Latest posts by Zack Ruskin

Steve Jobs. Elon Musk. Nick Rhodes? While the Duran Duran founding member and keyboardist might not be one of the first names you’d think to mention when listing innovators, he certainly deserves to be. That’s because his band, the one best known for its good looks, impeccable fashion, and monster hits such as “Hungry Like […]

  When Whitney Beatty first got the idea for Apothecarry — a line of high-end custom safe boxes for cannabis connoisseurs — she knew getting her company off the ground wouldn’t be easy. Beatty was working as the senior vice president of development for Warner Bros. when she began to experience anxiety issues. After learning […]

If you’ve never been to Burger Boogaloo, you’re missing out what it means to truly revel in the glory of music. Founder Marcos Ribak, in partnership with Burger Records’ Sean Bohrman and Lee Rickard, doesn’t concern himself with chart-toppers or household names when putting together the festival that will celebrate its fifth anniversary this summer […]

Air is the crown jewel when it comes to making multi-tasking music. Their ponderous synths and reverbed harmonies are an ideal soundtrack for apartment cleaning, writing, and even romance. In some ways, seeing Air live is a bit of a shock, if only because their music connotes not the duo of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît […]

No one wants mildew in their Blueberry Kush, or a cookie that has all its THC concentrated into one particular bite. When we go to the dispensary or order online, we trust what the labels and fine print say — but who is actually responsible for ensuring those details are accurate? While casual consumers may […]

While cannabis consumers may not give much thought to the light deprivation techniques or co-mingling tactics employed to grow the flower they are enjoying, Kristin Nevedal does. As the head of the International Cannabis Farmers Association (ICFA), Nevedal is an advocate for small, rural operations that most often rely on traditional, seasonal methods to sun-grow […]

With each passing day, technology becomes more and more ingrained in our lives. It helps us get a ride after a concert, knows when we’re running low on laundry detergent, and lets us send regrettable videos of our friends at a moment’s impulse. While there are many legitimate reasons to question our growing reliance on […]

Wherever you look, there’s Hannibal Buress. Turn on Comedy Central and you’ll see him stealing scenes in Broad City as dentist Lincoln Rice. Flip over to Adult Swim, and there’s Buress serving as Ed McMahon to Eric Andre’s deranged Johnny Carson on The Eric Andre Show. Check Netflix, and you’ll find four of his stand-up […]

“There are 8-year-old kids who approach me when they see who I am,” says Larry Thomas, best-known as the “Soup Nazi” on Seinfeld. While the sitcom about nothing lasted for nine seasons, no character has remained firmly fixed in the cultural zeitgeist quite like the formidable, mustachioed seller of crab bisque, who unleashed his catchphrase […]

According to CanPay CEO Dustin Eide, if you want to chase rabbit holes and see where they go, you can’t do much better than trying to understand the relationship between cannabis and banking. Since California legalized medical cannabis use in 1996, the question of how financial transactions would work between patients, dispensaries, and banks has […]