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In case you need more convincing, Jamesmade you a mixtape.
It seemed to work, as people left crying, confused, shaken, stirred.
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Strident Bob has his place.
So too, asAfrican Herbsmanproves, does the singer in his mellower incarnations.
It was also, as it so happens, an incredible movie to see high.
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The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life, Vol.
And wouldnt that be nice?
Antiques Roadshow(1997present)
Who are these people?
Where do they get all this stuff?
How much is it worth?
Episode after episode, PBSsAntiques Roadshowshows that those are totally engrossing questions.
And the aforementioned stuff is so weird sometimes!
A toilet-paper roll that the Beatles refused to use because it was too hard and shiny?
WatchingRoadshowgives you a chance to go rifling through Americas attic.
(Available to stream onPBSand to purchase onAmazon.)
(No drugs or alcohol so I can get the signal clear as day, he raps.)
The irony, of course, is that this an album that seems suspended in smoke.
And if being high makes it hard to follow the plot, consider that a bonus.
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The Beach Bum(2019)
What kind of stoner are you: a jokester?
InThe Beach Bum, Matthew McConaugheys Moondog is all of them and more and always puffing on something.
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Plus, midway through, you get Pop Goes the Weasel, rendered here asPop Goes the Dread Dub.
Also recommended: listening to Vangeliss seminal synth score through a nice pair of headphones.
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His neuroses both sexual and social finally found their perfect match in, of all things, the Bible.
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(Though, to be fair, theres a fair amount of sci-fi inBOC.)
Also, there are a lot of dick jokes and funny drawings.
Example: In one particularly psychedelic episode, Abbi morphs into an old-timey singer named Val.
We see what you did there, guys.
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Pretty muchthe state of being stonedand of great art.
A perfect gesture embodying the Where were you while we were getting high?
do-it-yourself self-reinvention of the late 90s.
Participants partook, or didnt, and went back into the world altered whether theyd imbibed or not.
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Its high school inside out, to whereFoghatstarts to sound better than you remember.
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Snippets fromWildfire(and evenWildfirefan fiction) are woven into the book.
Its a trippy read that unlocks on a whole other level if youre reading a little baked.
But sometimes its best to just let Dillas beat-making master class,Donuts, do the talking.
Wanna know where Kanye West got some of his ideas?
Look no further thanLight It,Dillas 30-second reworking of Africas cover of the Doors famously censored single.
And then get faded to the hypnotic sampledelica ofPeoplea few cuts later.
Kanye himselfonce saidDillas music sounded like good pussy.
Well, you know what?
It sounds like premium kush, too.
(Its an all-in, not-remotely-moderately-consuming experience, so were almost there already.)
Of course, you have to be ready to be inside a dead guy.
Get dark and heavy and disoriented and accept the invocation of this psychedelic melodrama to enter the void.
Eventhe title sequenceisnt for the faint of heart.
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TheExegesis of Philip K. Dickis one of them with the added bonus of being real.
Were not talking about a different way of being-in-the-world, Dick wrote.
/ How can the wind with so many around me / Lost in the city.
Along the way of this day in the life of newly unemployed Ice Cube fired on his day off!
If only getting high gave everyone the strength to knock out the community bully.
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G-Funk Classics Vol.
And it seems like the latter rubbed off on Nate Dogg.
(But, like Nate says, shell have to bring the actual bottle of wine.)
The pot-infused sounds of 90sG-Funkdont get any smoother or more sinuous than this.
Its sunny, easygoing, and full of wonder perfect to lose an afternoon to.
But at its heart,Harold & Kumaris a classic underdog tale pleasantly perverted by pot.
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Maybe thats why all ceiling paintings trigger head trips, daydreams, and hallucinations.
The best ceiling fresco made in recent times.
Inherent Vice,Thomas Pynchon (2009)
Think of Pynchons hero,the beach-bum P.I.
Doc Sportello, as Philip Marlowe with potent joints substituted for the neat whiskeys.
Grab your noise-blocking headphones and a bunch of pillows.
For shame, uncooperative Hollywood studios!
Zoom into the universe and give a two-bong salute to all beautiful things that go up in smoke.
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Theres nothing like watching Ross beat the devil out of his paint brushes to put your mind at ease.
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Especially on the monolithic Khalid of Space, Pt.
Just be ready for the intense, extra-vivid climax of IVE OFFICIALLY LOST ViSiON!!!!
Lonerism, Tame Impala (2012)
The Australian rockers breakthroughsecond albumis all about texture.
was meant to be no match for the New Age selfishness of 70s L.A. And he isnt!
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We get to do all that … without even so much as standing up in real life.
Thats a stoners dream.
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But smoke even just little, and theyre great.
These jaundiced jokesters may have oversaturated the market, but thats not their fault.
Their made-up language is goofy, and their resistance to pain opens whole avenues of physical comedy.
Theyre canonically immortal and have lived unchanged since the dinosaurs; isnt that fascinating?
And the cover of Bang Bang on theRise of Grusoundtrack?
Sorry, Jack Antonoff haters.
(TheMinionsmovie is available to stream onNetflix.)
Here, the active agent is mescaline.
Another pause … could it be finished?
New Amerykah Pt.
On Being Blue, William Gass (1975)
Ever think about what colors mean?
Postmodern literarymacherWilliam Gass sure did.
Suspension of the compulsive anxiety complex.
The beautiful character unfolds.
All of those present become comically iridescent.
At the same time one is pervaded by their aura.
The fun continued for seven years.
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The writing is always wild but its the books art that really earns its place here.
Our woal life is a idear we dint think of nor we dont know what it is.
What a way to live.
Sacred Mirrors, Alex Grey (19791989)
Are Greys paintings good art?
Are they near-perfect representations of stoned perception?
If Greys work looks familiar, thats because its become iconic for other altered-states-friendly musicians.
(Smoke it if you got it, the saying goes, and this band had it all.)
with a completely inscrutable line drawing.
But think about it: Could you muster up the gumption to order from the Soup Nazi?
Either way,Seinfeldshows once and for all that that nothing is really something.
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Selected Ambient Works Vol.
II, all thats left are the traces.
An enigmatic wisp of keyboard here, the faintest pulse there.
Silver Surfer(1966present)
Anywhere and Everywhere Hang On!
But most of all … the light!
SO MUCH LIGHT, MAKING ALL SORTS OF WILD-ASS SHAPES!
Though his art can be overwhelming, theres something magically human about it, too.
Or, as Jane might assess it,This situation is totally fucked.
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Star Trek(19661969)
Does this really need justification?
Fine:the Gorn.The City on the Edge of Forever?Tribbles.Mind-melding,alien gender politicsandHarry Mudd.
The music in theAmok Timekoon-ut-kal-if-feefight scene.
Or, jeez Louise, what about just the endlessly bizarre rhythms ofWilliam Shatners acting?
Its free jazz being played by a world-historic ham, and endlessly fascinating.
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seem far less absurd the further out youre willing to let yourself go.
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Comedian Bob Einstein (Albert Brookss older brother!)
Just like Sisyphus, you know?
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Just askJustin the Hog McElroy.
(This is a compliment, fair Swedes.)
Teletubbies(19972001)
Have you seen the most beautiful video on YouTube?
Itsthis video, a clip fromTeletubbiesedited to the tune of a Joy Division song.
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Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Showdid a decade previous.
Their range is wide the demented cable-access nightmareCheck It Out!
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Its ground and sky, melody and rhythm, hot and cool all at once.
Hes worth seeing live, too, simply for theextended keytar solos.
Transformers vs. G.I.
Joe(20142016)
Remember the endless sagas you would create with all your toys as a kid?
Scioli and Barbers Hasbro-approved story is the comic-book equivalent of that.
And they certainly set the tone for a heightened sensory experience.
And, asTree of Lifes ending might suggest, en route to reconciliation.
Its essential late-night transcendence thatll certainly pair well with your glaucoma medicine.
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And connection TV, at that!
No drug is going to make it make any more sense (could anything?
), but it might make you more comfortable with the surrealism.
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And who can blame them?
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(Warren Oates).
The cumulative effect is akin toSlackermeetsCannonball Runalong Route 66, on cruise control.
(DVD available to purchase onAmazon.)
Well have what shes smoking.
Throughout the six long tracks ofVocalcity, its riveting.
Waking Life(2001)
Richard LinklatersWaking Lifeis sort of a Eden.
If weed is indeed a gateway drug,Waking Lifeis something like a gateway film.
hey use in moderation.
(It took a lot of restraint not to make aBaking Lifejoke here, by the way.
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This simple E=mc2; work was a blissfully confirming experience.
Weekend at Burnies, Curren$y (2011)
Paranoia?
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
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Winged Migration(2001)
Birds are amazing.
Never has a paranoid freakout been this gorgeous to look at!
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An acid-experimentation episode set during a business trip is a particular highlight.
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The X-Files(19932002)
Do you want to believe?
Just as enjoyable are the less-continuity-minded monster-of-the-week episodes, which are frequently creepy and sometimes unexpectedly funny.
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and, amazingly, it only gets weirder from there.
When Connery massacres them at the end, they sigh in relief.
Man, wouldnt it be terrible to live forever?
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