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Timothy Francis Leary — psychologist, visionary, and fearless explorer of consciousness. From the hallowed halls of Harvard to the frontiers of the human mind, he dared to question the boundaries of perception and inspired generations to think, feel, and dream beyond the ordinary.
…and booze. I want to talk to you about cocaine. Remember in the 60s when people were smoking out of marijuana and the Beatles and Dylan and all were singing about it and young people stopped the war and changed the institutions. Back then, marijuana was…
…the needle is grooving your brain. And the classic examples of this are during the 60s when people would listen to the the Beatles records and be convinced that the Beatles were actually singing to them. And then you'd play that over and over again. Once…
…the classic examples of this are during the 60s when people would listen to the the Beatles records and be convinced that the Beatles were actually singing to them. And then you'd play that over and over again. Once a record would be grooved into your…
…I see the development of computers, personal computers, and video games as being a logical extension of the use of LSD as Beatles records. I think that they really led... I think once you had that generation of young people that learned how to access…
…Timothy Leary was like the guru of the 60s generation. Absolutely. You guys forget? It was 20 years ago this summer that... The Beatles came out with that album, and it went around the world like a message, like a big wave. Did you hang with the…
…The Beatles came out with that album, and it went around the world like a message, like a big wave. Did you hang with the Beatles? Sure, quite a bit. You did drugs with them? I guess I can say that now, yeah. Sure. So you turned them on to that…
…there's no way you can do endorsement deals and stuff. No product endorsement? No, seriously. I mean, you were hanging out with the Beatles and stuff and just having a lot of free time, so how did you make a living all those years? Well, I've written…
…I have to. I work in nightclubs. So, but there was one comedian there who was 24 years old, and he said that when the Beatles were on TV, he was just a fetus. And when JFK was shot, he was just developing eyelids. So there's a whole generation of,…
…the summer of love, flower power, bizarre clothes, and the hippie trail. At the heart of the whole thing were the Beatles, with their eighth album, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which was being taken seriously in some unlikely quarters. It seemed…
…for the first time. discovered lyrics printed on the back cover for the first time. And when they opened it out, found the Beatles inviting All and Sundry to join the fun. There are two events outside of my inner family circle that I remember in life,…
…because there was a great upsurge of energy and consciousness and because there was so much attention given to not just the Beatles but to everything that was taking place all the changes that were happening with fashion and and with filmmakers and poets…
…about it. And I didn't want to stay there, so I left. This announcement really began when Bob Dylan gave marijuana to the Beatles. And the Beatles' music changed, no doubt, and then they took LSD, and the music changed some more, and it sent signals to…
…I didn't want to stay there, so I left. This announcement really began when Bob Dylan gave marijuana to the Beatles. And the Beatles' music changed, no doubt, and then they took LSD, and the music changed some more, and it sent signals to the people of…
…but Peter Stafford wrote a book called The Magic Gram. It was a gram that turned on many people, including Tim Leary and the Beatles and even some of our local Santa Cruz people like Paul Lee. In any event, he also worked on some early research in New…
…to the receptivity. But then you've got to become active so that you're a hedonist and you're smoking grass and listening to the Beatles records and that's great. But you've got to get off your ass and you've got to get out there and start creating…
…babysit all the kids and all the party could go. And it was Hard Day's Night. And it really turned me on because those Beatles were just, they were really loosening their bodies. And it just did something to my body and I came home so high. That was…
…experiences and the ancient sacraments. But suddenly it got out there, and the rock and roll groups were singing about it, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. And in the West Coast, we were at Harvard, we were very academic. We were giving and sharing…
…Expo for Tim C. Reilly. He asked me to do it here, and I was very happy. He was in it a while ago, since The Beatles. How long have you been working with him? I've been working with him since about 6 years ago. He is very interested in Japan. Japan…
…great pleasure to introduce a man that has enriched our lives in the 70s he was with that great group by the way what the Beatles were to London and what the Grateful Dead is to San Francisco. The Doors were to L.A., huh? And what MTV was to LSD,…
…to use it. You said, I think, that you lost your virginity to Glenn Miller, and again to Ray Charles, and again to the Beatles. Do you really try to keep recycling yourself? I don't try anything. I surf the waves that come along. How could you possibly…
…people who they want to be. What exactly is going on here? Well, we're waiting for the hog farm party to start. He's like the Beatles, like Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. What did he do? How did he get so popular? How did he get so popular? I guess…
…Priest, it was done many, many years, 25 years ago. I don't know if you remember it, Ringo, but I dedicated it to the Beatles and to three or four other rock groups, because they said, take over. We at Harvard have done our job, and it's the music…
…she began singing Yellow Summer Rainbows. And they all sang along. And then they got to give pizza chance. And yeah, they sang Beatles songs. And then she knew that, hey, it can't be stopped. And wow, I'm so happy you're all here to enjoy it. And…
…to you? Getting older, you can't understand why the younger group doesn't get off on Frank Sinatra, or on Elvis Presley, or on the Beatles. Now, when I was in prison, for example, and had gone through life, I could always tell the age of a man's first…
…my sexual circuits. In the early 60s, it was Miles Davis, Sketches in Spain. I've taken LSD at least 50 times behind the Beatles' Rolling Stones, so the access goes. Oh, I haven't given up my Benny Goodman, and no one's ever going to compare with Helen…
…most of our young art today, as you know, is sensory art, it's marijuana art. When the Rolling Stones get together with the Beatles in that studio in London, they get high. And they goof around for hours and hours and hours and hours, and then later…
…and God and law. She's 68, but she says she's 54. Well, I ain't going to work on Maggie's farm no more. And the Beatles are writing those songs about, she's leaving home, what did we do wrong, can't get no satisfaction. Go right down the line, the…
…Wear funny costumes and get busted for old time's sake. Or we could have clubhouses where we could sit around and smoke and play Beatles records and Well, I make a gentle fun of myself and my fellow veterans because there's a lot to be proud of. I…
…and robbers. I think that we deserve more than that, because time has not stood still since the 60s, and Star Trek, like the Beatles, is a 60s phenomenon. For example, we were talking recently in Hollywood with a man who was going to make a movie of…
…more, and it sent signals to the people of San Francisco who were very admiring of the birds. The birds took the best of the Beatles and the best of Dylan and synthesized it. And then we sort of developed our own style as things went on. And when we…
…on. And when we started doing Dylan's songs, we took that kind of music to another level of intellectual music that the Beatles hadn't really tried yet. Hey, Mr. Tangerine, that's where the sun will be. In the jingle jangle morning. When they heard that…
…off them and put that in. If I needed someone to love You're the one that I'd be thinking of If I needed someone The Beatles played their last ever concert to a paying audience in August 1966 and took some time off. As 1966 drew to a close, the…
…because they've done different things now. But, um, I hope they don't. What would you think if I... In fact, the Beatles had not split up. But tired of touring and constant exposure, they'd simply disappeared into the studio for an unprecedented length…
…simply disappeared into the studio for an unprecedented length of time. But they couldn't escape the question of the hour. Are the Beatles going to go their own ways in 1967? They could be, you know, on our own or together. We're always involved with…
…improve in that. We can't get any better. So we're trying to get better with things like recording. Let's pretend we're not the Beatles. That was a pretty big dare right there, you know. And it changed everything. So we could go in. What was great about…
…was the man who had produced all their records, George Martin. He explained some of the new techniques that he and the Beatles were exploring. Tape and electronics have brought an enormous new feel to music. It's surprising what you can do once you have…
…ordinary cymbal, for example. Have a listen to this. Now, have you heard it backwards? Are you getting bored of being with the Beatles after all this time? No. I'm having a great time. Merry Christmas to you. Long time since I've seen you. Thank you…
…Well, I'll see what they're up to. I think it may be tea time with anyone. Bye. Perhaps the greatest wonder of the Beatles and the greatest delight was that they actually came from Liverpool. That was the key to this thing. It was the four Scousers…
…what would I be doing in the Lonely Hearts Club? No, I won't be on it. So then I think it was suggested that the Beatles all wrote her a personal letter and said, we'd very much like you to be on it. Then she said, yes, you would. Nothing happened…
…from American culture at the time and Western civilization would be able to re-see exchanges between each other. The Beatles served that function in many respects because the great international attention that they achieved obviously indicated, given the lyrics…
…It was a community project just to be there together, to share each other's company, everybody spending the time together. As the Beatles were spending time together as a community group, the four of them, and giving an example to youth around the world…