The Roker’s Song, 1943
Bar on the West Coast of South Africa In a hole in the wall bar on the west coast of South Africa, a man is found with a poem inked in flesh… ‘The Roker’s Song’ In a hole in the Read More …
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EXPOSING THE MARIJUANA DRUG EVIL IN SWING BANDS!, 1938
“The “tea” might as easily madden you to a homicidal frenzy, like that of the Filipino who runs amuck; it might make you a philosopher, a rapist or a thief. But, unlike any other narcotic, it has no legitimate use; Read More …
Hemp Hop, 5th Century
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius geisha/Maiko performing with Tsuzumi drum. Japan between 1914 and 1918. Hemp Hop A couple puffs and one is at harmony with nature. In Read More …
Without Love We are Nothing at All, 1943
“Every damn thing you do in this life, you have to pay for.” – Edith Piaf’s actual last words… Edith Piaf at French POW camp, January 1, 1943 Without Love we are nothing at all Edith Piaf lived Read More …
Just Keep Truckin’ On, 1968
“I became acutely self-conscious about what I was doing. Was I now a “spokesman” for the hippies or what? I had no idea how to handle my new position in society! … Take Keep on Truckin’… For example. Keep on Read More …
One toke over the line, 1971
“I’m waitin’ for the train that goes home sweet Mary Hopin’ that the train is on time Sittin’ downtown in a railway station One toke over the line” – Brewer & Shipley Lawrence Welk deals with Champagne Ladies who misbehave, Read More …
Inquiry into Boogie Woogie, 1944
Inquiry into Boogie Woogie “Can you remember perhaps some time when your radio was discoursing Jazz(by chance, of course) and you suddenly had an almost irresistible impulse toward delinquency” the New York Times, JULY 16, 1944 Defying gravity in 1953 Read More …
Hemp in Limbo
Youth of the Peace Corps Trainees Holding a Limbo Contest, August 29, 1966 Hemp in Limbo I thought with harvest season approaching and the Dep crews already started, some good old hemp games are needed for the first Read More …
I Surely Would, 1970
“Honey, it’s all about drugs and promiscuous sex. Simon and Garfunkel is poetry! Yes it’s poetry. It’s the poetry of drugs and promiscuous sex. Look at the picture on the cover, they’re on pot.” -Scene from ‘Almost Famous’ El Condor Read More …
Truly Wicked, 17th century
“All things truly wicked start from innocence.” -Ernest Hemingway Two musicians playing a guitar and a pipe with another figure – Northern Follower of Caravaggio – 17th century