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Stepping Stones, Lana deMoll and Gigi Coe editors (New York, Schocken Books, 1978).

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Stepping Stones, Lana deMoll and Gigi Coe editors (New York, Schocken Books, 1978).

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Infinite Grace by Jeff Clarkson (Australia: Dino Music, 1990).

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Stepping Stones, Lana deMoll and Gigi Coe editors (New York, Schocken Books, 1978).

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Mixed on the edge of Murramarang National Park, April 2025.

Steven Halpern - Inside the Temple (USA, 2000)

David Sun - Tranquility side 2 (UK, 1984)

Deep Sea Music - Currents and Conversations (Canada, 1997)

Ken Davis - Our Living Ocean (Australia, 1991)

Light of Dawn - Dawn's Glow (Australia, 2004)

Dave Myler - Valley of Joy (Australia, 1990)

Michael Johnson - Earth Song (Australia, 1991)

Colin Wilson - Coonawrin's Tears (Australia, 1995)

Jeff Clarkson - Pitter Patter (New Zealand, 1994)

Merlin's Magic - 靈氣 Reiki [excerpt] (Germany, 1995)

Chicchan - Crystal Bowls Earth (Australia, 2001)

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It's my 14 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳. My how time flies! Thanks for all your support!

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Conversations with Chris Griscom: learn the white light exercise to clear and strengthen the auric field (c.1990).

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10 Rainbow Gathering videos (1975-1997)

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"We're not stoner rock" - Queens of the Stoneage

by Bobby Black

While the mainstream was blinded by the Seattle rock explosion in the early 1990s, a band of high-school kids calling themselves Kyuss emerged from the Southern California desert to redefine heavy rock. Their experimental song structures, spacy jams and pounding grooves resulted in some of the trippiest metal ever recorded. Despite some college-radio play, Kyuss' genius went largely unrecognized. Finally, in 1995, after two lineup changes and four amazing albums, they broke up.

After a few years of "trying to force square pegs into round holes," guitarist Josh Homme, bassist Nick Oliveri and drummer Alfredo Hernandez reunited to form Queens of the Stoneage - a band that continues in the tradition of its former incarnation, but certainly not in its shadow.

"It's important for us not to be Kyuss II," says Homme. "Kyuss was everything to me, but I think this is better than Kyuss - it has more potential."

"Queens is a lot more cut and dried," adds Oliveri. "There's a plan - it is isn't so spacy. It still gets into jams, but it's more focussed."

After his experience with the jam-happy Kyuss, Homme "wanted to play songs that had a beginning and an end. Strip it down so it's raw and tight, instead of making everything this huge opus." Though shorter, tighter songs may be more radio-friendly than improvisational epics, that wasn't really a motivating factor for Queens. "I can't write a song 'for the radio'," he explains. "It's against the ethic of why we play."

Despite the fact that most consider them the progenitors of the newly-popularized music genre dubbed "stoner rock", Queens are uncomfortable with the term. "We're not stoner rock," claims Oliveri. "That's selling ourselves short. We're going to do so much more than we've done, so many different things, that people aren't going to be able to put a label on it."

The bass player doesn't smoke anymore. "I drink a lot," he laughs. "Besides - these guys smoke enough for me."

Homme prefers to say, "We're going to play whether we get stoned or not. It's not unnecessary, but it's not the cornerstone of my life either."

So Queens of the Stoned Age they're not. "Our message is simple," Homme says before the band's show at New York's Coney Island High. "Come here, get your head right, fuck the dumb shit you dealt with on Monday morning. It's Friday night in New York City - let's get crazy!"

High Times (October 1999, p46, n. 290)

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The 12th Annual High Times Cannabis Cup

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Terrence McKenna photographed by Dean Chamberlin

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Timothy Leary photographed by Dean Chamberlin

High Times (October 1999, no. 290).

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Seven Arrows by Hyemeyohsts Storm (New York: Ballantine Books, 1972). Art by Karen Harris.

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Seven Arrows by Hyemeyohsts Storm (New York: Ballantine Books, 1972). Art by Karen Harris.

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Seven Arrows by Hyemeyohsts Storm (New York: Ballantine Books, 1972). Art by Karen Harris.

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Seven Arrows by Hyemeyohsts Storm (New York: Ballantine Books, 1972). Art by Karen Harris.

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Seven Arrows by Hyemeyohsts Storm (New York: Ballantine Books, 1972). Art by Karen Harris.