In Popular Culture
- The diatribe "Morrison Hostel" is the closing track to TISM's album Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance.
- Floater perform the song "Waiting for the Sun" on their 2001 album Burning Sosobra.
- Soundgarden performed "Waiting For the Sun" on their 1996 West Coast tour and a recording will surface on preordered versions on a bonus disk of the band's 2011 live album Live on I-5.
- Part of "Waiting for the Sun" was used in the soundtrack for Gran Turismo.
- "Peace Frog" was sampled by early 1990s rap group 3rd Bass on their song "The Cactus".
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