LIQUID

A new reflection is rising on the horizon of the glass industry, and it’s called Liquid Sci Glass.  The roots of this new brand are buried deep in the experience of their team and leadership.  Decades of owning and operating retail smoke shops, combined with decades of manufacturing experience gives their team a different perspective in all aspects of their business.  As the glass marketplace becomes more and more scientific in...

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A LEGEND SPEAKS: COPE

Graffiti legend Cope2 speaks to Erb about his history in the New York City scene, his turn to the art world and more When you think of New York, as we have in this issue of Erb, an almost never-ending list of cultural institutions come to mind. There’s Times Square, the Yankees, the Empire State Building, Broadway and, of course, the Wu-Tang Clan. Also high on the list for anybody with a mind for hip-hop and artistic mind? Graffiti. The...

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REAL TALK WITH BILL MAHER

Love him? Hate him? It doesn’t matter. Because the comedian knows how to push America’s buttons. And if it were up to him, he’d push the “OK” button on legal pot. He’s as politically polarizing as Palin. He’s as sharp and funny as the top stand-up comedians. And he’s a fixture on cable’s best network. Love him or hate him -- and there are plenty of people on both sides of that line -- there’s no denying the significance of Bill Maher. Rolling...

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THE INSIDE STORY OF THE CHAMPS TRADE SHOW

The organizer of the biggest smokeshop trade show tells us how it all started, why it’s successful and why you should be there If you’re reading this magazine, then there’s a really good chance the CHAMPS trade show isn’t foreign to you.It’s where wholesalers, manufacturers and retailers in the smoke shop world meet up twice a year -- well, three times now, but we’ll get to that. They congregate to discover new products, network, place orders and...

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STUFF WE DIG: ISSUE 2

Movies “The Dictator” We’ve seen Sacha Baron Cohen as the bumbling “Borat” and the flamboyant “Bruno” now let’s see what he can do as an outrageous Middle Eastern dictator. In “The Dictator,” Baron Cohen plays Admiral General Aladeen and goes less mockumentary and more scripted comedy. (Out May 11) “The Avengers” It’s like a superhero orgy. You take Ironman, The Hulk, Thor, Captain America and the rest of the Marvel crew, put them together...

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The Main Man

Bill Kleppinger brings the happy, hippie vibe to his friendly smoke shop 632 Main Bill Kleppinger never really intended to open a smoke shop. It just kind of happened. One day he was a landlord renting out a building on 632 Main St. in Toledo, Ohio. Not too long later, he was in business there himself, running a shop that would eventually be called 632 Main. When he was the landlord, Kleppinger says his tenants never seemed to “make a go of it”...

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WIZ KID

Budding hip-hop superstar Wiz Khalifa joins the elite circle of music’s most famous potheads with a little help from Snoop Dogg The hip-hop collaboration that got the most attention in 2011 was Watch the Throne -- the tandem album from megastars Jay-Z and Kanye West. But while Jigga and ‘Ye postured and bragged about how rich and famous they were, another hip-hop twosome was -- metaphorically speaking -- sitting in the back row, blazed out of their...

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