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It's getting weird out there.

WHEN JIM MORRISON TRIED TO OVERTHROW THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT

Our good pal Steve sent this video clip from the BBC that provides an amazing insight into the levels of paranoia which the British Government and their grim minions in the Special Branch – the Brit anti-terrorist equivalent of the FBI – viewed the anti-Vietnam War movement and the belief of some right-wing extremists that The Doors were behind it all.

As Steve writes…
Loads of official documents obtained by the Beeb about the 1968 protests. Some fascinating stuff -- apparently we were making Molotov cocktails out of lightbulbs (!) and filling eggs with acid and hiding them in lunchboxes to avoid detection. And, of course, the whole shebang was orchestrated by the Doors (those rascals)...

Click to watch this quite extraordinary video.
And if you want to see a rerun of me on another show talking about the same events click here.

Younger readers might well comment that this was all back in the day, and would hardly be possible here in the 21st century. I can only agree. Today, those in power appear twenty times more paranoid.

The secret word is Insanity.

Meanwhile, back at LA CityBeat I talk about the quality of Barack Obama’s suits. (But my run at CityBeat is almost done. More about that in the future.)

I DON'T THINK THIS IS WHAT BOB DYLAN HAD IN MIND

DON'T FUCK WITH NIKOLA TESLA (#7 in a series)

“The spread of civilization may be likened to a fire; First, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power.”

And, having rolled out of bed, facing a morning of the mundane, I feel unnaturally energized, wondering as I walk from room to room, feed the cat, check the mail, if the fight for freedom and the metaphysical are the flint and steel to kindle the true spark of the revolution I crave. Thus I post a picture of Nikola Tesla and go about my business wondering, hoping. I have the strength to hold this thought and act upon it.

The secret word is More

THEY DON'T MAKE FILMS LIKE THIS ANY MORE

“Fortunately Bob Dylan, unlike like Johnny Cash, was too busy reinventing rock & roll to appear.”

(Yes, Farren has been busy writing so he’s posting a picture to cover the continuity.)

The secret is A Thousand Words

Sydney Pollack -- RIP

WHERE'S THE DOPE? WHERE'S THE DOPE?

“Never send a dog to do a narc’s work.”

Officials admit that an unwitting passenger arriving at Japan's Narita airport unknowingly walked away with 142g of cannabis after a customs test went awry, A customs officer hid a package of dope in a side pocket of a randomly chosen suitcase in order to test airport security. Sniffer dogs failed to detect the cannabis and the officer could not remember which bag he had put it in. (Click for full story from Valerie)

The secret word is Aroma

SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM

"When peace comes (if ever) you won't be able to smoke any fucking place."

MEMORIAL DAY MESSAGE

Which would be to force George Bush and his grasping cronies to pay veterans and their families, and the serving troops for that matter, decent pay and benefits.

BUT WE'RE BACK ON MARS

I, for one, are damned glad we’re back on Mars. Space is, of course, (as Sun Ra once put it) the place. Admittedly I’d be a whole lot happier if we found some Martians. Maybe the Phoenix Lander should just try following the canals.

The secret word is Thark