Mike Stax 
Swim Through the Darkness 
My Search for Craig Smith and the Mystery of Maitreya Kali

Craig Smith was good looking, charismatic, outgoing — a gifted musician whose songs were recorded by some of the biggest names in entertainment. His future success seemed assured, but the clean cut Craig Smith became the schizophrenic Maitreya Kali, a self-proclaimed psychedelic Messiah. Mike Stax spent fifteen years piecing together one of the most tragic stories of the 1960s and

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Table of Contents

Introduction
1. The City of Angels
2. Studio City
3. Hoots
4. All-American Good Time Singer
5. Instant Fame
6. A Century of Distance
7. Folk & Roll
8. The Happeners
9. Chris & Craig
10. Birdman
11. Marvel
12. Quintessential Los Angeles
13. Hands of the Clock
14. Not the Freeze
15. Transcend
16. Diamond Waves Reflect
17. Where Most Men Fear To Go
18. Complex Messiah
19. Armadillo
20. Cheryl, Let Me Take You By the Hand
21. If I’m Your King
22. Aum Friction
23. His Eyes Were Gone
24. If They Tumble Down and Break
25. Bow To Maitrya
26. Apache
27. Inca
28. Add Some Maitreya To Your Day
29. Peeking Through
30. Third Eye Spider
31. Love and Pain are One and the Same
32. If Temper Needs Rest
33. Walkin’ Solo
34. Black Swan Gliding
35. Chasing Ghosts
36. Dead End Street
37. Thru a Dream
38. Out From the Blackened Void

Über den Autor

Mike Stax: Editor of the highly respected ‘60s/’70s music magazine, Ugly Things. He has written liner notes for hundreds of reissues, and contributing to other publications, including the Oxford American and Shindig, and has also co-authored two books, Don’t Bring Me Down…Under (with Andy Neil and John Baker) and Like, Misunderstood (with Rick Brown).Since 1983 UGLY THINGS magazine has brought its readers unparalleled coverage of WILD SOUNDS FROM PAST DIMENSIONS: the best lost, unknown and overlooked music of the 1960s and beyond. Published three times a year, each issues features 160-200 pages of in-depth features, exclusive interviews, rare photos and more, as well as a massive review section sifting through hundreds of vinyl and CD reissues, music-related books and DVDs. UGLY THINGS is not a hobbyist publication for trainspotting elitists, it is a high energy rock & roll fanzine about the music and the stories of the people that made it happen.UT RECORDS was started as a sideline to the magazine, presenting high quality vinyl and CD releases of rare and previously unreleased garage, beat and psychedelia from the 1960s.