bicycle day: the origin story of LSD

*watch on youtube* (video to post by 1:30pm edt on 4.21.21)

kirk celebrates 4/20 in style before diving into the global holiday that takes place on 4/19 of every year since 1943: bicycle day. in the first of a multi-part stoner education series, we explore bicycle day's origins in switzerland, where chemist albert hofmann discovered a unique compound derived from a fungus found in moldy rye bread that would go on to spark personal psychedelic journeys and cultural revolutions alike. even the terrible adolf hitler gets involved.

kirk produced three original songs in support of today's trippy installment.

citations:
1. “apparently uselesss...” by tom shroder of the atlantic
2. wikipedia entry on albert hofmann
3. a bunch of stoners over the years

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