Episode 127: Psychedelia Comes Down, Hangs Around and Gets Reinvented
For one last time, we’re delving into the depths of our expanded minds to talk about the impact of psychedelia on popular culture. We may have been at the bar a bit too long getting our minds…expanded. We have a lot to talk about today as we discuss what happened with psychedelia after The Summer of Love and Woodstock.
(Spoiler alert: Nothing like going mainstream to kill a counterculture style.)
So help us out by grabbing a couple of Flaming Unicorns as we come back down to earth, right here in the bar.
E X T R A S :
(Top to bottom): Print ads for Campbell’s Soup and Pepsi with illustrations by John Alcorn, a print ad for Levi’s (illustrator unknown)
(Top to bottom): Roger Dean’s album artwork for Fragile by the band Yes, a page from a 1972 Sears mail order catalog
(Top to bottom): A couple of psychedelia-influenced club flyers from the 1990s (designers unknown), some of the effects available using Kai’s Power Tools
Additional Links
Psychedelic Era (Wikipedia article)
Psychedelic Fashion (Rare Historical Photos article)
“The Daily Heller: Remembering John Alcorn” (Print Magazine article)
Roger Dean album covers (Long Live Vinyl article)
McDonald’s psychedelic TV commercial (YouTube video)
Kai’s Power Tools (Wikipedia article)
