Word: acidizing
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...most daring scrutinizers is Father Hans Kűng, 43, a Swiss-born professor of theology at Tubingen University in West Germany. An acid-penned theological nonconformist, Kűng does more than re-examine the doctrine; he is the first important Catholic theologian to come right out and deny it. The Vatican is understandably unhappy, and for two months the sounds of its displeasure have thundered around Kűng's head; he has been under attack from the hierarchies of Germany, Italy and France. This week, with the American publication of his blunt book Infallible? An Inquiry...
...stoned. And once it was the first time-that day your senses revealed their power and a glass of cold orange juice was the best thing that ever happened to you. . . . But that was a long time ago. Maybe a year or two later you dropped your first acid with a friend. And that was far out too, merging with the linoleum on the floor, muttering about unity and totality. Yeah, it's been a long time. Headplay at Theater Workshop Boston is about that first time; it's about the time in between. And it is about...
There are some people who will not drop acid. Because it is too much. Too much of a trip. Of those who will drop it, there are some who are hungry for it . . . these people are on a quest. If you are one of these people you know this about yourself. . . . When you come to acid, you come with the heat of a man given a single last chance. . . . You are without spirituality. So you smother your senses in the garbage of color, light and sound. Here, among the infant molecules of thought, you are subjected to the cool heat...
...Theories abound, few of them satisfactory. The fading out of ear-numbing, mind-blowing acid rock, some say, is related to the softening of the youth revolution. Its decline is variously viewed as a symptom of either progress toward harmony and thoughtfulness or a tragic slide from activist rage into a mood of "enlightened apathy." There is also the desire for individual expression on the part of talented rock musicians too long cooped up in their communal palaces of sound. Many of them came to realize that the higher the decibel rate, the less creative subtlety possible for composers...
...streets, drug use has apparently not declined during the winter. Street people seem to be using mostly "downs" (depressants) instead of acid and mescaline, which are more popular in warmer weather...