Political activist, icon, and poet John Sinclair, 82, passed away of congestive heart failure Tuesday morning. Sinclair would have otherwise appeared at Ann Arbor Hash Bash in Michigan this Saturday to show support for pot reform. Sinclair advocated to legalize pot as early as 1965, joining his mentors like Allen Ginsberg and Ed Sanders. Beyond… Keep Reading
By John A. Keel You say you’ve never been hypnotized and, in fact, you regard yourself as too strong-willed, with such a towering intellect that you never could be hypnotized? Despite your overbearing ego, chances are that you have been zapped into a hypnotic trance many times… and completely without your knowledge or permission. A… Keep Reading
By John Veit A hundred years from now, Avram Noam Chomsky is going to figure in the history books as the prime voice of conscience, dissent and reason in the wars and social catastrophes of the late 20th century. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1950s, he began an intellectual revolution in the… Keep Reading
By Steve Bloom “The bus was busted!” HIGH TIMES Executive Editor John Holmstrom informed me as I walked into the office, only hours before my train to Toledo was scheduled to leave. It was March 28th—just four days before the Hash Bash, the main event on the spring Hemp Tour. I was planning to catch… Keep Reading
By David Rensin “Life is pretty dull if we have no surprises.” – Dr. John C. Lilly “Me? I love tanks.” – General George Patton The mouth of the tank lay open before me. Naked and expectant. I stepped into the warm salty water. I stretched out as the lid was fixed behind me, and… Keep Reading
John Krasinski’s new horror movie A Quiet Place Part II shows how theaters could survive in a time when streaming reigns supreme and crowded rooms have become scarier than empty alleyways. Read More Author: Tim Brinkhof / High Times Keep Reading
A High Times interview with the baron of bad taste, John Waters. Read More Author: High Times / High Times Keep Reading
In which John Waters interviews his muse. Read More Author: High Times / High Times Keep Reading
John Sinclair was given ten years in prison for marijuana in 1969. Then he fought back. Read More Author: High Times / High Times Keep Reading
John Lydon turns 64 on January 31. To pay tribute, we’re republishing Ann Bardach’s interview with the punk legend from the November, 1980 edition of High Times. Johnny Lydon almost single-handedly defined the “punk ” in punk rock. Not the textbook version coined by Marsh and Bangs in Creem over a decade ago to describe… Keep Reading
