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  • The Calm Before the Cannabis Cup

    Thu Nov 19, 2009

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    Arriving a few days in advance of the Cannabis Cup offers a HIGH TIMES correspondent myriad advantages, not the least of which being the opportunity to shake off the jet lag before the marijuana masses arrive in Amsterdam for the world's premier ganja harvest festival and competition. The annual event, now in its 22nd year, pits the city's legendary cannabis coffeeshops against one another in a battle to determine the best marijuana, hashish and shop on Earth. Marijuana seed suppliers enter a separate competition, divided into indica and sativa categories.

     

    Things get started in earnest on Sunday, November 22. In the meantime, along with a few fellow magazine staffers, I spent yesterday in the pleasant haze of an informal coffeeshop crawl. By making the rounds so early, we found these legendary havens of cannabis freedom in their natural state. While many shops were surely in the process of preparing for the …READ MORE

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  • Concert Review: Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe

    Tue Nov 3, 2009

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    Taking the stage dressed up as various versions of Michael Jackson, and careening through a raucous show featuring copious covers from the King of Pop’s legendary back catalogue, the reunited (and it felt so good) Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe whipped a largely costumed crowd into a frenzy on a rainy Halloween night in New York City.

     

    With the parties raging all over town, and the Yankees in the World Series, the intimate Bowery Ballroom still felt like the place to be as jazzman extraordinaire Karl Denson led his band through a Jackson tribute that also featured songs off his own latest album, Brother’s Keeper. He’ll be on the road till the end of the year, so don’t miss out!

     

    This bit of YouTube magic should hold you over in the meantime:     

     

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  • Activism, Athletics and Agriculture at the 2009 NORML Conference

    Mon Sep 28, 2009

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    September 24-26, San Francisco, CA -- Many, many marijuana activists left their hearts in San Francisco this weekend, especially those of us destined to return to states decidedly less free and rational than California when it comes to cannabis. After three days of inspiring speeches and informative panels, followed by three nights of epic merrymaking, the highly optimistic attendees at this year’s annual national NORML Convention will hopefully head home with a firm resolve to work hard and continue the amazing momentum of the marijuana movement this year.

     

    With legalization all over the news, and the economy driving a serious debate about the benefits of “green jobs” and increased tax revenue, many notable speakers identified this moment as a potential “tipping point,” including PBS travel host Rick Steves, Marijuana Reconsidered author and Harvard professor Lester Grinspoon, and, fittingly, Tom Ammiano …READ MORE

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  • High Times Editor's Guide to New York City

    Thu Aug 20, 2009

    A new website called Revel In New York takes a look at the "baked apple" through the red eyes of our own Senior Editor David Bienenstock. The author of The Official High Times Pot Smoker's Handbook suggests the best places to get stoned (Central Park), get fed, have a beer, and cure the munchies in his hometown, including the video interview above. Check out the rest of the site for profiles of other interesting New Yorkers. 


    Then, in the comments below, please hit us up with some similar "green travel" suggestions for your own hometown. Just don't blow up anybody's spot.

     

     

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  • Today Show Debates Legalization

    Mon Jul 13, 2009

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  • Free Sample!

    Fri Jul 3, 2009

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    Take an online flip through the newest issue of HIGH TIMES with our exclusive free preview, including a sneak peak at the latest cultivation features, and amazing shots of stoned celebrities. Or check out the video below for an even more interactive experience!
     

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  • HIGH TIMES' Greatest Hits on DVD

    Tue Jun 30, 2009

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  • Issue #420

    Mon Jun 29, 2009

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  • HIGH TIMES @ Bonnaroo

    Tue Jun 9, 2009

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  • FESTIVAL REVIEW: Fifth Annual Mountain Jam - Hunter Mountain, NY

    Wed Jun 3, 2009

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    By Lewis Schoner

     

    As a distinct haze drifted up through the mountains in Hunter, New York, the Mountain Jam masses scuttled to set up camp and make their journey to one of the three stages that would run nearly non-stop for the next three days. Headlining the fifth annual Mountain Jam were festival veterans The Allman Brothers Band, Gov’t Mule, and Woodstock veteran Richie Havens - amply supported by hand selected acts including Michael Franti & Spearhead, Umphrey’s McGee, BK3 featuring Bill Kreutzmann, The Brew, and Tea Leaf Green, many of them veterans of Mountain Jam impresario Warren Haynes’ annual experiment in musical cross-pollination.


    Throughout the festival, each band contributed a distinctive style and energy to the always electric festival, which has quite a reputation to live up to. In 2008, Mountain Jam was named one of the top eight music festivals in the country by Rolling Stone. Judging by the crowd …READ MORE

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  • CONCERT REVIEW: Hill Country Revue @ City Winery, NYC

    Wed May 27, 2009

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    Last night, Hill Country Revue brought the sights and sounds of a Northern Mississippi juke joint into the far more rarified air of City Winery, an upscale wine bar and bistro in lower Manhattan. Adding to the note of culture shock in the air, the bluesy, expansive, heavily tattooed rockers of HCR seasoned their sound with washboard, harmonica, and other countrified reflections of their distinctly regional style.

     

    A spin-off of the North Mississippi All-Stars to hold folks over while Luther Dickinson plies his trade with the Black Crowes, HCR arrives with its own, fully realized debut album, Make a Move, and a summer of touring that includes the Rothbury Music Festival, the All Good Music Festival, and dates in support of the Dave Mathews Band.

     

    Opening the evening with an extended harmonica solo, lead singer Daniel Coburn eased the crowd into the blues incrementally, slowly building a foot-stomping set that included most of the …READ MORE

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  • A Brief History of Weed

    Thu May 21, 2009

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  • CONCERT REVIEW: Marc Ribot – Le Poisson Rouge, New York City – May 15th, 2009

    Mon May 18, 2009

    Most people who play the guitar as well as Marc Ribot end up doing so in large theaters or giant stadiums. Indeed, Ribot has lent his virtuosic talents to albums by some of the best known and most respected names in the music world, including Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Medeski, Martin and Wood, The Black Keys, and countless others. But when it comes to his own highly eccentric career path, Ribot prefers to keep it low key. Exploring genres ranging from experimental jazz to Cuban rhythm and hardcore punk, Ribot never sits still long enough for the public to catch up.

    To celebrate his 55th birthday, Ribot, a longtime staple of New York’s downtown music scene, presented a week long, multiple venue retrospective of his life’s work, in his adopted city reconvening old bands and premiering new material. The extended birthday celebration ended with two nights at Greenwich Village’s Le Poisson Rouge, with each night featuring multiple musical incarnations. …READ MORE

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  • Drug Czar Ends ‘War on Drugs’

    Thu May 14, 2009

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    President Obama’s new Drug Czar, freshly in office following his 90-1 approval by the US Senate, has officially called for an end to the War on Drugs, at least rhetorically.

    "Regardless of how you try to explain to people it's a 'war on drugs' or a 'war on a product,' people see a war as a war on them," Kerlikowske told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. "We're not at war with people in this country."

    Kerlikowske, who previously served as Chief of Police in Seattle, strongly favors a “public health” approach to illegal drug use, as opposed to a “criminal justice” approach, including support for medical marijuana, needle exchange programs, equivalent sentencing for cocaine and crack, and treatment over incarceration. He says he has not yet focused on the Drug War’s effect overseas.

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  • Meth and Red Return

    Wed May 13, 2009

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