Choogle On with Uncle Weed

In Camden Town London, Uncle Weed visits Hemp for Victory author Kenyon Gibson to discuss his motivations and influences for writing the book, using hemp for fuel, fiber and food, unique modern hemp products, the political pressures surrounding re-mainstreaming cannabis hemp, activism tips for emerging hempsters, his research for UK Parliament on hemp as a … Continue reading Hemp for Victory with Author Kenyon Gibson – Choogle On! #52 →

With an enormous joint of Kemo bud, Uncle Weed hauls his UK counterpart The Dopefiend into the woods on Vancouver’s North Shore to talk about stoner travel delights in BC, break down the cult of the Purple Kush and explain the true meaning of chooglin while the the river rolls by while the stone mason … Continue reading Midnight Riverside Joint with the Dopefiend – Choogle On! #51 →

Over martinis at a fancy Covent Garden bar in London, a charming Russian student indulges a somewhat flustered Uncle Weed’s questions about Siberian winters, police corruption, fixers and bribes, communist nostalgia, gulags, late-night disapperences, hockey teams plus his comrade quearies into the effectiveness of her tactical KGB skills.  Pay your bribe for Interrogating a Russian … Continue reading Interrogating a Russian over Drinks – Choogle On! #50 →

Two Purple Kush smoke out sessions on the porch to test Uncle Weed’s debilitating homegrown Purple Kush ganja in joints, hookah and vaporizer. With Cousin Herb, Weed tokes and talks about growing, curing, Christmas lights, Vancouver storms and dental work in the frosty North Van evening.  Spark it up! Glorious Purple Kush Testing Session – … Continue reading Glorious Purple Kush Testing Session – Choogle On! #49 →

Ikimasho! Japanese Mountain Satori Time – Choogle on #48 (.mp3, 15:34, 14MB) Subscribe to the Choogle on feed, via Chillaxin’ feed, or in iTunes

A hemp-ed up guide to conscious travel in Japan as Uncle Weed (on the hoof) waxes nostalgic about backcountry squatting in abandoned villages with graves with offerings, wild mushrooms and counter-culture festivals. He relays practical tips on getting around the islands, finding hidden cannabis culture and exploring the natural beauty from sacred sites and hemp … Continue reading Japanese Mountain Satori Time – Choogle On! #48 →

On a rainyday porch, Uncle Weed and Herr Funboy field test and rate a Vapo-Cannon Vaporizer, pimp Heads magazine and UW’s Tokes on the Porch blog and offering bribes and shout outs to iTunes reviewers before moving onto a session with a prancing horse hookah from Baghdad while sampling Renee, Lui, and Sugar Mango, Bubble … Continue reading Vapo-Hookah Royal Sampler – Choogle On! #47 →

Photos by Victoria Potter – art’ed up by Uncle Weed Music: Two Gallants “Feels Like Home to Me” An extended length (ideal for summertime listening) features a late night walk around the heart of London Town with rambling topics from public drunkeness, Cleopatra’s Obelisk, party boats, Shakespeare’s Globe theater, Internet kiosks, Sir Drake’s Golden Hind, … Continue reading London Town Wander Night – Choogle On! #46 →

Rolling on in NYC, Uncle Weed gets the full Manhattan street-level tour from the Meat Packing District stumbling upon a band in a bubble to Greenwich Village for tasty falafels with savory accessories, a haunted speakeasy with rich literary history plus the only house on the island. Finally, thoughtful comparison on CBC’s The Trailer Park … Continue reading NYC Speakeasy Stroll with Bubble Bands and Falafel Bars – Choogle On! #45 →

While camping at Clayoquot Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island last summer, Uncle Weed launches into a lengthy discourse about noted logging blockades in 1993 and talks about meditations on hemp, non-violence, compassion, clearcuts, ecology and economics of forestry and comments on a looming water shortage in Tofino (to be continued …).  Get … Continue reading Clayoquot Old-Growth Blockade Flashback – Choogle On! #44 →

On a rainy Sunday, Uncle Weed visits Happy Vappy‘s designer and entrepreneur Ferdinand at his workshop in commercial East Vancouver. They discuss reasons for using a herbal vaporizer for enjoy ganja as well as his inspiration for his business, new improvements to the Happy Vappy, why the Vappy is handy for medical patients, what’s up … Continue reading Happy Sunday with the Vappy Man – Choogle On! #43 →

Out n’ about on London double-decker buses and underground tube to hook up for tea and joints with ethneo-pundit Max Freakout in counter-culture haven Camden Town to chat about markets and psychedelics (salvia divinorum, DMT, psilocybin) and reminiscing about two glorious summers of fungi legality in the UK. Plus Brighton flashbacks with The Dopefiend discoursing … Continue reading Anarchy and Fungi in the UK – Choogle On! #42 →

After a pleasing smokedown of California medical marijuana, Uncle Weed wanders back to his luxury hotel – passing San Jose’s domed, modernist, fountain-laden City Hall – and rambling about New York City neighbourhoods, smells and pub-crawls plus grouses about stinky hotels, late flights, sleeplessness and democratic candidates while sneaking tokes as cops roll by in … Continue reading Stoney Streets of San Jose with California Medicine – Choogle On! #41 →

Late night hoots on a historic Greenwich Village rooftop with Uncle Weed talking with a Canadian friend about NYC scenes and buildings plus 9/11 recollections, vacuum tubes, ferries, oreo cookies, the last ink factory, Hudson fireworks, hockey lock-out, law school ideas, propane tanks and lawnmowers, 2002 Cannabis Cup (see pics if you are Uncle Weed’s … Continue reading Greenwich Village Rooftop NYC Diesel Smokedown – Choogle On! #40 →

Whilst visiting mentor/amigo Hemp Ed in Pe Ell, Washington, Uncle Weed chats about cellulose fuel conversion, logging industry, tasty eggs from hemp seed fed chickens laden with omega 3s fatty acids plus Willie Nelson’s peaceful bio-diesel revolution, Ed’s Alaskan logging hi-jinks, Finnish saunas and Hemp Express Van flashbacks.  Fire up the griddle for: Bacon, Biscuits … Continue reading Bacon, Biscuits and Hemp Ed – Choogle On! #39 →