Dr. Albert Hofmann ~ 1/11/06 - 4/29/08 Dr Albert Hofmann was an anonymous Swiss chemist - then he inadvertently created the mind-altering psychedelic drug that would shape popular culture for generations. It all began with a "peculiar" accident on a spring day in 1943 that reconnected Hofmann with the "deeply euphoric" visionary encounters he had experienced in nature as a boy. About death, Hofmann said, "I go back to where I came from, to where I was before I was born, that's all"

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Last Friday, April 16, 1943, I was forced to stop my work in the laboratory in the middle of the afternoon and to go home, as I was seized by a peculiar restlessness associated with a sensation of mild dizziness. On arriving home, I lay down and sank into a kind of drunkenness which was not unpleasant and which was characterized by extreme activity of imagination. As I lay in a dazed condition with my eyes closed (I experienced daylight as disagreeably bright) there surged upon me an uninterrupted stream of fantastic images of extraordinary plasticity and vividness and accompanied by an intense, kaleidoscope-like play of colors. This condition gradually passed off after about two hours. ~ Dr. Albert Hofmann - April 16th 1943 April 16th 2002- Maximo is born happy 4/20

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Radio Circus: The original technicolor podcast All live content is provided in celebration of three consecutive years of music, mayhem and mishagos with Old Leadfoot. Much thanks to all...!

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After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ~Aldous Huxley, Music at Night and Other Essays

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eclectic: 1. varied: made up of parts from various sources > an eclectic collection of paintings 2. choosing from various sources: choosing what is best or preferred from a variety of sources or styles > an eclectic taste in music

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Old Leadfoot reflects upon some February occurrences while keeping the brew in February RadioCircus@hotmail.com

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Happy 102nd Birthday, Dr. Albert Hofmann...! Congratulations and thank you for your life's work and contribution to society that set off a world-wide chain reaction of inspiration. ~From the many disciples of your problem child

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Old Leadfoot, Radio Lois and Maximo return from a pilgrimage to Brooklyn New York that included a 7000 mile expedition through rural America. Originally prepared to be posted on December 23, 2007

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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Includes highlights from the free concert held in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco on September 2, 2007 to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the "Summer Of Love". It was a beautiful thing.

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"If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." ~James Madison "Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.? ~Voltaire "This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.? ~Plato

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A dozen years since his passing... he would have been 65 years old now. Our third annual celebration of the life and times of Jerry Garcia, co-hosted by the lovely Ophelia Nutsack.

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Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night (or oral surgery) stays Radio Circus from the eventual completion of its appointed rounds. The assistance of virtual friends from around the globe was required in the production of this podcast of all live content. Special thanks to Sir Hugo Plotz for assembling our all-star cast.

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In summer, the song sings itself. ~William Carlos Williams Welcome to summertime aficionados of the "wake and bake" lifestyle.

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Dedicated to the memory of Laura Ellen Hopper 1950-2007 Ms. Hopper founded or co-founded two legendary independant radio stations in central California, KFAT & KPIG, and was an intrepid fighter for the ability to keep free-form radio alive.

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"Wavy Gravy is the illegitimate son of Harpo Marx and Mother Teresa." - Paul Krassner You can help Wavy celebrate his birthday by attending his annual benefit concert in San Francisco @ The Grand Ballroom on May 18, 2007...or, you can make a donation that will help save the sight of thousands every year. PLEASE HELP! (Tell'em Old Leadfoot sent ya...!)

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(Her) belief in personal freedom is highlighted in the story where Goldman was taken aside at a dance by a young revolutionary and told it did not become an agitator to dance. Emma Goldman wrote; "I insisted that our cause could not expect me to behave as a nun and that the movement should not be turned into a cloister. If it meant that, I did not want it. I want freedom, the right to self expression, everybody's right to beautiful, radiant things." Emma Goldman biography

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Unbeknownst to many, April 19, 1943 became a pivotal moment in history that helped change the course of humanity Dr. Albert Hofmann

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Radio Circus begins a third year of free-form podcasts with all the accoutrements you've become accustomed to.

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We celebrate the Lunar New Year with some loving words from the Mandarin voice of Radio Circus, Hu-Yu-No.

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This is a time for all good people to join the "War Against War". See and hear news, analysis and opinion you won't find in the American mainstream: Democracy Now See the updated look of Radio Circus!

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We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

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To the highest highs, from the lowest lows....this episode celebrates the mind of 101 yr old Dr. Albert Hofmann, while questioning that of George W. Bush.

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Some wild & wacky performers are featured along with a "traditional" rockin' New Year's Eve dance party as Old Leadfoot wraps up 2006. Thanks to all of our regular listeners and welcome to our new ones.

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Old Leadfoot selects excerpts from vintage live performances

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It's the middle of the night...(and your mommy and your daddy are sleeping) The perfect time for Old Leadfoot and his Radio Circus to take you away from what passes for reality.

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R.I.P. ~ Robert Lockwood Jr. ~ one of the last direct links to the primal blues of the Mississippi Delta.

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When one argues with a fool, there are two.

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Nor spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face ~ John Donne

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Despite the highest of expectations, Old Leadfoot's favorite team tanks in the 2006 MLB playoffs. He dedicates a set to them, as well as to their equally underachieving arch rivals. BUT FIRST... A set comprised entirely from the myriad of material at: www.archive.org

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Tequila bottles are emptied as PART 2 becomes a reality.

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At least once a year, we enjoy having Randy Bone join Old Leadfoot as co-host of Radio Circus. This year we're getting a double dose. Join us for PART 1 of this two-part musical odyssey!

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Old Leadfoot celebrates fifty episodes of Radio Circus with a little help from his friends and media heros, including Bob Fass, Larry Fine and Abbie Hoffman

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The Ancient Leadfooted one has a moment from the 1969 March on Washington inexplicably enter his consciousness... and a few hours later discovers that his image was taken at that exact moment and became part of an award winning photo that was published in LIFE Magazine circa:1970!

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A Radio Circus homage to "An Aquarian Exposition in White Lake, N.Y." held 37 years ago on this date that became known as the Woodstock Festival. www.woodstockpreservation.org

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The third edition of our summer series of all live content celebrates the life of Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead

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It's been said that Angels fly because they take themselves lightly. Old Leadfoot explores humor in it's various forms on Radio Circus #45

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Old Leadfoot weaves selections from various concerts to create a show that many Radio Circus fans will play a multitude of times "I love the smell of live music in the morning"

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Using superior mental abilities, Old Leadfoot retakes control of Radio Circus from the upstarts and continues the fight against the nattering nabobs of negativity.

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This third and final installation of Randy Bone's triple assault on Old Leadfoot's Radio Circus contains a few surprises, including a very special guest appearance.

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The shenanigans continue on Randy Bone's second unaccompanied excursion into the wild world of circus podcasting. Listen in and learn some things you never knew about Old Leadfoot.

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Join Randy Bone on his maiden solo voyage into the world of podcasting in this first of three episodes during which he'll transform Old Leadfoot's Big Top Podcasting Studios into a regular Three Ring Circus. WARNING: MAY CAUSE A TEMPORARY DARKENING OF THE STOOL.

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Music to soothe and stimulate the weary traveling mind.

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Mother's Day Proclamation Arise, then, women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, Whether our baptism be of water or of tears! ~Julia Ward Howe Read Full Text Congratulations to Sam & Heather on the occasion of their wedding! ~May 11th 2006~

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A look at International Worker's Day Workers of the world, awaken! Rise in all your splendid might Take the wealth that you are making, It belongs to you by right. No one will for bread be crying We'll have freedom, love and health, When the grand red flag is flying In the Workers' Commonwealth. ~Joe Hill

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Yes...we're a day late for the actual "celebration". Will we also be a day late in reversing our course set for disaster? Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children. Pogo's Earth Day Realization:1971

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Old Leadfoot plays music vaguely related to two specific events that occured on April 16th....albeit 59 years apart.

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According to the Fox's U-bet chocolate syrup website, the recipe for "the original Brooklyn Egg-Cream" is: *Take a tall, chilled, straight-sided, 8oz. glass *Spoon 1 inch of U-bet Chocolate syrup into glass *Add 1 inch whole milk *Tilt the glass and spray seltzer (from a pressurized cylinder only) off a spoon, to make a big chocolate head *Stir, Drink, Enjoy. Personal variation available upon request WHAT the hell is he talking about...?

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Spring has arrived(or so it is believed) and we begin another year of Radio Circus by noting anniversaries....some more dubious than others....and we celebrate the life of Buck Owens August12,1929~March 25,2006

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The feel-good show of the year In memory of Turbo the Wondercat June 28th, 1989 ~ March 18th, 2005

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It's Great to Be Alive (1933) Genre: Comedy / Musical / Sci-Fi (more) An aviator who crash landed on an island in the South Pacific returns home to find that he is the last fertile man left on Earth after an epidemic of masculitus. www.imdb.com

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Questions, questions, questions...flooding into the mind of the concerned young person today. The beginning of a RadioCircus trilogy that will provide 2 1/2 hours of unfettered joy when played consecutively.

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Four days after gaining his reputation as "The Great White Hunter", Dick Cheney finally agreed to be "interviewed" by Fox News. Among his revelations, was the fact that he claimed that day as the worst day of his life. This disturbs me more than a little. Wouldn't you think that 9/11/01 would have been the worst day of his life...?

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Dedicated to all the Truckers and Roadrunners of the world... be they carry the equipment, the band, or the contraband. Great work, folks! May the Good Lord take a liking to you.

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Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered. Yet we have this consolation with us; that the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph. --Thomas Paine, The Crisis A celebration of Presidents Day

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A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants....

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Thanks for listening to Radio Circus! And a special welcome to all the people that have discovered us this month, effectively doubling our listenership. Tell a friend!

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Happy birthday, Albert. Our third eye thanks you http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/11/hoffman_100/

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Do we friggin' AMUSE you...? Then contact:Leadfoot@RadioCircus.net

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Help Old Leadfoot ring out the old....and to hell with most of the new. Our thanks to all Radio Circus listeners. We look forward to hearing from you as we continue into the new year. Leadfoot@RadioCircus.net

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A splendid potpourri of musical stylings...woven into an intricate pattern that travels through time, past lives and four countries before finally ending in Kyzyl, Tuva with throat-singing, American style www.RadioCircus.net

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Old Leadfoot flys the RadioCircus spaceship into a wormhole that leads directly to the late 60s....again. He must have friends there, or something. ""If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon our heart. The spirit should never grow old." ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick

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Former WFHB late night personality, Randy Bone, co-hosts this tequila-fueled train wreck