http://www.metafilter.com/tags/rasta Posts tagged with 'rasta' at MetaFilter. Sun, 03 Apr 2011 05:00:25 -0800 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 05:00:25 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/102160/Cannabis%2Dculture <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40riUnzYMjg">Cannabis Culture</a> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.102160 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 05:00:25 -0800 420 a Acapulcogold ace african alaskan apocynum ashes aunt AveMaria backy bag baggie bales bamba bangue bc bhang blunt bo bobo bonghit boo bowl bricks broccoli bud buddha bush buzz cabbage cannabinum cannabis chief chronic columbian cryppie cryptonite culture dagga dank day delight devilweed diggy dirtweed ditch ditchweed dobie domestic don doob doobie dope draf draw durban fir flowers ganja gash gasper giggle gold gong gram grass green greenbud green-sticky grifa griffa happy hash hawaiian hay hemp herb high hocus homegrown hooch hooter hops humboltd indian indica intsangu j jane joint juan kenevir kif killer kilos leaf loco locoweed lucy marijuana mary maryjane MauiWowie mbanja method mexican mj mo moocah moota mooters mootie mor mountain nubs nuggets nuggies number of one-hit ounce owl panama PanamaRed parsley pocus poison pot pounds pr pretendica puff ragweed rainy rasta red reefer roach root rope sativa seeds shake shit shwag sinsemilla skunk smoke snop spliff stack stash stems stick stone swazi sweet tchene tea texas thai-bud thai-stick thestuff thrupence thumb thunderfuck tree trees turkish twig twigs untoque wadjugot wahupta weed whacktabacky whackyweed wheat wisdom woman wood yesca zol twoleftfeet http://www.metafilter.com/100990/Like%2Da%2Dfox There is some debate as to why he torched <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Ark_Studios">it</a>. But <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX8KhCkA14Y&feature=related">here</a> he is in all his glory, at the location where some the most innovative <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRZdEqpTmD4">sounds</a> the world has ever heard were recorded. Lee Scratch at Black Ark. (first post...good to be here) tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.100990 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:07:04 -0800 Crazy Dub LeeScratch Rasta Jibuzaemon http://www.metafilter.com/69785/Romance%2Dtourism%2Dand%2Dthe%2Dmodern%2Dwoman Romance tourism, with predominantly middle-aged heterosexual white European and American women looking for younger black men, is flourishing. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtU3m2M1Ivs">Short TV documentary</a> on the phenomenon; <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1232051823465539136&q=sex+jamaica&total=193&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0">long documentary</a> taking issue with the hijacking of Rastafarianism by the "Rent-a-dreads"; <a href="http://www.sumo.tv/watch.php?video=3578443">comedy skit</a> on rent-a-dreads, complete with offensive finale; <a href="http://www.grenadianconnection.com/Grenada/ViewNews.asp?NewsID=472">Grenadian newspaper article</a> blaming HIV spread on sex tourists; discussed by <a href="http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0041-1191(1998)77%3C48%3AISOTBB%3E2.0.CO%3B2-F">academics</a>; and don't forget the classic film portrayals in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120703/">How Stella Got Her Groove Back</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381690/">Vers le Sud/Heading South</a>. Female sex tourism is not just a Caribbean thing -- see <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21976983/">Kenya</a>, <a href="http://www.beaumonde.net/weblog2/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=144">Thailand</a>, and other places where comparative wealth and freedom from routine social conventions combine. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/096523441X/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">Steamy</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0789012022/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">semi-steamy</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0847695174/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">non-so-steamy</a> books on the subject are available. Want some theoretical context? Google <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=romance+tourism+syllabus&btnG=Search&hl=en">romance tourism syllabus</a> for a fantastic array of tourism-related syllabi. (This post was sparked by <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/69426/30-day-sex-or-no-sex-challenge">this</a> MeFi discussion; some links <a href="http://www.lazyjamaica.com/yea-moncome-get-your-big-bamboo/">via</a>; official Rent a Rasta <a href="http://www.rentarasta.com/">film site</a> (autoplay sound); most links NSFW because of language, drug use, general offensiveness, racist, fatist, and misogynist caricatures, and worse.) tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.69785 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:41:06 -0800 beachboy gigolo NSFW rasta rastafarianism romancetourism sex sextourism Forktine