Tag Archives: Tobacco

“We Call it THCno!”

January 28, 2009 – 10:30 am
With all the pomp and circumstance surrounding Barack Obama’s historic win in November’s election and subsequent inauguration last week I forgot to mention that Question 2—a ballot initiative to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana that came up for vote in November here in Massachusetts—was overwhelmingly approved by voters and went into effect this […]
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The Alpinism’s Bumpin’, But I Need the Volume Higher

November 6, 2008 – 10:30 am
Like many Americans I’m still in a bit of a trance after the momentous events of November 4th. My wonderment at the fact that an overwhelming number of my fellow citizens voted for progress by supporting our first African American president is tempered by sadness that a whole bunch of them in a handful […]
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Records Reissues at Random, Vol. 71: Sixto Rodriguez Cold Fact

October 17, 2008 – 10:30 am
Early in the week I praised Tabacco and his group Black Moth Super Rainbow for the druggy, psychedelic quality of their music. This might seem odd coming from a person like myself who’s proud of the fact that they abstain from ingesting things like actual tobacco, in both it’s traditional and “wacky” varieties, and […]
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Blow the Whistle on Big Tobacco

October 14, 2008 – 10:30 am
Pennsylvaniac quintet Black Moth Super Rainbow’s name has appeared in this space more times than I care to count. No, really… I just went to count exactly how many times I’ve mentioned them on this blog and decided to stop when I got to five. Regardless, their blissfully stoned elementary school film-strip music […]
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