March 15th 2008 by The Hookah Forum in Hookah Views
So I've read the reviews posted. There are not very many Black Label reviews there but what there is seems pretty positive. It seems to be a general consensus that SOEX is not great. Some people like it some don't. I think it's okay but it's just not like the nice tobacco. However I have'nt tried Black Label and I was curious how it stacks up to SOEX. If it's about the same then I don't want to waste my money but if it is indeed a better smoke I want to try it out.
March 15th 2008 by The Hookah Forum in Hookah Views
Okay, so my friends had been telling me about this place for awhile, but I hadn't visited them yet. Today I took a little trip to Orange County and decided to check out the place. Boy was I impressed.....
First of all they sell Mya and KM pipes exclusively and the prices are really good. The couple who run the shop (I think husband and wife but didn't have too much time to get really acquainted) are great. Friendly, knowledgable and helpful. They must have had 200 KMs in the store at least half were with ice chambers which on KMs are kind of hard to find except at one or two online retailers. And the Myas run from an entire shelf of QTs to the heavy crystal and cloisonne versions that cost an arm and a leg no matter where you find them. I've never seen so many beautiful pipes all in one place. I was positively dazzled. I picked up a couple boxes of Fusion at $14.99 each - in the brand new beautiful tins that Fusion just switched to. They also carry Starbuzz and many other brands. I found stacks of 3 Kings, real japanese coals and natural in 10 kilo bags. Beautiful handmade hoses including washable hoses. I picked up a KM for just under $80. Everything had been cleaned and set up. Before I left he checked the pipe carefully and worked to make sure the purge valve was perfect. Because they order in bulk they will match stem to vase if you request it so you can customize your pipe entirely. All in a tiny little shop in a Middle Eastern strip mall at the corner of Ball Road and Brookhurst in Anaheim.
The address is 1204 1/2 Brookhurst, Anaheim, California. If you're coming from Los Angeles you'd take the 5 South to the Brookhurst exit and then right at the offramp to the corner of Ball Road and Brookhurst. I highly recommend if you live in the Los Angeles/Orange County area you check them out. They said they will ship too. Unfortunately I didn't pick up a card so I can't tell you their phone number but that's easy to get from 411. A great place and the pipe smokes like a dream just like a KM should.
(I put the announcement of the place here so everyone in the LA/OC area would have a change to know about them. Eric, you might want to get in touch with them about Tangiers because while I was there two OC lounge owners came in to stock up.)
'Rani
January 29th 2008 by Genevieve in Hookah Views
Original post in French (French side of the
Observatory on Hookah and Health):
“Toute la vérité, rien que la vérité” sur le tabac et le «tabagisme passif». Le courage multidisciplinaire et indiscipliné d’un savant hors du commun>> (automatic) English translation: PRESS HERE
This scholar is also behind a recent public call (advertized in our columns):
Two Prominent Public Health Scholars on Alcohol & Tobacco Policies Warn: Moral Hygienism, State Puritanism or Industrial Lobbies ?Notably, this scientist is also the founder of the first learned society for the scientific study of tobacco and addiction (“tobaccology”) (President 1982-2004).
Bravely, he has published a critique of the European expert report on environmental tobacco smoke titled
« Lifting the smokescreen, 10 reasons for a smokefree Europe », noting, in particular, that out of the 5863 deaths "caused" by «second-hand smoke » (according to the report), 1114 are related to non-smokers…"
His motto: "1000 morts sont 1000 de trop." “La vérité sur le sur le tabagisme passif devrait suffire”.French original : check out copy on
Pénombre (how figures shape society)
>> (automatic) English translation: PRESS HERE
Verbatim transcription of the original (French) interview
English Human translation of the verbatim transcription (English) performed free of charge, "for the cause", by Iro CYR at http://www.cagecanada.ca
Oh la la, la France encore ! Exhale now...
Image (left, top): Fairy Nicotine, by Louis-Philippe Hébert, 1902. Laiton patiné, 47 × 21 × 13 cm. Collection : Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, 99.352. Photograph: Patrick Altman. Also on cover of book: Catherine FERLAND (Ed.): Tabac & Fumées. Regards multidisciplinaires et indisciplinés sur l’histoire du tabagisme, XVe-XXe siècle, Québec, Presses de l’Université de Laval (coll. Intercultures), 2007.
Image (left, bottom) : The Truth climbing out of the well with a whip in her hand to castigate mankind (Jean-Léon Gérôme, XIXth Century). Courtesy of: Dompteur de fauvesImage (right): The "Nicotine Addiction" (Surgeon General, 1988) dogma which has paralysed tobacco research for two decades now.
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