to tell whether something that happens in it is good or bad.
Because you never know the consequences of the misfortune. Or, you never know the consequences of good fortune. – Alan Watts
‘You’re Dead!’ is a shamanic pilgrimage into the psychedelic unknown of the infinite afterlife.
A sonic, visual and metaphysical fusion of technological innovation and technical virtuosity that amounts to a transcendent, mind-expanding plasm that could only exist between our world and another.
The enduring universe of Lotus’ supporting cast has expanded and evolved to feature in order of appearance, Herbie Hancock, Kendrick Lamar, Captain Murphy, Snoop Dogg, Angel Deradoorian, Thundercat, Niki Randa, alongside mindblowing original artwork by Japanese comic book artist Shintaro Kago.
The album isn’t about the end, it’s really the beginning.
It’s a celebration of the next experience.
It’s the transition and the confusion.
It’s not ‘hey you’re dead.’ It’s ‘hey you’re dead!
– Flying Lotus
Flying Lotus’ new album You’re Dead will be released on Oct 6, 2014. Preorder at iTunes or Google Play
Tidy Monster by Tim Marchant is an animated descent into the insane mind of an unseen character.
A symphony of sound, visual effects, and mood where a room is all there is in his world, and we watch as he struggles to keep it tidy.
From the comments I’ve read some people are claiming the video is awesome to watch while tripping; others instead assure such an experience only leads to a bad trip.
I haven’t tried watching it on psychedelics, but if you do, be aware of the possibilities or consequences, depending on your perspective.
Remember, ultimately, what is happening to the room is up to you.
This trippy animation is loaded with visual references to the writings of Franz Kafka and Hunter S. Thompson.
The psychedelic piece of art was created by String Theory for online bookseller Good Books International that donates 100% of its profits to Oxfam, an organization that fights poverty.
We dug through the darkest recesses of our minds and studio to create original music and sound design for this masterpiece. Working with squirming, analog-tape leeches, moaning coeds, screaming guitar goats, and brain-exploding psychedelia, we were certainly in our element.
Plus, it’s always fun to rock out and get a little weird for a good cause! – String Theory
A classic Joey Diaz moment on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast gets animated. Joey is tired but still makes the long late night drive to Joe’s studio to record an episode.
The pre game ritual is to stimulate the mind by getting high as fuck. Joey isn’t too happy when the Susquehanna smoke session is over, and he’s not as stoned as he expects to be.
We’ve featured one part of this series before, but now it’s time for the rest of the animated shorts.
The Zen series is animated by Matt Stone & Trey Parker and combined with transcendent audio taken from Alan Watts lectures.
The wisdom in Alan’s words shines through brightly as the audio is enhanced by the accompanying animation.
I just want you to enjoy a point of view, which I enjoy. – Alan Watts
You cannot get an intelligent organism such as a human being, out of an unintelligent universe. – Alan Watts
This natural universe is neither prickles nor goo exclusively, it’s gooey prickles and prickly goo! – Alan Watts
Both poetry and music lead us to the understanding of what this world is all about, which is, is a dance, a rhythm. – Alan Watts
I’ve always been tremendously interested in what people mean by the word “I”, because it comes out in curious lapses of speech. – Alan Watts
A young couple’s secret love affair comes to a bittersweet end during an evening phone call as cell phone static creates distance between them.
In this “crouching love, hidden breakup” story, inspired by 50’s Shanghai water ink animation & kung fu films, themes of distance, tradition, art and longing dominate a telephonic conversation as a martial arts tango provides the visual backdrop.
– Writer/Director/Animator: Jonathan Ng
The sounds of the animation were composed by Kid Koala, from Deltron 3030.
Australian animator Felix Colgrave has created a surreal universe, complete with a psychedelic ecosystem that makes perfect sense and defies logic at the same time.
Is that a Dragon Lion smoking a joint? Yes it is! The trippy group of unearthly but familiar beasts in The Elephant’s Garden express their biological functions through psychedelic beauty.
LSD ABC is a short animated film of an unusual alphabet where they explore “different worlds and characters as different as they are crazy.”
The animation combines a dose of LSD with an alphabetic journey, walking us through each letter one by one. Unlike Sesame Street, this trip takes on psychedelic subject matter fitting only for those who’ve looked outside the boundaries of normal experience.
Directed by: LSD ABC (A collaboration between French designer/animators Laura Sicouri and Kadavre Exquis)
