| Author | Message | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5413 Registered: 7-2004 |
A very happy and healthy 4/20 to all of my Alembic brethren. May our instruments help to supply the soundtrack as we stand at the dawn of change and watch the walls of prohibition crumble all around us. Bill, tgo | ||
| edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1509 Registered: 5-2002 |
Also, it's Record Store Day! This particular year, I have a more personal relationship to it as a recording I made for Imagine Dragons this past summer at Independent Records in Denver is being released as RSD only release on Interscope Records. My first label release! it was a bit of a surprise as I sent them the multitrack files and a very quick and dirty reference rough mix in September and I found out a couple weeks ago that they're using the rough mix. I figured that a signed band would do their own mixing or at least get me to do one with a bit more care. Meanwhile, I'm playing a 4/20 celebration tomorrow, which should be interesting now that it's legal and all in Colorado. Sort of. Given that I'm not a partaker these days, it's all academic to me, but it will be interesting to see how this whole thing plays out. Part of me is thinking that legalization will actually crack down on it a little more since now it will be more in the spotlight and spur lawmaking entities, both state and municipal, to regulate and enforce more strictly. Then there's that pesky federal issue. | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 822 Registered: 2-2011 |
You're talking about blackbirds baked in a pie, right Bill?!!! :-) "Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye. Four and twenty blackbirds, Baked in a pie." | ||
| edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1510 Registered: 5-2002 |
Baked, perhaps. | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 823 Registered: 2-2011 |
Baked in brownies would probably be better! :-) | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3433 Registered: 6-2002 |
This time last year I was enjoying the hospitality of Bill, tgo and family and 4/20 is the day I picked up my Series II bass from Mica at Alembic. :-) Jazzyvee | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1451 Registered: 10-2006 |
And we thank you, Bill, for the whacks you have taken at those walls! Smoking marajuana is more fun than drinking beer But a friend of ours was captured and they gave him thirty years Maybe we should raise our voices, ask somebody why? But demonstrations are a drag Besides, we're much too high And I'm sure it wouldn't interest Anybody Outside of a small circle of friends (Phil Ochs) Peter | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1725 Registered: 6-2002 |
I guess I'll just take my "illegal smile" back home today!  | ||
| serialnumber12
Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 1038 Registered: 12-2004 |
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| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5414 Registered: 7-2004 |
Peter: Thanks for the Phil Ochs reference. It brought a smile to my face. Not enough people remember Phil and his music. And as we enjoy today, remember the words of Country Joe and the Fish: "Don't Bogart that joint, my friend. Hand it over to me" Or, as Tom Petty might say: "But let me get to the point Let's roll another joint And turn the radio loud" Bill, tgo | ||
| that_sustain
Intermediate Member Username: that_sustain Post Number: 151 Registered: 8-2012 |
Personally, I think the only substance that should be illegal is meth. And why is drinking legal??? It messes up your driving the most. | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1452 Registered: 10-2006 |
Country Joe did "Bogart"? I'll have to look that one up; I'm only familiar w/Holy Modal Rounders' version. I agree about Phil; Pleasures of the Harbor has been one of my desert island albums for about 40 years now. Peter | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5415 Registered: 7-2004 |
Actually, the original Don't Bogart That Joint was by Fraternity of Man, I believe. I've also heard Little Feat do it on Waiting for Columbus. My parents had Phil Ochs in Concert, part of the soundtrack of my youth. Bill, tgo | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 965 Registered: 6-2006 |
puff, puff pass it along . . . | ||
| afrobeat_fool
Senior Member Username: afrobeat_fool Post Number: 510 Registered: 7-2009 |
Yes, aye! Rastafarian. May all give thanks for the blessings of Halle Selassie. Rasta man vibrations, yeah! The culture has many facets and flavors. My favo rites are Cali Mist, Trinity, and Jack Herer | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 2870 Registered: 5-2009 |
Long lines at the ice cream stores on Telegraph in Berkeley ,Ca. today , LOL ______ I wonder why ? Good deals on CD's @ Amoeba Records as well _____ | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11051 Registered: 5-2002 |
I just looked it up, and Bill is right; the Fraternity of Man did the original, which is on their debut eponymous album from 1968, and also in the 1969 movie Easy Rider. | ||
| ivartshiva
Member Username: ivartshiva Post Number: 57 Registered: 10-2007 |
a little 4-20 fling iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=524958368677" width="568" height="320" frameborder="0"></iframe> | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1454 Registered: 10-2006 |
OK, I confess brain fart; I was thinking the Easy Rider version was the Rounders. Can't imagine how I could forget.... (What date was that again?) Peter (Who still needs to check out Joe's version) | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3354 Registered: 10-2002 |
Not such good news in denver Graeme |
