Slog - Comments on The Stranger's Official Sunday Morning ColumnTM (Apologies for the Delay) http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co He--for there could be no doubt of his sex, though certain of his proclivities did something (in the mind of the military wing of his family) to complicate it--was in the act of watching a slackliner on a slackline strung from opposing trees. It was hard not to think of Man on Wire (if you haven't seen it, go, go, go). The branches above the slackline, heavy with leaves, which the slackliner walked in and out of and occasionally ripped out of his way, made the whole sight kind of circus-y. Passersby stopped to watch. The stoner watched the slackliner... Copyright 2008 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:18:35 -0800 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:39:46 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by meggers This post made me happy.

Grin. Thanks.

Time to go back outside!

]]> meggers http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102727 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102727 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:57:06 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball I kept waiting for the part where you fuck the slackliner and we finally get to find out if he's any good in bed.

Jeesh...

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102728 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102728 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:58:35 -0800 Comment by elizabeth Jefferson Airplane had an album out called "Surrealistic Pillow", with lots of Grace Slick's vocals on songs like "Don't You Want Somebody to Love", and "White Rabbit": "One pill makes you larger, an done pill makes you small; And the ones that Mother gives you, don't do anything at all, go ask Alice, when she's ten feet tall....." Good vintage stoner music!

]]> elizabeth http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102730 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102730 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:03:21 -0800 Comment by Hunter Dan Savage a hypocrite? oh never. *rolls eyes*

]]> Hunter http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102734 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102734 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:18:10 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe This stoner sounds cute.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102735 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102735 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:23:01 -0800 Comment by Jerry Peloquin Music has never been worse than White Rabbit. It has been documented to cause uncontrollable vomiting in some people.

]]> Jerry Peloquin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102740 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102740 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:10:48 -0800 Comment by elenchos He's a huge dork, but still, I like this guy better than the clown who almost hit an old man on his bike. Did they ever catch that little fuck?

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102741 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102741 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:11:33 -0800 Comment by Rain Monkey "Stairway to Cleveland" was their biggest single.

]]> Rain Monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102742 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102742 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:17:25 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Too many words, man...

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102743 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102743 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:18:30 -0800 Comment by Jeff Stevens @3 (elizabeth or exelizabeth?),

WADR, "Surrealistic Pillow" was juvenalia. Their next three albums are where the jewels are hidden. Check 'em out!

@6,

Hater, I pity you. If ever I become a mad scientist, I hereby pledge to turn the Earth's atmosphere into a giant loudspeaker, from which I will broadcast the likes of "Saturday Afternoon" all of the day and all of the night. Whence you will, at long last, see the error of your Airplane-hating ways.

MBWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!!

]]> Jeff Stevens http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102748 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102748 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:36:20 -0800 Comment by wisepunk I was just flipping through the channels ans I saw that PBS is showing "A Star is Born"

Now we know the reason that Dan isn't going to hempfest.

]]> wisepunk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102750 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102750 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:44:30 -0800 Comment by elswinger Should I feel bad that I have every Jefferson Airplane album including 14 bootlegs?

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102751 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102751 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:52:14 -0800 Comment by Slog Hating Internet Troll COMMENT DELETED: Off-Topic/Spam

We'd rather not moderate your comments, but off-topic, gratuitously inflammatory, threatening, or otherwise inappropriate remarks may be removed, and repeat offenders may be banned from commenting. We never censor comments based on ideology. Thanks to all who add to the conversation on Slog.

]]> Slog Hating Internet Troll http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102754 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102754 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:01:15 -0800 Comment by E That cane would have belonged to Bill Thompson; he was the Jefferson Airplane’s manager. Wish SoCal dared to have something even remotely like HempFest...

]]> E http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102759 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102759 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:00:09 -0800 Comment by Paulus Jefferson Airplane was fine, but things got a lot better when they became Jefferson Starship, and they finally hit musical magic when they dropped the Jefferson entirely.

]]> Paulus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102762 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102762 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:11:39 -0800 Comment by COMTE All kidding aside Paulus, personally I'm particularly fond of "Volunteers".

@12:

No. No, you should not.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102772 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102772 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:03:14 -0800 Comment by it puts the lotion on its skin the reader reads the stoner's account and wonders if the self reflexive third person is a consequence of the stoner being stoned while writing the writer's column.

]]> it puts the lotion on its skin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102780 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102780 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:44:32 -0800 Comment by The Dudes Must Veg Frizzelle writes:

"Hempfest is an answer to the dominant American culture—the suburban, generic, corporate-controlled mainstream" my emphasis"

YAY, take that Haliburton, we're gonna stop this war and change the world with sweet fine skunkwee....aw, go fuck myself

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/41083/

]]> The Dudes Must Veg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102781 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102781 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:20:33 -0800 Comment by Fanarf arf arf That is sooooo fuckan, uhh fuckan, uhh fuckan slog like posting the morning post after neen. You guys are sooo fuckan cool.

Have you read the adbusters piece about Hipsters yet?

You guys and your tats and your ear plugs and your snark are, like, 2003 man! You guys are, like, geezers. Your snark, copied from Vice which is also geezer now, may even be older than 2003.

And your tats are fading and your ear plugs are sagging and man that neck tattoo--well you've stuck yourself in the low paying job market for life.

]]> Fanarf arf arf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102789 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102789 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:01:59 -0800 Comment by Poe Slog's resident ora(L)cle has spoken:

Dan Savage, who declaimed over after-work drinks on Friday that every other weekend of the year is more ideal for getting stoned in Myrtle Edwards Park because there’s no one else there.

Sure, it's more than a bit fuckan obvious-but you guys aren't exactly a sophisticated crowd. You're fuckan hipsters!

]]> Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102791 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102791 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:07:43 -0800 Comment by Frizzelle's mommy Frizzelle-Who do you think is making and importing those fuckan bongs and clothing? You stupid fuckan hipster-it's corporations! Your culture has been co-opted!

]]> Frizzelle's mommy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102792 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102792 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:09:35 -0800 Comment by Gomez Oh man! That hempfest video is fucking cool man!

And the description above about the Jefferson Airplane walking stick reminded me of the walking stick I have out in the garage. Made in China and once poked around in the ass of America's favorite cocksucker by a person to go un-named here. Got all dirty-ugg!

One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small-go ask Alice?

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102794 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102794 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:21:03 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe @20 Nothing like a little retarded sockpuppetry to wrap up the weekend. Go kill yourself.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102796 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102796 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:46:52 -0800 Comment by bob Maybe the stoners at Hempfest are atypical, but the stoners I've known have been apathetic bores that *talked a lot* (oh could they talk) about changing the system but usually couldn't even be bothered to vote or doing anything that actually required, you know, work.

If they're the alternative to suburban mall culture we're all fuc*ed.

]]> bob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102798 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102798 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:56:12 -0800 Comment by a kid There were a few interesting speakers,
but it's all a bit preaching to the choir. There are only so much one can take of the speeches, it's all "stop the drug war", "this should be legal" and more "mans" than a pride parade.

-j

]]> a kid http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102800 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102800 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:18:57 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe #20 & 23 are not me. Obviously. Can we get on that registered commenting thing-a-ma-bobber?

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102802 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102802 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:27:35 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Wait, somebody actually bought mrpoe.com to forward to that? That's a little lazy. Don't be creative or anything.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102803 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102803 Drugs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:32:41 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Oh. The Jew bought it. Cute.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102807 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102807 Drugs Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:16:02 -0800 Comment by Matthew @13: what do you have to do to get the banhammer here on Slog? Cuz, well... I guess I don't try... but I am pretty much a Slog-hating internet troll. I guess I need to sharpen my canines and test the boundaries.

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102814 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102814 Drugs Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:41:18 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Bad Outdoor Theater?

You could have just gone to Green Lake and seen Shakespeare for free ...

It wasn't bad.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102890 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102890 Drugs Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:14:57 -0800 Comment by Kevin "Hempfest is an answer to the dominant American culture--the suburban, generic, corporate-controlled mainstream."

I call bullshit. Corporate mass culture is pushing weed harder than anyone else, because it makes for a docile, unmotivated populace.

]]> Kevin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102930 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co#c1102930 Drugs Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:39:46 -0800