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Goats Groom LA (photos)
Photos from downtown Los Angeles, California on Tuesday, September 9, 2008.
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The Music of Weeds
Awesome band The Submarines tells us about their experience doing the theme song for the TV show "Weeds."
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Weeds may help solve the climate crisis
This article has a fantastic quote: “Ingenuity,” Ziska says, “may be the mother of invention, but poverty is definitely the father”...
"...There are countless definitions of weeds, ranging from the hardheaded one necessarily observed by farmers, that a weed is any plant that interferes with profit, to the aesthetic (a popular gardener’s definition of a weed is “a plant out of place”), to Ralph Waldo Emerson’s sanctimonious assertion that a weed is “a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.” But all agree on the central criterion: to qualify as a weed, the plant in question must be viewed with disfavor by humanity. Simply put, any plant, if we dislike it, becomes an intruder in our landscape and so a weed.
Arguably, then, there was no such thing as a weed until mankind developed the need to discriminate, which came with the development of agriculture in the Neolithic era, around 9,000 B.C. In fact, many of the wild grains like red rice or wild oats that are among our most troublesome agricultural weeds today were valued food sources until we graduated from the hunter-gatherer stage of our existence.
Coexistence with mankind has given rise to the sort of tough plants that flourish despite the worst we can do — hoeing, pulling, burning and, more recently, spraying the fields with herbicidal chemicals. Weeds have adapted to every means we used to exterminate them, even turning the treatments to their own advantage. Attacking a Canada thistle (actually of Eurasian origin and a regular entry in “worst weeds of North America” lists) with hoe or plow, for example, may destroy the plant’s aboveground growth but leaves the soil full of severed bits of fleshy root, each of which may sprout a new plant.
A result of this history is that crops and weeds embody diametrically opposed genetic strategies. Over the centuries, we have deliberately bred the genetic diversity out of our crop plants. Creating crop populations composed of clones or near clones was an essential step in achieving higher yields and the sort of uniform growth that makes large-scale, mechanized cultivation and harvesting possible. Because weed populations live as opportunists, however, they must include individuals with the ability to flourish in whatever type of habitat we make available. They also need diversity to cope with the wide range of punishments we inflict. A patch of Canada thistles, if it is to survive when the farmer switches from hoeing to herbicides, must include individuals that develop a resistance to the chemicals over time. Weed populations that lacked the necessary genetic diversity faded from our fields, lawns and waste places; historians of agriculture can cite many such casualties ..."
By Tom Christopher This article has a fantastic quote: “Ingenuity,” Ziska says, “may be the mother of invention, but poverty is definitely the father”..... more -
A Stab at Suburbia
Justin Kirk of "Weeds" shares his opinion on the suburbs and who inhabit them. "Weeds" is on Showtime on Monday nights. Justin Kirk of "Weeds" shares his opinion on the suburbs and who inhabit them. "Weeds" is on Showtime on Monday n... more
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Wide-Eyed Superficiality
Justin Kirk of "Weeds" loves LA. "Weeds" is on Mondays on Showtime.
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No Weed For You!
You'd think being on a show like "Weeds" that Justin Kirk would get offers of pot from fans all the time. The truth for him is a whole alternate reality.
"Weeds" is on Showtime, Mondays @ 10PM. You'd think being on a show like "Weeds" that Justin Kirk would get offers of pot from fans all the time. The truth fo... more -
Yes We Can - Obama song
With Super Tuesday coming up, I thought people might be inspired by this video.
No matter what your politics are, it's worth watching. Take a look! With Super Tuesday coming up, I thought people might be inspired by this video. ... more -
Ice Cube is a Kush Boy
Riding with Ice Cube & the Westside Connection in the limo.
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The Making of Master Kush Animation Dankumentary Webisode 2
Kush Boy Belizee interviews Kush Boys Executive Producer Jamezee at the Kush office, Los Angeles. This should will let everyone know how the Master Kush animation project is going. Kush Boy Belizee interviews Kush Boys Executive Producer Jamezee at the Kush office, Los Angeles. This should will let everyone know h... more
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The Making of Master Kush Animation Dankumentary Webisode 1
Irie Monk & BC Nuggs of The Munchies host The Making of Master Kush, Webisode 1. They give a fairly accurate perspective on behind the scenes and how our production is going so far. Irie Monk & BC Nuggs of The Munchies host The Making of Master Kush, Webisode 1. They give a fairly accurate perspective on behind... more
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