Greek Rembetika music

The US wasn't the only place where there was pot smoking going on in the cracks of society. This compilation of Greek Rembetika music, "Rembetika - manges, Passion, Drugs, Jail, Disease, Death: Songs of the Greek Underground 1925-1947 " traces the roots of the music that became one of the national treasures of Greece.

some links:

• The album is released by Klang Records.
• Long reviews of the album from "All About Jazz".
  
• More info about rembetika on the page "Rembetika and Greek popular music".
• Article from The Guardian written by James Sclavunos (of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
• Rembetika - a Brief History.
• There's a book about the subject: "Songs of the Greek Underworld: The Rebetika Tradition".

Public domain films: Reefer Madness (1936)

Some films from the 1930s have entered the public domain and are available on youtube.

As one Youtube comment writer puts it, " Our grandparents smoked pot!"


(That's only part I of the film, more parts here.)

From wikipedia: "Reefer Madness is a 1936 propaganda film revolving around the tragic events that follow when high school students are lured by pushers to try "marihuana": a hit and run accident, manslaughter, suicide, rape, and descent into madness all ensue. The film was directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starred a cast composed of mostly unknown bit actors. It was originally financed by a church group and made under the title Tell Your Children."

Complete wikipedia article.