Psionic Dehiscence – Playlist: October 9, 2009

PJ Harvey / Yuri-G / Rid Of Me
The Sugarhill Gang / Rapper's Delight / The Essentials: The Sugarhill Gang
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five / White Lines / Rhino Hi-Five: Party Songs Blender - EP
Liquid Liquid / Cavern / Liquid Liquid
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock / It Takes Two / Profilin' the Hits
Collins, Lyn / Think (About It) / James Brown's Funky People
Biz Markie / Let Go My Eggo / I Need A Haircut
Allen Toussaint / Louie / From a Whisper to a Scream
Gravediggaz / Constant Elevation / 6 Feet Deep
The Beastie Boys / Shadrach / Paul's Boutique
James Brown / Funky Drummer (Parts 1 & 2) / The Millennium Collection: The Best of James Brown & Friends, Vol. 3

Ultramagnetic MC's / Critical Beatdown / Critical Beatdown
Wesley, Fred & The J.B.'s / If You Don't Get It The First Time, Back Up And Try It Again, Party / James Brown's Funky People
Public Enemy / Cold Lampin' With Flavor / It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
The Chakachas / Jungle Fever / Single
De La Soul / Magic Number / 3 Feet High And Rising
Johnny Cash / Five Feet High and Rising / The Essential
A Tribe Called Quest / Can I Kick It? / People's Instinctive Travels And Paths Of Rhythm
Lou Reed / Walk On The Wild Side / Walk On The Wild Side - The Best Of Lou Reed

NaS / One Love / Illmatic
The Heath Brothers / Smilin' Billy Suite Part 2 /
Wu-Tang Clan / C.R.E.A.M. / Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
The Charmels / As Long As I've Got You / Stax/Volt - The Complete Singles 1959-1968 - Volume 9
Jay Dee aka J Dilla / Lightworks / Donuts
Raymond Scott / Lightworks / Recipe for Tasty Donuts
Mos Def / Casa Bey / The Ecstatic
Banda Black Rio / Casa Forte / Maria Fumaca

New iPhone Calcultor App Censors Naughty "Calculator Words"

Thanks goodness for corporate citizenship:

"Nothing has haunted the American people like the knowledge that parents may be sending their children to schools in which, with a press of few buttons and some crafty calculator flipping, youngsters could be exposed to numbers that vaguely resemble the word “BOOBIES.”

Personally, I prefer "BOOBLESS" but that's just a matter of taste. Good to see we're being protected from ourselves.

Playlist: Psionic Dehiscence - October 2, 2009

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PJ Harvey / Yuri-G / Rid Of Me
The Cure / Killing An Arab / Boys Don't Cry
The Velvet Underground / The Murder Mystery / The Velvet Underground

Negativland / The Gun And The Bible / Free
Vicki Lawrence / The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia / The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia
Violent Femmes / Country Death Song / Hallowed Ground
House of Freaks / When the Hammer Came Down / Hi-Five: House of Freaks - EP
Raymond And Peter / I Am A Killin' Muthafucker (Directed At Eddie Lee) / Shut Up Little Man
Tom Waits / Murder In The Red Barn / Bone Machine
The Rolling Stones / Midnight Rambler / Let It Bleed
Guided By Voices / The Singing Razorblade / Hardcore UFOs: Demons & Painkillers (singles and EPs)
The Breeders / Happiness Is A Warm Gun / Pod

Swans / A Hanging / Public Castration Is A Good Idea

Talking Heads / Psycho Killer / Stop Making Sense
Morrissey / The Last Of The Famous International Playboys / Bona Drag
Jarvis Cocker / I Will Kill Again / Jarvis
Sufjan Stevens / John Wayne Gacy, Jr. / Illinois
Elliott Smith / Son of Sam (Acoustic) / Happiness Single
Siouxsie & The Banshees / Helter Skelter / The Scream

Spacemen 3 / Suicide / Playing With Fire

Jelly Roll Morton / Real Tough Boys / Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax
Blind Willie McTell / Dying Crapshooter's Blues / Atlanta Twelve String CBGB
Lead Belly / Where Did You Sleep Last Night / Absolutely The Best
The Kingston Trio / Tom Dooley / The Best of the Kingston Trio
Johnny Cash / Folsom Prison Blues / Destination Victoria Station
Woody Guthrie / 1913 Massacre / The ASCH Recordings, Vol. 3
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / Red Right Hand / Murder Ballads

Weekly Weed News Hits the Big Time

The cover story for the September 15 issue of Fortune magazine is called "How Marijuana Became Legal" and features a straightforward, clear-eyed assessment of the American marijuana economy. It also touches on several of the items we've covered on Weekly Weed News over the past year. For example:

"In California...A legalization bill has been introduced in the state legislature, and the state board of equalization has estimated that if passed, it would bring in $1.4 billion in new revenue, a seemingly conservative estimate."

"After rigorous testing, the FDA found THC to be safe and effective for the treatment of nausea, vomiting, and wasting diseases. This lawful, Schedule II drug, trade-named Marinol, is taken orally, by capsule."

"The best-known is Oaksterdam University, which trains medical cannabis entrepreneurs to navigate the business and legal challenges."





Then there's Marie Claire, which published a story called "Stiletto Stoners" about educated, professional women who relax with a joint instead of a glass of wine at the end of a hard day:

"She twists off the cap, pinches off a piece of the fragrant green bud inside, gingerly places it in the bowl of the pipe, and lights up. Over the next 30 minutes, she takes three deep drags, enough to drown out the noise whirring in her head. Then she eats."

That sounds about right. Good to see mainstream press actually addressing the nation's millions of marijuana users as grown-ups. Now about that drug war...

We Won't Have Ted Williams Head to Kick Around Anymore...

The cryogeniclly preserved head of baseball legend Ted Williams has seen better days. Not only because it's been on ice since 2002--additionally, "tiny pieces of frozen head" have been chipped off the old block:

"...as another Alcor employee removed Williams' head from the freezer with a stick, and tried to dislodge the tuna can by swinging at it with a monkey wrench."

Not many news stories feature a tuna can and a monkey wrench. That's like batting .400.