Hashischin Dinner Party, 1909
“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked. “Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” “How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice. “You must be,” said the Read More …
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Bananas, 1967
Banananananananana I thought I’d win the spelling bee And get right to the top, But I started to spell ” banana, “ And I didn’t know when to stop. by William Rossa Cole Ann Arbor Sun, April, 1967 Read More …
Roses of a Dream, 1908
“loving a haze of hasheesh for making the brain go wrong” -Damon Runyon Alfred ‘Damon Runyon’ ROSES OF A DREAM Many songwriters have woven there love of cannabis into their art. But before Guthrie and Dylan there was Damon Runyon. Read More …
Band on the Run, 1972
“You didn’t run, you didn’t hide And had you gone, you knew in time We’d meet again for I had told you Ooh, you were meant to be near me Ooh, and I want you to hear me Say we’ll Read More …
Sharing is Caring
“And a new philosophy emerged called quantum physics, which suggest that the individual’s function is to inform and be informed. You really exist only when you’re in a field sharing and exchanging information. You create the realities you inhabit.” ― Read More …
Dewey’s Diary, 1890
Lyster Dewey at his dest in the Department of Agriculture with hemp on his desk, circa 1920. Dewey’s Diary A dirty diary was recently bought at a yard sale in New York, what was in them was lost Read More …
Shakespeare the Stoner, 17th century
“Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes; Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall, and a preserving Read More …
Two Finger Salute, 1415
Winston Churchhill – December 1942 – oh he knew… Two Finger Salute First use of the Two Finger Salute is said to go back to the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years’ War in 1415. The French Read More …
The Poor House, 1576
“This would be a great world to dance in if we didn’t have to pay the fiddler.” -Will Rogers Women picking oakum in the workhouse – 1906 “What was the poor made for but to work? – go to the Read More …
No One Puts Baby in a Corner, 1956
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche Lili Berde performing her forbidden dance ‘The Marihuana’ No One Puts Baby in a Corner Read More …