Tag Archives: drugs

Is the Mario mushroom a drug reference?

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

This story showed up in my local news today. Is the mushroom from Mario Brothers a drug reference? Well, yes, technically – but not the type of “shrooms” they’re thinking of, and I bet many people have no idea what … Continue reading →

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Tokens

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

Amanita gracing the neon sign for the “Tokens” shop in Portland, Oregon.

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Peter Lindahl

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

Amanitas show up in several of Peter Lindahl‘s paintings, but my favorite is The Opium Witch: On his website, Lindahl writes: “with a cunning eye, you will notice I never quite completed it, having left out the hand of the … Continue reading →

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