May 6, 2013
On this month's episode of the Web's Favourite Cannabis Podcast,
the Dopefiend kicks off the show by announcing the return of the
only Grower's and Breeder's Cup on British Soil, the Dopefiend Cup,
which will once again be awarded this year on August 31st to a
deserving producer of truly world-class cannabis. Keeping to the
theme of celebrating the British cannabis scene, the Dopefiend
moves to the subject of the UK's most successful cannabis event in
history, the 4/20 Hyde Park Smokeout. Deep within the throng of
cannabis users in the glorious sunshine in London's Hyde Park,
literally in the Queen's back yard, the Dopefiend is joined by two
of the event's organizers, Orson Boon of the London Cannabis Club,
and Greg de Hoedt of the United Kingdom Cannabis Social Clubs and
NORML-UK, and the three of them talk about the success of the
event, whether the growing UKCSC movement is attracting a newer and
younger demographic to the cause of cannabis activism, whether it
will ever reach the lofty heights of the Spanish Cannabis Club
scene. Next we hear the roar of the crowd as 4.20 strikes and Greg
de Hoedt rallies those gathered in Hyde Park and massive clouds of
smoke billow across the sunny sky to the dismay of passing
tourists. After a musical interlude from DopeTriber Esse B's
upcoming album Essential Beats, the Dopefiend relocates to the cosy
surroundings of the Dope Den, where DopeTribers are continuing the
day's festivities by firing up the VapeXhale Cloud vaporizer, and
taking a look back at a recent group Cloud testing session held at
the Dope Den with Orson of the London Cannabis Club, Hatchy, the
Gremlin of Ganja, and Scoobysnakks, who talks about his dreams of
moving to Amsterdam and bringing his online radio station, Planet
London Radio with him. The hardened vaporists then shift their
focus to the Cloud, talking about how the vaporizer marketplace is
changing and beginning to accommodate high-end machines such as the
miniVAP. Hatchy does the honours by loading up the Cloud with some
Holy Grail Kush and taking the first hit, and then passes the Cloud
round, while talking about how you can take surprisingly big hits
without even feeling them, leading to all the gathered tribers
taking numerous hits and giving their opinions on this highly
sought-after piece of stoner equipment, including whether they
think it's worth the steep price tag. Returning to the 4/20
celebrations at the Dope Den, the Dopefiend checks in with Esse B,
Professor Vape and the Gremlin of Ganja as they hog the VaporLounge
and the Cloud, while talking about how they've celebrated 4/20 this
year. Later that same evening the Gremlin of Ganja is considerably
more stoned and is enjoying introducing others, like Stubbs, Mellow
Culero and St Wolf to this machine as a 3 metre Volcano bag
inflates. Finally, the Dopefiend sneaks off to a quiet corner of
the Dope Den with Kush King to talk about their feelings at the end
of an amazing 4/20, the success of the London smokeout, how it
compares to the Amsterdam 4/20 experience, and even Barecelona's
Spannabis, and how the success of the event is even leading the
Dopefiend to consider holding a Dopestock event in London in the
future. The Dopefiend goes on to talk about how he's been allergy
testing himself against a range of strains, and the disappointing
results that are encouraging him to cut some of his favourite
strains out of his stoner diet, and bake the offending herb into
some super-strength edibles. Finally Kush King talks about how
he'll be reducing the output of his video podcast, Rollin with Kush
King, with a view to expanding the focus of the videos and
lengthening each episode as well. Finally the Dopefiend gives one
more call out for stateside DopeTribers to get in touch if they
want to participate in the first episodes of the Dopecast recorded
in NYC, Denver, Las Vegas and San Francisco. Email mail@dopefiend.co.uk, send us a
voicemail, follow @dopefiend and the new
Virtual
VaporLounge on twitter, and check out the forum.
Download this episode here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/dopecast/Dopecast351.mp3
Before buying any vaporizer, always check for a Dopefiend review at
http://dopecast.libsyn.com/webpage/dopefiend-s-vaporizer-reviews
Don't miss this week's DopeTribe Live! here on Dopefiend.co.uk on
Sunday at 7pm UK time, or at these times around the world:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=7&month=10&year=2012&hour=19&min=0&sec=0&p1=136
Hear more from this month's featured musical artists, Esse B and
Krymson Wyte here: www.djesseb.com and here: https://www.facebook.com/KrymsonWyte205
For more about the London Cannabis Club, go here: www.facebook.com/TheLCC
For information about the United Kingdom Cannabis Social Clubs, go
here: www.ukcsc.co.uk
Watch Kush King's video footage from the amazing 4/20 smokeout in
London here: http://dopecast.libsyn.com/rollin-with-kush-king-episode-14
Podcast Image: the beatiful smokey scene at London's Hyde Park this
4/20. Submit your pics here by email: mail@dopefiend.co.uk
Playlist: Esse B feat. Krymson Wyte - Lost Without You