No matter which origin story you believe, April 20 is widely revered around the world as marijuana’s holiday. This year’s observance is extra special, since it’s the first time since 1937 that smoking weed just for fun is legal in California.
While there probably won’t be clouds of smoke like you’d have at a private celebration, there will be loads of beloved songs and scenes that pair perfectly with a cannabis buzz at the Lobero Theatre that evening. Santa Barbara’s resident record exec/raconteur Hale Milgrim is hosting one of his Quips and Clips Go to Hale affairs, this one deemed Stoners & Songwriters. As usual, he and his buddy Richard Salzberg scoured their deep collections of rare video recordings to find about 30 clips from such artists as David Bowie, Cat Stevens, Bob Marley, and Airplane, amounting to nearly three hours of audiovisual entertainment.
“If we wanted to put together the show we really wanted, we’d have people sitting there for eight hours,” said Salzberg, to which Milgrim added, “And that would be part one! Dave Asbell [the Lobero’s executive director] would have to be serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner to everybody.”