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(Contents information excerpted from The Internet Speculative Fiction Database ) Art: A Gun for Dinosaur by Ed Emshwiller A Gun for Dinosaur [2] by Ed Emshwiller A Gun for Dinosaur [3] by Ed Emshwiller Flat Tiger by Weiss Tsylana by Ashman Tsylana [2] by Ashman Tsylana [3] by Ashman Little Red Schoolhouse by Johns Slave Ship (Part 1 of 3) by Ed Emshwiller Slave Ship (Part 1 of 3) [2] by Ed Emshwiller Slave Ship (Part 1 of 3) [3] by Ed Emshwiller Slave Ship (Part 1 of 3) [4] by Ed Emshwiller...
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Galaxy SCIENCE FICTION Edilor-in-Chief VERA CERUTTI Editor H, L GOLD Art Director W. L VAN DER POEL Advertising Manager GENE MARTINAT Cover by CHESLEY BONESTELL February, 1951 Vol. 1, No. 5 THE FIREMAN By Ray Bradbury . . . AND IT COMES OUT HERE by Lester del Rey THE PROTECTOR ....by Betsy Curtis SECOND CHILDHOOD by Clifford D. Simak TWO WEEKS IN AUGUST by Frank M. Robinson BOOK-LENGTH SERIAL— Installment 2 TYRANN by Isaac Asimov EDITORIAL PAGE by H. L Gold FIVE-STAR SHELF by Groff Conklin
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Note: The novelette "Garden in the Void" by Poul Anderson has been removed from this online copy at the request of the estate of Poul Anderson.
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(Contents information excerpted from The Internet Speculative Fiction Database ) Art: The Gatekeepers by West The Gatekeepers [2] by West Lochinvar by Don Martin The God Next Door by Larry Ivie The God Next Door [2] by Larry Ivie Aloys by Walker Aloys [2] by Walker The Air of Castor Oil by Walker The Air of Castor Oil [2] by Walker The Stuff by Bob Ritter The King of the City by Virgil Finlay The King of the City [2] by Virgil Finlay The Deep Down Dragon by Ed Emshwiller The Moon Moth by Dick...
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Note: The novel "A Tragedy of Errors" by Poul Anderson has been removed from this online copy at the request of the estate of Poul Anderson. (Contents information excerpted from The Internet Speculative Fiction Database ) Art: A Tragedy of Errors by Gray Morrow A Tragedy of Errors [2] by Gray Morrow A Tragedy of Errors [3] by Gray Morrow A Tragedy of Errors [4] by Gray Morrow The Planet Slummers by uncredited Crazy Annaoj by Jack Gaughan Street of Dreams, Feet of Clay by Vaughn Bodé...
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Two stopovers at the Cambie Pub for unique vittles, local grog and curious, spontaneous conversation with a mystery guest.
Topic: beers
Starting at the Great Canadian Beer Fest in Victoria, BC (Vancouver Island), Uncle Weed samples some tasty ales and listens to lovely lasses play Hip tunes and chats with barmen and revelers. Much later (post appendectomy) UW and friends attend Oktoberfest at the German Alpen House in Vancouver where he recounts trips to Munich for while a young choogler and then rambles about old men dancing and such …
Topics: beer, beers, brews, cask, crannog, dancing, gastro-pub, great canadian beer fest, hitchhikiing,...
En route to breakfast at SXSW, Uncle Weed recounts a night of arts and crafts burlesque and barbarians at Emo's Jr. and forays to various Austin bars and various dot-com parties for tasty beers. Stops include smoothies at The Hideout, Counter Cafe for pancakes, plus field notes about lanyards and badges, making marketing envelopes, living on appetizers, creekside flora, joys of the quaffable Shiner Bock, magicians and performance troupe, beat/stump boxer, pedi-cab escapes, and closing down an...
Topics: austin, beer, bill lenker, burlesque, emo's, parties, shinerbock, sxsw, sxsw party, sxsw10, sxswi
Renegade musician Ken Giles recounts stories about backwoods huckleberry pancakes and picking with the Beaver Bottom Boys with Uncle Weed backstage at Komasket Music Festival near Vernon, BC. He also tells about hijinks ensuing when moose hunting en route to recording sessions, hijinks with Merry Pransters and Hunter Thompson, and the importance of living a life worthy of original songs. Musical interlude by Wolf Child and the Cowboy Bandits recorded Sunday. Part 4 in a series from Komasket...
Topics: rock, komasket, kmf2010, komasketmusicfestival, music festival, austalia, komasketmusicfest,...
While at Komasket music fest, Uncle Weed describes a visit to a traditional Moroccan shisha lounge with tea run by a guy named Guy. Also describes performances by Wolf Child and Cowboy Bandit plus describes a morning visit to yoga. Plus preview of Delhi to Dublin, Alex Cuba and Shamik on agenda. Musical interludes feature: Delhi to Dublin from Saturday night performance and Wolf Child and Cowboy Bandits from Saturday performance plus and dancing children. Part 7 in a series from Komasket Music...
Topics: cowboy bandit, d2d, delhi to dublin, kmf2010, komasket, music fest, shi sha, shisha, wolf child,...
At SxSW Music in Austin, Texas – Uncle Weed recaps the previous day’s activities and thoughts while enjoying a joint on the porch of the “Hillary Clinton Suite” at the Omni Hotel. Bands include the Jacob Jefferies Band, Sons and Daughters (Glasgow), Henry and Invisibles, Lemonheads, Tiger! Tiger! and more.
Topics: weed, SXSW Exploits, sxsw08, austin, drinking, beer, lemonhead, tiger tiger, jacob jeffries, sons...
On the opening night of SXSW Interactive/Music/Film fest in Austin, Texas, Uncle Weed strolls 6th St. in search of rolling papers and describes the surroundings of partiers from geeks to spring breakers, police on horseback, tattoo parlours, death metal pizza, bars, grills, taverns, microbrews, civic economics and impending cultural chaos. Featuring music by Dan Mangan “Road Regrets” and The Numbskulz .
Topics: 6th street, austin, dan mangan, numbskulz, pedicabs, SXSW Exploits, sxsw10, sxswi, texas
From SXSW 2008 – amidst sirens and Austin, Texas 6th St. street noise – comes an interview with filmmaker Erich Weiss premièring “Hori Smoku, Sailor Jerry” about the originator of contemporary tattoo-ing – and iconoclastic libertarian American – Norman Collins who combined Japanese technique, Polynesian traditions, and American motifs in Hawaii during WW2. The interview delves into the the “screwed, boozed (blued), and tattooed” wild culture as a million sailors and...
Topics: Tattoo, Hawaii, WW2, Sailor Jerry, Don Ed Hardy, Norman Collins, sailors, soldiers, prostitutes,...
From a new backporch high on the mountain slopes, Uncle Weed talks about his collections of t-shirts and lighters and long-ago trips to Japan – then discusses stoner culture, legal penalties, and travel observations with a Japanese cannabis enthusiast who tells his favourite strains, how he met ganja in Japan, compares Vancouver and Amsterdam, and documents the many strains of BC bud enjoyed on his visit while eating curry rice.
Topics: amsterdam, backporch, bud, cannabis, forest, japan, kush, marijuana, moving, nihon, nippon,...
On back porch, Uncle Weed shares a personal message to the chooglers international followed by a spiel about tactics to resist a golf course incident induced corporate drug test using vigilance, friendly lawyers, a trip to Belize w/ broken wrist, and Tolstoy’s War + Peace.
Topics: belize, caye caulker, corporate, drug test, drug testing, golf course, piss test, story, tolstoy,...
Montage of snippets and grooving tunes for aural funtimes ergo: KDon reporting on Longboard hockey, Fr. Unabonger hi-jacking at Mind Camp, cut thumbs from bong building, Gord Downie's Canadian Geese, neon lights, Charles Lloyd & Rocket Man. Note: Headphones recommended for maximum pleasure.
Topics: audio, cannabis, choogle on, choogleon, coast longboarding, coastlongboarding, counter...
Exiting the Castro chaos in geta sandals, Mad Dog and Uncle Weed stroll through San Francisco's eclectic Mission district talking about urban planning and related social conundrums and sorting out tense Nepalese political negotiations en route to a drink.
Topics: beers, public policy, travel
Uncle Weed heads out on via Sea Bus to visit friends downtown Vancouver, plus stops by an herbal lounge in Railtown, indulges in some reminiscing in Gastown, and grabs a Sky Train dog at Main.
Topics: architecture, friends, ships and ferries
Upon the untimely passing of a friend Ian Christiancy (aka Gazoo ), Uncle Weed cracks a tall can of beer and sparks a bowl of sour diesel on a dock in Harrison Lake to share memories of friendly adventures to Darrington Rock Fest, Amsterdam Cannabis Cup, curling in Portland, parties at the cabin and hangouts on Steamboat Island and anecdotes about living tough and timely, yet unseemly, advice, leather jackets and souped up Novas.
Topics: amsterdam, cannabis cup, darringotn rock fest, gazoo, ian, ian christiancy, nazareth, netherlands,...
On Lynn Valley's Varley trail, Uncle Weed discourses on fascist sponsors and greedy PR hacks reacting to young Mr. Phelps' situation, plus talk of value of art vs. artist and listener email about parenting advice, blind shopping cart incidents, and a situation with a Briton arrested and incarcerated in Japan plus a spiel on Group of Seven artist Frederick Varley.
Topics: art, artists, drug testing, japan, kelloggs, lynn valley, olympics, parenting, phelps, power...
A curious Christmas gift of a budding ganja plant gets Uncle Weed making a micro grow environmet for a purple kush plant. He assembles the light mogul and reflector shield and talks about metal halide and high pressure sodium bulbs, and ballast.
Topic: green thumb
On Lynn Valley's Varley trail, Uncle Weed discourses on fascist sponsors and greedy PR hacks reacting to young Mr. Phelps' situation, plus talk of value of art vs. artist and reads listener email about parenting advice, blindness, and Japan arrests.
Topics: art, artists, drug testing, japan, kelloggs, lynn valley, olympics, parenting, phelps, power...
Uncle Weed gets a rant on about train ineffiency, bus exploits, jarheads and borders hassles while recounting recent experiences.
Topics: buses, borders, trains
During the Festive season – holed up at an historic hotel in Nelson BC sampling local hashish – a sloppy Uncle Weed stumbles through stories with the loquacious harmonica master Xomaha who shares songs and harp licks while annotating the history of the mouth harp from German beer halls to American plantations. Along with wise ganja analysis comes a story about a trippy night in Peru influenced by giant psychedelic Morpehus mushroom moths; his roots from Seattle "paying dues" in a...
Topics: hash, travel, nelson, harmonica, hume, blues, moths
While prepping for an oil painting, Uncle Weed sparks a joint and talks about travel plans (Austin, Texas for SxSW and Mexico for chillaxin’), catches up with the Vancouver 3 extradition situation (and the grandstanding DEA and DoJ despots), then revisits a party at Vancouver Seed Bank (and Toker’s Lounge ) with proprietor (and former editor of Cannabis Culture ) Dana Larsen who tells about his political work ( NDP Candidate for Sunshine Coast ), and his new Hairy...
Topics: cannabis, dana larsen, eastside, economics, espresso, extradition, greg williams, marc emery,...
Uncle Weed heads out on via Sea Bus to visit friends downtown Vancouver, plus stops by an herbal lounge in Railtown, indulges in some reminiscing in Gastown, and grabs a Sky Train dog at Main.
Topics: architecture, friends, ships and ferries
Uncle Weed gets roasty with tasty kif, chats about herb while assembling Ikea furniture on a mellow Sunday after roasting out the delivery dude.
Topics: tasks, cannabis
While camping at Clayoquot Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island last summer, Uncle Weed launches into a lengthy discourse about noted logging blockades in 1993 and talks about meditations on hemp, non-violence, compassion, clearcuts, ecology and economics of forestry and comments on a looming water shortage in Tofino (to be continued …).
Topics: economics, islands, public policy, travel
Cat Beast Theme Bass Drum Of Death - Such A Bore Judybats - Ugly On The Outside Buzzcocks - Something's Gone Wrong Again Tim Curry - She's Not There Love And Rockets - Sweet Lover Hangover Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancin' Nick Lowe - Rollers Show Marshall Crenshaw - Monday Morning Rock The Polecats - Jeepster Dave Edmunds - Let's Talk About Us The Saints - I'm Misunderstood Genesis - Home By The Sea Yes - The Fish Pond - Sun And...
Topic: CatBeast
En route to Toronto on a red-eye flight, Uncle Weed shares flashbacks from the Big Smoke from Summer of 87 and recounts gaps in memory from SXSW including poolside broken legs, bar-b-q trips, bike shops and grand hotels and recaps a trip to SubPop Records HQ in Seattle including meeting Mark Arm of Mudhoney and fore-shadowing adventures in T.O. Featuring music by Mudhoney “Overblown” plus various street musicians.
Topics: big smoke, mudhoney, seattle, subpop, sxsw10, sxswi, taxi cabs, tour
With scant days to go, Uncle Weed reflects on expectations, better realized â plus shares affection for kind people, the important of finding authenticity and supporting local economyâ all while embarking on final steps before leaving, including: visiting Mr. Lawrence, the lifeguard; packing up jerk spice and mango chutney; detailing the geometric woodwork in the Queen's Cottage's roof; plus mops up a few stories, chats about PM Michael Manley's Canadian ties, and dives into the sea... before...
Topics: cannabis, culture, ganja, ital, jamaica, rasta, travel, weed, jamaica scheme, uncleweed, dopefiend
Recollections from a wasp poison haze including fleeting messages delivered by film strip, endless fortune cookies and fuzzy memories from forgotten incidents. Plus the backstory about Leo of Little Bay and details of his colourful cabins, banter and rum on the tiny store's porch with Brodie, plus tales of bonfire ganja mechanics, fortified brownies, chillcuzi soak, cut foot and aloe vera rundown, amidst the chirps and croaks of frogs and crickets. Music Snippet: Toots Hibbert “Pomps and...
Topics: cannabis, culture, ganja, ital, jamaica, rasta, travel, weed, jamaica scheme
With six varities of tasty ganja and two Americans in tow, Uncle Weed heads up to the mountains to test each strain in the Happy Vappy and lazily review Organic Blueberry, Diesel, Mountain Kind, Cambie weed, Cherry Hash, and Jack Hare.
Topic: writing
Arriving in Little Bay, Jamaica into a hammock with a joint and beer, Uncle Weed documents surroundings including cabins, fisherman's bar, reggae music sound system, eating conch, mineral pool, sea swimming, and drinking all the Red Stripe in Little Bay. Then discusses Heroes' Day with locals around a campfire + Jamaica family, skills and abilities also rum drinking fishermen, tasty food, island culture, underground economies, ital food and schemes. Music Snippet: "Baba Boom Boom" by...
Topics: jamaica, travel, adventure, cannabis
On Halloween in San Francisco's Castro district, Uncle Weed and amigo MadDog witness a shooting with resultant police and crowd mayhem while strolling in geta sandals, plus meet a peace-loving friend on the bus then to the Palace Hotel.
Topic: festivals
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(Contents information excerpted from The Internet Speculative Fiction Database ) Essays: Editorial: Durston's Last Ride (Galaxy, #1) by E. J. Gold The Man with Nine Lives: Vincent Price 1911 - 1993 by Forrest J. Ackerman Serials: The City of the Dead (Part 1 of 3) by Robert Sheckley Vampire's Fast (Part 1 of 2) by Jacqueline Lichtenberg Short Stories: That's the Spirit by H. L. Gold The Nature of the Place by Robert Silverberg Pythias by Frederik Pohl Perfectly Preserved by Chuck Rothman What...
Topics: galaxy, isabel, malory, achilles, amy, persephone, tantalus, whitman, dead, silver, hearing aid,...
Uncle Weed busts out clips from the vault featuring a stumbling rock and roll night in Olympia just after April 20th with spiels on praying in baseball, recent article in Heads magazine, Eastside open mic, and Black Bettie rock fun with Cosmo and drunken Stew.
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After more banter about lobsters, reggae and food, Uncle Weed offers observations about music industry, taxi drivers, civic pride, pothole filling, corrupt government and cynicism, devalued currency, human potential, news of the day, Patois remix, ninja squirrel mongoose, Rasta culture, fireflies, coconuts, kids doing homework, bats catching mosquitos, meaning of goats, donkeys strolling, swimming (or lack thereof), varieties of crabs, Prime Minsterial hijinks, calling elections, cruise...
Topics: music, taxi drivers, civic pride, pothole filling, corrupt government, cynicism, devalued currency,...
While seeking refuge in the ice rink, Uncle Weed profers discource about about Picasso, Emily Carr, "classified items," at the Vancouver Art Gallery
Topics: architecture, hockey
After a pleasing smokedown of California medical marijuana, Uncle Weed wanders back to his luxury hotel – passing San Jose’s domed, modernist, fountain-laden City Hall – and rambling about New York City neighbourhoods, smells and pubcrawls plus grouses about stinky hotels, late flights, sleeplessness and democractic candidates while sneaking tokes as cops roll by in quiet Silicon Valley.
Topics: architecture, Olympia, travel
In Camden Town London, Uncle Weed visits Hemp for Victory author Kenyon Gibson to discuss his motivations and influences for writing the book, using hemp for fuel, fiber and food, unique modern hemp products, the political pressures surrounding re-mainstreaming cannabis hemp, activism tips for emerging hempsters, his research for UK Parliament on hemp as a replacement crop for opium in Afghanistan , plus conversation on contemporary hemp production in the United Kingdom and around the...
Topics: activism, book, cannabis, economics, entrepreneurship, environment, hemp, hemp for victory, hemp...
Out n’ about on London double-decker buses and underground tube to hook up for tea and joints with ethneo-pundit Max Freakout in counter-culture haven Camden Town to chat about markets and psychedelics ( salvia divinorum , DMT, psilocybin) and reminiscing about two glorious summers of fungi legality in the UK. Plus Brighton flashbacks with The Dopefiend discoursing on royals and morals and Max’s accounts of anarchist rallies and heavy handed actions by the coppers and parliamentary...
Topics: friends, public policy, trains & buses, travel
DJ Snailmail and DJ Anon discuss Letters from Russia with writer Dave Thorvald Olson on the WriteNow! The Art & Action of Letterwriting show, Dec. 2007 on Santa Cruz Free Radio AKA FREAK RADIO
Topics: literature, spoken word, uncleweed, letters from russia, epistolatory, santa cruz, radio, freak...
A catch-up from Uncle Weed while out on a stroll in the woods. Topics include miscellaneous forth-coming show topics, Mark Emery update, HappyVappy, fave podcasts and holler out to Scales and Krug in China.
Topic: music
Dave takes a Canadian Thanksgiving transit trip from end to end – from the North Shore by Seabus, all the way to the notorious suburb of Surrey. He chats about Skytrain stations, Vancouver sights and sounds, plus meets ‘SkyPigs’ and enjoys coffee while reminiscing about Vancouver adventures in bygone days.
Topics: ships and ferries, trains & buses
Heading out on a late-night walk through Goldendale in search of repast, Uncle Weed encounters much of nothing, search lights, alarms and a bar full of Jagermeister.
Topic: beers
On a rainy Sunday, Uncle Weed visits Happy Vappy's designer and entrepreneur Ferdinand at his workshop in East Vancouver to discuss reasons for using a herbal vaporizer for enjoy your ganja, inspiration, medical use and useful Vaporizer maintenance tips.
Topics: entrepreneurship, vaporizers, wellness
High in Jamaica, Uncle Weed visits Black Ras’ abundant mountain growfield to discuss “swamp weed” grown in morass versus “hard land weed” grown in volcanic soil with bat guano, plus varieties of ganja strains – both domestic and imported.
Topics: uncleweed, uncle, weed, cannabis, marijuana, literature, ganja, weed, hemp, vancouver, walkabout,...
Wandering the streets of Austin with old pal Yaki Niku, Uncle Weed recounts a strange international steel ball tossing tournament in a remote Japanese village known for radioactive hot springs. The multi-national, dignitaries, dubbed the Genki Monkeys, represented eagerly through much drunkeness at the hands of mayor and his cohorts, followed by Born to be Wild karaoke and outdoor hot spring soaking riverside. Followed by an early morning breakfast of raw eggs, a hungover beat down by of old...
Topics: austin, cognac, dignitaries, drinking, hot springs, japan, misasa, nihon, petenque, ryokan, sake,...
Contributed as special segment to the Dopecast episode 221 on Dopefiend Podcast Network based in the London, UK, comes a bonus “Tokes on the Porch” segment about cooking with cannabis, introduced thusly: “Canadian hemp activist and cannabis podcaster Uncle Weed as he interviews Chef Boy-am-I-hungry about some methods of ingesting our secret sacrament at his own special spot in Mosquito Creek.” Alongside rushing Lynn Creek, Uncle Weed quizzes a friend about methods for extracting...
Topics: cannabis, cooking, eating, food, hiking
Wandering through the festival grounds, Uncle Weed talks to first aid crew, interviews a 2nd year attendee about a kayaking trip, tipi camping, Brazilian capoeira and dancing workshops, while Canadian entertainer Fred Penner shows his multi-linguistic skills. Plus bits of other artists, and chatter about vendor alley, African drums and recounting jam tent performances. Musical interludes feature Fred Penner, and the jam session with Bocephus King, Oka and Kia Kadiri â plus various snippets...
Topics: kmf10, uncleweed, choogleon, komasket, music festival, fred penner, Bocephus King, Oka, Kia Kadiri,...
Wandering the early-early morning catacombs of the Seattle Mind Camp, Uncle Weed and Cosmo observe an unusual parlor game and ephemeral wreckage.
Topics: Architecture, Geekery
An extended length (ideal for summertime listening) features a late night walk around the heart of London Town with rambling topics from public drunkeness, Cleopatra’s Obelisk, party boats, Shakespeare’s Globe theater, Internet kiosks, Sir Drake’s Golden Hind, The Clink Jail, Millennium, Black Friars and Tower bridges, Cornish pasties, take away falafels, cellar temperature ales, Dali art, Falklands naval veterans, CCTV cameras, miscellaneous wars, royal largess, overfilled hotel baths...
Topics: architecture, art, beers, museums, ships and ferries, tasty grub, travel
Visiting in Pe Ell, Washington, Uncle Weed talks with rock n' roll youngsters, Graham, Seth and Nolan - collectively, "The Numbskulz." After a bit of witty banter, they debut an original song called "Lifestyles (of the Rich and Famous)."
Topic: music
Out n' about on London double-decker and tube to hook up for tea and joints with ethneo-pundit Max Freakout in Camden Town to chat about markets and psycedelics plus Brighton flashbacks with Dopefiend discoursing on royals and morals.
Topics: friends, public policy, trains & buses, travel
While in Clayoquot Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island last summer, Uncle Weed launches into a lengthy discourse about noted logging blockades in 1993 and talks about mediatations on hemp, non-violence, compassion, clearcuts, ecology and economics
Topics: economics, islands, public policy, travel
Aspiring actor and noted carouser O-dawg tells Uncle Weed about his hi-jinks starring in a French reality TV show called "The Lucky Bastard" including production foibles, drunken debacles and beach fire exploits of hanging out with African immigrants.
Topics: beers, friends, travel
In between Winter Olympics and SXSW, Uncle Weed soothes a sore throat on a couch and talks about global parties of note (including Oktoberfest, Mardi Gras, Carnival, etc.), plus extols about the Olympic Outsider podcast , True North Media House , importance and nobility of documentation, SXSW preview and recap of recent trip to Pe Ell to visit Hemp Ed and the Numbskulz .
Topics: documentation, olympics, SXSW Exploits, sxswi, tnmh, van2010, Vancouver Out n About, winter games
With a enormous joint of Kemo bud, Uncle Weed hauls his UK counterpart The Dopefiend into the woods on Vancouver’s North Shore to talk about stoner travel delights in BC, break down the cult of the Purple Kush and explain the true meaning of chooglin while the the river rolls by while the stone mason rambles a tune from the woodshop.
Topics: bud, dopefiend, forest, ganja, joint, kemo, north shore, purple kush, purplekush, tourism, travel,...
On a visit to the hamlet of Pe Ell, Uncle Weed checks in on the emerging super powers of The Numbskulz [MySpace] – Nolan, Seth and Graham. The 3 young rock and roll brothers recently recorded tracks at a studio and are seeking to load up their camouflage RV for a NorthWest summer tour. They discuss the songwriting process, the power of music to inspire others, playing covers vs. originals, promotion tactics for bands, and the importance of demanding knowledge at school.
Topics: bands, music, numbskulz, pe ell, pe ell washington, rock n roll, the numbskulz
Rolling to Bridgeport - Uncle Weed and his buddy Eskimo space cruise into the Vancouver suburb of Richmond while chatting about Asian malls, local byways, global warming, dikes, Canada Line Skytrain, Olympic speed skating oval, and box stores.
Topics: aeroplanes, friends, trains & buses
Before heading to Mexico for chillaxin’ times, Uncle Weed wraps up SXSW trip by chatting with Austin local Pugz – and various random characters – while rolling out a vast variety of great music including: Liam Finn (New Zealand), Black Angels (Austin), Los Campesinos (Wales), The Constantines (Canada), Tiger Tiger, Sons and Daughters (Glasgow), Wedding Present (Dublin), The Pasties (Olympia, WA) and various mysterious artists, while wandering the bustling streets of Austin USA, listening...
Topics: austin, black angels, chris heuer, liam finn, los campesinos, pugz, SXSW Exploits, sxsw08, the...
On a chirping bird Sunday after returning from Mexico with parasite in tow, a weakened Uncle Weed recounts artistic endeavors and medical clinic visits in Bucerias, leading to a personal slow down period of less chooglin’ and travelin’ and more writing and storytelling. You can help produce episodes via choogleon {at} uncleweed {dot} net – storyteller skillz are key. More topics include Dalai Lama’s citizenship ceremony, Winter Olympics vignettes, Americans Abroad voter registration,...
Topic: Spring
Starting at a secret herbal lounge, Uncle Weed chats about the temp labor industry, hybrid weed, Guy Terrifico , breakfast time podcasts ( Clubside Breakfast Time & Fr. Roderick’s Daily Breakfas t) and suchnot.
Topics: economics, films, public policy
A walk around various car-free day festivals in Vancouver, 2008 with unedited soundstream of drum circles, live bands of various sorts (including several numbers by a Grateful Dead inspired band, a free jazz combo, a protesting singer-songwriter, and a Latin-esque outfit…), plus skateboards, slam poets, and a bassoon quartet playing "hockey night theme" among other tunes. Original post: Car(e)-free Sound Stroll – Urban Vancouver #8
Topics: Vancouver, car-free, Commercial Drive, soundscape, sound seeing, music, variety, Grateful Dead,...
At a thwarted benefit concert for Insite , the supervised injection clinic in Vancouver’s troubled downtown Eastside , Uncle Weed chronicles the massive show of force by the Vancouver Police Department who shut down the Bedouin Soundclash concert and blockaded a full block of Hastings Street – ironically because, “pedestrians or motorists may be unduly put at risk by the event”. The volunteers continued the civil disobedience bar-b-q to feed homeless folks despite the hullabaloo...
Topics: Bedouin Soundclash, concert, harm reduction, in site, insite, police, standoff, supervised...
Uncle Weed gets roasty with tasty kif, chats about herb while assembling Ikea furniture on a mellow Sunday after roasting out the delivery dude.
Topic: tasks
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(Contents information excerpted from The Internet Speculative Fiction Database ) Art: A Specter Is Haunting Texas (Part 1 of 3) by Jack Gaughan A Specter Is Haunting Texas (Part 1 of 3) [2] by Jack Gaughan A Specter Is Haunting Texas (Part 1 of 3) [3] by Jack Gaughan A Specter Is Haunting Texas (Part 1 of 3) [4] by Jack Gaughan A Specter Is Haunting Texas (Part 1 of 3) [5] by Jack Gaughan A Specter Is Haunting Texas (Part 1 of 3) [6] by Jack Gaughan A Specter Is Haunting Texas (Part 1 of 3) [7]...
Topics: galaxy, bailey, texas, tke, elmo, alien, specter, haunting, tfie, haunting texas, lee roger,...
Uncle Weed catches up with his two-thirds of his fave rockin' younglings, Seth and Nolan of The Numbskulz, in Pe Ell Washington. They lads discuss a recent big show at Olympia's famous Capitol Theater, vomiting drummers, recording ideas, new songs etc.
Topics: friends, music, Olympia
Whilst visiting his amigo Hemp Ed in Pe Ell, Washington, Uncle Weed chats about cellustatic fuel conversion, bio-diesel, omega 3s fatty acids plus Willie Nelson's peaceful revolution, Ed's Alaskan logging hi-jinks, saunas and Hemp Express Van flashbacks.
Topics: economics, entrepreneurship, friends, public policy, wellness
Uncle Weed and Cosmo heads to Seattle for a free-form MindCamp conference kinda thing. Here are some audio snippets to experience the vibe.
Topic: geekery
Live Music Archive
Librivox Free Audio
Metropolitan Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Internet Arcade
Console Living Room
Books to Borrow
Open Library
TV News
Understanding 9/11
