Hokusai Manga, 1814

“This autumn the master [Hokusai] happened to visit the Western Province and stopped over at our city [Nagoya]. We all met together with the painter Gekkōtei Bokusen (月光亭墨僊?) [Utamasa II, well-known Nagoya artist, pupil of Hokusai’s, and collator of Hokusai’s Read More …

Love is as a Fever, 1905

“My love is as a fever, longing still For that which longer nurseth the disease, Feeding on that which doth preserve the ill, Th’ uncertain sickly appetite to please.” – William Shakespeare, sonnet 147   Lehnert & Landrock – Tunisian Read More …

If Your a Viper, 1943

Whats a Viper?… Roll yourself up a nice joint… Light that nice Joint… Hold that nice Joint to your mouth and suck… Hear that hissing sound?… You’re a Viper Baby! Fats Waller If you’re a viper Think about a reptile, Read More …

Furthur Down the Magic Trip, 1964

“It isn’t by getting out of the world that we become enlightened, but by getting into the world…by getting so tuned in that we can ride the waves of our existence and never get tossed because we become the waves.” Read More …

Mechanix get High, 1949

“Now a third smoke … a fourth. This time my hands feel huge, my feet miles away. I’m afraid to step out of the chair. A small downward step is like a deep plunge into a dark abyss. That’s the Read More …

Pantless Nixon Smokeout, 1974

‘Man in Richard Nixon mask smokes a joint after taking his pants off’. -Marijuana Smoke-In and March from Central Park to Washington Square. May 30, 1974   And then you realize… “Wait, why did he take off his pants?”  

Johnny, Fill up the Bowl!, 1863

Tintype portrait of a group of Union officers of the the 45th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment smoking pipes and cigars and drinking wine during the Civil War. Johnny, Fill Up the Bowl! The same year when the all time classic Read More …

Charles was stoned, 1980

Teddy: “Are you high?” Jack Melon: “Am I who?” both laugh   -scene from 1980 ABC afterschool special, Stoned     Before Charles was in Charge, Charles was Jack Melon.  And Jack was Stoned…       Stoned: 1980 ABC Read More …

Crazed From Smoking a Weed, 1905

Crazed From Smoking a Weed Crazy article from 1905 that Interestingly gives credit to ‘indian women’ for growing cannabis in North America…   “Marihuana is a weed used in Mexico by people of the lower class and sometimes by soldiers, Read More …