Are you ready to drop your dreariness?
You
acid.
As indicated by scientific research published in the journal Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, lysergic acid diethylamide otherwise known as
LSD can overthrow what ails ya.
From the University of Ottawa’s Dr. Monnica Williams:
“Currently, there are no empirically supported treatments specifically for racial trauma. This study shows that psychedelics can be an important avenue for healing.”
Also under the umbrella of useful agents: Mushrooms and ecstasy.
Here’s how the conclusion was made, via the
To test out the mind-bending theory, Williams and other researchers enlisted 313 people who reported taking a psychedelic drug in the past that they felt helped mitigate “the challenging effects of ethnic discrimination,” per the study. Participants identified as black, Asian, Latino, Native American or Indigenous Canadian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander.
Stayin Alive: The music will last without the rehashes
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Advertisement I m beginning to recognise the fact that nothing is true. Nothing. It s all down to perception, Barry Gibb says as he stands overlooking the glistening harbour from his Miami estate. George Orwell saw this coming of course. For pop stars taking stock in their twilight years though, it must be chilling.
The poignant scene opens the new Bee Gees documentary,
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, a two-hour montage of pain and (mostly) triumph which is part of every music legend s retirement package. One more brick in an unassailable monument against the shifting sands of popular culture.
Don’t mourn the death of the album just yet
Streaming may have changed the way we listen to music, but pop’s love affair with the LP isn’t over
10 January 2021 • 6:00am
Here’s a thought experiment for music lovers. I want you to picture one of your favourite albums, an all-time classic you have treasured since you first opened the sleeve, slid out the vinyl, set the record player to 33⅓ revolutions per minute and carefully dropped the needle in the groove of track one, side one with a satisfying hiss. Or perhaps you slotted it into a cassette machine, pressed play on a CD player, or simply typed its title into the search engine of your chosen streaming service and tapped your Bluetooth earbuds for action.
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BTS has dominated charts since their debut in 2013. Every hit album they have released in the past few years have garnered them swathes of new fans, and an unbelievable amount of airplay on radios around the world. In 2020 alone, the Korean boyband released two albums, Map of the Soul: 7, and Be.
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Elvis Presley crafted quite the repertoire of songs throughout his career. The King of Rock N Roll hit legendary status before the likes of The Beatles arrived in the music industry. John Lennon famously cited Elvis as one of his biggest influences, and the band even met with the King during one of their tours in the ‘60s. Paul McCartney has also spoken out about how Elvis has inspired him over the years, most recently calling him the “second” coolest person he’d ever met - just after his wife.