2010 DOOBIE AWARDS ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE!

by Bobby Black, Wed Feb 24, 2010

For the first time ever, we are now selling advance tickets for this year's Doobie Awards at Emo's! It's just $15 for 8 performers, free beer and the awards ceremony featuring the Lifetime Achievement presentation to B-Real of Cypress Hill! This event is sure to fill up fast, so click the link below and get your tickets now to secure your spot for stoner history in the making!!!

HIGH TIMES 2010 DOOBIE AWARDS TICKETS




 

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2010 DOOBIE AWARDS NEXT MONTH!!!

by Bobby Black, Thu Feb 18, 2010

Ok folks--the details for the 2010 Doobie Awards are in, and I don't think its an exaggeration to say this will be our biggest event to date!

This year we will be celebrating the 8th Annual Doobies on "Black Sunday", March 21st at the world famous EMO'S from High Noon til 6pm. The show is hosted by HIGH TIMES editors BOBBY BLACK and VAPORELLA. Performers include NEBULA, KARMA TO BURN, LOS MARIJUANOS, PROSPECT HILL, LIONIZE, HOUSE OF BROKEN PROMISES, DIXIEWITCH and AMY JO SAVANNAH. Plus, none other than hip-hop legend B-REAL will be making a special appearance to accept the coveted Lifetime Achievement Award for CYPRESS HILL!!!!
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ALMOST INFAMOUS - LEGACY OF BRUTALITY

by Bobby Black, Thu Feb 11, 2010

Rebelling against all the spandex and makeup of the LA glam scene in the early 1980s, a number of bands from the San Francisco Bay Area took a rawer, more no-nonsense approach to their metal.  Their relentless riffage and angst-fueled, socially conscious lyrics were the hallmark of what became known in the mid- to late ’80s as “thrash” metal. Among these pioneers of power were Metallica, Death Angel, Exodus and Testament.

Over the next two decades, Testament would cement their status as thrash icons, releasing eight albums and touring with heavyweights like Anthrax, Megadeth, Judas Priest and Slayer. Throughout their numerous lineup changes and personal challenges (including singer Chuck Billy’s being diagnosed with cancer in 2001), they never lost their passion, integrity or legion of devoted fans. But now, with original members Alex Skolnick, Eric Peterson and Greg Christian (along with ’90s drummer Paul Bostaph) returning to the …READ MORE

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ALMOST INFAMOUS - 2009 CANNABIS CUP GALLERY

by Bobby Black, Thu Feb 11, 2010

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Snoop Dogg on Priority Records

by Bobby Black, Tue Jan 19, 2010

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2010 DOOBIE AWARD NOMINEES

by Bobby Black, Fri Jan 15, 2010

HIGH TIMES 2010 DOOBIE AWARD NOMINEES

BEST JAM BAND ARTIST
Phish - Joy
The Black Crowes - Before the Frost...Until the Freeze
Disco Biscuits - Planet Anthem
Monsters of Folk - Self-Titled
Gov't Mule - By A Thread

BEST REGGAE / SOUL MUSIC ARTIST
Easy Star All-Stars - Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band
Lionize - Space Pope and the Glass Machine
Matisyahu - Light
Tarrus Riley - Contagious
Ocote Soul Sounds - Coconut Rock

BEST HIP-HOP ARTIST
B Real - Smoke N Mirrors
Method & Red - Blackout 2
Kottonmouth Kings - Hidden Stash 420
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CANNABIS CUP RECAP ON MARIJUANA RADIO

by Bobby Black, Wed Dec 2, 2009

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ALMOST INFAMOUS - SMOKIN' WITH DR. G

by Bobby Black, Tue Oct 20, 2009

I sat in Barney’s Uptown perusing the new menu and enjoying a Jupiler ale while I waited for the restaurant’s owners, Derry and his wife Sissi, to arrive. We’d made plans to meet here for dinner and discuss how my coffeeshop feature was going.  When they showed up, I was pleasantly surprised to see that they’d brought along a guest—Dr. David Grinspoon, who was in town to sample a new strain named after his dad, Dr. Lester Grinspoon.

If you’re not familiar with the name, you should be. Over the past 30 years, this associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School has been one of the most respected, outspoken and brilliant advocates for marijuana legalization. His activist career began with his 1971 book, Marijuana Reconsidered—the landmark legalization bible that made the case for the legitimate value of cannabis. In the service of science and truth, Dr. Grinspoon has testified in dozens of trials as an expert …READ MORE

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ALMOST INFAMOUS - TRAILBLAZERS

by Bobby Black, Tue Oct 20, 2009

Growing up in Bensonhurst, the closest I ever came to camping was chasing chipmunks at my grandparents’ place in New Hampshire. But then, toward the end of junior high, I got a serious hankering for the forest. So my mom called up her friend Charlie (who happened to head up a Boy Scout troop) and arranged for my friend Mike and I to go on a weekend camping trip with him. Now I wasn’t exactly what you’d call Boy Scout material, but luckily, there was another option: Charlie also organized “unofficial” camping trips for a ragtag bunch of Irish teenagers from Gerritsen Beach—a dirty dozen of ginger punks in battle fatigues who called themselves the Trailblazers.

Mike and I were psyched. Along with our standard camping gear, we packed an assortment of Led Zeppelin cassettes and knives, plus a cigarette box containing a lighter, a pack of Bambú, a small corncob pipe and two dime bags. You know what they say: Be …READ MORE

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ALMOST INFAMOUS - TALES OF BRAVE BUKOWSKI

by Bobby Black, Tue Oct 20, 2009

By juxtaposing philosophy and philandering, the sublime with the obscene, and the profound with the profane, authors like Henry Miller and Louis-Ferdinand Céline created some of the most poetic, erotic and existential works of fiction ever written. But perhaps the grittiest and most misanthropic of this degenerate elite was Charles Bukowski.

The son of German immigrants raised in Los Angeles, Bukowski was the ultimate slacker anti-hero. He had no goals or ambitions, no money, worked shitty blue-collar jobs and screwed sleazy women. He didn’t care about politics, or wealth, or fame, or even art—all he cared about was horse racing, whores, whiskey and fistfights. Unlike the idealistic hippies who spent the ’60s engaging in social protests and free love, Bukowski spent them punching a clock at the post office and getting shitfaced in dive bars.

Through the eyes of his barely fictional protagonist Hank Chinaski, Buke explored and …READ MORE

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Rock Legend Dickie Peterson Dies

by Bobby Black, Tue Oct 13, 2009

Dicki Peterson, founder, frontman and bassist for the legendary rock group Blue Cheer, passed away yesterday (Oct. 12th) in Germany after a battle with prostate cancer. He was 61 years old. 

Named after a type of LSD, Blue Cheer emerged from the 60's psychedelic rock scene of Haight-Ashbury and began gigging at every club in San Francisco and Los Angeles, quickly earning the respect of fellow musicians on the scene. With their biker attitude and wall of Marshall amps, Cheer were considered by many to be the first American  heavy metal band, and were even the first to be named the World's Loudest Band by the Guiness Book of Records.

Cheer released their first album Vincebus Eruptum in 1968, and had a big hit with their cover of Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues,” which reached No. 14 on the Billboard chart. It wasn’t long before Cheer were touring with all the major acts of the day—Hendrix, Cream …READ MORE

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HIGH TIMES on The Daily Show

by Bobby Black, Thu Oct 8, 2009

On the Oct. 6th episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart joked about the shrinking magazine industry in his opening segment and mentioned HIGH TIMES. Check out the video here.

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CALLING ALL VETERANS

by Bobby Black, Tue Oct 6, 2009

If you are a U.S. veteran who has been recommended medical marijuana by your doctor and have encountered any legal or medical problems—with the VA, police, or another organization—because of your cannabis use, we want to hear from you. Please send an email with your name, branch, rank, state of residence, diagnosis, details of your situation and any other pertinent details to me at bobbyblack@hightimes.com, and please be sure to incluide the word "veteran" in the subject line. I will be using this collected information for an upcoming story. If you wish to remain anonymous, simply specify that in your email and your name will be withheld.

Thank you in advance for your service and your participation in this important issue.

Highest regards,

Bobby

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HIGH TIMES Presents: Coffeeshop Confidential

by Bobby Black, Wed Sep 2, 2009

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HEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY CONTEST: WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT!

by Bobby Black, Mon Aug 31, 2009

We get so many letters every day from people who are dying to work at HIGH TIMES that I finally decided to do something about it. So in the August 2009 edition of my column ALMOST INFAMOUS, I announced a contest that would allow one lucky stoner to become an honorary HT "Editor-For-a-Day."  The requirements were simple: a resume, a writing sample and some photos. There was also an option for an extra credit video resume to be posted on http://420.com. Kudos to those few of you who took the time and effort to submit a video. Some of you didn't even submit all of the components required, and lost points as a result.

The deadline for entry was August 1st. I'd received about 20 entries, and then on the last day I received about 20 more (shame on you, you procrastinating stoners!). Because of this, the winner announcement which was originally scheduled for …READ MORE

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