The Beatles An ear-opening new special edition of The Beatles masterpiece, Revolver, is coming next month Gareth Branwyn

music The Music of the Beatles as Channeled in 1958 by the Echo Lake Home for the Potentially Clairvoyant is a fascinating experiment Thom Dunn

psychedelic pop Easy-Listening Acid Trip: An Elevator Ride through Sixties Psychedelic Pop Mark Frauenfelder

graphic novels An anti-boring book guide: six great gift picks Mark Frauenfelder

art Surreal stratacut animation by Ellard Devane Popkin

psychedelics UCLA plans a garden for tripping during psychedelic medicine studies Allan Rose Hill

Budokan Boys make nightmarish saxophone-laden synth pop Natalie Dressed

The Beatles Experience "Rubber Soul" anew with this bass-and-drums-only version Mark Frauenfelder

music Here's a primer on the far-out sounds of free jazz David Pescovitz

podcast Fire Draw Near is a fascinating monthly podcast dedicated to the history of Irish folk songs Natalie Dressed

groovy tunes Groove to more 1960s LA rock Bob Knetzger

Play-Doh This psychedelic 1969 ad for Play-Doh shows kids squeezing the guts out of monsters' eyes and ears Mark Frauenfelder

hip hop Cypress Hill performs 'Insane in the Brain' at NPR's Tiny Desk, Rusty Blazenhoff

trippy Fiona Morley's sculptures will feed your head Popkin

art Animation plays with the explosively bright colors of a risograph machine Popkin

music Two songs with the sound of cows mooing Elías Villoro

graphic novels Mary Tyler MooreHawk is a mind-bending graphic novel from Eisner Award nominee Dave Baker Gareth Branwyn

films Kenneth Anger, experimental filmmaker and occultist, RIP David Pescovitz

songwriting How to write a Cure song Thom Dunn

All-One The story behind Dr. Bronner's, the soap company that's been fascinating people for 75 years Jennifer Sandlin