Doctor Who's acid test | Nicholas Lezard

For popular culture, a dash of the psychedelic can be truly inspirational. When it comes to high art, drugs are perniciousIt is 1966. The Beatles' Revolver has just been released, and the most popular group in the world have been introducing their listeners to, among other things, the effects of LSD. Specifically, in the song She Said, She Said and, most unambiguously, in the sonic dreamscape of Tomorrow Never Knows. Nothing like it has ever been heard before in the popular arena. Unless you co...

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