Four Hundred and Twenty 4:20 Sessions

420 #85 (PM) Birthday 420 Session

2008-12-18T16:20:00.000-08:00

I was going to write "35th Birthday 420 Session" but then it sounded like I'd been smoking weed since I was born. No, this is probably the 12th or 13th birthday session I've had, but today was the first I've done as a part of this blog. It snowed like crazy here in Seattle last night, so I'm stuck at home doing pretty much nothing but... smoking pot! I joined the East Coast and Central Time Zone smokers via Twitter, then decided to stream a bit at 4:20pm on the West Coast. I connected with a new Twitter user up in Vancouver who joined me at the stream, though sadly still at work and not able to puff one with me. Thanks to all of you who sent me birthday wishes, and also to those of you who I took pipe and bong hits with, too!

420 #84 (PM) Ugly Driving Session

2008-12-12T16:20:00.000-08:00

Ugly weather outside today -- too bad I had to be on the road when 4:20pm struck. But I was prepared today. I'd actually planned for this: I knew I'd be doing tons of driving today, and with a late gig that I knew would be irritating, I brought plenty for the day. I managed to get a quick picture on my cell phone:

I hope my friends on Twitter -- and in the real world -- enjoyed their sessions; I know I did!

420 #83 (PM) Hitting the Honey Bear Bubbler Pipe for the First Time

2008-12-11T16:20:00.000-08:00

Remember the contest I held back when I hit Session #42, the 10% mark of this project? I made a huge order from my favorite online vendor, 1Percent, and ordered up some stuff for the contest winner. I snagged an extra Honey Bear bubbler pipe, thinking I could give it away later on, but I ended up just sticking it in a drawer. I came across it today while doing a bunch of house cleaning and organizing and figured, "what the hell?" It ended up inaugurating me, that's for sure! I'm a week shy of my 35th birthday, and my lungs "ain't what they used to be," as they say. It packed a nice, hard punch (I think @killatrees420 was laughing at me out there -- ha!) -- enjoy the video below from 12seconds.tv:

420 Session #83 Honey Bear Hit on 12seconds.tv

420 #82 (PM) Afternoon Blips for First 420 Session in Almost a Week

2008-12-09T16:20:00.000-08:00

This time of the year is particularly busy if you are a musician, and it's been crazy for me here lately. Many early mornings, afternoon obligations, and crashing hard at the end of the day. The good news is I'm off the usual musician schedule of being up until 5am and sleeping until 1pm. The bad news is I haven't had a "real" 420 session at 4:20 (am or pm) in almost a week. Today is an empty Tuesday for me, so I've been blipping for while this afternoon. One of my usual Twitter partners, @killatrees420, is sadly dry right now -- wish I could help him out somehow. If he was around Seattle, he'd be welcome -- as are any off you. I think @hardKorE_EEyorE was puffing from his one word Twitter at 4:21pm via text message:

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Here's some of the highlights from the blippage below. I recommend enjoying with a nice, full pipe of quality greenery like I did! If you like what you hear, subscribe to the blip.fm feed!

420 #81 (AM) Late Night of Blogging Leads to Near Miss of 4:20

2008-12-04T04:20:00.000-08:00

I've been cranking away at blog posts for the last few hours now. The last few have taken a while, and I almost missed making the Magic Hour. I tried to get some Twitter love, but as is usually the case late at night, no takers -- although I did get a nibble, but no confirmation. Too many hours of looking at the computer, must crash immediately... after a bong toke!

420 #80 (PM) Pipe Hits on the Road

2008-12-03T16:20:00.000-08:00

Just a quick session today, driving down I-5 in slow traffic. I had to leave about 3:45pm to make sure I'd make a 5:15 appointment, and when 4:20pm hit, I was loaded and ready to go! My car has seen many 420 sessions, although I'd prefer not to celebrate the Magic Hour in heavy traffic. I'll try for a quiet, at-home session late this evening. See you online then? Catch me via Twitter.

420 #79 (AM) Doobiebots, Drug-Taking Researchers, Glowing Mushrooms, Oh My!

2008-12-02T04:20:00.000-08:00

My clock is once again completely turned around and I'm working crazy hours. As has been my style lately, I was planning for the late night (early morning) session while working on other stuff -- mainly checking my e-mail and RSS feeds. I came across a great marijuana reference in the headline of one of the sci-fi blogs I read, io9.com:

Doobiebot is Harbinger of a Future Where Pot is Legal

This certainly grabbed my attention, but when I saw the photo, I thought, "I should build one of those..."

It's basically a webcam with alligator clips, but I just love that writer of the article saw some alligator clips, and immediately thought "roach clips" because what else might one use them for? Could there be some not-so-in-hiding potheads writing for io9.com? I checked out the author of the article's other posts: with posts related to drug-taking researchers, glowing mushrooms, and placebos, I think this means we've got a new writer to follow who is down with our vibe! Check out her posts on io9.com. Notice she never once calls them "alligator clips"? Gotta love it! Talk about a great way to spend 4:20!

My bowl tonight was extremely plentiful for no particular reason. I started smoking it right at the Magic Hour and while I didn't exactly stall, I wasn't in a rush either. By 5:30 I'd taken probably eight good solid hits -- I was good and high. 420thoughts showed up on Twitter looking for a smoking partner shortly after, so I fired up my bowl to join her. I got another solid eight hits out of that bowl over the next hour -- it truly seemed like The Never Ending Bowl. I felt blessed, to be sure. Enjoy the music highlights below, but if you want the full sets, subscribe to our blip.fm feed.

420 #78 (AM) First Time In-State Twitter Session With The Unabonger!

2008-11-29T05:17:00.000-08:00

After my long early afternoon of smoking in Twitterland, I took a nap. At least, it was supposed to be a nap. I woke up at 11pm -- damn, damn, damn. Knowing I was going to be up for a bit, I figured I'd try to make it until the Magic Hour before going back to sleep until I needed to get up for my day tomorrow. I got some work done, ran to the store for some late night eats, and got home at about 4:00am. I figured it was going to be another solo session for me, but when 4:20am rolled around, I was happy to be joined by Twitter friend theunabonger. What a great name -- I've got to start keeping track of all these great Twitter names. I checked his profile and he's local -- in Olympia, Washington, about an hour south of here -- my first Twitter session with someone from the same state as mine! . Maybe we can connect in person sometime -- I hope so. I put on some music via blip.fm, and started working on today's posts. You can, as always, enjoy the music below, or subscribe to the feed!

420 #77 (PM) Three-for-Four in Hitting All US Timezones for 4:20pm Today!

2008-11-28T16:20:00.000-08:00

It's been a long day, so far! I woke up strangely early -- 8am -- and just kind of got going for no reason other than I couldn't sleep anymore. I got a bunch of work done on blog posts, and when 4:20pm rolled around in the East, my Twitter friend 420thoughts asked people to join her session. She joins me often, and I was ready for another bowl after my wake-n-bake. My appointment from Wednesday had been canceled via e-mail - score! An hour later in Central Time, 420webdev took a pause for the cause, so I took a bong rip with him. It then occurred to me that I might actually be able to puff with someone in all the major United States time zones -- if I could just find someone in Mountain Zone!

No luck -- I took a bong rip in their honor at 3:20pm my time. And when my turn here in the West finally came around, there was plenty of support in Twitterland: JPLS and Joshb22 both joined me for the session, two folks I officially met online today. Josh and I had a brief discussion on Volcano vs. Vapezilla -- I've never tried the Vapezilla, so I'll have to do that before I make a decision. Welcome to the 420 Sessions Family, guys!

No tunes during the official session, at least not blipped by me. I had been blipping all morning, so I decided to just listen to other people's choices and save the best for a later session. And now, I think it's time for a nap...

420 #76 (AM) Thanksgiving Morning Pipe Hit

2008-11-27T04:20:00.000-08:00

It's officially Thanksgiving, so to all of you reading the blog, Happy Thanksgiving! I'll be with my family this afternoon, so I'll see you all tomorrow. Nothing much to report this session, just a nice solid session with my pipe. Enjoy the first hit of the session below, and once again, Happy Thanksgiving!

420 Session #76 Happy Thanksgiving Morning Pipe Hit on 12seconds.tv

420 #75 (PM) Stuck in Traffic? Cancel Your Appointment and Head Home for 4:20!

2008-11-26T16:20:00.000-08:00

This was the view of traffic just minutes after I took my 420 bong rip this afternoon. I was in my car on my way to a 4:30pm appointment and had left the house at 3:30pm in the interest of being safe. By 4:10pm, I was still not even close to getting to the freeway, lot alone onto it. One phone call later and I was on my home with my appointment rescheduled for Friday at 4:30pm. Perfect!

I made it home with a minute to spare -- just enough time to rally some troops on Twitter. Matt Mernaugh (@Mernahuana on Twitter) and I have missed connecting in the past, but both made it for today's session. Matt also contacted me very early on regarding reciprocal links, and I always appreciate being listed in his Media Directory.

I played a ton of music today after my hits, but I won't embed them all, just a few choice favorites from the hour or so of tunes. If you like the music, be sure to subscribe to the blip.fm feed so you can follow along with what we play when we play it!

420 #74 (AM) Successful Video Bong Rip in 12 Seconds with Funky-Groovy Blips

2008-11-26T04:20:00.000-08:00

It's alot harder than it looks to start the camera, flick the lighter, fill the bong, pull the smoke, hold it AND exhale all in 12 seconds! My first attempt last night was okay, but I didn't quite make it to the exhale before I ran out of time. Tonight, I was determined to get better results.

Also, many thanks to blip.fm user frominterzone for hipping me to one of the funkiest tracks I've ever heard. As he put it, "it gets like unlistenably funky", so check out the blips from the session below, including the aforementioned "I Am the Black Gold of the Sun" by Rotary Connection!

420 #73 (AM) First 420 Session on 12seconds.tv - Bong Toke Break from "Vantage Point"

2008-11-25T07:16:00.000-08:00

I haven't been happy with how my video attempts have turned out in the past, but when I found 12seconds.tv I thought I might have the right tool. I checked out the site a week ago, and tonight seemed like the right night to try it out, quiet as it usually is at 4:20am. Plus, I wouldn't have to worry about my identity being compromised for more than 12 seconds!

I was writing up the posts from the last 24 hours and doing some work on other blogs, and I needed a break after two hours of typing. I threw "Vantage Point" in the DVD player -- my roommate recently rented and has it until tomorrow, so I needed to get it in tonight if I was going to get to watch it. Pretty exciting I must say -- as my roommate described it, "it's like 24, but with a slightly different storytelling style" -- and I was getting so into the flick I almost missed the Magic Hour! But I made it -- I recorded it at 4:20am on the money, but for some reason their server says 4:55am. I call bullshit! Enjoy the video below -- sorry I didn't quite make it to the exhale...

420 Session #73 Bong Rip During "Vantage Point" on 12seconds.tv

Site News: Our Seattle Weed Lingo Glossary Makes Highest Voted and Most Clicked This Week at 420.com

2008-11-25T00:56:00.000-08:00

Can you believe it? Our post on the lingo used by the guy I go to for my herbal needs -- what I call The Glossary of Seattle Marijuana Lingo, since I have since found out other people use these terms, as well -- has made both the "Most Clicked This Week" list and the "Highest Voted This Week" list at 420.com, High Times' version of Digg for weed stuff! We couldn't be more excited! Thanks to all of you who have clicked and voted, and thanks for subscribing! If you haven't yet, now is a great time to click those RSS buttons in the top right corner to get started -- thanks again and be sure to visit 420.com!

UPDATE: Wow, High Times Editor Danny Danko gave us props! How cool! If you'd like to vote for this article, here's a direct link to where you can vote at 420.com!

420 #72 (PM) Picture from the Road from Twitter Session

2008-11-24T16:20:00.000-08:00

Wow, literally woke up twenty minutes before 4:20pm today! I've been on a roll lately with staying regular with meeting the Magic Hour and since I had some nice new herb from yesterday, I had to get online. I'd stayed up way too late last night and didn't finally crash until about 7:30am this morning, so a "wake-and-bake" was just what I needed.

There was a nice turnout on Twitter for today's 420 session: killatrees420 was dry, but able to puff with his brother, and InkedDreams was on the road, but still Tweeted her attendance and included a photograph! Sadly, Mernahuana didn't make it today -- maybe next time!

I took a couple of bong rips and was sent over -- an hour later and I was still reeling from it. Didn't get shit done that whole time besides reading my RSS feeds. Boring. Should've at least put on some music...

420 #71 (AM) Late Night Work Break for "24: Redemption"

2008-11-24T04:20:00.000-08:00

If you haven't noticed from previous posts (here, here and here, for example) that I'm a confirmed "24" addict, then you just haven't been paying attention! It's been a long day, no herb, working late, and my roommate got home and had an extra satchel for me -- hallelujah! My bowl around midnight reinvigorated me to work more, and when 3:30am rolled around, I was getting tired. I had completely forgotten about the special "24" movie "24: Redemption" had been on earlier, so when I finally realized my lack in focus I headed to Hulu to see if it was up! Yippee! The best part: it was damn near 4:20pm on the show when it hit 4:20am here! Should've tried to time that better, but who knew! If you'd care to watch, it's embedded below for your viewing pleasure!

Site News: Please Update Your Feeds

2008-11-23T15:27:00.000-08:00

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420 #70 (PM) Twitter Lovefest at 4:20 Leads to Reliving Childhood with "The Electric Company" Clips

2008-11-22T16:20:00.000-08:00

It was a regular lovefest on Twitter today at 4:20 this afternoon as I was joined by no less than three other Tweeters for the Magic Hour session, including the first person to contact me months ago regard reciprocal links for his site.

Tweeter ganjablue is a cannabis (marijuana) legalization activist and blogger who runs a website called Cannabis Freedom, providing news and analysis for recreational and medical marijuana users and activists. He's a regular Tweeter, and well worth your time to follow.

Also joining today were killatrees420 and GR8FL, a couple of folks I see on Twitter pretty regularly although haven't had tons of interaction with yet. GR8FL has supplied me many reblips and listens on blip.fm -- always a pleasure to be joined online. And, last but not least, the Shaggy to my Scooby, 420Thoughts.

I can't remember who tweeted it (sorry for the lack of credit), but amongst all the 420 session talk came a link to some footage from "The Electric Company" -- if you don't remember this show, then you are probably too young to remember the 1970's, but it was a great time to be a kid. I ended up searching endlessly for the stuff I remembered and came up with a few choice clips to share with you -- I can remember my Dad singing my the "Spiderman" theme song from the show to get me to eat my dinner! Hope you enjoy the clips from "The Electric Company" and the music I played during the session. Check out everything from the session below, and be sure to subscribe to the blog feed AND our new Blip.fm feed for your rss reader -- enjoy!

420 #69 (PM) Missed 4:20 Connections Finally Made on Twitter / Huge Thirteen Tune Playlist

2008-11-21T16:20:00.000-08:00

It's nice when you finally get to connect with people you've been trying to meet but timing just hasn't worked in your favor. I've been working almost 24 hours straight as I write this post, and I was really in need for today's session to keep the fatigue away, and as luck would have it, two of the folks I've been trying to have a session with on Twitter were able to connect with me today.

420Thoughts is like my alter-ego on Twitter -- she's the Jekyll to my Hyde, the yin to my yang when it comes to 420 and Twitter. Her tune choices via blip.fm are always wonderful, as are her daily Tweets about cannabis and it's role in her life.

My other new connection via Twitter today was with InkedDreams, someone I've been going back and forth with trying to have a session. She's another pot-themed Tweeter as evidenced on her profile page, and always has good stuff to post, from quotes to links.

My Twitter 420 session "threesome" was accompanied by a playlist of tunes that just seemed to keep going and going. It was a nice long session for me today -- nothing too creative smoking-wise, just a nice full bowl in my pipe. Hope you enjoy the tunes from the session below, and be sure to subscribe to the blog feed AND our new Blip.fm feed for your rss reader -- enjoy!

420 #68 (AM) Late Night with Zappa Plus Pics With His Parents

2008-11-21T04:20:00.000-08:00

It was turning out to be a fairly boring session tonight. No takers on Twitter, wasn't feeling up for the hassle of streaming, so I was just listening to tunes on blip.fm and reading my RSS feeds. And then a moment of synchronicity occured -- while I was listening to a version of "I Am the Walrus" by Frank Zappa, a pic of him with his parents came across one of my photo feeds in Google Reader. I knew that would be the heading for my post -- it was like the 420 Gods had descended upon me and said:

420 Session Blogger, though you have had a desperately boring session tonight, with nothing of interest to blog about, you will now feel the force of Zappa and be guided by his light. Amen.

Thank you, thank you! Not only was the Zappa track that closed my session KILLING, but the photo I saw -- and the subsequent one I found from the same session -- was PRICELESS. Check out all the LIFE archive photos of Zappa, check the parents out below, and listen to the session Play List!

420 #67 (AM) Marijuana-Logues on Bill Maher / Late Night Blipping

2008-11-20T04:33:00.000-08:00

Did any of you see Super High Me? That was actually my first exposure to Doug Benson, but I realized I'd heard his name before in connection with a show I used to walk by while living in New York -- The Marijuana-Logues. I never did get to see the show, but a friend recently sent me a link which went overlooked until today, and low and behold, The Marijuana-Logues on The Bill Maher Show! It's a nice seven-minute version of some of their bits -- well worth watching if you haven't seen it yet. I had another fun night playing music on blip.fm during the session, but couldn't get any takers to join online -- too early for the East Coast folks to join in, and all the West Coasters were already crashed. Enjoy the video and the music below!

420 #66 (AM) Catching Up on Posts / German Blip.fm Smoking Partner

2008-11-19T04:20:00.000-08:00

I've been working on the last few posts for the site over the last hour and finished just in time to get onto Twitter and see if I could find a smoking partner for 4:20. Here are the latest posts:

I didn't think I'd get any takers tonight, but I got a reply via blip.fm that someone was joining along! So here's my two tracks, plus my German blip.fm friend electricempire's blip back! Enjoy!

420 #65 (AM) Late Night Recovery, Music, and Streaming Bong Tokes

2008-11-17T04:20:00.000-08:00

Wow, has it been a long weekend! Eight gigs since Friday night, and I am one tuckered out puppy! But I had to push through for a nice late-night 420 session to try and make it three-in-a-row. I put some music on and set up for another attempt at a ustream streaming video. Sadly, no takers once again -- although I must admit, 4:20am is not exactly the right hour to try and get viewers! So it was just me, the music, and some bong tokes into web oblivion...

420 #64 (PM) Quickie Between Gigs

2008-11-16T16:20:00.000-08:00

Long day today! Two gigs this morning, quick time for a break at home, then back out for two more gigs! Good bread, but damn am I gonna be tired! Couple of bong rips, then I'm back out the door -- sorry for the quickie!

420 #63 (AM) Ustream, Twitter Friends, and a Cool Kaleidoscope Video

2008-11-16T04:20:00.000-08:00

I'm also experimenting with the possibility of streaming via Ustream.tv. I streamed tonight for the first time, but it was just me there watching it :-) I'll be doing it again -- watch the Twitter account and the blog for more about opportunities to join in.

I love connecting with people out there smoking at 4:20 via Twitter, even if they aren't physically here joining me. I connected with one of my East Coast twitter friends to join me for the session tonight, and he showed me an awesome video, perfect for the late-night stoner crowd. Dig these great kaleidoscope visions:

And of course, we had some music going. Lovin' that blip.fm! Do the Twitter posts from blip.fm annoy you? Should I just say "I'm DJing on blip.fm" and add the link when I do that? What would you prefer? Do you even fucking care? Let me know!