It’s nice when your musical heroes dig your political heroes and luckily and as a liberal I get to experience this quite often because artistic types tend to be political liberals due to the empathy that comes naturally with being an artist. And of course empathy usually leads to liberal political views because it allows [...]

“Do You Realize?” by The Flaming Lips (who formed in Oklahoma City in the early 1980s) is set to become the “official rock song” of Oklahoma despite some opposition from some truly idiotic conservatives (yes, “idiotic conservatives” does seem somewhat redundant at this point.) These fellas are opposed to “Do You Realize?” because of lead [...]

More marijuana radio on Last.FM, but this time I got my brand new fancy headphones, some good stuff to make things more appropriate, and some good news about Senator Jim Webb of Virginia “putting marijuana legalization on the table.” Tagged “marijuana” on Last.FM: Kottenmouth Kings – “All About the Weed” Their Last.FM page says that [...]

I love the “tags” on Last.FM, they allow people to tag songs, albums, and artists with any tag they want. Over time those tags accumulate and you can play back a “radio station” based on whatever tag you want. Today I’ve decided to see what music people have tagged “marijuana” by playing the “marijuana” radio [...]