I'm Raleigh Epps, and I'm depressed.
So what? What happened? Drugs happened; LSD specifically.
I don't know what Lysergic acid does, metaphysically speaking. Granted, I'm probably the guy to ask. I've been observing the relationship between drugs and the spirit for years. I'm a little afraid of dropping acid though, so I've never done it. This has mainly to do with what happened in real life with Hendrix and Manson.
Jimi Hendrix died in late 1970. He took a shitload of sleeping pills then drown on dry land; fluid in his lungs- red wine, specifically.
What about Charles Manson?
Weird little Charlie Manson's trial wrapped up January of 1971. Odd that the two events were so close? Only on the surface. The trial started in June of 1970, months before Hendrix OD'd. Manson was apprehended before that.
I don't think it would have made much of a difference though, if Hendrix hadn't have died. He would have gotten off or busted out or something else, but to do a scene you need all the players. With Hendrix out of the picture, Manson had no need to be the Antichrist.
So, you might ask, why was Hendrix allowed to die? Well, like I said, he was an acid freak and acid screws things up. In addition though, Manson showed his hand too early. I attribute this to LSD as well. He fancied himself a guru and used to "lead" his family on trips.
If nothing else, the acid made him impatient. Charlie's original plan for Helter Skelter was to produce an album that would call his troops to him and catalyze the blacks. At various times he thought either Dennis Wilson, the drummer from the Beach Boys, or a producer named Terry Melcher would facilitate the record. When neither of these prospects panned out, Manson jumped the gun. He set his family to hacking up innocent white people and trying to blame it on the black population of LA.
Without his music to act as a banner, this was nothing more than a streak of sadism- a streak that got him locked up. Because Hell's champion's brain had turned into a nest of baby snakes and his leadership ability had become questionable at best, the good guys' hero became a little redundant. And he kind withered away as well.
Wasted potentiality.
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