Can Mary Jane help your playing ?

wgority · Post by **wgority** » Thu May 08, 2008 12:09 pm

Stevie Ray Vaughn maintained that his best playing was done after he was clean and sober. He said it was harder work, but that it was worth the effort.

rorybbellows · Post by **rorybbellows** » Thu May 08, 2008 1:15 pm

In my experience it has alot to do with what type of dope you smoke. Any of the black oily hashes like turkish black or templeball can give a very heavy hit that can put you in a state of mental and phyical paralysis,but some of the grasses can have a very pleasent light hit that would more conducive with creativity . Some Irish grown grass is very nice in this respect. The last time I was in Amsterdam I had some hash cake and that was also very nice.

I smoked alot in my late teens and early twenties but haven't bothered with anything like that in more that ten years, parenthood and all that !

I dont think getting stoned suits ITM ,but other types of music are maybe more suited, all the rastafarian guys seem to do alright on it !

RORY

PJ · Post by PJ » Thu May 08, 2008 1:58 pm

rorybbellows wrote:I dont think getting stoned suits ITM ,but other types of music are maybe more suited, all the rastafarian guys seem to do alright on it !

Clearly you haven't ready Christy Moore's book One Voice.

rorybbellows · Post by **rorybbellows** » Thu May 08, 2008 2:20 pm

PJ wrote:Clearly you haven't ready Christy Moore's book One Voice.

No ,I haven't. So what does he say in relation to the topic ?

RORY

PJ · Post by PJ » Thu May 08, 2008 2:29 pm

He seems to have smoked quite a bit in the '60s and '70s. I got the impression he did more smoking than drinking. I don't know if it had anything to do with his success in music but it certainly DIDN'T help his career as a bank clark.

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Thu May 08, 2008 2:32 pm

rorybbellows wrote: I smoked alot in my late teens and early twenties but haven't bothered with anything like that in more that ten years

I haven't smoked dope since the late 80s, but being in BC teaches me that pot has changed a great deal over the past decade.

rorybbellows · Post by **rorybbellows** » Thu May 08, 2008 2:41 pm

s1m0n wrote:I haven't smoked dope since the late 80s, but being in BC teaches me that pot has changed a great deal over the past decade.

In what way?

It would seem here in Ireland that more people are taking harder drugs.
There is a cocaine epidemic going on at the moment that has claimed quite a few lives including a well known model Katie French .

RORY

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Thu May 08, 2008 3:02 pm

rorybbellows wrote:
s1m0n wrote:I haven't smoked dope since the late 80s, but being in BC teaches me that pot has changed a great deal over the past decade.
In what way?

It would seem here in Ireland that more people are taking harder drugs.

The pot I smoked topped out at about 3% THC. These days, hybrid hydroponic varieties (like BC's famed "Northern Lights") will produce buds with a 22% THC content when cultivated optimally.

buskerSean · Post by **buskerSean** » Tue May 13, 2008 3:17 am

probably help you not play a tune too fast.

tommykleen · Post by **tommykleen** » Tue May 13, 2008 7:33 am

Like, wow, man. A lot of missing biographical info for some posters is falling into place with this topic.

flanum · Post by **flanum** » Sun May 18, 2008 8:54 pm

feck mary jane, go straight for the smack, sell the pipes, get more smack and youll think you are the tune.

pipersgrip · Post by **pipersgrip** » Sun May 18, 2008 9:08 pm

If you want to delve into the spirit world with music, I suggest shrooms or peyote. I bet you will get pretty deep in that music.

buskerSean · Post by **buskerSean** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:52 am

well the (border) piper from this band www.myspace.com/tellingthebees is also an author on 'Shroom' A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom.
www.myspace.com/shroomthebook

Both book and new CD are great.

PJ · Post by PJ » Mon May 19, 2008 5:17 am

buskerSean wrote:well the (border) piper from this band www.myspace.com/tellingthebees is also an author on 'Shroom' A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom.
www.myspace.com/shroomthebook

Both book and new CD are great.

Honestly, I think this post should carry a notice warning people of the dangers of Border Piping.

Hans-Joerg · Post by **Hans-Joerg** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:14 am

rorybbellows wrote: Some Irish grown grass is very nice in this respect.

This reminds me of a lovely story: An Irish friend of mine lived in an area with many little hills. In the little valleys between these hills grew gorse and the cows couldn´t get in there. He had mowed down the middles of these gorse-patches and planted "Mary Jane" (wich we used to dry directly at his open fire - very nice indeed). One day though the cows had broken into these patches anyway and eaten the "Mary Jane". They had to pour the milk away and he had a job to explain it to the neighbours