Marijuana: Grow it, use it, give it away—just don't sell it

                                                       images courtesy cannabisbook.com There was a time when cannabis was used...

Michael Phelps Coming to Vancouver" Autograph Bong Signing?

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Okay Vangroovians, put down your Starbucks Lattes!  Michael Phelps is coming to Vangroovy as part of a Motivational Wankfest!   So be sure to bring your Bongs, as one can only...

ACLU wants prisons to become polling places

"There are few radical left-wing organizations more obnoxious than the American Civil Liberties Union. That’s because the ACLU doesn’t just pack a tie-dyed Volkswagen full of leftover San Fransisco hippies and drive to your area to protest, they pack a private jet full...

2000 Guitarists Break World Record Playing 'This Land is Your Land'

A whopping 2052 guitar players sang and performed “This Land is Your Land” potentially making their way in to the Guiness Book of World Records.  It usually takes a about a month for Guiness to make it...

Hippies had it right: kids need spirituality

"Four years ago, two American psychologists put forth a simple question: What do you want for your children? More than 10,000 adults in 48 countries across six continents responded overwhelmingly with one answer:...

Shutterbug Leni Sinclair: Music, Counterculture And Light

Why do I love photography? I really don’t know how to answer that. I love music, I love musicians and I just happened to have a camera when I first started going to see bands and enjoying musicians on the...

On 'The hippie guide to climbing the corporate ladder' by Skip Yowell

Creativity, ideas and ideals rather than a boat load of money brought JanSport to life. Skip Yowell tells the story.

It's Not our Fault, it's your fault for bringing it up!

As you probably heard today the United Nations released its report on climate change.  What amazes me is not so much what the report tells the world, its what will come and continue to come in the form of...

Rochdale Deja Vu

Politicians demand compensation for tenants in grow-op high-rise This reminds me of the infamous Rochdale housing complex in Toronto. Home to hippies and pot. The origin of the counter culture in TO in the and seventies.

Peace and flowers out in force at Oregon Country Fair

"The Oregon Country Fair takes place on the second weekend in July every year in Veneta, Oregon, 15 miles west of Eugene, for a three-day bash with over 50,000 people participating (up to 35,000 at any given...

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