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London Town Wander Night – Choogle On! #46

London Town Wander Night – Choogle on #46Photos by Victoria Potter – art’ed up by Uncle Weed Music: Two Gallants “Feels Like Home to Me”

An extended length (ideal for summertime listening) features a late night walk around the heart of London Town with rambling topics from public drunkeness, Cleopatra’s Obelisk, party boats, Shakespeare’s Globe theater, Internet kiosks, Sir Drake’s Golden Hind, The Clink Jail, Millennium, Black Friars and Tower bridges, Cornish pasties, take away falafels, cellar temperature ales, Dali art, Falklands naval veterans, CCTV cameras, miscellaneous wars, royal largess, overfilled hotel baths and a spontaneous fire in Piccadilly. 

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Exploding Grow Rooms, Rampant Fascism and Funny Glaswegians – Choogle On! #23

Exploding Grow Rooms, Rampant Fascism and Funny Glaswegians – Choogle On! #23
Exploding Grow Rooms, Rampant Fascism and Funny Glaswegians – Choogle On! #23

On the Seabus en route to BC Place, Uncle Weed relates news stories about an exploding grow house, a Briton arrested for singing along to The Clash, Marc Emery’s ongoing extradition debacle, war resisters in Canada, and also recommends some funny podcasting Scots

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Canada Place Walkaround – Choogle On! #21

Canada Place Walkaround – Choogle On! #21
pic by daveo – more on Flickr

Uncle Weed wanders around the Canada Place compound in the rain and tries to spark the last of a doob while gazing at a Latvian or Danish ship, Stanley Park, World Trade Centre and more rain o’er Burrard Inlet and diggin the Seabus. 

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New Year’s Eve Pageantry on Pender – Choogle On! #16

New Year's Eve Pageantry on Pender – Choogle On! #16pic by DaveO

At a pagan-ish pageant on Pender Island, Uncle Weed views kayak ballet, dreadlocked Father Time and burning suns while enjoying microbrews, doobs, sparklers, and recalling O Shogotsu in Japan. 

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Never-ending Skytrain to Surrey – Choogle On! #3

Never-ending Skytrain to Surrey – Choogle On! #3
Never-ending Skytrain to Surrey – Choogle On! #3

Dave takes a Canadian Thanksgiving transit trip from end to end – from the North Shore by Seabus, all the way to the notorious suburb of Surrey. He chats about Skytrain stations, Vancouver sights and sounds, plus meets ‘SkyPigs’ and enjoys coffee while reminiscing about Vancouver adventures in bygone days. 

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Sea Bus Adventure to Herbal Lounges – Choogle On! #1

Sea Bus Adventure to Herbal Lounges – Choogle On! #1

Uncle Weed heads out on via Sea Bus to visit friends downtown Vancouver, plus stops by an herbal lounge in Railtown, indulges in some reminiscing in Gastown, and grabs a Sky Train dog at Main.

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