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Exhibition poster, 1970.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 RIP Peter Max<\/a>, an artist who made the popular manifestations of psychedelic graphics near-synonymous with his own name which was always typeset and prominently displayed with a copyright symbol on his printed creations. Max’s formulation of the artist-as-brand was so extensive he makes those who attempted similar things look like slackers. Even Salvador Dal\u00ed didn’t have his own breakfast cereal<\/a>. Hippy transcendence fused with naked commercialism. More Max: The 1971 Peter Max Astrologicalendar<\/a>; Riverside Drive<\/a>, a Max-designed typeface; Max on TV: The Fifth Dimension Special: An Odyssey in the Cosmic Universe of Peter Max<\/em><\/a> (1970); Peter Max book covers, puzzles and more<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 “Film is a very unusual combination of things because it has an incredible financial commitment of spending, yet it has to be free and creative. To be any good, the cinema that I do has to be free and yet there are many constraints on it now and my best films were made in an era of wildness…” The late Jeremy Thomas<\/a> talking to Nick James in 2014 about his long career in cinema.<\/p>\n \u2022 At Nautilus: The Promise and Peril of Toad Smoking, the Everest of Psychedelics<\/a>. Kristen French talks to Kimon de Greef about his new book, The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 At Smithsonian Mag: Thomas Waters<\/a> on six ways that people of the past used magic to protect their homes, from witch bottles to mystical symbols.<\/p>\n \u2022 New music: September Nineteen Sixty Nine<\/em><\/a> by Adam Wiltzie \/ J\u00f3hann J\u00f3hannsson; Now We Can Sing<\/em><\/a> by Max Richter; Norfolk<\/em><\/a> by Richard Sage.<\/p>\n \u2022 At CDM: Adam Wiltzie<\/a> talks to Peter Kirn about his posthumous collaboration with J\u00f3hann J\u00f3hannsson.<\/p>\n \u2022 At Public Domain Review: Thomas W. Laqueur<\/a> on dogs in the paintings of Paolo Veronese.<\/p>\n \u2022 At Dennis Cooper’s: Spotlight on Leonora Carrington The Hearing Trumpet<\/em> (1977)<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 At the BFI: Kim Newman<\/a> chooses 10 great sci-fi B-movies.<\/p>\n \u2022 Old music: King Crimson<\/a> on German TV in 1969.<\/p>\n \u2022 1969<\/em><\/a> (1969) by The Stooges | 1969<\/em><\/a> (1983) by The Sisters Of Mercy | 1969<\/em><\/a> (2002) by Boards Of Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Exhibition poster, 1970. \u2022 RIP Peter Max, an artist who made the popular manifestations of psychedelic graphics near-synonymous with his own name which was always typeset and prominently displayed with a copyright symbol on his printed creations. 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