Author: Ali McGhee

Lady pirates are the best. Pictured: Mary Read.

September 17, 2017

The Soul’s Sleight of Hand: Tony Vigorito’s Love and Other Pranks

The Möbius strip, a surface with only one side, functions as one of the primary motifs in Tony Vigorito’s time-bending new novel, Love and Other Pranks. Put relatively simply, the novel presents us with...

Psychedelics

May 31, 2017

We’re All Enlightened Here: Discussing Racism at Psychedelic Science 2017

The official program of the weekend-long Psychedelic Science conference in Oakland, CA ended on a high note as researchers, creatives, and psychnauts celebrated a roundly successful program. Psychedelic Science 2017, which came four years after the...

Psychedelics

April 20, 2017

Psychedelic Science 2017: What You Need to Know (Even If You Don’t Have a Pass)

Psychedelic Science officially started today in Oakland, CA, and will run through the weekend. The conference, which is organized by MAPS (the Multi-disciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies) brings together the world’s leading scientists, scholars, artists,...

Culture / Psychedelics / Science

February 18, 2017

Psychedelic Science 2017 Brings Experts and Visionaries Together

From April 19-24, Oakland, CA, will be the epicenter of the psychedelic movement as visionaries, creatives, and researchers join forces for Psychedelic Science, a conference held by MAPS (the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies)....

BEATLIFE Comp.1 cover. Image credit: Shayanne Gal

Music Review

January 17, 2017

BEAT LIFE COMP.1 Highlights Diverse Regional Talent [Review]

BEAT LIFE released its first compilation, BEAT LIFE COMP.1, today! The album features 15 tracks from producers who have been involved in Asheville, North Carolina’s BEAT LIFE events and includes artists from Asheville, Knoxville, Atlanta,...

Electronic Music

November 29, 2016

Sounds of Futures Passed: AF THE NAYSAYER

Armed Wing Battle Unit is the new EP from New Orleans-based AF THE NAYSAYER (Amahl Abdul-Khaliq). Like his last release, The Autodidact Instrumentals, Vol. I., it’s a funky, jazzy, beats-driven, and cerebral album that can...