In general, there are many pop music tracks from the 80s that are uplifting.

In particular, this track from Swing Out Sister is one of them.

In addition to the music, the video shows off lead singer Corrine Drewery, who along with singing is also a fashion designer and model, something included in the video.

There are no guarantees in life or music. Beautiful song, beautiful woman. If you have 3 minutes and 48 seconds (you know you do), what have you got to lose?

TV: Magic mushrooms in 1961

It is January 24, 1961. Just a few days earlier, John F. Kennedy was sworn in as President of the United States, marking a change of era from the days of President Eisenhower.

You look inside your TV Guide to see what’s on that evening.

You might stay up until 11:10 to watch Citizen Kane. But there at 10:00 is an odd-sounding program:

Alcoa Presents

“The Sacred Mushroom” is a variety said to give the power of extrasensory perception to those who eat it. Filmed on location are religious rites of the Chatino Indians in Oaxaca, Mexico, who use the mushroom as part of their ritual. Host John Newland also samples the mushroom and, afterward, undergoes clinical tests.

Sacred Mushroom? Extrasensory perception? Chatino Indians in Oaxaca, Mexico? Okay, let’s have a look:

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