Ultraculture

The Dream Machine is a device for altering the brainwave frequency of the user and putting it into an alpha state, at which point it begins generating waking, sober hallucinations and internal “movies,” on demand. [Read more...]

OR16 was a healthy yearling male wolf with a black coat, a dominant trait found only in wolves who have dog genes in their lineage. Known only by his radio tag designation, OR16 crossed the border from Oregon into Idaho in December, and was shot to death by a hunter. That makes him the second mem... [Read more...]

Yesterday I removed a ton of debris from the ancient grapevine that lives in my yard. Years worth of dead leaves, mildew, dust and branches blew into my face, as I seemed to be downwind no matter where I stood. This morning I awoke hacking and choking. Though my throat was seemingly closing up, I... [Read more...]

Palm oil is an inexpensive, highly saturated vegetable fat found in everything from packaged cookies and crackers to cosmetics, soaps, detergents and bio fuel. The problem is that its industrial use is killing the planet. [Read more...]

I’ve heard a few complex, mind-bending drug stories told by Nor Cal bros in my time. I did go to UC Santa Cruz, after all, so I practically minored in it. But this—this—this takes the cake as far as tripper bro stories go. It has the Golden Gate Bridge. It has massive amounts of LSD. It has a dim... [Read more...]

What would you do if you could harness the energy of orgasm itself, just like it was the Force in Star Wars? [Read more...]

For episode four of the Ultraculture podcast, my guest is Scott Treleaven, a Canadian painter and film-maker who works with both transgressive and sacred subject matter, incorporating queer imagery and the arcane symbology of occult and esoteric practices into his artwork, which ranges from multi... [Read more...]