The Happening
‘Crazy World of Arthur Brown’ returns
February 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“The Crazy World of Arthur Brown” gets another shot at salvation with the release this month of a remastered special edition. The album includes a second disc of bonus material. The hard-edged psychedelic classic returns Feb. 25 in the U.S. and Feb. 22 in the U.K. via Esoteric Recordings, which is part of the Cherry Red label group in London. “The Crazy World of Arthur Brown” ranks No. 16 on our list of the most important psychedelic albums in rock history. (Read the full Arthur Brown review.) The... [Read the full story]
Bands
Strawberry Alarm Clock on Corgan label
January 17, 2010 · 1 Comment
The sound you are about to hear is the Strawberry Alarm Clock, still ticking after 40-some years. The psychedelic-era hitmakers (”Incense and Peppermints”) are back in the music media with the announcement that they’ll be recording for the new label from Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins. Keyboardist and singer Mark Weitz told Psychedelic Sight that the band is getting back to its 1960s roots, “trying to do what our fans like. … We’re picking up where we left off, but with a modern... [Read the full story]
Movies
Meet the ‘Yellow Submarine’ Beatles
January 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Looks like director Robert Zemeckis has found his fab four actors for that new version of “Yellow Submarine.” Dean Lennox Kelly (TV’s “Collision”) will be John; Peter Serafinowicz (”Shaun of the Dead”) will play Paul; Cary Elwes (”The Princess Bride”) is doing George; and Adam Campbell (”Date Movie”) has the Ringo part. The Beatles imitators the Fab Four will be used for musical performances featuring the band, the Hollywood Reporter said. The acting deals... [Read the full story]
Concerts
Furthur adventures of the Grateful Dead family
January 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Bob Weir and Phil Lesh’s Furthur project is getting on down the road on its first U.S. tour. The new band is warming up with an eight-night stand in Mill Valley, California. The shows are called “Live Rehearsal Sessions” and, no, you can’t get a ticket. The band even asks that the ticketless stay away from the town and the two venues. The Furthur winter tour officially begins Feb. 5 in Miami and is scheduled to end March 8 in Portland, Oregon. The band consists of Weir (guitar, vocals), Lesh (bass),... [Read the full story]
This Web Site
The Psychedelic Sight philosophy
January 29, 2008 · 1 Comment
When asked what his favorite music was, Duke Ellington said: “There are only two kinds of music. The good and the bad. I like the good.” That pretty much covers it. So when I started up a pair of online “radio stations” for psychedelic music, I included the Duke’s “Caravan.” Huh? Yeah, and I didn’t include the so-called psychedelic classic “My Green Tambourine.” Or “If You’re Going to San Francisco.” Or any other of the nehru-jacket songs that... [Read the full story]
Internet radio
Porpoise Mouth Radio: wide open
December 29, 2008 · 2 Comments
Before Psychedelic Site there was Porpoise Mouth the Internet radio station. Tune in now. The Last.fm-based project follows this site’s philosophy that psychedelic music need not be from any particular era or genre. And so along with Jimi Hendrix, Love, Pink Floyd, Traffic and the usual suspects from the 1960s, you’ll find sonic adventures from Ornette Coleman, Bernard Hermann, They Might Be Giants, Thelonius Monk, Nick Drake and Kate Bush. We’ve also conjured up another “station” on lala.com,... [Read the full story]
Psychedelic art galleries
100 Greatest Psychedelic Songs
No. 26: ‘Sky Pilot’ by Eric Burdon
In 1968, Eric Burdon had completed his transition from white R&B shouter to long-haired leaping gnome. The English singer disbanded the original Animals (of “House of... [Read more]
50 Greatest Psychedelic Albums
No. 28: ‘Space Hymns’ by Ramases
The tale is told that the shade of Egyptian Ramesses II one day appeared before the Englishman Martin Raphael. The big bald Raphael learned there and then that he was the reincarnation... [Read more]
Sixties sights and sounds
CD, album reviews
‘Love Is the Song We Sing’: CD review
San Francisco more or less created psychedelic rock in the 1960s, although it can be argued that the first song worthy of that tag came from London, where... [Read more]