Grateful Dead 60th Anniversary: A Long, Strange Celebration In Golden Gate Park
The Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary celebration at Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park was less a concert and more a cosmic convergence. Dead and Company were joined by Billy Strings, Sturgill Simpson, and Trey Anastasio from Phish, each bringing their own magic to the party. For me, it was one of those rare moments where […]
They Were Arrested for Cannabis. Now California Gives Activists Medals and Home Growers Golden Bears.
Thirty years after Prop 215, the California State Fair crowned its first home-grow champion and hung medals on the people who made growing legal in the first place. Some of them had been arrested for it. The question came from the stage, and hands went up across the room. “How many in this audience were […]
Forget the Bracelets. Alex Foxen’s Favorite Trophy Is a Golden Bong.
The World Cup crowned a champion. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) handed out its bracelets. Summer’s basically over. Nobody told Alex Foxen, and thank god, because he just handed us the best plot twist of the year. A few weeks ago, we told you about a summer where an ACR Poker Pro, a Norwegian […]