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“I was playing a gig at CBGB’s Canteen, and Cyndi showed up. She heckled me throughout the show”: Knox Chandler has played with Cyndi Lauper, and been a part of Depeche Mode, Psychedelic Furs, and Siouxsie & the Banshees – now he’s going solo

May 25, 2025

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(Image credit: Christina Voigt) Though Knox Chandler has lent his hand to countless sessions, he doesn’t see himself as a session player – but he does say: “It’s been a great opportunity to have worked on a lot of recordings.”More importantly to him, he’s been a member of Psychedelic Furs, Depeche Mode, and Siouxsie &…

This Ancient South American Society Used Psychedelics To Secure Their Power

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May 24, 2025

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Ancient Chavín elites used hallucinogens in private rituals to strengthen their authority and shape early social hierarchies. Two thousand years before the Inca empire rose to power in the Andes, a lesser-known society called the Chavín Phenomenon unified regions of modern-day Peru through shared art, architecture…

Erin Patterson trial: Monash environmental health officer searched grocers for mushrooms

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May 22, 2025

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Initially, he said, he was told the purchase was likely in April 2022 and came in a clear, unbranded bag.Later, he said, health authorities informed him the purchaser had confirmed they were dried, sliced, appeared to be repackaged, looked like shiitake or porcini mushrooms and were about 100g.As he was taken through a report of…

The Epic Rise and Fall of a Dark-Web Psychedelics Kingpin

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May 22, 2025

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In fact, agents were still there, in his cousin’s home, listening in on the call, which she had made at their instruction.Akasha told his cousin not to talk to the cops—not knowing she already had—and promised to pay for her lawyer. He advised her to delete every communication they had ever had. Then he hurriedly…

Random: Mario Kart World’s Devs Had To Double Check Mario Actually Eats Power-Up Mushrooms

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May 22, 2025

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Image: Nintendo LifeWe can’t say that it’s the kind of question that normally crops up in our everyday lives, but if someone put us on the spot and asked “does Mario actually eat those power-up mushrooms?”, we’d struggle to know the definitive answer. Of course, The Super Mario Bros. Movie dedicated an entire subplot to…

Almost 600 mushroom poisoning outbreaks recorded in China

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May 21, 2025

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Mushroom poisoning cases have risen in China but the number of deaths went down slightly in 2024 compared to the year before. In 2024, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention investigated 599 mushroom poisoning incidents. These outbreaks affected 1,486 patients and resulted in 13 deaths…

This Is Your Priest on Drugs

By WONKACHOCOLATEBARS

May 19, 2025

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Richards’s convictions, and his aspirations for psychedelics, prompt questions about the objectivity of such research. Rick Strassman, a psychiatrist at the University of New Mexico who conducted psychedelic research in the early nineties, suggested to me that at least some of the researchers came to the study with “a mission” to demonstrate the spiritual and…

China Focus: Tackling dietary gaps, new mushroom export markets, food industry globalisation, functional food R&D, and tariff tensions

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May 19, 2025

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China Focus (Getty Images)This edition explores market opportunities from China’s fibre deficit, the rise of wild mushrooms, efforts to internationalise the food sector, the vital role of academia in advancing functional foods, and China’s response to US tariff hikes.Fibre fortification: Seizing opportunities in China’s dietary gaps and emerging food trendsChina’s insufficient fibre intake is creating…

Superman enters the world of “existential superhero fantasy/horror” as Ice Cream Man creators expose him to The Kryptonite Spectrum

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May 16, 2025

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(Image credit: DC) It’s well known to fans that Superman’s greatest weakness is Kryptonite, the elemental remnants of his destroyed homeworld Krypton. But there’s a whole spectrum of different colors of Kryptonite each with their own effects on Superman’s physiology, and now W. Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo, and Chris O’Halloran, the creators of the hit…

Bertone Studio: putting psychedelic folk art in motion

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May 16, 2025

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Founded in 2008 in Madrid, Bertone Studio is powered by the creativity of Eduardo Bertone and Michiyo Sato. Their collaboration has led to the studio’s unique illustration and animation style, which has been labelled psychedelic folk art but really entails so much more. Stunning in terms of both colour and detail, the looping animations Michiyo…