One of my two Showtime favorites will be back on the air Monday, June 16, 2008 at 10pm EST. Weeds, now in its 4th season, shifts into a new direction with a broader perspective into the drug underworld. Season 4 will diverge away from small-time suburban pot cultivation and dealing to the larger and more dangerous world of international drug trafficking. From the burning "little boxes" of suburban Agrestic at season 3's end to the Mexican-California border, Nancy Botwin (played by Mary-Louise Parker) relocates her family and her black market operations with guidance from Mexican drug-lord Guillermo (played by Half-Baked star Guillermo Diaz). Weeds Season 4 is slated for 13 episodes.
According Entertainment Weekly's Summer TV: Preview 23 Shows Arriving in June, Weeds Season 4 will center around the Mexican-US border. With border security being a hot topic in the current election cycle, Weeds will contrast the seriousness surrounding border issues, like drug smuggling, illegal immigration, and corruption, while simultamously making you laugh and shake your head in disbelief.
Out of Little Boxes
With the expected move out of Agrestic, Weeds is also planning on the retirement of their opening theme song "Little Boxes." If you haven't had enough of the many renditions of "Little Boxes," you are in luck, because Lionsgate will be releasing 10 song "dimebag" mixes beginning in July.
If you have never seen Weeds before
You should start. It's only season 4. Since you are probably going to spend more time at home (or at least not driving around), the previous 3 seasons number only 37 half hour episodes. Which means you only have 18 and half hours of Weeds to watch before you are all caught up. You could be caught up in two and half weeks, if you caught a couple a day. I watched 3 or 4 at a time when I caught up. Didn't take long, but I have been on Weeds since last few episodes of season 2.
"But I don't smoke pot, why do I want to watch a show about a weed dealer?"
The writers are as thoughtful as they are outragously funny. The acting, especially lead actress Mary-Louise Parker, is captiving enough for any suburbanite to believe that these people could be (are) your neighbors. But believe it or not, Weeds is not a show about weed or drugs in general, it's a show about how pot and casual drug use is part of many average Americans lives. Let's face it, drugs are everywhere. America is the largest consumer of illicit drugs in the world. So if you refuse to watch Weeds because they talk about drugs or because they show drugs, it is time to get your head out of the sand. Cheesy as it sounds, Weeds can help encourage dialouge among common citizens about the issues surrounding drug usage and the markets developed to satisfy those demands.
I watch Weeds because it not only makes me laugh, but does a near perfect job giving me enough to leave me, happily grasping for more. Compared to other shows I watch, Weeds is more down-to-earth than king of confusion Lost, not filled with religious archetypes of Battlestar Galactica, and not out of a comic book superhero manual like Heroes. Weeds is more real-to-life than most of the TV shows I watch, but still just Hollywood entertainment.
And if you are wondering what is the other show I watch on Showtime, it's Dexter. More on Dexter later.
What to look for in Weeds Season 4
Nancy (of course, she's the star of the show) will become big time player in cross-border drug smuggling operation, be straight-up gangsta, and be more bad-ass than U-Turn.
Guillermo, Nancy's season 3 protector, will become closer to Nancy, possibly becoming Nancy's mentor, and calling the shots for Nancy's future endevours in the drug trade.
FBI/DEA are never too far behind Nancy. Dating a corrupt federal agent who later dies may be only the beginning of her run-ins with the feds. Expect Nancy and the Feds crossing paths like drugs cross borders.
Who you may not see much
Heylia (Tonye Patano) hints at the end of the season 3 of getting out of the pot growing business and going back to their original game plan - everyday, under-the-radar pot dealers.
Conrad (Romany Malco) is at a crossroads with the grow house gone and Nancy moving out of Agrestic. Will the sexual heat between Conrad and Nancy get doused out? Probably so, Nancy will be on to bigger things.
Mr. Whispers performing poetry at Nakava kava bar open mic in Boca Raton. Support local music and local arts scene.
This performance took place on June 12, 2008 in Boca Raton, Florida. Nakava kava bar is North America's first kava bar. Kava is traditional south Pacific drink made from the roots of a pepper plant. People, generally, drink kava because they enjoy the relaxing effect of kava.
Nakava kava bar hosts an open mic every Thursday starting at 9:30pm. Nakava kava bar serves kava, tea, juices, sodas, and now smoothies.
For more informtion about kava or Boca Raton's kava bar visit
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[ http://www.myspace.com/nakava ].
Ricky and Eric performing at Nakava kava bar open mic on June 16, 2008. Nakava kava bar hosts a weekly open mic every Thursday starting at 9:30pm.
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Sierra Leone's Refugee All-Stars performed among a long line-up of music greats at the 5th Annual Langerado Music Festival. The festival took place at the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation in Florida.
Langerado took place March 6-9, 2008. Sierra Leone's Refugee All-Stars performed in the early evening on the Everglades Stage on Friday, March 7. Their performance took place during G Love and Special Sauce Performance, which was followed the Roots, the Beastie Boys closed the night on the main stage.
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One of my two 
