i can't read books high as the words don't go in, and i find it amazing that anyone can!

but here are a couple of recommendations:

- mason & dixon, by thomas pynchon. possibly my favourite novel, and i recently finished a fourth or fifth reading of it.

- ways of being, by james bridle. fascinating book about AI, climate change, computing, and how we humans relate to (or fail to relate to) the non-human world.

Same, thats where Audible comes in handy :D

oh good tip! and nice to know i'm not the only one who can't read when high.

i'm kinda resistant to audio books for some reason (i think podcasts fill that gap for me).

any favourite audiobook recommendations?

oh yeah I'm the same - can't really enjoy books stoned! Audio books are a good idea :)

Thomas Pynchon is such a good writer. My personal favourite is Gravity's Rainbow. Pretty sure that he would write a lot of his work completely high to help him get into the characters' heads...and then edit it sober. Which isn't a bad process. It's probably how he came up with a guy who's have sex when a missile falls, so they use his erection as an early warning system ;). Also a long, phantasmagorical trip down a toilet.

Aye, I really enjoyed the Unhappy Medium by TJ Brown, hilarious and Redshirts by John Scalzi is fun

Im in awe of anyone who can manage Pynchon . Tried n failed!

Love a good book!! Here’s some good recommendations

Bios mainly rock n roll people

Dear boy - keith moon

Thanks a lot mr kibblewhite - roger daltrey

Dr Ozzy - ozzy osbourne

Ozzy

Scar tissue - Anthony kiedis

Other true books

First light - about a spitfire pilot

Mad world my masters - John Simpson the news reader

Mr nice - Howard marks

Adverntures of a racketeer - Patrick ??? (Howard marks brother in law

Snowblind -

Shantaram- Gregory David ?????

Fiction

Wasp factory - Iain banks ( must read if you haven’t it’s mental)

Lord of the rings

Sherlock Holmes - surprisingly good

Jeeves and Wooster - any books all awesome

Corfu trilogy - Gerald Durrell

The teachings of Don Juan - Carlos casteneda

Just a few of my faves , I read lots of different books

Wow - I can't believe I've never read Sherlock Holmes?! Sounds like an obvious thing... Need to add it to the list!

Seriously they are great and once you read them you understand why the name and stories haven’t disappeared enjoy !!!

Mr Nice - Howard Marks
Cosmic Trigger (Vols. 1,2,3 ) - Robert Anton Wilson

Mr Nice is definitely on my list. What did you think?

Def. worth a read

Joe Abercrombie is my current favourite author. Kind of grim fantasy.
He builds characters so well you feel like you know them. Start with the First Law trilogy or The Heroes if you just want to dip your toe in.
If you prefer audiobooks the narrator who reads for him, Steven Pacey, is awesome. I didn't like audiobooks at all before listening to him

new Abercrombie book out next month. Great books, especially when read by Pacey!

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

Mr Nice & Dope Stories by Howard Marks

Been reading "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking",

Really interesting when you want to get into philosophy.

Shantaram

Septimus Heap books (kids books, don't care, love them and read them yearly, Harry Potter can fuck off)

Ink and Sigil series

River god.

American physco.

The shrinking man

Fight club

Easter island

Mockingbird - Walter Tevis
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke
Snowblind - Robert Sabbag
The Name of The Wind - Patrick Rothfuss

Snowblind is amazing. Old school smuggling at its finest.

How about The Day Of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth

for philosophy then Meditations by Marcus Aurelius of course 😀

Stephen King Different Seasons . I’m enjoying it so far .

Anything Jeff Noon. Start with Vurt though. Falling Out Of Cars is my favourite by him.

Thoroughly depressing dystopian shit, all set in a future Manchester.

It’s great. If you haven’t read Jeff. Read him immediately. It’s so bleak it totally cheers you up.

Automated Alice.

He rewrote Alice In Wonderland the minute it was out of copyright. Set it in Manchester. In the future. Published that shit.

You have to read Vurt and Pollen first, or it’s just nonsense. 🤣


Aldous Huxley.

Ol’ Bull Lee, Hunter S.

Foucault

Ol’ Palahniuk

Carl Sagan

Trainspotting. Irvine Welsh. It’s kinda Nirvana the band, in book form.

The Bridge. Ian Banks. Wasp Factory if you haven’t read it. Espedair Street is a great book also.

Lanark. Alasdair Grey.

Only Forward/Spares. Michael Marshall Smith.

Underrated books, that guy writes, if you like fun books to read.

Keats. Yeats. Byron. Pinter. Meadows. Morrissey. Mark E Smith. Linton Kwesi Johnson. The poetry of people like Mike Skinner and the master, John Cooper Clarke.

Dickens

HP Lovecraft.

John Lydon.

Kevin Shields.

Not books. Sorry.

Illuminatus!, Cosmic Trigger. Robert Anton Wilson. Carlos Casteneda. Because sometimes you want the bollocks to be true. Bit of Church of The Subgenius. Our captain and saviour. Roberto Dobbs.

Terence McKenna. Food of The Gods.

That’s a book.

Desmond Morris. Errol Morris

Alesdair Crowley. And yes. Jimmy Page did buy his Scottish retreat.

Look into that one. It’s a deep, interesting rabbit hole.

Allen Ginsberg, Tom Wolfe, Jack (Daniels) Kerouac.

Anais Nin

Henry Miller.

Sexytime.

Bill Gibson. Alan Moore. Alan Martin. Bill Drummond.

I’ve given you enough to be getting on with. I wish I could be reading all of that shit for the first time.

Don’t read any of these books or authors. They are a big part of why I’m so dysfunctional.

They do all cut through the bullshit kinda nicely. If you are open to it.

If your up for a mind blowing allegedly true story that is amazing try getting your hands on a copy of "The Vertical Plane" its an account of the Dodderton (that might not be spelt correctly) messages. I don't wanna spoil the plot for you or any potential readers so I'll leave it at that, anyone wanting to do there own research pre reading is welcome. Just learning about the incident is very interesting.

The master and his emissary: the divided brain

Be here now! Best book for any psychedelic journey :)

A few of my absolute favourites:

A Confederacy of Dunces - by John Kennedy Toole

Darkness at Noon - by Arthur Koestler

Stoner - by John Edward Williams
(haha not our kind, it's the character's name)

Blood Meridian - by Cormac McCarthy

The Master and Margarita - by Mikhail Bulgakov

All of these books have become important parts of me ever since I read them :)

For non fiction:

Neurosis and Human Growth - by Karen Horney

^ this helped me out in a tough time! Really interesting re human psychology.

The Master & Margarita is wild! 😍

The Glass Bead Game - Herman Hesse. One of the best I’ve ever read.

Loved this https://www.amazon.co.uk/If-You-Survive-Wilson/dp/0804100039

But if you want something more light hearted, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wee-Free-Men-Discworld-Novel/dp/0552549053

I'm sure you already know that LSD was discovered whilst researching for a migraine cure, and indeed psychedelics (including mushrooms) more recently have been involved in studies for those with migraine.
I don't know how or if this is linked to theraputic THC.

Hey, i get thunderclap headaches, they usually range from 10-20 seconds every few hours, i find personally that weed helps decrease the time that they persist and increases the length between each one.

Though i've heared its different for other people, its really a per-person thing, not everyones body will react the same way

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I’m get ‘stasis migrainosus’ which is probably one of the worst, mine last for a couple of days.
I usually get the visual aura or ‘stars/lightening’ effects that mean I can’t see properly or do anything including driving.
Then comes the headache that tails off for a couple of days, nausea and some numbness in hands and face. The actual migraine lasts around a couple of hours but the after effects last a couple of days.
To be honest I wouldn’t wish it on anyone, it horrible.
Luckily I get them very rarely and it’s usually certain food groups that trigger it. And I’ve had them since I was about 10. I’m in my mid 50s now.
I’ve only ever really smoked hash for many years.
I’m not sure if it has actually helped me with migraines though,
It’s certainly not made it worse so I guess that’s a plus!! :)

I used to get migraines for years but they have stopped now since doing the Wim Hof thing and cutting back on dairy I.e oat milk.
I can relate to the intense pain, messed up vision, nausea and all that.
I hope you get some relief.

The Gentlemen Dealers.

I can’t speak to their Stardawg as i haven’t tried it, but I have tried many, many of their products over the last number of years, and never had a bad experience, and have always been pleased with their products.

If I was looking for Stardawg, and having seen that The Gentlemen Dealers currently have it in stock- that’s where I’d buy it.

I’m not affiliated, just my go to when I buy an oz of herb

Can second The Gentlemen as a vendor - got an Oz of the Chemdawg they had for £160 and it was some lovely bud. Incredible for the price.

Chears.
I’ve stuck an order in for £150 stardawg. Budget this month big time.

I've had that chemdawg a few times now, always been decent.

Yes I saw he does the ozs of shake/buds which is an item on my radar always.
I know he has some A1 stock,I’ve salivated many a night🤣🤣.
Thanks

Mj concentrates has stardawg listed

MJ Concentrates are a great seller too. Used them a few times

Really.
Didn’t know that.
Will have a butchers.

Radar Breeder has some that looks banging mate

Great White Shark from ULC would fit the bill. Link above.

Pink leaf farms do a nice cold snap if you’re wanting decent stuff
Green cat has some strawberry kush (don’t let the kush fool you) and was perfect for me in the day time which is cheaper