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Jon Lajoie: A tale of internet celebrity
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The Internet has become the fuel for many entertainers to rocket to fame.
No one exemplifies this more than Jon Lajoie, the Montreal-born comedian-musician who went from buying a low-quality camera to making comedy videos in his basement to a tour of L.A. looking for representation and listening
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Electronic Stupidity
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Like many people that haphazardly wandered into the cannabis lifestyle, I picked up a few bad habits along the way. And while some of them--an ability to relax into a near comatose state often confused as laziness and simply enjoy things and an unhealthy fixation on eating potato chips--have been e
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Smokkr.com Top Link for Mon., Oct. 26
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Courtesy of the Media Awareness Project. Commentary after the jump.
"Washington Post, 26 Oct 2009 - Has the Justice Department Taken a First Step Toward Decriminalization of Marijuana? THE JUSTICE Department announced last week that it would not prosecute patients who legally obtain marijuana from
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A Marc of things to come
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Today is Day 1 for controversial pot activist Marc Emery, who gave himself up to Canadian officials Sept. 28. Emery is to be extradited to the US where he could spend up to five years in a Seattle prison for selling marijuana seeds to US customers.
There are varying opinions on Emery, what he repr
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Saved By the Bell Just Says No
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In 1994 raves were in the middle of a media frenzy. The underground was found out and exposed. I can’t think of a better example of the Reagenist Just Say No Era than the episode of Saved By the Bell – The College Years in which the gang decides to hold a rave on campus.
Of course Screech is pressu
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The Economic Connection: Entheogenesis
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Less than ten pages into PiHKAL--a book that could rightfully be considered the chief canonical text of the modern psychedelic movement--author Alexander Shulgin, popularizer of MDMA and primum mobile of almost every club drug to have gained clout since its subsequent scheduling in the mid-eightie
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Marc Emery Farewell Tour hits Alberta
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CALGARY — The Prince of Pot was in town Sunday, July 5 for the first stop in the the Alberta part of his Farewell Tour. Marc Emery, well-known activist, businessman, publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine and leader of the B.C. Marijuana Party, gave a meaningful and optimistic speech to the many ga
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Countdown to Motion Notion ‘09
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With a number of summer festivals just gearing up, the Drayton Valley-area Motion Notion festival provides an explosive introduction to what is sure to be an enormously memorable season. It is also an incredibly attractive early-season alternative to the Nelson-area Shambhala festival, with drivin
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