Item #39123 Short feature quoting Lynn Darnton, illustrated with a photograph of two members of the commune and front cover artwork, in INTERNATIONAL TIMES #25 (London: February 2, 1968). THE TRIBE OF THE SACRED MUSHROOM.
Short feature quoting Lynn Darnton, illustrated with a photograph of two members of the commune and front cover artwork, in INTERNATIONAL TIMES #25 (London: February 2, 1968).
Short feature quoting Lynn Darnton, illustrated with a photograph of two members of the commune and front cover artwork, in INTERNATIONAL TIMES #25 (London: February 2, 1968).

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Short feature quoting Lynn Darnton, illustrated with a photograph of two members of the commune and front cover artwork, in INTERNATIONAL TIMES #25 (London: February 2, 1968).

Newspaper format. 16pp. Following their move to the country from Notting Hill ("the City wasn't conducive to community living"), the piece describes The Tribe of the Sacred Mushroom as "England's first hippy rural commune" and quotes "the Tribe's scribe", Lynn Darnton (who had previously lived with the Exploding Galaxy at 99 Balls Pond Road): "… we find the combination of beautiful country surroundings and a macrobiotic diet has made the use of acid totally unnecessary."

Also: LeRoi Jones's jail sentence; review of Captain Beefheart at Middle Earth (+ photo); 'New Music Supplement' (4pp.), including texts on Stockhausen, Boulez, Berio, and Messiaen, an interview with Cornelius Cardew, photos of John Tilbury, Tim Souster and David Bedford, a short text by Hugh Davies, Jack Henry Moore on John Cage and Buckminster Fuller, and Victor Schonfield on the Arts Lab Festival of New Music; "You Are A God, Act Like One", Timothy Leary's explanation of his slogan 'Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out', reprinted from The Mile High Underground (Fall 1967); R. Crumb's "Mr. Natural"; ads. for Middle Earth (The Action), the Fillmore (Jimi Hendrix), Hung On You, and the Indica and Unicorn bookshops.

Small lower right corner loss to front cover; spine fold slightly out of alignment; o/w Very Good (unfolded).

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