Day 2 at Cypress Hill Smokeout

What a day! Cypress Hill just delivered a literally smoking set to a crowd of 20,000 fans. Deftones are up next and Slipknot closes the show.

I arrived today just in time to catch the musicians panel with Tommy Chong, B Real, and Lou Dog from Kottonmouth Kings. B Real said he was “nervous as shit” to be on stage with Tommy Chong. Tommy spoke of his prison time and earning street cred. I got the whole panel and will play it as a two-parter for Mon and Tue Stash.

Then I did the legalization panel with Allison Margolin, Debbie Goldsberry, and Ed Rosenthal. At one point, Ed commanded everyone to stand up and shout “we are the majority!”

From there we went live at 4:00 with NORML SHOW LIVE. It was hectic trying to get to the stage where Cheech & Chong performed. Security kept moving me from place to place.

They only did their musical bits. Cheech led off with his Cousin Red character sintin’ country. Chong followed with Blind Melon Chitlin singing a song full of Michael Jackson references. Cheech did Alice Bowie and “Earache My Eye” in full pink leotard. There was also a remixed “Born in East LA”, Cheech doing “Mexican Americans” and Chong doing a new version called “(They Don’t Like Being Called) Beaners.”. They closed with “Up In Smoke” – I’ve got the whole thing on NORML SHOW LIVE.

We then spoke with Craig Beresh from Southern California NORML as we hustled from one area to another trying to find a place where our combination of wristbands would allow us to go.

I was lured into a cabana with a gentleman running a non-profit dispensary association, and later I happened upon Sarah, the owner of the Bambu company. They have a great new clothing line out at Nordstroms and she told me what it’s like to run this centuries-old company.

And that leads to now, where I’m waiting in a cabana for Cannabis Karri to find me as we party the night away. She did an amazing job hosting NORML SHOW LIVE. It’s so great that she would help me so much with the show production, but also the driving. Weed promotes strong friendships – we’ve been tight since the early ’90s. She’ll say it was worth it to chill with Adrianne Curry (Karri is a reality show fanatic.)

We’re winning and events like this prove it. Live Nation put on.a world class event here. Massive amounts of money are generated here strictly from a young hip-hop/hard rock demographic. Marijuana is everywhere, even flying around on 50-yard banners towed by airplanes. Exhibitors here have beautiful young women greeting the crowd and posing for photos like a major tech or sports car show. Pot is happening!

Life here is so far away from growing up in Nampa, Idaho, and still so far away for too many people. I hope our efforts give you a little look at what freedom looks like as we wash over this country eastward from the California Coast. It is coming faster than you think.

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