stoner

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Those who refuted their work as simple stoner comedy were missing out on some of the more subversive critiques of America during the short but pivotal post-Vietnam, pre-Reagan era.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

On “Ganger,” his breakout LP, he finds his bearings through all sorts of production styles, from bossa nova to stoner loops to wild vocal treatments, but his laconic delivery hides dense thickets of allusions.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2024

If “The Big Lebowski” was a Raymond Chandler riff with a Los Angeles stoner for a protagonist, “Drive-Away Dolls” is their version of the 1955 noir “Kiss Me Deadly.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

Whether championing math, poetry, or just how to be a decent human being, the inspirational teacher is as familiar to movie audiences as the class stoner.

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2020

Hippies are all over San Francisco, both the old stoner kinds with giant skanky beards and tie-dyes, and the new kind, who are more into dress-up and maybe playing hacky-sack than protesting anything.

From Little Brother by Doctorow, Cory