The first thing I reviewed here was Älgarnas Trädgård’s Framtiden Är Ett Svävande Skepp, which is a truly wonderful example of what the Swedish underground psychedelic/experimental scene had gave us in the late ’60s and early ’70s. Another band worth looking in to is International Harvester. This band was the brainchild of guitarist/vocalist Bo Anders […] Continue reading →

I wasn’t alive in the 1960s, so I really couldn’t experience firsthand what kind of impact the Whole Earth Catalog had on the countercultural movement. My mother, on the other hand, was there, and she had read issues of the Whole Earth Catalog front and back. Out of pure curiosity, I went and bought the […] Continue reading →

This 1970 adaptation of HP Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror has often been unjustly maligned. No, I wouldn’t call it a masterpiece of cinema, but a pretty unintentionally silly and amusing adaptation of the Lovecraft story. Don’t expect the movie to be 100% true to the story, in fact Lovecraft stories weren’t supposed to translate too […] Continue reading →

Another totally obscure and forgotten gem of Italian prog rock, Pholas Dactylus released this one and only album, and then vanished. Unlike other Italian prog bands where the vocalist would sing, and there might be a few seconds of narration on occasions (like on Banco del Mutuo Soccorso’s Io Sono Nato Libero), the vocalist here […] Continue reading →

Family’s Music in a Doll’s House (1968) is perhaps one of the finest examples of psychedelia I know of. But of course, the band couldn’t stay on the psychedelic route forever. Between Music in a Doll’s House and this one, Fearless, the band had released three more albums, Family Entertainment (1969), A Song For Me […] Continue reading →

In December 1972, the original lineup of Ash Ra Tempel, that consisted of guitarist Manuel Göttsching, bassist Hartmut Enke, and drummer/keyboardist Klaus Schulze (who just came back after recording his first solo album, Irrlicht in 1972) made their return and got to work recording Join Inn, which was released in April, 1973. After experimenting with […] Continue reading →

It seems like in the 1990s, many prog rock artists have been recording sequels to their classic albums that were released in the 1970s. For example, Mike Oldfield giving us Tubular Bells in 1973, and then in 1992 giving us Tubular Bells II and in 1998 giving us Tubular Bells III. Rick Wakeman gave us […] Continue reading →

Now, it might seem strange to review a documentary on UFOs on a site like this, but this 1978 documentary UFO Journals deserves special mention. First, and foremost, the narrator. He has that tone of voice where it’s just so hilarious that it’s hard to believe anything that comes out of his mouth. The subjects […] Continue reading →

Too often you go to the supermarket and you see the usual on the shelves: shitty trendy magazines with anorexic supermodels with every other page advertising for Toyota, Ford, Maybelline, Loréal, cereal, and useless trendy clothing. These magazines, of course, are a real sad example of the worst Corporate America has to offer. One magazine […] Continue reading →

The Dutch Experience The inside story: 30 years of hash and grass coffeeshops By Nol van Schaik Reviewed by Skip Stone BUY THIS BOOK! With this compelling book, Nol van Schaik, has done what no one else dared; expose the inside workings of the Dutch Coffeeshop system. In doing so, he reveals the truth about […] Continue reading →