Medium Raw
Anthony BourdainLSD sure raised my consciousness a bit. There’s no doubt that it
made me think about the world from perspectives I might otherwise
never have visited. From that first barrel of “Purple Haze,” the
opening bars of “Court of the Crimson King,” I’m pretty sure I
achieved enlightenment of a sort. That and a few records are what I
got out of the ‘60s. So, maybe LSD is a good metaphor for Alice. I
may not want any now—but I’m glad she was around. And I may
even be slightly better for the experience.
I’m constantly having an argument with Alice in my head, an
ongoing conversation/disagreement—and she always wins. Just as
in life. When I met her for a panel discussion a while back, I was
loaded for bear. I’d reread her biographies, consulted
contemporaneous accounts, tracked down every silly thing she’s
ever said, briefed myself for a showdown.
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