Category Archives: Entertainment
Songs Of The Spliff
Popular culture has been portraying and celebrating recreational drug use since before Easy Rider. From Fast Times at Ridgemont High to Pineapple Express, with anything put out by Cheech and Chong in between, cinema has long been an avenue of expression by and for those who find enjoyment in the counter-culture. This has come about despite the best efforts of both a prohibitionist government and the Just Say No crowd. (more…)
Marijuana Use Among Top-Level Athletes
Michael Phelps got caught smoking a bong
Swimmer Michael Phelps, the Olympic gold medalist who was infamously photographed in the middle of a bong hit, is hardly the only top-level athlete who has been known to smoke marijuana. Since actors and musicians are in the same spotlight, one might assume that their recreational drug use, including some very gaudy paraphernalia, is a byproduct of excess wealth. That may be true, but it isn’t whole truth. (more…)
Marijuana In The Movies
Bongs have long been used in the movies as comical elements, props for the actors to use in an attempt to view marijuana use in a humorous light. This is true even in movies that are not particularly comedic, such as Quentin Tarantino’s True Romance with Brad Pitt’s plastic honey-bear bong, or another Tarantino movie, Jackie Brown, in which Robert DeNiro’s character tokes on a ceramic Grim Reaper. The Coen brothers’ classic, The Big Lebowski, has several hilarious scenes involving pot and paraphernalia. Oliver Stone’s Platoon also had a memorable scene which gave new meaning to term “shotgunning” one’s hit. (more…)
Bling-Bling, Meet Bong-Bong
Fancy Pre-cooler from Molino Glass, Bling Bling for the bong !
The design of the bong is simple enough in and of itself. A tube is connected to a water basin with a stem feeding into it. When burned, the smoke is drawn through the stem into the water. where it collects in the chamber above the basin. When the chamber is opened, either by carburetor or by removing the bowl from the stem, the smoke passes up the tube and into the lungs of whomever’s turn it was. (more…)
Celebrities And Their Bongs
Infamous Micheal Phelps Bong Hit Pic - Mind you, The Phelps Doesnt Smoke Cheap Bongs, Nooo He's hitting a Luxury 600$ RooR Bong, click the pic to see the exact model's details... Thats no "noob" bong.
Michael Phelps, the U.S. Olympic gold medalist in swimming, made his biggest splash after the Olympics when he was photographed at a party toking on a bong. This was a big deal, as Phelps – an athlete – was supposed to be a squeaky-clean role model for kids. It cost him plenty in lost endorsements, and his transgression provides the ubiquitous image whenever someone reads or hears his name. (more…)