Comments on: Owsley Stanley, LSD pioneer, RIP http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 01:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: emmdeeaych http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1054732 emmdeeaych Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1054732 Owsley Stanley, Hitmaker. Owsley Stanley, Hitmaker.

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1054739 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1054739 Death is the greatest trip of all, that's why God saves it for last. Death is the greatest trip of all, that’s why God saves it for last.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1053729 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053729 Just goes to show, you can blow your mind with illegal LSD for years and be fine, but what will kill you? Cars, which people assume they have a right to. Just goes to show, you can blow your mind with illegal LSD for years and be fine, but what will kill you? Cars, which people assume they have a right to.

]]> By: Cypat http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1099064 Cypat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1099064 @Anon So LSD relieved your stuttering completely?did it happen in one trip?plz explain,I truly believe psychedelics can cure stuttering by reprograming the subconscious @Anon
So LSD relieved your stuttering completely?did it happen in one trip?plz explain,I truly believe psychedelics can cure stuttering by reprograming the subconscious

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1054521 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1054521 I stuttered for 10 years, from late 50's to 66,or 67.. Do to PSD I went to the Newport Jass Festival, bought from a van with CA plates that had come from Monteray festival, Bought a hit of Purple Haze, Went to school the next day to my speak therapy class, told them I no longer needed their help, Have not studderd since.. Thank you Bear. You touched more people than you know. I know you are up with Jerry now, And the Wall of Sound, just wow.. I stuttered for 10 years, from late 50′s to 66,or 67.. Do to PSD I went to the Newport Jass Festival, bought from a van with CA plates that had come from Monteray festival, Bought a hit of Purple Haze, Went to school the next day to my speak therapy class, told them I no longer needed their help, Have not studderd since.. Thank you Bear. You touched more people than you know. I know you are up with Jerry now, And the Wall of Sound, just wow..

]]> By: funwithstuff http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1053505 funwithstuff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053505 According to this obit on the ABC (Australia) he invented or at least popularized stereo sound for live gigs when he was the sound guy for the Grateful Dead. He also thought up on-stage monitors, apparently. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/14/3163772.htm RIP. According to this obit on the ABC (Australia) he invented or at least popularized stereo sound for live gigs when he was the sound guy for the Grateful Dead. He also thought up on-stage monitors, apparently.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/14/3163772.htm

RIP.

]]> By: mraverage http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1054808 mraverage Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1054808 In January when much of Queensland was flooding, i wrote him to say that i hoped the rain wasn't doing him too badly, and to thank him for all his work had done for me. I'm glad i did that. BTW: he wrote back joking that Queensland is a very big place. Fare you well, Alice D. Millionaire. In January when much of Queensland was flooding, i wrote him to say that i hoped the rain wasn’t doing him too badly, and to thank him for all his work had done for me. I’m glad i did that. BTW: he wrote back joking that Queensland is a very big place.

Fare you well, Alice D. Millionaire.

]]> By: TheCrawNotTheCraw http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1053798 TheCrawNotTheCraw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053798 Nicely put. Rest in peace, Bear; you helped change the world. Nicely put.

Rest in peace, Bear; you helped change the world.

]]> By: max http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1053561 max Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053561 Wow, what a surprising twist of fate. Totally figured his lifelong diet of eating red meat like an Inuit would've killed him. Color me surprised. Wow, what a surprising twist of fate. Totally figured his lifelong diet of eating red meat like an Inuit would’ve killed him. Color me surprised.

]]> By: cromulent.1 http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1053317 cromulent.1 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053317 Goodbye Kid Charlemagne, RIP. Goodbye Kid Charlemagne, RIP.

]]> By: entheo http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1053320 entheo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053320 It was great meating (sp is deliberate as people know of his diet) him at EntheoGenesis Australis in 2009. An amazing, intelligent and cranky old guy who had many interesting things to say. We were lucky to have him come down and speak. http://www.entheogenesis.org/EGA09_A4_2pg_LR.pdf He will be missed. It was great meating (sp is deliberate as people know of his diet) him at EntheoGenesis Australis in 2009. An amazing, intelligent and cranky old guy who had many interesting things to say.
We were lucky to have him come down and speak.
http://www.entheogenesis.org/EGA09_A4_2pg_LR.pdf

He will be missed.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1053835 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053835 Change me life. I want to thank you, for a real good time. RIP. Change me life. I want to thank you, for a real good time. RIP.

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1053334 Jake0748 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053334 Goodbye Owsley, I don't know if I ever liked you, I mean, you were pretty hard to get close to. But you were a big influence on my life, and I thank you for that. Via con Dios Goodbye Owsley,
I don’t know if I ever liked you, I mean, you were pretty hard to get close to.
But you were a big influence on my life, and I thank you for that.

Via con Dios

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1089185 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089185 why do you keep commenting on good or bad LSD experiences? are you a fragmented soul because of LSD? if so the real warning should be for those unstable minds that will most likely have problems with a drug like LSD or any other psychedelic. Im pretty sure Owsley regretted his association with LSD for this exact reason, the poor guy could never shake the stigma that has been attached to a drug that should have never been allowed into the streets by the CIA and the American government who clearly are the real criminals when it comes to LSD casualties. If it werent for Owsley Jimi Hendrix wouldnt have burned his guitar at Monterey, the reverberations can be felt to this day from that one batch. If it werent for MK ULTRA (CIA code name)1000s of minds would not have been tortured at the expense of the American Governments (who hired Nazi scientists)drive to find a truth syrum. why do you keep commenting on good or bad LSD experiences? are you a fragmented soul because of LSD? if so the real warning should be for those unstable minds that will most likely have problems with a drug like LSD or any other psychedelic. Im pretty sure Owsley regretted his association with LSD for this exact reason, the poor guy could never shake the stigma that has been attached to a drug that should have never been allowed into the streets by the CIA and the American government who clearly are the real criminals when it comes to LSD casualties. If it werent for Owsley Jimi Hendrix wouldnt have burned his guitar at Monterey, the reverberations can be felt to this day from that one batch. If it werent for MK ULTRA (CIA code name)1000s of minds would not have been tortured at the expense of the American Governments (who hired Nazi scientists)drive to find a truth syrum.

]]> By: KirkG http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1054131 KirkG Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1054131 In a Jimi Hendrix session at the BBC, he says "oh Owsley, can you hear me now". I've always wondered what Mr. Owsley thought, when he did hear it. In a Jimi Hendrix session at the BBC, he says “oh Owsley, can you hear me now”. I’ve always wondered what Mr. Owsley thought, when he did hear it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1053364 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053364 probably worth tossing in a link to "his" Grateful Dead album... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Grateful_Dead,_Volume_One_(Bear's_Choice) probably worth tossing in a link to “his” Grateful Dead album…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Grateful_Dead,_Volume_One_(Bear's_Choice)

]]> By: citizenkeys http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1053368 citizenkeys Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053368 Grateful Dead "Steal Your Face" logo was co-designed by Owsley. Just remember that anytime you see it: http://www.thebear.org/GDLogo.html Grateful Dead “Steal Your Face” logo was co-designed by Owsley. Just remember that anytime you see it: http://www.thebear.org/GDLogo.html

]]> By: burritoflats http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1053373 burritoflats Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053373 I never have and probably never will take acid, but I've always enjoyed reading about Owsley's escapades in the context of the 1960s. In a way, I'm more interested in his crystal clear recording techniques than the way he mixed this or that batch of LSD - I know many people claim to have had their eyes opened and their minds turned to white light by Owsley's teeny tiny acid blotter squares but I'm not so sure if (in the long run) his acid did much good for society as a whole - God bless him - I never have and probably never will take acid, but I’ve always enjoyed reading about Owsley’s escapades in the context of the 1960s. In a way, I’m more interested in his crystal clear recording techniques than the way he mixed this or that batch of LSD – I know many people claim to have had their eyes opened and their minds turned to white light by Owsley’s teeny tiny acid blotter squares but I’m not so sure if (in the long run) his acid did much good for society as a whole – God bless him –

]]> By: jjsaul http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1053382 jjsaul Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053382 It's encouraging to know many of the consciousness-astronauts of the 1960's made it to advanced age with their mental faculties relatively intact, considering the scale of their experimentation. It’s encouraging to know many of the consciousness-astronauts of the 1960′s made it to advanced age with their mental faculties relatively intact, considering the scale of their experimentation.

]]> By: burritoflats http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1053393 burritoflats Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053393 "with their mental faculties relatively intact" A friend and I happened to see Wavy Gravy at a screening of his new documentary today (in Santa Monica) and even though Wavy's in his mid-70s he still has a sense of humor and a sharpness that some 21 year olds of today lack. Wavy was wearing his typical tie-dyed togs, bowler hat and he was walking his pet toy fish. He still does constant work for charities and his own Camp Winnarainbow. And he apparently dropped some of Owsley's LSD in his day “with their mental faculties relatively intact”

A friend and I happened to see Wavy Gravy at a screening of his new documentary today
(in Santa Monica) and even though Wavy’s in his mid-70s he still has a sense of humor and a sharpness that some 21 year olds of today lack. Wavy was wearing his typical tie-dyed togs, bowler hat and he was walking his pet toy fish. He still does constant work for charities and his own Camp Winnarainbow. And he apparently dropped some of Owsley’s LSD in his day

]]> By: RebNachum http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1053653 RebNachum Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053653 Thank you, sir. The memory of the righteous is a blessing. Thank you, sir. The memory of the righteous is a blessing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1053402 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053402 I count myself as an opened mind due to lsd. Maybe not so much an opened mind as a punctured vessel. The great lesson learned was something that is hard to put into words. I linked to this not for the life of a man or the power of a drug... but that freedom reaches into us in the strangest ways. And that oppression, however it surfaces, is but an illusion. I count myself as an opened mind due to lsd. Maybe not so much an opened mind as a punctured vessel. The great lesson learned was something that is hard to put into words. I linked to this not for the life of a man or the power of a drug… but that freedom reaches into us in the strangest ways. And that oppression, however it surfaces, is but an illusion.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/13/owsley-stanley-lsd-p.html#comment-1053667 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053667 before singing the praises of acid to highly, read through a scanner darkly and pay attention to the list of people at the end, not everyone has a wonderful time and lots of people never recover - I know before singing the praises of acid to highly, read through a scanner darkly and pay attention to the list of people at the end, not everyone has a wonderful time and lots of people never recover – I know

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