Effect of Cannabis use on hearing

[Soandso]

Well then, here it is!

Here's a better photo of "Kansas City" Frank Melrose who I think was born in 1908 (if my memory is correct).

 

[Karmacoma]

THC vapes are full of chemicals and I've read vaping can cause "popcorn lung". There are devices that vaporize flower but I have found them to be time consuming and ineffective.

Just get a Pax. It's not time consuming and it's effective.

 

[Ropeburn]

When we listen to Fats Waller's version (posted above) very early in the lyrics he refers to a "mezz". The allusion involves his fellow early jazz musician Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow who was known as a supplier of cannabis to other jazz musicians. That 'mezz' reference "Fats" made was in those circles slang for what our contemporary slang calls a rolled cannabis "joint".

Below is a picture of "Mezz" playing and it might be fair to say quite probably "high" on his product.

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Another good example of how drugs and artistry are inseparable.

 

[Bruce Morgen]

Another good example of how drugs and artistry are inseparable.

Louis Armstrong, arguably the single most influential figure in the history of American music, would surely agree with that observation.

 

[Ropeburn]

Louis Armstrong, arguably the single most influential figure in the history of American music, would surely agree with that observation.

I'm sure he would. It isn't even so much that drug users became artists more often, or that artists were using drugs more often, but rather that both are things a certain personality type gravitates towards naturally.

It's not really a correlation, but both things having the same root cause.

 

[Soandso]

Louis Armstrong ... influential figure ....

I want to add that I seem to recollect a Louis Armstrong song lyric where he also uses the word "mezz" as a referral to cannabis. However, at this time I can not recall the exact Armstrong song with this and must consider the possibly that I am confusing this instance with some other vintage jazz artist's song.

"Muggles" was an early L. Armstrong nickname that his pot-head contemporary musicians referred to him as amongst themselves. Calling him "muggles" was an allusion to how much Armstrong smoked "muggle" which was another 1920-1930 slang word for cannabis. He even released a record titled "Muggles."

 

[Soandso]

... "muggle" … 1920-1930 slang word for cannabis .…

"Mezz" Mezzrow was one of several who recorded the song I'se a Muggin' which was jazz musician code for smoking cannabis.

 

[Soandso]

… Anytime the man comes around … spread the word … let's light up and have a ball….

 

[Tim]

Since edibles take time to get going and smoking can induce coughing, it can be nice to ingest a small amount of the edible followed by a small puff of smoke. The effect is immediate, includes a bit of the ritual, and endures for a sustained length of time.

Exactly! I love to smoke and then eat a thc gummy and I coast much longer on a high.

 

[xanalog]

Interesting anecdote:

Before the early days of "Say No to Drugs!" war, you could not get a [?]clearance if you were a stoner.

The realization [at the federal level] set-in that many of the prospective graduates/applicants --of the early '80s-- had 'partied' during college.
So, the qualifications were relaxed --a bit for pot use-- as long as you confessed that you 'partied' in college:

I guess the justification was that once you admitted to smoking the evil weed; you could not be blackmailed to spit out any secrets...
Of course, divulging your youthful sins did not mean you can continue to be sinful, if a [?]clearance was granted...

 

[Soandso]

 

[Soandso]

Joe Marsala (1907-1978) recorded "Salty Mama Blues" singing "Mama why you so salty, why do I bring you down? … If you don't like my liquor, why don't you smoke my tea? … Or get out of my parlor, and leave it all for me …. "

 

[wadude]

Then there are tinctures. Couple’o’drops under the ol’ tongue…

 

[Soandso]

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Song above's title was omitted (sorry just noticed) it's "Jack I'm Mellow" (sung by Trixie Smith).

 

[Soandso]

"… When you start laughin' and you can't stop… Everything will seem so funny …."

 

[Rick63]

The ONLY rap song I like.