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Albert Hofmann, RIP (LSD)
Albert Hofmann, who died on Tuesday aged 102, synthesised lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in 1938 and became the first person in the world to experience a full-blown acid trip. [Telegraph]RIP Albert...
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Posted on April 29, 2008 6:57 PM
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He was a great man, with a great legacy. There's no reason to be sad about his death, if LSD has taught us anything it's that now that he's dead - he's all around us.
Posted by Tumbleweed | April 29, 2008 7:20 PM
Way to go Albert. Cheers to living so long. I have enjoyed your discovery!
Posted by Ether in LA | April 29, 2008 7:23 PM
He didn't invent LSD. I did. How do you think I turned water into wine?
Posted by Jesus H. Christ | April 29, 2008 7:31 PM
Thanks man! That time I ate an entire ten strip of paper when I was sixteen and came to in a field with no pants on was totally my fault.
Every other time was cool.
Posted by CTC | April 29, 2008 7:31 PM
F that. I invented cocaine.
Posted by Washington! | April 29, 2008 8:22 PM
he's dead? wow, what a trip
Posted by Anonymous | April 29, 2008 8:41 PM
Forgive me if you can't read this post, I'm seeing fractals right now...
Posted by Jdubs | April 29, 2008 8:54 PM
he died chasing Roger Waters's pig.
see you on the Dark Side of the Moon, Dr. Al!
Posted by Anonymous | April 29, 2008 9:02 PM
He hit it.
Posted by Anonymous | April 29, 2008 10:14 PM
what a wonderful soul, may he live within and throughout us
Posted by Anonymous | April 29, 2008 11:06 PM
peace and love and groovy vibes to you comrade hofman. thank you for turning so many of us on, man. cosmic consciousness is a heavy thing to realize, brother...
Posted by Anonymous | April 30, 2008 12:20 AM
Albert Hoffman dies, Pink Floyd loses Pig?
IT'S A GOD DAMNED CONSPIRACY!
Posted by Anonymous | April 30, 2008 12:36 AM
dude lived to 102, damn!
Posted by Anonymous | April 30, 2008 1:00 AM
did you really ever think about hands, man>?!? they're fucking rad, man!!
Posted by Anonymous | April 30, 2008 1:54 AM
RIP
Posted by Anonymous | April 30, 2008 9:04 AM
Roger Waters's pig said, "Come, my child. I've come to take you home. Feel our loving spirits surround you. Warm. Fluffy. Breathe. Breathe in the air. Don't be afraid to care.
Just kidding! You're dead. And I'm a balloon."
Posted by Anonymous | April 30, 2008 10:39 AM
LSD really did help me. Its a shame that it has such a negative build associated with it. The balloon pig is also a sign....keep watching the skies.
Posted by Didge | April 30, 2008 11:01 AM
ate it!
Posted by Anonymous | April 30, 2008 11:03 AM
I'll have to spin Tomorrow's psych-classic "My White Bicycle" in his honor tonite.
Hofmann took a bike ride home shortly after consuming LSD for the first time.
Posted by drewo | April 30, 2008 11:13 AM
Where are you, flying pig? You said you’d be here. I’m cold. I’m scared. I don’t even see your hoofprints in the sand.
Posted by Dr. Albert | April 30, 2008 11:29 AM
Do not fear, my child. Don’t you know I could never leave you? You cannot see my hoofprints because I am carrying you on my back as we fly away, off beyond the clouds, to your new home in the stars.
Syd will be there, and Arthur Lee, and all that is now, and all that is gone, and all that’s to come. And everything under the sun is in tune, when the sun is eclipsed by the moon.
Posted by Roger Waters' pig | April 30, 2008 11:30 AM
102: testament to the fact that drugs don't always kill.
Posted by Anonymous | April 30, 2008 12:00 PM
LSD isn't a drug - it's a medicine, and a sacrament, and a damn good time. ;-)
Posted by Tumbleweed | April 30, 2008 12:21 PM
RE: video #2.. Yes, it most certainly is a bad idea to eat hotdogs while tripping on acid.
Posted by David | April 30, 2008 12:52 PM
hail hail!
Posted by Anonymous | April 30, 2008 10:16 PM
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
Ill never look into your eyes...again
Can you picture what will be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need...of some...strangers hand
In a...desperate land
Posted by J. Morrison | April 30, 2008 11:46 PM
man that mother fucker couldnt make good acid if he wanted
Posted by chewy | March 7, 2009 1:52 PM
man that mother fucker couldnt make good acid if he wanted
Posted by m e c 3 | March 7, 2009 1:54 PM