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New scholarship explores '80s Deadhead pipe culture

Original: just reading it for the articles! deep pipecraft scholarship, with an essay on '80s deadhead pipe culture by nicholas me

A new collection of essays on pipe craftsmanship is drawing attention, including a piece by scholar Nicholas Meriwether on pipe culture among Grateful Dead fans in the 1980s. One reader also shared early-1970s artwork a relative created for a Brooklyn head shop that sold pipes made from plumbing parts, highlighting the underground history of handmade smoking paraphernalia.

Why now: A new book or zine on pipe craft history has just been shared, prompting nostalgia and discussion of countercultural memorabilia

Nicholas MeriwetherGrateful DeadBrooklyn

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• just reading it for the articles! deep pipecraft scholarship, with an essay on '80s deadhead pipe culture by nicholas meriwether. plus, some early '70s art my father did for a (non-deadhead) brooklyn head supply company, who sold pipes made from plumbing parts. https://… · bourgwick@heads.social · 4

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