This Pill Makes You Small

It’s time, friends, to take a long, strange trip to the epicenter of hippiedom. A place where the squares are not allowed to tread. Where the incense is lit: Haight-Ashbury. In episode 18 of our testament to psychedelic music This Pill Makes You Small, we tune in, turn on and drop out on the corner of Haight-Ashbury in 1967. The Summer of Love is in full gear as we spin tunes from bands living in the neighborhood that started the scene. Put flowers in your hair and hope the record deal comes through to pay the rent on your old Victorian house.

PLAYLIST:
SAN FRANCISCO (BE SURE TO WEAR FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR): SCOTT MCKENZIE (THE VOICE OF SCOTT MCKENZIE)
THE GOLDEN ROAD: GRATEFUL DEAD (THE GRATEFUL DEAD)
RUNNIN’ ROUND THE WORLD: JEFFERSON AIRPLANE (TAKES OFF)
LONG WALKING DOWN TO MISERY: THE BEAU BRUMMELS (BRADLEY’S FARM)
FEATHERS FROM YOUR TREE: BLUE CHEER (OUTSIDEINSIDE)
DIDN’T THINK SO: THE GREAT SOCIETY (LIVE AT THE MATRIX)
8:05: MOBY GRAPE (MOBY GRAPE)
LIGHT IS FASTER THAN SOUND: BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY (BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY)
DINO’S SONG: QUICKSILVER MESSANGER SERVICE (QUICKSILVER MESSANGER SERVICE)
FLYING HIGH: COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH (ELECTRIC MUSIC FOR MIND AND BODY)
I CANNOT MAKE IT: SLY & THE FAMILY STONE (A WHOLE NEW THING)
JINGO: SANTANA (SANTANA)
GRIZZLY BEAR: THE YOUNGBLOODS (THE YOUNGBLOODS)
ARE YOU GONNA BE THERE (AT THE LOVE-IN): NO WAY OUT
BABY’S CALLING ME HOME: STEVE MILLER BAND (CHILDREN OF THE FUTURE)
GOLDEN CLOUDS: FLAMIN’ GROOVIES (SNEAKERS)
WHAT DO I DO NOW?: WE FIVE (MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY)
THE THINGS THAT I COULD DO WITH YOU: SOPWITH CAMEL (THE SOPWITH CAMEL)
CHAIN REACTION: FRUMIOUS BANDERSNATCH (THE STUDIO OUTTAKES)
WE HAVE PASSED AWAY: TRIPSICHORD (MUSIC BOX)
MAYBE: JANIS JOPLIN & THE KOZMIC BLUES BAND (LIVE IN AMSTERDAM, APRIL 1969) (BOX OF PEARLS)

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Howdy there, pardners. It’s time for the old BalconyRadio weekly music round-up program on your internet dial. This week, we head on down to big hat territory for the druggiest music west of the Pecos. Some funny looking plants grow out there among the sage brush . . . and when you kick up a cow patty, you’re bound to find something to get your mind off the ranch. In episode 11 of our testament to psychedelic music This Pill Makes You Small, we mosey on across the purple universe and talk to all the turtles and coyotes. Saddle up your brain, it’s time to lasso a comet.

PLAYLIST:
BORN LOSER: MURPHY & THE MOB
WE CAN MAKE IT, LUV: CORPUS
THE WHY PLEASE: THE GOLDEN DAWN
TELL ME ONE MORE TIME: ENDLE ST. CLOUD
UP, UP THROUGH THE SPIRAL: POE
YOU MAE ME SHAKE: THE MOVING SIDEWALKS
ALL I SAW WAS YOU: AMERICAN BLUES
GREEN OF MY PANTS: THE RED KRAYOLA
SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS: FEVER TREE
DAYS MIND THE TIME: THE MODS
SHE’S ABOUT A MOVER: SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET
REVERBARATION: THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
TAKE ME TO THE MOUNTAINS: SHIVA’S HEADBAND
WHAT’S CAUSING THIS SENSATION?: THE CHESSMEN
FLY BY NIGHTER: THE WYLD
PARALYZED: LEGENDARY STARDUST COWBOY
IN & OUT: LORY & THE BLUENOTES
BLACK OUT: THE SHERWOODS
YOU’LL NEVER BE MY GIRL: THURSDAY’S CHILDREN
JUDY IN DISGUISE: JOHN FRED & HIS PLAYBOY BAND
THANKS A LOT, BABY: THE BARDS
THAT’S WHAT I NEED YOUR LOVE FOR: THE BARONS
SLEEP: THE LIVING END
TAKE A RIDE: CHOCOLATE MOOSE
SMELL OF INCENSE: SOUTWEST F.O.B.
DOOR KNOB: THE INTRICATE BLEND

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What goes better than music and drugs? Chocolate and peanut butter? No. Ham and eggs? No. Netflix and chill? Maybe. For episode 17 of our Psyche music series This Pill Makes You Small, we stick to the smoke and tunes with our tour through the Nuggets box sets. Dig in while we pick the best of the best of music inspired by those damn hippies. Wear flowers in your hair and light up a joint long as your arm, it’s time to sink and float into the music. (At the same time.)

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PLAYLIST:
No Time Like The Right Time: The Blues Project
Pushin’ Too Hard: The Seeds
Let It Out (Let It ASll Hang Out): The Hombres
Psychotic Reaction: Count Five
Seven and Seven Is: Love
A Question Of Temperature: Balloon Farm
Just Like Me: Paul Revere & The Raiders
14 Hour Technicolour Dream: The Syn
Biff Bang Pow: The Creation
Pictures Of Matchstick Men: Status Quo
Bat Macumba: Os Mutantes
Vanishing Girl: The Dukes Of Stratosphear
Transfiguration: Screaming Trees
Getting Out Of Hand: The Bangles
Rumors: Syndicate of Sound
Carl Street: Mystery Trend
Thing In E: The Savage Resurrection
White Rabbit: Jefferson Airplane
1982-A: The Sons of Champlin
Riot on Sunset Strip: The Standells
Zig Zag Wanderer: Capt. Beefheart & His Magic Band
Marshmellow Skies: Ricky Nelson
I Used To Ride So High: Warren Zeven

The one thing we’ve learned during quarantine . . . you can tune in, turn on, and drop out anywhere. Hippie drug music sounds good in every room in the house! Enjoy tab #16 of This Pill Makes You Small, our tribute to the Summer of Love. In this episode, your hosts socially distance themselves by hovering six feet off the ground. Fill whatever you got with whatever you got, it’s time to bail on this dimension.

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It is once again time to take a trip full of trips . . . Follow Balcony Radio as we hopscotch from the cerebellum to the pineal gland in episode 15 of This Pill Makes You Small. Pull up a flower petal to sit on and let the best music from the Summer of Love float you away into the ether. The hippies have take over the radio. Eat the brown acid. Let it happen.

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Step in to the rabbit hole and fall to inner space. Turn on the lava lamp, polish up your crystals and prepare for the next journey through the record crates of psychedelia. It’s Episode 3 of our multi-coloured exploration into garages and basements everywhere that have the space for drums, bass, guitar, amps and beer. Hey kids, let’s make a record! Please patronize your local record distributor and purchase a couple things from the playlist below.

PLAYLIST:
KULT: NO HOME TODAY (PSYCHEDELIC 60S-LONDON UNDERGROUND)
CEDARS: HIDE IF YOU WANT TO HIDE (PSYCHEDELIC 60S-RARE TRACKS)
ANON: I WONDER WHERE MY SISTER’S GONE (PAISLEY POP: PYE PSYCHE & OTHER COLOURS)
THE PENNY PREPS: MODEL VILLAGE (INSANE TIMES)
GANDALF: CAN YOU TRAVEL IN THE DARK ALONE (US PSYCHEDELIA)
FACTOREE: KALEIDOSCOPE (A LETHAL DOSE OF HARD PSYCH)
SPRINGFIELD RIFLE: I LOVED HER (HISTORY OF NW ROCK VOL 3)
MIRAGE: THE WORLD GOES AROUND YOU (PSYCHEDELIC 60S-RARE TRACKS)
LES GOTHS: TURN OVER (PSYCHEDELIC 60S-LONDON UNDERGROUND)
SILVER EAGLE: THEODORE (PSYCHEDELIC 60S-RARE TRACKS)
LOOSE ENDZ: EASY RIDER (AN OVERDOSE OF HEAVY PSYCH)
FRUIT MACHINE: THE WALL (PSYCHEDELIC 60S-RARE TRACKS)
BARDS: FREEDOM CATCHER (HISTORY OF NW ROCK VOL 3)
IPISSIMUS: HOLD ON (INSANE TIMES)
LEGEND: ENJOY YOURSELF (A LETHAL DOSE OF HARD PSYCH)
RICK PRICE: TALKING TO THE FLOWERS (SOMETIMES I WONDER)
BEEING DUVEEN & THE BEAUTIFUL SHOP: WITCH DREAMED IT (PSYCHEDELIC 60S-LONDON UNDERGROUND)
T. ZCHIEN & THE JOHNNY: LET YOUR LIFE BE FREE (FORGE YOUR OWN CHAINS)
LE PEEP SHOW: MAZY (PSYCHEDELIC 60S-RARE TRACKS)
SOLE SOCIETY: PSYCHEDELIC CITY (LOST SOULS VOL 1)
THE STRANGERS: TWO TO MAKE A PAIR (FORGE YOUR OWN CHAINS)
THE ESQUIRES: SADIE’S WAYS (LOST SOULS VOL 2)
LD MITCHELL PALNT OF UNION (LOST SOULS VOL 1)
LEOT: RADIO CITY (PSYCHEDELIC 60S-RARE TRACKS)
TALES OF JUSTINE: MONDAY MORNING (INSANE TIMES)
THE SYN: GROUNDED (PSYCHEDELIC 60S-LONDON UNDERGROUND)
SMOKE: THAT’S WHAT I WANT (PSYCHEDELIC 60S-RARE TRACKS)
THE MARK IV: NOW I’M FREE (LOST SOULS VOL 1)
THE HOLLIE: ALL THE WORLD IS LOVE (INSANE TIMES)
THE POETS: BABY DON’T YOU DO IT (PSYCHEDELIC 60S-LONDON UNDERGROUND)
NEW TWEEDY BOTHERS: I SEE YOU’RE LOOKING FINE (PSYCHEDELIC JOURNEY)
THE SANDS: MRS. GILLESPIE’S REFRIDGERATOR (PSYCHEDELIC 60S-RARE TRACKS)

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Here is our second trip into the ether. In this episode we play more psychedelia than we knew existed. We will also probably make fun of a few band names, have weird conversations, and enjoy ourselves way too much. We recommend a cold drink, a soft pillow and the quiet sound of wind chimes. Also, please purchase the music from the playlist below from your local music retailer in whatever form they exist.

PLAYLIST:
The Third Bardo: 5 Years Ahead Of My Time (US Psychedelia)
Keith Relf: Shapes In My Mind (Psychedelic 60s Rare Tracks)
Bunch: Spare A Shilling (Psychedelic 60s Rare Tracks)
L.D. Mitchell: Roses Roses (Lost Souls Vol. 2)
The Marion Deaton Group: apple Of My Eye (Lost Souls Vol. 1)
DUST: Through A Silk Keyhole (Lost Souls Vol. 2)
Kourosh Yaghmaei: Hajm-e Khaali (Forge Your Own Chains)
The Misty Wizards: It’s Love (My Mind Goes High: Psychedelic Pop Nuggets from the WEA Vaults)
Gates Of Eden: Too Much On My Mind (Paisley Pop: Pyre Psych & Other Colours)
Herbal Mixture: Please Leave My Mind (Insane Times)
The Bondsmen: Our Time To Try (A Lethal Dose of Hard Psych)
Los Goths: Out Of The Sun (Psychedelic 60s-London Undergound)
Pugh: Love Love Love (Psychedelic 60s Rare Tracks)
Symbols: Again (Sometimes I Wonder: The Psychedelic Pop Sound of President)
KULT: Mr. Number One (Psychedelic 60s-London Undergound)
The Syechelles: Baher’s Daughter (Sometimes I Wonder: The Psychedelic Pop Sound of President)
Blonde On Blonde: Spinning Wheel (Psychedelic 60s-London Undergound)
Action 13: More Bread To The People (Nigerian Rock Special)
Joy Unlimited: Mr. Pseudonym (Psychedelic 60s Rare Tracks)
Evolution: Dr. Vazquez (Digger’s Delight: 10 International Psychedelic Freak-Outs)
The Salt: Lucifer (My Mind Goes High: Psychedelic Pop Nuggets from the WEA Vaults)
Electric Sunshine: Stop (Lost Souls Vol. 2
Scrugg: I Wish I Was Five (Paisley Pop: Pyre Psych & Other Colours)
The Live Five: Move Over And Let Me Fly (History of Northwestern Rock Vol 3: Psychedelic Seattle
Magic Fern: Beneath A Tree (History Of NW Rock Vol 3)
The Modds: Leave My House (Lost Souls Vol 2)
A.P. Dangerfield: Further Conversations (Psychedelic 60s Rare Tracks)
The Springfield Rifle: Start At The Bottom (History Of NW Rock Vol 3)
The Rake’s Progress: Sewer Rat Love Chat (US Psychedelia)
Rick Price: Daisy Farm Park (Sometimes I Wonder: The Psychedelic Pop Sound of President)

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Here is our first step into the ether. In this episode we play 90 minutes of psychedelia. We recommend you lie down on something soft while listening to this program. (Also, remember to stay hydrated.)
You love music. You love supporting people who sell music. Here is a list of the music we played. Go buy them!

PLAYLIST:
Bluebird: Modessa
The Exceptions: Woman of the Green Lantern
Kevin Ayer: Shouting in a Bucket Blues
ESB: Mushroom People
The Cape Kennedy Construction Co.: The First Step On The Moon
July: The Way
The Lemmon Tree: William Chalker’s Time Machine
The Kytes: Blessed
Shadows of Time: Search Your Soul
Paul Jones: The Dog Presides
Rupert’s People: Hold On
Lee Mallory: That’s The Way It’s Gonna Be
Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera: Solisbury Plain
The Sands: Listen To The Sky
Tom Northcutt: Who Planted Thorns In Miss Alice’s Garden?
T.I.M.E.: Tripping Into Sunshine
Pan & Reliz: Waiting In The Mater’s Garden
Pure Gold: Fairground
The Dorians: Good Love
The Balloon Farm: A Question of Temperature
Tages: Fuzzy Patterns
The Mountains: Difference of Opinion

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