Artist: Jack S. Margolis  A Child’s Garden of Grass – Jack S.
Margolis  album1In 1969, Jack S. Margolis wrote a book called A
Child’s Garden of Grass. Two years later, an album based on that
book surfaced on Elektra Records. If you’re looking for a silly
comedy album in which the entire theme is on marijuana, and its
affects, then you will love this video of the original album, A
Child’s Garden of Grass:  A pre-legalization comedy  Each
subject of the album starts off with some strange electronic
effects before the narrator gets on with the subject. Example is
“Listening to Music”. This cut tells you what kind of music you
can listen to while being stoned (classical, folk, acid rock,
jazz, electronic music). He warns you never listen to Myron
Florin (accordion player for the Lawrence Welk Show), as well as
several other polka players while stoned, unless they were being
played all together at once.  album2Another example is
“Creativity” where the narrator seems to suggest when you’re
stoned, you begin to over