The cloud of smoke hovering around the line to get into the show rivaled one at a methodone clinic – just substitute Marlboro Reds for the chronic. Something seemed off. The crowd was skewing a little younger than I expected. Really, really young. Like never-heard-of-Lodi-Dodi-we-like-to-party young. And what’s with all the Wiz Khalifa hats and t-shirts? And the scalpers shouting, “Got Wiz tickets!” Oh no. Snoop’s now just the warm-up act?

The 45-minute wait with stoned kids was brutal. White guys in front of me passed around a joint while also sharing a container full of raw Pillsbury crescent rolls. Next to those savages, a few Asian girls were trying to one-up each other with study abroad stories (“The Shakira show in Argentina last semester was the craziest night of my life!”). Behind me, two black guys were trying to figure out if a girl liked one of them. Judging by his teeth, I’m gonna say no.

Then it dawned on me. I’ve heard this all before. It’s like I am watching a rerun. I lived through this 10-15 years ago. Now that I’m back, I want to change the channel.

At the end of the long wait, I was rewarded with a Guantánamo Bay pat-down by security. I’ve fathered a child with less physical contact. I made a beeline to the bar and got a beer. Halfway through my Brooklyn Lager, I realized I was the only person drinking. It was a weed and Vitamin Water diet for the rest of the crowd. People looked at me like I was drinking out of a brandy snifter.

During the warm-up act, a dead-ringer for Fat Albert offered me a hit of his joint. I passed. No one wants to see a 35-year old guy napping in the middle of the floor. Fat Al then chased his spliff with a shot of 5-hour-energy. I so desperately wanted to teach him that an energy drink ruins a good buzz – but then again, so will a lecture.

The bass started pumping and Snoop took the stage. Slim-with-the-tilted-brim didn’t disappoint. He hit all the major songs from the early years and sprinkled in a little 2Pac and Biggie. Even the young Khalifa groupies seemed to appreciate the old D-O-double-gizzle. Finally, I felt like a man enjoying a beer at a show instead of a chaperone with stoned kids not old enough to remember the Humpty Dance. Snoop finished his set and it was back to reality. Khalifa was solid but having him close out the show was like having vegetables served after dessert.

Leaving Terminal 5, a sense of inner-peace settled over me. We spend a lot of time wishing we were still young but fail to factor in an important detail: ain’t nuttin’ like the old school. Fo shizzle! (Photo: Ed Daly/ANIMALNewYork)

Check it out in the massive, 260-arists roster of the “Le Luz De Jesus 25th Anniversary Show”, Various Artists, Oct 7-30, Nov 4-27 La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles.

Lance Armstong said he’s retiring (again) after this year’s Tour de France, but this time he means it! The grueling race begins in a few days and in the meantime, Snoop Dogg made this rather surprisingly bizarre send off video for the cycling great.

Snoop Dogg, last seen kicking it with Mike Tyson and the cast of Jersey Shore, was a guest on the Colbert Report last night, where he explained to Stephen how his being a “stoner” is totally legit because he’s got a prescription from a doctor for his weed. He then performed a new track off his latest record.

The interview and performance are below:

This pic of Snoop Dogg and Mike Tyson hanging with Snooki, The Situation, J-Woww and Pauly-D from Jersey Shore was taken backstage at the Spike TV video game awards over the weekend. Good lord this is awesome.

In other Snoop news, he’s is making a guest-starring appearance on an upcoming episode of One Life to Live. The man gets around. |Via Getty|

Poster ads out of Cairo by Lowe Egypt for H2O Audio waterproof iPod cases. Snoop’s surfer caricature is totally (sorry) The Shizzle. The Material Girl’s is…yikes!…not at all flattering. As obsessed as Madonna is with her image, this mocking image by illustrator Mohamed Algendy would not please her Madgesty. Maybe her wishy-washy devotion to Kabbalah is in play here? I’m certain the agency didn’t get Madonna’s or Snoop’s permission to use their likenesses in these ads. Ms Ciccone’s legal sharks—move in for the kill! Previously in unauthorized use of music celebrities in ads: Israeli travel agency foresees the death of Sir Paul McCartney. And Amy Winehouse reincarnated as a sheep. |Images: Ad Blog Arabia|

Yesterday, Snoop Dogg posed with his wax twin at Madame Tussaud’s unveiling in Las Vegas. The weed-loving twitterer is not just the third rapper in the museum’s collection of wax figures, but the only living one as he joins Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur. |Woooha|