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The bowl cut aficionado chats music, filmmaking, and excelling as a high school weed dealer.
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The bowl cut aficionado chats music, filmmaking, and excelling as a high school weed dealer.

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A reflective look at the food, music and culture at this year’s Jazz Fest with an eye toward 2024.

The New York-based music sensation chats about the come-up, pivotal stoned conversations, and why he’s never had a rehearsal in his life.

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Founding member George Brown on answering the call to music, Kool’s new album People Just Wanna Have Fun, and cannabis helping the group exceed expectations.

The Mexican-American hip-hop star talks about early music influences, being an inspiration to his son, his latest album GEEZYWORLD 2, and weed as an economic tool.

The Loot and Big Mouth star opens up on stand-up comedy, his creative process, and how he wrote Hulu’s Fire Island on a gram of Super Lemon Haze.

Grammy-winning frontman Rob Thomas sheds light on his songwriting process, Matchbox Twenty’s latest album, and the perks of being a stoner.

The Grammy Award winning artist reflects on his first studio session in 1986, his new single “High Life” with Snoop Dogg, and a decades-spanning career where marijuana has been a sacred, spiritual companion along his journey.

The band’s lead Dana Foote sheds light on her songwriting influences, Sir Chloe’s debut album I Am The Dog, and how getting stoned makes you a better consumer of music.

The bowl cut aficionado chats music, filmmaking, and excelling as a high school weed dealer.

Drummer Bud Gaugh and former manager Jon Phillips on Sublime’s chaotic rise, Bradley Nowell’s death a month before stardom, and how his son Jakob, the baby from the “What I Got” video, became the band’s frontman 30 years later.

Stavros Halkias thought his comedy career wasn’t possible until it was.

A reflective look at the food, music and culture at this year’s Jazz Fest with an eye toward 2024.

The New York-based music sensation chats about the come-up, pivotal stoned conversations, and why he’s never had a rehearsal in his life.

The world touring comic opens up on his comedic journey, battling sobriety, his new Netflix special High & Dry and finding solace in indica gummies.

Founding member George Brown on answering the call to music, Kool’s new album People Just Wanna Have Fun, and cannabis helping the group exceed expectations.

The Mexican-American hip-hop star talks about early music influences, being an inspiration to his son, his latest album GEEZYWORLD 2, and weed as an economic tool.

The Loot and Big Mouth star opens up on stand-up comedy, his creative process, and how he wrote Hulu’s Fire Island on a gram of Super Lemon Haze.

Grammy-winning frontman Rob Thomas sheds light on his songwriting process, Matchbox Twenty’s latest album, and the perks of being a stoner.

The Grammy Award winning artist reflects on his first studio session in 1986, his new single “High Life” with Snoop Dogg, and a decades-spanning career where marijuana has been a sacred, spiritual companion along his journey.

The band’s lead Dana Foote sheds light on her songwriting influences, Sir Chloe’s debut album I Am The Dog, and how getting stoned makes you a better consumer of music.
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