Albert Hofmann died April 29 at the age of 102 (well preserved). This Swiss scientist discovered LSD in 1938 but accidentally ingested it in 1943 and he has had an astonishing effect on all who follow him. This program impressionistically tells that tale.
Produced and engineered by bennett (chillroom@killradio.org)
with thanks to wfmu.org, to Louise and Michael, and love and thanks to Albert Hoffman
The Chill Room
May 4, 2008 00:00 PST
killradio.org
A Tribute to Albert Hofmann
Dialog from The Trip (1966), a film by Roger Corman with Peter Fonda and Bruce Dern, written by Jack Nicholson / Psychic TV with Timothy Leary-Turn On the Acid House / Acid Mothers Temple with the Floating Paraiso UFO-In C / Terry Riley-A Rainbow in Curved Air / The Beatles-Rain (first acid single by them) / Grateful Dead-New Potato Caboose (Anthem of the Sun) / Yann Tomita and the Doopees-Space + Time
imPlog-On B'way (bent and unlocked and doubled) / United States of America-Hard Coming Love / Jimi Hendrix-1983 A Merman I Should Turn to Be / Tim Buckley-Song to the Siren (demo version) / John Lennon-Stranger in My Arms (home tape, unavailable) / Buffy St. Marie-God is Alive, Magic is Afoot
and featuring the Trip Report from Berkeley, audio including the voices of Albert Hoffman, Terence McKenna, and others
Take LSD and look at your house. You will see it as an alien would.
If you have never taken LSD, today it is difficult to find, highly illegal, and sadly more expensive (and weaker, so you need to take more!) than ever. But it's very good for you, and everyone should take it at least once. Change your politics, expand your mind. Turn on and tune in.
