Love Song
‘Vigil Bressane’ (Veillée Bressane) postcard. Bourg-en-Bresse, France 1905 Love Song ‘Konopa konopa Koho rada vidímn’ (Hemp Hemp – To One Who I Like To See) is an ancient Slovak song steeped in the culture of hemp. It Read More …
Category: Music
Early Reminiscences of the Hemp Giantesses, 1864
Early Reminiscences of the Hemp Giantesses “In driving through a part of Bohemia from Vienna to Dresden we had occasionally long stages, and in the twilight often saw, what at the time amazed and not a little startled me, Read More …
Stamping Ground, 1970
Kralingen Pop Festival in Rotterdam, Holland 1970 Crowd smokes cannabis at the Kralingen Pop Festival, Rotterdam, Holland 1970 Stamping Ground – Kralingen Pop festival 1970
Christmas Eve Hemp Carol
Christmas Eve Hemp Carol In many hemp growing regions of Europe it was very bad luck for the women to spin or work on their hemp starting Christmas Eve and lasting until “Distaff Day” (January 7)… Much like in my Read More …
Sweet Marijuana Precode, 1934
The Saturday Night Kid, 1929 banned poster under the Hollywood Code for Clara Bow lifting her dress. The Hollywood Code Even before audio was introduced to cinema many were already trying to censor what was shown on the big Read More …
Outside of a small circle of friends, 1967
Phil Ochs Outside of a small circle of friends “Smoking marihuana is more fun than drinking beer, But a friend of ours was captured and they gave him thirty years. Maybe we should raise our voices, ask somebody Read More …
Bach’s Musical Bitch Slap, 1717
“If I decide to be an idiot, then I’ll be an idiot on my own accord.” – Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach playing the organ, circa 1725 Bach’s Musical Bitch Slap Concert master of King August of Saxony Read More …
The Funny Hemp Booklet, 1943
“Who grows hemp today with a busy hand, Helps themselves and the country!” -Die lustige Hanffibel, 1943 Die lustige Hanffibel, front cover – “The Funny Hemp Booklet” The Funny Hemp Booklet In 1942 preparing for WWII, The German Reich Read More …
Poppies of Oz, 1900
The Scarecrow and Tin Woodman carry a sleeping Dorothy and Toto out from the field of Deadly poppies. By W. W. Denslow circa 1900 “All across the meadows, many poppies blossomed, and that were so hypnotic and brilliant Read More …
Bach’s Pipe
Known as one of the greatest composer’s of all time, for classics such Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Johann Sebastian Bach will forever be remembered by his music… Toccata and Fugue in D Minor Much like the modern day Read More …