04-26-2011, 02:15 PM
DG was at the Craneway Pavilion, a refurbished warehouse in Richmond just before the bridge, part of Richmond's revitalization project. It has gorgeous views of the Bay and dm wished he made it there before sundown. Easy highway access, plenty of parking and out in the middle of nowhere. Very nice. When dm got there, a newbie that dm has been watching wondering if it would be worth it to take him under wing quickly scooped up dm as the main common ground between dm & newbie (apart from being asian) is mmed cards. He got dm wristbanded and took him immediately to the vapor room.
So here's the scene. It's a huge warehouse with a stage on one end and a dancehall dome on the other, and tons of booths all about mmeds - hemp clothes, food, club showcases, all sorts of ridiculous stuff. Dr. Bronner's soap had a major booth. There were talks during the day from Ed Rosenthal (pot guru), Mountain Girl, John Barlow (Dead lyricist and web activist - was quoted a lot with the wikileaks scandal), and many more. Dm is sorry he missed the talks as they seemed thought provoking, or at least kind of funny. Right smack in the center was the tasting dome, which was three guys with volcano vapes, serving up bags of freshly vaped strain of the hour - or several hours - for free. All you had to do was stand in line, and the lines weren't that long and a very entertaining crowd. Most of the night was dominated by All Star Jack Frost, which is allegedly a top shelf strain, although Dm wasn't sensitive to that as when vaping, well, it's not as tasty as smmoking. The headliner was one of Dm's fave bands, Heavyweight Dub Champion, which is sort of a dystopian rasta trip, but it wasn't all of them and they were fronted by some hippie chick rappers, Sasha Rose and some others. When the hippie chicks got on stage there was such horrible loud feedback that dm had to leave. Before that, HDC was enjoyable, but dm didn't really tune in much after that.
Dm found himself stumbling from the booths to the vape room to the stage to the vape room, to the dancehall dome to the vape room. What a party. Hope it becomes an annual event.
So here's the scene. It's a huge warehouse with a stage on one end and a dancehall dome on the other, and tons of booths all about mmeds - hemp clothes, food, club showcases, all sorts of ridiculous stuff. Dr. Bronner's soap had a major booth. There were talks during the day from Ed Rosenthal (pot guru), Mountain Girl, John Barlow (Dead lyricist and web activist - was quoted a lot with the wikileaks scandal), and many more. Dm is sorry he missed the talks as they seemed thought provoking, or at least kind of funny. Right smack in the center was the tasting dome, which was three guys with volcano vapes, serving up bags of freshly vaped strain of the hour - or several hours - for free. All you had to do was stand in line, and the lines weren't that long and a very entertaining crowd. Most of the night was dominated by All Star Jack Frost, which is allegedly a top shelf strain, although Dm wasn't sensitive to that as when vaping, well, it's not as tasty as smmoking. The headliner was one of Dm's fave bands, Heavyweight Dub Champion, which is sort of a dystopian rasta trip, but it wasn't all of them and they were fronted by some hippie chick rappers, Sasha Rose and some others. When the hippie chicks got on stage there was such horrible loud feedback that dm had to leave. Before that, HDC was enjoyable, but dm didn't really tune in much after that.
Dm found himself stumbling from the booths to the vape room to the stage to the vape room, to the dancehall dome to the vape room. What a party. Hope it becomes an annual event.
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