Ridgeline Lights the Way

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As Ridgeline Farms returned to the podium this year at The Emerald Cup, who could have imagined that they’d find their way to a Zalympix win a month later? They did. In entering Zalympix—California’s fastest-growing elite indoor contest, and now one of its largest—Ridgeline’s founder Jason Gellman showed his faith in what they are producing…

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Sublime with Rome’s Rome Ramirez Talks Tangerine Skies, Growth, and Weed

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Temperatures might be dropping –– even in SoCal –– but listening to Tangerine Skies, Sublime with Rome’s latest EP, it feels like summer. It’s been 12 years since Sublime with Rome’s debut, Yours Truly, which served as the world’s formal introduction to Rome Ramirez, who, by the way, is not trying to be or replace…

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Ellen’s Bud Break: Fruit, Earth & Fuel

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It’s a cool fall morning in California, and the aromatic steam from my cup of orange spice black tea is blending with the wisps of smoke from my bong. The taste pairing of cannabis flower and tea works well. The weed, OC Oranges, accurately mimics oranges in the smell and the smoke. It’s an Orange…

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From the Archives: Invasion of the Disco Droids (1977)

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By Albert Goldman Was Son of Sam the ultimate rock critic? When he loaded his machine gun to strafe that discotheque in Long Island, was he preparing to make a statement? To drown out with the rat-tat-tat of his deadly weapon the brazen new Beat for the Feet? We’ll never know—unless the New York D.A.…

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Snoop Dogg’s Dogg Lbs Vapes Go Worldwide with North America Deal

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Snoop Dogg’s cannabis and vape brand Dogg Lbs, appearing on labels as D*gg Lbs, was shipped from Canada to Israel last summer, and is now available in North America in vape form under a new deal. Vape company Ispire announced on Thursday that Aspire North America, one of its subsidiaries, has entered a five-year manufacturing…

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Burna Boy Turned Down $5M Dubai Gig Because He Can’t Smoke Weed There

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Nigerian-born artist Burna Boy, 32, revealed that he turned down a $5 million offer to perform in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) because smoking cannabis is banned in the city, and the punishments are severe.  Per the local law, attempting to enter Dubai with cannabis can result in a five-year sentence, and if…

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From the Archives: How To Make a Movie for $10,000 (1978)

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by Amos Poe If we have learned anything from New Wave (punk) rock, it’s an aesthetic for the new form: the minimal sound and the maximum idea that what is fresh and unpretentious is somehow more truthful and—maybe—more honest. What’s the use of Elton John speaking of pain (unless of a hair transplant) or Peter…

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Power of the Wonder Flower

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Super Mario Bros. games have always been fun for people of all ages, but Super Mario Bros. Wonder takes players on a delightful new journey that we can’t help but think was inspired by substances of the psychedelic variety. Super Mario Bros. Wonder is fun for everyone, but should you choose to imbibe while playing,…

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From the Archives: Glass of ’99 (1998)

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By Chris Eudaley Surely, hand-blown glass pipes and tubes are the modern connoisseur’s weapon of choice. Their sleek, smooth feel and exquisite psychedelic swirls, marbles and designs are only outdone by the outstandingly pristine tokes each use delivers. It’s a genuine marriage of beauty and practicality. Of course, there are cheaper ways to smoke your…

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Putting It on for Sacramento

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Of all the cities in California, few get less credit for their contributions to our collective culture than the state’s capital, Sacramento. Long dubbed the “City of Trees,” while it has certainly become a major hub for the cannabis industry, there’s also an incredible art community growing through the cracks that’s quietly powering the more…

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