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Timothy Leary coined the phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out" in the 1960s after prominent media expert Marshall McLuhan asked him to come up with "something snappy" to promote LSD.

Total Turn On

The Bite:

Do recycled lampshades (um, mood lighting) really flip your switch? They might if you plug in one of Beeline Mid-Century's Recycalite beauts. These colorful hanging lamps are fringed with hand-stained, mobile-esque discs, repurposed from scrap lampshade materials that would otherwise end up in landfills. Each lamp is handcrafted (made within a week of ordering), so you just choose from blue-green, neutral, or fiery color schemes, and let BMC do the rest. They're also LED- and CFL-compatible, turning their appeal up and the heat down compared to incandescents, which waste 90% of their energy creating heat. You can take care of that part yourself.

Wanna Try?

Beeline Mid-Century, 3505 17th St. at Guerrero St. (415-241-8623). Alma Recycalite, $475.

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