Happy Earth Day

Yes, today is Earth Day.

I trust you, my dear brothers and sisters, need little encouragement nor special reminders to do a little something green today.

For Chicago-Area Dewby Brothers And Sisters...

Whattup Chicago brothers and sisters? Yes, it's been a while. You know what time it is. Check this out:

Confessions Of A Teenage Marijuana Blogger

OK, OK, I admit it: I'm not a teenager.

Image by Austin Cline. Check out his thoughts on legalization here.

Classic Shit

News Nugs!

Update: Bad links fixed! Enjoy!

Know any adults eagerly anticipating this movie? They're probably Dewby Brothers and Sisters- you just didn't know it.

Sorry for my extended absence, brothers and sisters, but this Dewby has been working hard as of late. I'm definitely ready for happy hour. But first, let's take a look at the dewby news that is sweeping the nation:

• Rick Steves is A Dewby Brother.
• Andrew Sullivan, already a Dewby Brother, is angling for Hall Of Fame status with his relentless rhetorical assault on every aspect of U.S. drug laws. E.g.: put down that eucalyptus!
  
• Even the dudes at The Economist are down with legalizing it. Dude: The Economist. Let that sink in for a sec. Put me down as massively in favor a bubble economy based solely on dewby.
  
• Just imagine: in a sane and just world, the police might even help you find your stolen dewby. Dare to dream, my friends. Dare. To. Dream.
  

Smokin' For Grown Folks

Time to step yo game up...with these fine ceramic "apple" pipes. Just think: no more hiding the bong when Mom, Dad and Dad's new boyfriend come visiting.

Thursday Happy Hour - Five Card Bud

A buddy of mine posted this YouTube link on his Facebook page and made me chuckle and instantly thought what a great post for Happy Hour Thursday. Perhaps this strategy would work at Holland Casino Amsterdam but even in the liberal state of California this makes for one of America's dumbest dipshits. These are the people that give pot smokers a bad name.

I need some medicine!

Our state congress deserves a big, tasty toke. Jah bless Springfield! Time to find a good doctor for the extreme anxiety I suffer from (before I get high).

Marijuana Dewby would be a welcome addition to the family

This is the best picture I could find, but basically the women referenced in the story below is giving the middle finger to people judging her by her name.

Don't you think? According to the following story from the Chicago Suntimes this is truly her name. And strangely enough according to her LinkedIn page she is a higher education professional and the article references she is a substitute teacher. I applaud the institution that hired her.

St. Patty's For Potheads

Celebrate St. Patty's Day the O'Dewby way!

Every time I see these banner ads for Ireland I do a double-toke, er double-take.

To my eye, they seem to be advertising the biggest, greenest, gnarliest nugs on the planet. There's even wee wisps of smoke curling off that big ol' bud o' dewby.

I guess everything really is greener in Ireland.

IZ CAN HAVE CATBONG

To the dude who put his cat in his bong in an attempt to calm it down: I believe this is what the kids refer to as an EPIC FAIL. This cat is most certainly not LOL.

There Will Be Bud

There Will be Bud

Just some good dewby, good friends, and a lot of opportunity.

Quick Tokes: Richard Nixon Was Not A Dewby Brother

• Richard Nixon was NOT a Dewby Brother. That is all.
• Dewby-rollin' Master Class begins at the 1:28 mark...
• Glenn Beck: What a shithead
• Eric Holder is a Dewby Brother
• Fuck these police (I'm not one for blanket statements)
• Kellogg's takes it on the chin
• "Taxing pot could become a political toking point": As legalization inevitably draws nearer, expect more and more awful headline puns (see above).
• "Smoke This Recession: First we tax the booze. Then we legalize the pot. Done."
• One for the Dewby Reading List

To all my Dewby brothers and sisters- have a great weekend!

Thursday Happy Hour: Reggae For A Rainy Day

It's cold and rainy here in Dewbyville. In other words, it's the perfect time for some reggae...enjoy!

I've been saying this for years

Not only would this create additional revenue through local sales taxes but it would also create jobs which would provide federal and state revenue through taxes. In addition the amount of money wasted on prosecuting and incarceration also adds up to a small fortune. Why fight something you can't win while at the same time generating lots of revenue on the local, state and federal level. It seems like a fairly logical argument to me. Lets hope our government can see this too.

This is Fabulous!

Hip Hop artists have long been known for their pot consumption but seriously isn't 500 pounds taking it just a little far. Thanks Fabolous for the blog material.

Alas, I Found This A Bit Too Late For Valentine's Day...

(Via)

Time To Put Some Dewby In Your Funk: It's Happy Hour!

Let's get it started! This Thursday Happy Hour post brought to you by Death Row, and is dedicated to the homies that were down from day one. It's Dre Day.



Of course, none of this would have been possible without the originators of the G funk:

News Nugs

Another week, another pile-up of dewby news! Here are some quick hits, a few little bingers to brighten up your day:

• "Whiff Of change In US Medical Marijuana Policy": "It is no longer federal policy to beat up on hippies."
• The latest in Phelps news: "Feigned Outrage"
• Speaking of, who does this guy think he is? Michael motherfuckin' Phelps?
• "Advice For the New Drug Czar": Surprisingly, it was not "puff, puff, pass."
• "You may want to break out the bong for this one.": You don't have to tell me twice.
• And finally: an oldie but a goodie.
  

As Predicted...

...even a zealot like Sheriff Leon Lott- seen here with his Imperial Battle Cruiser- couldn't figger out a way to drug test a photograph:

“We had a photo and him saying he was sorry for inappropriate behavior,” Lott said at a news conference. “He never said, ‘I smoked marijuana.’ We didn’t have physical evidence.”

So...no charges against Phelps, as anyone with half a brain could have foreseen. Let's hope the other, non-celebrity defendants get off too.

Thursday Happy Hour: Expensive Shit!

No, this is not a follow-up to Herschel's post about dewbynomics. This is about justice. And dewby. Sweet, sweet dewby.

"The men in uniform allege I swallowed some quantity of hemp. My shit was sent for lab test. Result negative. Which brings us to..."

How is it that we have not yet posted any Fela? As the man himself might have said, "It's no possible!"

Not only is Fela a legend, but his tale of "expensive shit"- being set up by the cops on a dewby possession rap- is still relevant. When you think about it, that kind of expensive shit is still going on today. At least the Nigerian police had a sample of Fela's shit to test (or so they thought- legend has it that Fela had another inmate donate his "clean" shit to the cause).

Anyways, here in the good ol' U.S. of A., we have shitheaded police who think, I dunno, that they can somehow drug test a photograph. (Oh, and dudes, I totally predicted it: they arrested the bong owner for- wait for it!- trying to sell it on eBay. Dumbass.) Of course, the Michael Phelps incident is simply representative of the plight of tens of thousands of Americans- most of whom lack celebrity and riches- caught up in our government's war against a plant. I think Fela would have found our co-called "Drug War" as amusing as he would find it appalling.


Oh wait- this was supposed to be a Happy Hour post, right? Brothers and sisters, I don't know about you, but it's been an awful long week here in Dewbyland. So, without further ado, let's get into it and get it started proper with some classic Fela:

Keep Your Pipe Clean

Marijuana Linked to Agressive Testicular Cancer

According to this news article, smoking marijuana, or weed as some people might say, can result in an increased risk for a certain aggressive type of testicular cancer. While I don't dispute this, there is one factor that this research has not taken into account. What is that factor? Ejaculation.

Now, I'm no doctor, and I'm not on TV (actuall I was, but I didn't play a doctor), but I have read studies showing that regular male ejaculation decreases the risk for testicular cancer. Its the whole moving water vs stagnant water thing. Ejaculating literally cleans the pipes.

Now, I don't know about ya'll, but for me smoking grass definately enhances the sensation of ejaculation. So, if you get high, get high at least 5 times a week and make sure to ejaculate every time. This can be done by yourself, with a partner, with many partners, toys, and so on. Just make sure to be safe and smart. Oh, and don't forget the after ejaculation smoke in case she's not done and you have to do it all over again.

(Word up to reader R. Dewby for bringing this article to our attention)

Fat guys with dope?

My fellow Dewby brothers alerted me to a news article regarding pot smoking sumo wrestlers and felt that since my wife is Japanese that I'm somehow qualified to speak about this outrage against tradition. While I definately understand the spiritual connectedness of the wrestlers, the one question that keeps popping into my head as I ponder the severety of this event.......how else do you make a guy hungry enough to eat 70 lbs of rice a day?

Will Somebody PLEASE Hand This Guy A Dewby?

Seriously, you need to chill the fuck out Batman.

Yes, I get that the DP was interfering with the integrity of your character and taking you out of the headspace you so desperately need to occupy in order to deliver a realistic, organic and believable performance as a buff dude killing robots in the future. I for one hope that the overall quality of Terminator 4 will not be compromised by his callous disregard for your art.

In the meantime, on behalf of all of us here at The Dewby Brothers, we encourage you to relax for a moment and take a deep breath. Preferably from a bong.

Dewby News: Quick Hits

Brothers and sisters, the amount of dewby news that piles up on a daily and weekly basis is simply staggering. So staggering, in fact, that even the most dedicated dewby disciple could never sort the sticks and seeds of nonsense from the nuggets of newsy goodness.

Therefore, I, Austin Dewby, am hereby instituting a new feature which (until I come up with a better name) I will call "Quick Hits." Think of it as the news equivalent of that little onnie that gets you through the day, rather than the big spliff you kick back and relax with once you're home.

Without further ado...

• Run for the border!
• Know Your Mushrooms.
• George Obama For President
• Swiss Police/Google Earth Fuckery
• Could Drug Money Save The Ailing Global Economy?
• What Michael Phelps SHOULD HAVE said: "Grow up America. I am the most accomplished Olympic athlete ever. I am an adult. What I do with my brain is my own business."
  

Do Your Children Have Friends? Maybe They Shouldn't.

Teens Who Frequently Go Out With Friends More Likely To Use Marijuana. Probably Because It's Fun.

I came across this article and found it interesting. It brought up some very good points that I thought I should share. I have included a brief paragraph.

“Cannabis [marijuana] use among young people is a serious public health concern," the authors write as background information in the article. Recent evidence links marijuana use to motor vehicle accidents, injuries, inflammatory and cancerous changes in the airways and mental health problems, including depression. Long-term detrimental effects include poor academic performance and failure to complete schooling, impeding development and hampering future career opportunities.”

What I find more interesting is that the study ignores factors such as if you are a loser, if you are a lemming, etc. I think these factors play a much larger role in determining “impeding development or future career opportunities.” The article then goes on to say that limiting teen’s access to interact with peers and go socialize could lead to “unintended consequences.” Like what….impeding development, depression. Not to mention that the countries that experienced a decline in dewby use over the years are countries that have decriminalized…..Go Figure.

Sportsman of the Year

Michael Phelps is this years winner of the Dewby Brothers "Sportsman Of the Year"!

You make us so proud with all of your achievements over the past year.

"We Smoked All My Bud Last Night"

I wont even try to explain this one.

Instead, I'll let Sasha Frere-Jones do the honors.

Read what he has to say, then listen to this.

Thursday Happy Hour: Now With More Maui Wowie

It's almost the weekend- let's get it started!

Dewby Or Not Dewby?

I feel I must reply to the Triple S rating of the movie Pineapple Express as posted by Austin. I feel the movie did not display the greatest acting, or special effects, or one liners, and did seem to revolve around dewby more than necessary in order to keep the audience interested. I did feel which can not be overlooked in my opinion was the notion that a particular kind of dewby can be distinguished from another. As the plot develops around the idea that the killers are able to discern the type of dewby left behind and thereby determine it origins and thus have a place to begin their search. While this may seem like a leap in order to base a movie / plot around this idea, I do find it interesting. The idea that a certain person may have a monopoly on a certain dewby, and that if that person was exposed to the same dewby, from another source, that one could infer that that dewby was either stolen, or somehow was able to obtain said dewby from another avenue. Then when confronted about said dewby, lies had to be born in order to protect the fact that a certain person also was privy to dewby origins and therefore was in fact originating their own dewby....while this is a free market...I can only fault on one level. It would be a mistake to think that you could convince one that the dewby you hold in front of them is their own dewby and not the dewby that they you have originated. This idea I think was what I found interesting about the movie, that dewby is unique, and to lump it all together as general "dewby" is truly a mistake.

RATED TRIPLE S

If The Dewby Brothers had a formal moving rating system, this movie would be:

RATED SSS: For being the film equivalent of seeds, stems and overall schwaggy content which may not be suitable for discriminating viewers.

Complete disappointment.

Happy Hour Thursday

For such a historical week, I too have to agree with my fellow Dewby brother that this has been a very long week. Thursday could not have come soon enough.

I found a blatant error in the following article by Forbes magazine which lists the ten things consumers are buying in the current economic environment. I would argue that dewby should be number one on this list, clearly ahead of smart phones and netbooks. Or perhaps it is just lumped in under "Personal Care".

Short and sticky this week for Happy Hour Thursday.

Enjoy!

Is It Happy Hour Yet? No? Damn.

Looks Like You Picked The Wrong Week To Stop Doing Acid, Bros

FYI, dudes, I plan to inflict you with this record at this week's Thursday Happy Hour. You've been warned!

Thursday Happy Hour - A Dewby Brother Travel Experience

Mrs. Dewby and I were fortunate enough to spend the New Years Holiday in the Bay Area of California with good friends. Now if you are anything like me a vacation is not a vacation without a little dewby. In my younger more naive days, I would just hop on the plane with my dewby firmly planted on my thigh and really not think twice about it. However, as I have grown older I have realized this could have significant consequences if I were to get caught at security and have since relied on trying to attain my dewby once I am at my destination.

The great state of California is great for so many reasons. Great weather, great outdoor adventures at the finger tip, great wine throughout the state and yes great dewby readily available. In most regions of the United States, the law of supply and demand rings true when it comes to marijuana. Too much demand and too little supply and therefore usually a fair amount of problems for the average person to locate quality pot at a reasonable price. In California at least from my experience there seems to be much more equilibrium between the demand and supply side. It seems everyone is one degree away from a good bag.

I decided to put this theory to the test upon my arrival at SFO. I was very curious to how long it would take from the time I initiated my request to the time I would be sitting waiting for the vaporizer to warm and subsequently attain the buzz I had long awaited since my departure from the Midwest. Here is how the sequence of events unfolded.

1) Arrived in the rental car at my good friends apartment in Oakland at 7:00 P.M.
2) Asked my future Dewby Brother about locating a bag for the week at 7:05 P.M.
3) Future Dewby Brother tells me he will be able to get one the next day. I'm thinking this is all well and good but I was really hoping to have some before we went out for the evening. After all this is Oakland. But I am a visitor staying in his apartment and didn't want to throw a fit.
4) I politely suggest maybe he can ask his new roommate if he knows of anyone who could get this before we head out. It is about 7:15 at this point on the day of arrival.
5) He asks his roommate and his roommate makes a phone call. The roommate comes back and says I can have it within the next 5 minutes. In my mind, I assume we will need to drive all throughout Oakland and the actual time will be much longer than the 5 minutes promised. We are meeting friends in a very short amount of time and therefore do not have the luxury to spend an hour or more to locate this dewby. Time stamp at this point 7:20.
6) I decide to place the order at 7:20
7) 7:30 Bag is in hand and vaporizer is warming.
8) 7:45 We are crunked!
9) 8:00 In route to meeting friends on time and happy as can be.


How does this happen? Well it helps the supplier literally lives across the street. I don't think this is some kind of luck, it is just a different part of the country with different views on marijuana. In actuality it would have been within 5 minutes but we had to drive to the bank and that cost us the precious 5 minutes. Second with dispensaries everywhere in the bay area, suppliers with a prescription card always have supply. Third everyone knows somebody who has high quality pot.

Another nice feature of buying pot in California is that you can buy in 1/16, 1/8, 1/4 or more. For me who did not need much because of all the various activities planned for the week it was nice to be able to get 1/16 and know I wouldn't be wasting any. As it turned out this was quite a nice experience and thumbs up to California for doing there part in making this a quick, easy and overall positive dewby experience.

Goin to The Dead!

I just want to say how friggin excited I am to have been able to get my hands on tickets during the pre-sale yesterday for The Dead's show at the Rosemont Horizon (It will always be the Rosemont to me). That being said, I do have to mention what a frustrating ordeal it was to get those tickets. Now mind you, I would jump through schwag and high bong water to go to another Dead show, especially considering the line-up on this one (Phil, Bobby, Mickey, Billy, keyboardist Jeff Chimenti from Ratdog, and Warren Haynes aka the baddest ass mofo on six strings!), but there's no excuse for how poor the website that was "handling" the ticket purchase trully is.

Pre-sale started at 11am central time. I, like many many deadheads out there, were online and ready to go. I full well knew that it wouldn't be a very speedy process, but what happened was just obsurd. As soon as the clock struck 11 it was off to the races. Scroll down to the proper show, click purchase tickets, wait, wait, wait, accept terms and conditions, wait, wait ,wait. I'd keep writing wait at this point to show you how slow it was, but honestly, it'd fill up the entire blog. My screen was waiting to connect with the next page for an hour and 15 minutes! I kid you not. An hour and 15 fucking minutes!

I have a buddy in Boulder who was doing the same thing for the Denver show two days following ours. He and I kept texting each other to see if either one of our attempts were successful. Nope. He, like his other friends in the same bowl as us were all stuck at the same spot as well. So, I shot my older brother an e-mail to see how he was coming along out in San Francisco shooting for Shoreline tickets. Shoreline, by the way, may be the best spot to see a Dead show. He was also stuck. The shitty thing is that my brother's web development company bid on the new Dead website a few years ago. He offered a kick ass site that was pleasing to the senses, easy to navigate, and held smooth transactions using the latest and gratest. He didn't get the gig due to nepatism at it's finest. The winning bidder happens to be the son of one of GDP's executives. Look where that got us......STUCK ON THE FUCKING TERMS AND CONDITIONS PAGE!!!!!

So, after an hour and 15 minutes my buddy in Boulder finally got through. From that point it took him another 20 minutes to finalize his transaction due to the fact that the letter verifier wouldn't produce any verifaction letters. As he's trying to get past that toke, my older brother got through to the same spot. At the same time, I get kicked out of the website completely.

At this point, I'm pissed out of my gourds! I wasn't about to give up, but at the same time I felt like GDP owed me something for my time. I'll accept a big fat hairy bowl. I started over and hoped for the best. This time it "only" took about 5 minutes to load each new page. But, things were moving and I started to feel a little more at ease.

I got through to the billing and shipping address page when I hit the next snag. I started to fill out the boxes of personal info only to find out that there were no boxes next to the City and State fields. What? How the fuck am I gonna be able to complete my info? On top of that, none of the icons loaded, just red x's so that I couldn't read what button was what. I couldn't believe it! I called my buddy in Boulder and asked him how he got through that page. Appearently one of the icon's is a drag down for City and State. Since I couldn't read into the x's any deeper than face value I had to take a chance on one of them and go for broke. Here it goes.........

Finally, I was able to purchase my tickets. What a pain in the ass! Whomever that fucker is that put together the site should be deprived of every single show The Dead play this tour. I think that's a reasonable punishment for putting all of us innocent, loyal Deadheads through such a frustrating, maddening, needing a huge hit to calm down website interaction.

Bottom line is that I'm going back to the place where I saw The Dead play every spring and fall throughout my long-haired huge sideburn teenage years where a bong hit was my breakfast. In hindsight, I'd do it all again to get my hands on those tickets. A moment of silence for Jerry.........

Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down

A little kora magic, courtesy of Toumani Diabate, to help smooth out your Sunday morning. This cut is called "Cantelowes" and appears on Diabate's brilliant new record, "The Mande Variations." Enjoy!

(bigger discount)

Someday, I hope to have a storage problem so “big-ass” that I require the services of one Toby Jones…

Pass the j to Chicagoist for tipping us off on this one...and don't miss his TV spots either...

Thursday Happy Hour!

Whew. This working-a-full-week stuff will get to a Brother. But the weekend is almost upon us, and Happy Hour pops off tonight, so let's go ahead and start to get happy with Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit, "The Very Best." Check out the vids below and dl their free mixtape if you dig what you are hearing. I think and hope we will hear a lot more from Esau in 2009. Enjoy!

Happy New Year From The Dewby Brothers!

I'm not sure what Brother Jimi is smoking in this photo but it sure looks like he's having fun. And his message is timeless:

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."

Amen to that. From all The Dewby Brothers, we wish you a safe, Happy New Year!