rolling through history.

Louis Armstrong’s Culver City Bust
Louis Armstrong’s Culver City Bust
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Louis Armstrong’s 1930 culver city arrest came during a smoke break outside sebastian’s cotton club, when two detectives grabbed a joint he shared with drummer vic berton. he served nine... Read more...
King of Kings: The Lion That Ruled the Glass World
King of Kings: The Lion That Ruled the Glass World
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King of kings is the legendary buck glass × sweater kingpin collab: a fully functional lion hookah packed with precision facets, fumed jewels and a suspended gold-ruby perc. unveiled at... Read more...
The American Hash Story
The American Hash Story
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America’s hash story starts in 1857 with The Hasheesh Eater and New York’s Gunjah Wallah candy, long before prohibition. By the ’60s, hippies returned with Lebanese, Afghani, and Nepalese hash,... Read more...
High Network: The Stanford & MIT Pot Story
High Network: The Stanford & MIT Pot Story
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In 1971, Stanford and MIT students used ARPANET’s early email system to coordinate a small pot pickup. No payments, no storefront, just a message across the first computer network. Long... Read more...
Gelato: The Complete Family Map
Gelato: The Complete Family Map
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Gelato started as Sherb × Thin Mint GSC, but its influence exploded: Bacio, Mochi, Açaí Berry, Runtz, Ice Cream Cake, Biscotti, Gushers, Gelonade, Jealousy, Georgia Pie, Jokerz. What began as... Read more...
Girl Scout Cookies Family Tree
Girl Scout Cookies Family Tree
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From Florida Kush × F1 Durb came Girl Scout Cookies—the Bay Area hybrid that reshaped global cannabis. Forum, Thin Mint, and Platinum cuts birthed Animal Cookies, Do-Si-Dos, Gelato, and Runtz,... Read more...
Forbidden Fruit: Citrus Meets Cherry
Forbidden Fruit: Citrus Meets Cherry
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Born in the South Bay from Tangie × Cherry Pie, Forbidden Fruit mixed citrus blast with purple candy allure. A single keeper pheno changed the late-2010s palette—purple flash, orange peel,... Read more...
Smoke & Empire: Brazil’s Forgotten Cannabis Roots
Smoke & Empire: Brazil’s Forgotten Cannabis Roots
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From 16th-century ship holds to samba backrooms, cannabis in Brazil began as both empire and resistance. “Cânhamo” built ropes for colonies; “maconha” soothed enslaved souls. Rio’s 1830 code became the... Read more...
Northern Lights: The Seattle Spark
Northern Lights: The Seattle Spark
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Operation Pipe Dreams tried to kill glass culture in 2003. Instead, it forged it. From raids to renaissance, artists like Banjo and Quave turned outlaw pipes into collectible art and... Read more...
Grape Ape: A Purple Legacy
Grape Ape: A Purple Legacy
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Born in early-2000s NorCal, Grape Ape bridged Lake County’s medical hills and Mendo’s purple scene. A “Paki × Skunk #1” cross turned grape-soda loud and resin-thick, winning cups and shaping... Read more...
New York’s Gilded-Age Hashish Parlors: America’s First Cannabis Lounges
New York’s Gilded-Age Hashish Parlors: America’s First Cannabis Lounges
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In the 1880s, New York’s elite gathered in velvet-draped “hashish houses,” sipping coca tea under dragon chandeliers. These pre-prohibition lounges offered imported Nepaul resin, mirrors, and smoke a Victorian version... Read more...
The Purple Lineage: From Afghan Roots to GDP Royalty
The Purple Lineage: From Afghan Roots to GDP Royalty
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From Afghan and Hindu Kush came the genetic basis for color expression deep anthocyanins found in cultivars like Pakistan Chitral Kush and Purple Afghani. These early landraces gave rise to... Read more...