Thanksgiving with Absinthe and Fungi Tea - Choogle on #54

On Canadian Thanksgiving holiday, Uncle Weed and friends enjoy Absinthe from Barcelona, with carmelized with raw sugar and a magic mushroom tea infused nature stroll with a strawberry-grapefruit joint under the Trans Canada Highway where 2 people fell through the gaps.

Pour a glass of Thanksgiving with Absinthe and Fungi Tea - Choogle on #54 (19:35, 17MB, .mp3)

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Out n’ About with Uncle Weed - Travelin’ Man Vidcast - Show - Feed - iTunes
Cannabis Cup 2002 and Nederlander Stroll - Scenes of life at the 2002 Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam plus trips to Deventer, Madurodam, Haarlem and just strolling the streets en route to coffeeshops. Featuring Uncle Weed, Cosmo G. Spacely and Gazoo.

Clubside Breakfast Time podcast - Cosmo G. Spacely’s and guests chatting about Olympia music, news, tasty food and miscellaneous sundry topics at Olympia’s Clubside Cafe or other downtown locales.

Dopefiend.co.uk - podcast network with Dopefiend, Queer Ninja, Lefty, Black Beauty, Zandor and more - see also The Grow Report

Absinthe FAQ

forgotten sippycup

Japanese Mountain Satori Time - Choogle on #48

A hemp-ed up guide to conscious travel in Japan as Uncle Weed (on the hoof) waxes nostalgic about backcountry squatting in abandoned villages with graves with offerings, wild mushrooms and counter-culture festivals. He relays practical tips on getting around the islands, finding hidden cannabis culture and exploring the natural beauty from sacred sites and hemp fields in Shikoku to high in the Nagano Mountains to wild ganja harvest in Hokkaido - features some unique Okinawan folk music.

Ikimasho! Japanese Mountain Satori Time - Choogle on #48 (.mp3, 15:34, 14MB)

snaps by Uncle Weed, Tottori and Nagano, Nihon 1992

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More on this topic:

Taima.org - Clearinghouse of Hemp in Japan info
Hemp Culture in Japan - Hemp in Japan Photo Gallery

Hemp Culture in Japan (.pdf) - a 1992-7 ground-breaking treatise on the history and cultural significance of hemp in Japan. Hemp Culture in Japan is available in .html or .pdf. For alternate versions, visit Taima.org, a site dedicated to Hemp in Japan.

Published in Cannabis Culture magazine (#13 & Best of …), the Journal of International Hemp Association (V.4 N.1) as well as excerpted in several books including Hemp Horizons, Hemp for Victory and “Hanp” from Norway.

Zen Rambling in Japan in Heads (VOL.6 ISS.04: The Travel/Japan Issue)

Uncleweed on Dopefiend’s Dopecast #80 (spieling on more about Japan and other countries)

Anarchy and Fungi in the UK - Choogle on #42

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 war-mongers.

Roll along with Anarchy and Fungi in the UK - Choogle on #42 (.mp3, 24:28, 22MB)

[pic and art by UW on flickr]

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Tripper’s Paradise: Hampstead Heath - Wikipedia, Hampstead Heath - City of London, Hampstead Heath - enthusiast site

Music:

“High Times” (.mp3) from “New Moon” by Elliott Smith - Kill Rock Stars
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Father Yod, YaHoWha 13 and the Source Family
See: Process Media - Source Family music

Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the UK”

The Ukrainians “Anarchy in the UK

Sex Pistols “L’Anarchie”

Greenwich Village Rooftop NYC Diesel Smokedown - Choogle on #40

Late night hoots on a historic Greenwich Village rooftop with Uncle Weed talking with a Canadian friend about NYC scenes and buildings plus 9/11 recollections, vacuum tubes, ferries, oreo cookies, the last ink factory, Hudson fireworks, hockey lock-out, law school ideas, propane tanks and lawnmowers, 2002 Cannabis Cup (see pics if you are Uncle Weed’s ‘friend’ on Flickr) and minor police incidents plus a few confessions (lousy joint roller and typist) and a self-aggrandizing plug for Zhonka Surfbreaks free wi-fi for the people!

Greenwich Village Rooftop NYC Diesel Smokedown - Choogle on #40
(.mp3, 23.3MB, 25:19)

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Music:

Billy Bragg “Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key” words by Woody Guthrie, music by Billy Bragg (and Wilco?)

Delfar 7 (Bread the Producer) “The Ferry Changes Tack” words by D.T. Olson, music by B. Rees

Bacon, Biscuits and Hemp Ed - Choogle on #39

Whilst visiting mentor/amigo Hemp Ed in Pe Ell, Washington, Uncle Weed chats about cellulose fuel conversion, logging industry, tasty eggs from hemp seed fed chickens laden with omega 3s fatty acids plus Willie Nelson’s peaceful bio-diesel revolution, Ed’s Alaskan logging hi-jinks, Finnish saunas and Hemp Express Van flashbacks. Visit Hemplobby.org (be sure to download the “Practical Guide to Cannabis” .pdf) and Ed’s HempLobby Chronicles blog.

Download Bacon, Biscuits and Hemp Ed - Choogle on #39
(.mp3, 37.5MB, 27:18)

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Music:

‘Bio’ Willie Nelson [BioWillie Fuels] “A Peaceful Solution” (origin unknown)

The Numbskulz “Roadtrip (instrumental)” (hear Numbskulz on Choogle on #26 and #19 - a third episode “Numbskulz Grow Up” coming soon)

(photo by Eve Lentz from Practical Guide to Cannabis)

Joints on Brighton Beach with Dopefiend and Freakout - Choogle on #38

From SouthEast London, Uncle Weed hooks up with The Dopefiend for a wake n’ bake Volcano session and recounts culinary exploits then they join Max Freakout for a day-trip to Brighton Beach with cellulose joints of Jack Herer and engage in political discourse from England’s role in the world to tasty hemp snacks.

Download Joints on Brighton Beach with Dopefiend and Freakout - Choogle on #38
(32:40, .mp3, 30MB)

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Music:

Black Tories “Lazurus” - Kill Kool Records

Clayton the Seabus Busker - “Rocketman” (Taupin/John)

Buena Joint with the Lucky Bastard - Choogle on #33

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.” He recounts the production foibles, drunken debacles and beach fire exploits of hanging out with African immigrants, smoking hash and scoring with international lassies at the bar and spreads rumours of a existing video tape.

Then, after rollling a joint of outdoor Mendicino Sunshine and Mango in fascinating clear cellulose papers, they head up to San Francisco’s historic Buena Vista Park to dig the view, roast out and continue the story about security nonsense and NYC funtime.

> Download Choogle on with Uncle Weed #33 (32:36, 29.9MB, .mp3)

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Catching Up with The Numbskulz - Choogle on #26

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 and fave music. Plus three live Numbskulz tracks for your listening pleasure. Cheers from Numbskulz to Cosmo at Clubside Breakfast Time and John from Radio Zoom.

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(Uncleweed with Seth and Nolan Johnson in Pe Ell, WA)
photo by Numbskulz’s pa, Jon Johnson

Rolling to Bridgeport - Choogle on #24

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, box stores, mountains, cervezas, and YVR airport.

Listen Up to Choogle on #24 “Rolling to Bridgeport” #24
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Down at the New Amsterdam - Choogle on #22

Uncle Weed heads out with Reverend Bob and Padowan Zach to spend a Sunday in downtown Vancouver’s preferred locales for herbal enthusiasts in this Enhanced Podcast - fortified with photos, links and other surprises.

Justin of the New Amsterdam Cafe gives the straight dope on the chronology of the ‘potblock’ - Cannabis Cafe, HempBC, Blunt Brothers, the great fire of 2004, and more - plus insight on the perks and challenges of the running a cannabis-friendly cafe.

Then, after a visit to BC Marijuana Party bookstore, the lads head to The Cambie Inn for liquid refreshment and herbal respite before a Seabus voyage to Lonsdale Quay.

Listen Up - “Choogle on with Uncle Weed #22” (m4a) - enhanced podcast - fortified with pics & links
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Sea Bus Adventure to Herbal Lounges - Choogle on #1

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.

Listen Up! Choogle on with Uncle Weed #1

photos by DaveO - more on Flickr