Monday, August 3rd, 2009 at 8:20 am | By: Radical Russ
Marijuana legalization is the hottest topic in the media these days. MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, FOX, NatGeo, and CBS News have presented special features on marijuana business, medical marijuana, and the marijuana legalization movement. Google Trends is showing double the interest in searches and news hits for the term “marijuana legalization”. Showtime’s hit series Weeds, about a suburban mom turned pot dealer, is entering its fifth season. Everywhere you look, corporate media are happy to profit from America’s most popular herb.
Unless you want to address marijuana’s illegality and the lives that are shattered by the effects of marijuana prohibition. In that case, the corporate media cannot have anything to do with you, even if you want to pay to broadcast the message of ending adult marijuana prohibition.
Saturday, July 18th, 2009 at 11:05 am | By: Radical Russ
My skull (actual size)
Just waking up and downloading pics from my BlackBerry from last night’s Blazed & Confused concert. I’d be posting my 8-minute video with Miles from Slightly Stoopid here, except my PC and Adobe Premiere Pro keep crashing when I try to edit the hi-def mpeg. Apple is this close to having a new customer, with this close being the gap between my income and the cost of a kick-ass MacBook and Final Cut Pro. Let’s just say that Miles appreciated Oregon’s hospitality, courtesy of my man Smoke Dogg.
The pics are grainy, being these are from a cell phone camera in the dark, but I will have plenty more from the other still camera as soon as I go to Smoke Dogg’s place and get the SD card. And someday, my video. I also have the Miles interview on my audio recorder and I’ll be adding that to the Stash on Monday.
Snoop Dogg in tha PDX
I will admit, having a pair of media passes on lanyards makes for a fun concert experience. The Snoop photo above was takes as I stood in front of the subs and inside the crowd-control fence separating the front row from the stage. Jr. made the rounds and got plenty of backstage photos and fun pics of foxy* girls who became very friendly after we mentioned we’re shooting them for NORML. My man Brian the Red used his pass to get back by the buses and help Stephen and Damien Marley enjoy a bit of Oregon hospitality. At the end of the night, I left the two passes with my homies Bobby B (creator of the strain “Sellwood Thunder”) and Pimpin Steve, who I will bet ten bucks managed to find a way to get on Snoop’s tour bus (Bobby’s a blind Vietnam Vet and Pimpin’s his caregiver, and those charming bastards know how to work it.)
A REAL Slightly Stoopid Fan
Big thanks go out to Madeline Martinez from Oregon NORML for coordinating and the two fantastic Oregon NORML volunteers – Board Member Linda Mason and Brian the Red – for working the table. We sold posters, buttons, pins, and bud pictures and made over $120 and lots of change in donations in addition to enjoying four great bands for free (see, volunteering for NORML: the pay sucks, but the fringe benefits are awesome!)
Click any of the photos and you can see the rest of them in 1600×1200 size at my personal Picasaweb Photo Gallery (plenty of other photos there, too, and the rest of the concert shots should be up there by the end of the day.)
I’ve been working with Chris representing the band Slightly Stoopid on Snoop Dogg’s “Blazed and Confused” Summer Tour. He had asked me to get him a NORML chapter to set up an information booth at the concert in Irvine last Saturday, but had too little notice to get the Orange County chapter down there. I suggested that for the next couple of dates, at Red Rocks in Denver and at the Clark County Amphitheater Portland Coliseum across the river from Portland, I could get him NORML chapters for tabling.
It’s worked out for Denver – the fledgling Mile High NORML will be tabling at Red Rocks tomorrow night (tickets are still available). I’m still waiting to hear about Clark County, especially about my request for a backstage pass and a chance to interview the bands for the Stash. And if things go as planned, I’ll be coordinating NORML chapters for nearly every city on the tour.
So chapters, here are the tour dates. Get me your cell phone immediate contact info and let me know if you need some NORML SWAG for your booth. This is a huge opportunity to reach out to a large, young, already-on-our-side demographic and a chance for your chapter to build its name and sell some gear.
July 2009
15 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
(Mile High NORML – CONFIRMED)
17 – Ridgefield, WA – Amphitheater at Clark County Portland, OR – Portland Coliseum
(Oregon NORML – CONFIRMED)
18 – George, WA – Gorge Amphitheatre
(Inland Northwest NORML – CONFIRMED)
19 – Nampa, ID – Idaho Center Amphitheater (I’ve got nobody… in my own birthplace!)
20 – West Valley City, UT – Usana Amphitheatre
(*Salt Lake City NORML – CONFIRMED)
22 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Pacific Coliseum (Cascadia NORML – no response – anybody in BC or WA?)
24 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
(UC Santa Cruz NORML?)
25 – Chula Vista, CA – Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
(San Diego NORML?)
30 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade Music Park
(Georgia NORML – CONFIRMED) 31 – St. Petersburg, FL – Vinoy Park
(NORML of South Florida?)
31 – Tampa, FL – USF Sundome
(I’ve got no chapters in the Tampa area – want to start one?)
August 2009
1 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
(University of Central Florida NORML – CONFIRMED)
2 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheater
(JAX NORML?)
5 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
(*Baltimore NORML?)
6 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summer Stage
(NORML NJ – CONFIRMED)
7 – Philadelphia, PA – Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing
(PhillyNORML – CONFIRMED)
8 – Boston, MA – Comcast Center
(Mass/Cann NORML?)
*Probationary NORML Chapters, but should be incorporated soon.
Thursday, May 21st, 2009 at 10:20 am | By: Radical Russ
Snoop Dogg and some bubonic chronic
Snoop Dogg, 37, whose real name is Calvin Broadus Jr., has made no secret of his penchant for pot and alcohol.
He’s made a career out of it.
But members of the Beaufort/Jasper Multi Agency Drug Task Force didn’t target the concert or those attending, sheriff’s Lt. Joey Woodward said Tuesday. Deputies were there after being asked to help with traffic and crowd control, he said.
“People were just lighting up joints in front of our undercover officers,” Woodward said. “We were walking around the area, and we’d see this and usually find a small bag of marijuana in their pockets after we’d arrest them.”
The total amount of how much pot was seized was not available, but Woodward said it would be relatively small.
Good job, Lt. Woodward! Thanks to your fine police work, society is saved from at least 30 people who would have been high at a concert. Who knows what kind of mayhem would erupt if people were stoned while watching Snoop rap about getting stoned?
I don’t know about you, but if I’m parking my car at a Snoop Dogg concert, I’m assuming the police are targeting the venue to catch stoners, no matter how much they say it’s about traffic and crowd control. Don’t make Lt. Woodward’s job easy!
Thursday, May 14th, 2009 at 2:20 pm | By: Dudemaster
Ladies and Gentleman, Friends and Neighbors, and those of you with Medical Marijuana Cards from any of the 13 states that have Medical Marijuana laws, “Your medical marijuana card is only for use in the state from which it was issued”. [Not entirely. Montana, Michigan, and Rhode Island will recognize the medical marijuana cards from all twelve states that issue them. Maine doesn't issue cards, or actually have a "program". Still, these facts in no way affect the context of this post. -- "R"R]
Police in Norfolk, Virginia have arrested a member of Snoop Dogg’s entourage for drug possession after receiving a tip about a suspicious package that arrived in the mail from Canada to the Norfolk Plaza Hotel, where the rapper and his crew were staying.
“Our Norfolk law enforcement sources tell us cops monitored the package that was addressed to a member of Snoop’s entourage … then swooped in and arrested the dude for misdemeanor marijuana possession,” TMZ noted.
“That’s when Mr. Dogg showed up in the lobby and told cops the weed was for him, and then flashed his medical marijuana card.”
At press time, police were continuing to investigate the matter.
I used to live in Virginia and I will say from experience, Snoop needs a really good attorney.
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Steve Bloom brings us the CelebStoner.com report on the Cheech & Chong Reunion Tour, Snoop Dogg’s bus bust, and the Princeton Review’s list of the top stoniest colleges.
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Monday, July 14th, 2008 at 9:32 am | By: Radical Russ
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Raffle for Tickets to see 311 and Snoop Dogg in DC – NORML 311 and Snoop Dogg are hitting the road together for Unity Tour 2008. The tour will begin June 24 in Phoenix and run through August 3 in Austin. Special guests Fiction Plane will open the shows.
You could win a pair of tickets in our raffle for the show this Sunday, July 20th, at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia(Washington DC area) with a $4.20 donation to NORML.
311’s Summer Unity Tour has become an annual event for music fans across the country. With their dynamic and celebratory live shows, 311 have cultivated a grassroots touring fan base that is thriving now more than ever. Blending rock, reggae, hip-hop and funk, 311 have released eight studio albums, a live album and three DVD’s – selling over 8 million units in the U.S. and establishing themselves as a core modern rock artist.
Snoop Dogg is fresh off the release of his new album, Ego Trippin’. With his legendary rap flow and diverse appeal, Snoop has released nine solo studio albums and has sold 30 million records worldwide. Snoop will undoubtedly add a party vibe to the shows – from DoggyStyle to Ego Trippin’ – the big boss will be bringing all his hits and classic cuts. Whether starring in his hit E! show, “Snoop Dogg’s Father Hood,” or rocking a live show, Snoop is always able to light up a crowd.
Raffle Rules & Regulations
NORML and LiveNation 2008 Unity Tour Ticket Raffle:
July 14 – July 18 2008
Must be over 18 to enter
Prizes: 5 pairs of tickets, with 1 pair given away daily.
Approximate value of daily prize: $100
One Entry constitutes $4.20 donation
Unlimited entries with matching $4.20 donation
Entries must be submitted daily by 4:15pm EST in order to be considered for the 4:20pm EST drawing.
Winners will be contacted via email and/or phone the next business day for age verification and instructions on where to pick up tickets. (failure to provide age verification will forfeit prize).
Questions can be directed to NORML at carlos@norml.org or by calling 202.483.5500.
RevRayGreen: I'll post a pic of me and my son....gimme a minute
Missippi Hippy: Guess what... I'm gonna be a new... ummmmm well, my pet piggie Ganja is in labor and they ain't mine in the same sense. See what your wife [...]
RevRayGreen: days they didn't talk back..or act disrespectful..
RevRayGreen: feel so lucky my son is 18 going 19 and my daughter 16 going on 17..relish the days that can't talk back
Urb Age: Congrats Spof thats awesome. My little Clara is about to hit 20 months. Im not the activist I used to be, but its made me a better man.
Urb Age: Heck I was gonna go up there, but just not feeling well this weekend..Dang it, I hate it when that happens..
RevRayGreen: wishing I was hanging at NORML cafe...
JohnH: Just a quick comment about tokin' and sperm motility....been tokin since age 14 and have 8 kids ranging in age from 30 to 9...(what can I say, I found 2 [...]
slash5city: really ..oprah 35 yr or more in the closet toker ...outed ....o my god !!
SneakerPimp: that would be huge news just imagen the headline
RevRayGreen: maybe Oprah smokes and keeps it on the DL...
SneakerPimp: and good afternoon
mr reuben: I could do without seeing Rob K. on tv. But Bruce and Eithan get a big thumbs up from me.
SneakerPimp: waitn for NSL and congrast for spofett.
mr reuben: I don't respect her opinion bluzguy.
Missippi Hippy: Something about the last year in a contract... folks become more ballsey... and Oprah has big ones.
Adam: Oprah won't actually go off air for over a year, 2011 sometime. Maybe with here leaving the network soon, she'll be more likely to speak out about MMJ.
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Some of the nation’s top athletes discuss why today's pros are turning to cannabis — and away from alcohol and painkillers — off the field, and question why pro sports leagues are continuing to sanction those who do. Moderator: Steve Bloom, Author, Pot Culture; editor, celebstoner.com * Toby Grear, MMA fighter * Sean Neumann, Documentary Filmm […]
Cannabis Law Reform's Missing Link: Law Enforcement Former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper; LEAP and NORML Advisory Board; Author of Breaking Rank Putting the Mexican Cartels Out of Business Mexican drug cartels now employ over 100,000 soldiers and are responsible for nearly ten thousand deaths per year. Their largest source of income is marijuana. […]
NBC, CBS, ABC, & FOX happy to profit from marijuana, as long as nobody talks about legalizing it
Raffle for Tickets to see 311 and Snoop Dogg in DC – NORML
waitn for NSL and congrast for spofett.
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