High Times Greats: Interview With Steven Tyler
Writer Jesse Nash sat down with Steven Tyler for an interview in the November, 1993 issue of High Times. Read More Author: High Times / High Times Keep Reading
High Times Greats: Interview With Robert Anton Wilson
Philip H. Farber sat down with counterculture writer Robert Anton Wilson (1932 – 2007) for an interview originally published in the November, 1991 edition of High Times magazine. In honor of Robert Anton Wilson’s birthday January 18, we’re republishing it below. Based on Robert Anton Wilson’s incredible and varied career, it’s hard to know what… Keep Reading
Flashback Friday: A Typical Trip On Ibogaine
In the July, 1986 issue of High Times magazine, writer Spencer Rumsey investigated ibogaine as an emerging therapy for a variety of conditions. In an accompanying piece in the same issue, Dean Latimer took a closer look at what it’s like to trip on the drug. Ibogaine is not a euphoric hallucinogen, which helps explain… Keep Reading
High Times Greats: A Christmas Carol By Truman Capote As Told To Andy Warhol
In the “Opinion” section of the December, 1978 edition of High Times, famed writer Truman Capote (1924 – 1984) chats with art-world legend Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987) about what they want for Christmas. Merry Christmas… AW: So do you know what you want for Xmas? TC: Well, first of all, I don’t want anything… Keep Reading
Flashback Friday: An Xmas Meditation, The Flabellum Of Destiny
Writer Glenn O’Brien (1947 – 2017) tries to explain the purpose of a strange object in the December, 1979 issue of High Times magazine. There are a lot of beautiful views in Manhattan, but few are more imposing than that from the Cloisters, where, standing in a 15th-century archway transported from Italy, one can gaze… Keep Reading
High Times Greats: Frank Zappa, In Memoriam
In the April, 1994 edition of High Times, writer Nate Eaton remembers musician Frank Zappa, who died December 4, 1993. When word of Frank Zappa’s death (on Dec. 4) hit the news, I couldn’t help but feel American music had suffered a profound loss. More than any other artist over the past 30 years, Zappa… Keep Reading
Flashback Friday: Magic Stones
Writer Stephen Peele takes a look at a naturally occurring psychedelic in the December, 1989 issue of High Times magazine. Most of us are now aware that certain mushrooms, when eaten, produce psychoactive effects. The most notorious mushrooms in this group are those which produce psilocybin and psilocin. But have you ever heard of sclerotia?… Keep Reading
Flashback Friday: Witches’ Brew, A Brief History Of Paganism
In the October, 1993 issue of High Times, writer Paul DeRienzo, a committed atheist, went in search of his pagan roots and discovered an unexpected affinity for Goddess culture. Having survived the 1980s, when the so-called religious right indirectly ruled the United States through Ronald Reagan and George Bush, I tend to consider mainstream religion… Keep Reading
Flashback Friday: Cabala, Tasting The Forbidden Fruit Of The Tree Of Life
In the July, 1981 issue of High Times, Robert Anton Wilson, famed writer of the “Illuminatus” trilogy, leads us through a labyrinth of esoterica with his customary wit and style. There’s a tale they tell at Military Intelligence in London, when the candles gutter low and the fog curls about the windows. It happened in… Keep Reading
Flashback Friday: Jimsonweed, The World’s Worst Dope
In this edition of Flashback Friday, writer Steve Block outlines all the reasons why everyone should avoid jimsonweed. Originally published in the December, 1975 issue of High Times. The search for exotic highs is like the temptation to bet on “propositions”: of course, you know who won the World Series in 1936, how to sing… Keep Reading