California, ever a global leader in cannabis matters, may forge ahead again
IN 1971 a group of teenagers in San Rafael, north of San Francisco, started meeting after school, at 4:20PM, to get high. The habit spread, and 420 became code for fun time among potheads worldwide. Ever since, California has remained in the vanguard of global cannabis culture. Oaksterdam University in Oakland is today unique in the world as a sort of Aristotelian lyceum for the study of all aspects—horticultural, scientific, historical—of the weed.
The Economist
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Every time we have played Brixton Academy & we have played here a lot throughout the years, its always been off the hook. This venue is the equivelent to the Fillmore in San Francisco with the fact that so many iconic groups have played here. Its almost like if you haven’t played Brixton, you haven’t really made an impact in London. Even though it isn’t in the best neighborhood, but nonetheless, people come out.
Again, we only had day rooms since the drive was long coming from Amsterdam. I was also excited by the fact that both my mom & cousin would be coming to the show. My mom hasn’t seen Cypress live since the mid to late 90’s. I hope she can handle it & that the herbals won’t give her too much of a contact high. It was a crazy coincidence that she would be in London at the same time as I would & it was both their first time out here in the U.K.
We had our usual amount of interviews which included a meet & greet. I will really be happy when the interview phase is finally over so we can just go do the show. This is not to say that I dislike doing them, but we have been doing them since March or so. We’ve been asked “how come it took 6 years to come out with the new album” at least a hundred times. That can get a bit redundant but it comes with the job so it must be done.