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@ Oblivion & Thirsty Dog 12th & 13th Sept |
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| Location: | City of Sin, Auckland |
| Country: |  New Zealand |
| Last Login: | Aug 21, 2008 (501 days back) |
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Music:Member Since: 4/11/2008Band Website: dreamsofthedead.com Band Members: Influences: Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD), a potent hallucinogenic drug, also called a psychedelic, first synthesized from lysergic acid in Switzerland in l038. Lysergic acid is a white odorless drug, a component of the mold of ERGOT. Ergot is a product of the fungus Claviceps purpurea. Th e bio-active ingredients of ergot are all derivatives of lysergic acid. LSD is a semi-synthetic derivative of lysergic acid. Thus LSD is an "ergot" - like substance. The drug evokes dreamlike changes in mood and thought and alters the perception of time and space. It can also create a feeling of lack of self-control and extreme terror. Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) also goes by names like: acid, sugar, Blotter, Sugar Cubes, Blue Unicorn, Acid, Cid, Sid, Bart Simpsons, Barrels, Tabs, Blotter, Heaven ly blue, 'L', liquid liquid, Microdots, Mind detergent, Orange cubes, Orange micro, Owsley, Wedding Bells, windowpane, etc. LSD is very potent: the effective dose is measured in micrograms (ug) -- however, the lethal dose is literally thousands of times that, making the drug essentially non-toxic. LSD is non-addictive, and there have been only a few cases of possible overdose where people ingested extremely large amounts of the drug (Alan et al., 1978; Griggs et al,. 1977). LSD can be administered a number of ways, the most common : orally though paper, sugar cubes, on a piece of gelatin, or by pill ; intravenously or intramu scularly. A standard dose with noticeable hallucinogenic effects is about 100-200 ug. The intensity of the trip is proportional to the size of the dose-- it is interesting to note, though, that the duration of the trip seems to stay the same at higher dos es (Freedman, 1984). Physical effects include drowsiness, dizziness, dilated pupils, numbness and tingling, weakness, tremors, and nausea. Transient abnormal thinking induced by LSD, such as a sense of omnipotence or a state of acute paranoia, can result in dangerous behavior. Long-term adverse reactions such as persistent psychosis, prolonged depression, or faulty judgment have also been reported following LSD ingestion but whether these are a direct result of ingestion is difficult to establish. Althoug h LSD is not physiologically addicting, the drug's potent mind-altering effects can lead to chronic use. In the 1960's LSD use was widespread among people who sought to alter and intensify their physical senses; to achieve supposed insights into the unive rse, nature, and themselves; and to intensify emotional connections with others. The drug has been tried as a treatment for infantile autism, for alcoholism, and to accelerate psychotherapy, but no medical use has been established. Non-medical use is ille gal in the U.S. The LSD experience is usually described as a 'trip' because it is like a journey to another place. This experience may be broken up into four different 'phases'. THE ONSET- Thirty minutes to an hour after being taken, colors appear sharper, moving objects leave traces behind them. Repeated patterns may be seen with eyes closed. THE PLATEAU-Over the second hour, the effects become more intense. Patterns are now visible with eyes open. Fantastic visions appear from nowhere-from shapes in smoke, to lines on the palms of the hand. THE PEAK- Time is slowed to a standstill. Trippers may feel they are in a different world. For some this may be profound and mystical, for others it can be very frightening. The sense of reality is altered-people may feel feelings of flight, or feel they can breathe underwater like a fish. THE COMEDOWN- Five or six hours after taking the drug the sensations begin to subside. After eight hours the trip is usually over, however some residual effects may remain until sleep. The psychedelic effects of d-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide-25 (LSD) were discovered by Dr Albert Hoffman by accident in 1938 when a small amount of the drug soaked through his fingers during a routine synthesis. He experienced an imaginative dream-like stat e for a duration of 2-3 hours (Hoffman,1983). Since then a great deal of work has been done attempting to document the health effects of LSD. In the 1950's and 1960's, LSD was used by psychiatrists for analytic psychotherapy (controversial analysis). It w as thought that the administration of LSD could aid the patient in releasing repressed material. It was also suggested that psychiatrists themselves might develop more insight into the pathology (the study of essential nature of disease) of a diseased min d through self experimentation. During the late sixties LSD became popular as a recreational drug. While it has been suggested that recreational use of the drug has dropped, a recent report on CNN claiming that 4.4 percent of 8th graders have tried it. LSD is considered to be one of, if not the, most potent hallucinogenic drug known. Small doses of LSD (1/2-2ug/kg body weight) result in a number of system wide effects that could be classified into somatic, psychological, cognitive, and perceptual categ ories. These effects can last between five and fourteen hours. Table 1: Effects of LSD _LSD can trigger underlying mental problems and produce delusions, paranoia, and schizophrenia-like states. It can also produce extreme anxiety states or panic attacks, not only while under the influence of the drug, but for some time after. LSD may also result in changes in the personality of the user. These are known as "Bad Trips" Bad trips are not cause of the LSD (proven through scientific testing) that he/she has taken (although it plays a part in exciting a part of your brain not normally used), t he bad trip deals more with the sub-conscious of the used. LSD doesn't create images, what it DOES do is it stimulates a part of your brain that usually isn't used and makes you see or feel things that aren't there. Anytime you stimulate a part of the bra in that isn't used you will have a percentage of error and bad things will happen, so that's what makes LSD so risky to take. There are a few reasons why its so dangerous, one; you don't know how much dosage the dealer gave you; two, you have little or no control over what you see. However if you are with somebody having a bad trip the best thing you can do for him/her is to lead them to a quiet room with no radical things in it and keep that person calm until the trip wears off, this is called "talking t hem down". It may be tedious but it could save the life of a friend or loved one. Vitamin C has been shown to reduce the incidence of paranoia and prevent depletion of the vitamin from the adrenal glands during LSD trips.(Hoffer & Osmonds "The psychedelic s") Central nervous system stimulants can be grouped into three major categories, Psychomotor stimulants (e.g. cocaine, amphetamines, nicotine, caffeine, metaphetamines, dextroamphetamines, methylphenidate, etc); convulsants and respiratory stimulants; and f inally psychotomimetic (hallucinogenic) stimulants, e.g. tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and phencyclidine (PCP). Hallucinogens quite simply involve all drugs that cause hallucinations. Also known as psychedelic drugs, psycoto mimetics have in common, the ability to alter sensory perception and normal thought processes. Psycotomimetics produce a mind state similar to psychosis [Psychosis is a major mental disorder in which the personality is very seriously disorganized and cont act with reality is usually impaired] and can evoke wide mood swings, time distortions and a phenomenon known as "syesthesia", where the senses are distorted to the extent that colors, for example, are perceived to be "tasted", and sounds "seen". While th e exact thing that produces the psychic effects of LSD is unknown at this time, it is believed that it's effect centers around it's influence at the serotonin receptor sites in the central nervous system. [Serotonin is a neurotransmitter (chemical messeng er between nerve cells] that is thought to be involved in sensory perception, sleep inducement, regulation of body temp. and mood control]. Many areas of the brain that are heavily influenced by these seretonin producing neurons are associated with the bo dy's visual and limbic systems. [the limb system is the portion of the brain that is involved with various angles of emotion and behavior] When nerves are activated by nerve impulse they normally release the neurotransmitter serotonin (neurotransmitters a re chemical substances that transmit nerve impulses (messages) from one cell to another in effect allowing them to transmit information throughout the body). Once released, the neurotransmitters cross a gap (known as a synapse) between the adjacent cells and bind with serotonin receptors. Sounds Like: Sound propagates through air as a longitudinal wave. The speed of sound is determined by the properties of the air, and not by the frequency or amplitude of the sound. Sound waves, as well as most other types of waves, can be described in terms of the following basic wave phenomena. A single-frequency sound wave traveling through air will cause a sinusoidal pressure variation in the air. The air motion which accompanies the passage of the sound wave will be back and forth in the direction of the propagation of the sound, a characteristic of longitudinal waves. The human ear can respond to minute pressure variations in the air if they are in the audible frequency range, roughly 20 Hz - 20 kHz. It is capable of detecting pressure variations of less than one billionth of atmospheric pressure. The threshold of hearing corresponds to air vibrations on the order of a tenth of an atomic diameter. This incredible sensitivity is enhanced by an effective amplification of the sound signal by the outer and middle ear structures. Contributing to the wide dynamic range of human hearing are protective mechanisms that reduce the ear's response to very loud sounds. Sound intensities over this wide range are usually expressed in decibels. The extremely small size of the cochlea and the extremely high resolution of human pitch perception cast doubt on the sufficiency of the place theory to completely account for the human ear's pitch resolution. This would require a separate detectable pitch for every 0.002 cm, which is physically unreasonable for a simple peaking action on the membrane. The normal human ear can detect the difference between 440 Hz and 441 Hz. It is hard to believe it could attain such resolution from selective peaking of the membrane vibrations. The structures of the outer and middle ear contribute to both the remarkable sensitivity and the wide dynamic range of human hearing. They can be considered to be both a pre-amplifier and a limiter for the human hearing process. Usually "sound" is used to mean sound which can be perceived by the human ear, i.e., "sound" refers to audible sound unless otherwise classified. A reasonably standard definition of audible sound is that it is a pressure wave with frequency between 20 Hz and 20,000 Hz and with an intensity above the standard threshold of hearing. Since the ear is surrounded by air, or perhaps under water, the sound waves are constrained to be longitudinal waves. Normal ranges of sound pressure and sound intensity may also be specified. The term "ultrasonic" applied to sound refers to anything above the frequencies of audible sound, and nominally includes anything over 20,000 Hz. Frequencies used for medical diagnostic ultrasound scans extend to 10 MHz and beyond. Sounds in the range 20-100kHz are commonly used for communication and navigation by bats, dolphins, and some other species. Much higher frequencies, in the range 1-20 MHz, are used for medical ultrasound. Such sounds are produced by ultrasonic transducers. A wide variety of medical diagnostic applications use both the echo time and the Doppler shift of the reflected sounds to measure the distance to internal organs and structures and the speed of movement of those structures. Typical is the echocardiogram, in which a moving image of the heart's action is produced in video form with false colors to indicate the speed and direction of blood flow and heart valve movements. Ultrasound imaging near the surface of the body is capable of resolutions less than a millimeter. The resolution decreases with the depth of penetration since lower frequencies must be used (the attenuation of the waves in tissue goes up with increasing frequency.) The use of longer wavelengths implies lower resolution since the maximum resolution of any imaging process is proportional to the wavelength of the imaging wave. Record Label: Stinky Bedroom Records Type of Label: Indie |
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