Party at Powder Ridge, 1970

“There will be no festival. I can assure you of that,” -State Sen. John Pickett of Middletown Crowds at Powder Ridge Rock Festival July 31, 1970 Party At Powder Ridge The Festival that was never to be quickly turned into Read More …

Musical Marijuana, 1865

  Gypsy Musicians perform in the Russian Empire, 1865   Musical Marijuana From humanities earliest musical notes, the fans who followed the sound have shared in a ancient musical tradition handed down for centuries: smoking cannabis! Smoking hashish from a Read More …

Like Acid Raindrops, 1970

A man wearing a hat, shorts, and fringed vest, with a pipe strung onto hit belt loop, dances among a crowd of other audience members at the Sound Storm music festival Poynette, Wisconsin 1970 Like Acid Raindrops There had been Read More …