Audio: Chet Baker | Leaving
Chet Baker was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the “Prince of Cool”.
Matthew J. Parker: The Era of Idiocy
I did over a decade in jails and prisons because a squad of Pence-like puritans felt it immoral of me to get high on anything other than the drooling drunkenness of alcohol, an endeavor not only baldly hypocritical but so too borderline absurd; a worldwide farce manifesting in the militarization of both the cartels and the police, all of which, of course, was and is more great news for arms dealers.
David Ades: Nothing and Everything
Man, what an induction you gave me,
rolling that joint of fresh Sumatran grass
on the little deck of a longhouse
overlooking Lake Toba
Edward Harkness: My Father’s Uncles Doing Time
Their sorry, sorry asses. Bad year, 1929.
Neither one is yet 30 in the grim prison photos
I received from the state archives.
Wendy Mnookin: Celebration
I’ll fill my wedding vase
with deep-veined lilies, harlot asters,
pollen will dust the table
where I mass them every week.
Mike Schneider: Drugs, Murder, Nazi Porn & German Music
Historical awareness is part of being a responsible human being. Yes. Still, there are some things you know you know and yet don’t really want to talk about with friends — or, often, that you mostly think they don’t really want to hear about from you, at least not as much as it’s on your mind.
Audio: Gil Scott-Heron | Home Is Where the Hatred Is
Home is where the needle marks
Try to heal my broken heart
Citing Failed War on Drugs, World Leaders Call for Widespread Decriminalization
Global commission condemns “harsh measures grounded in repressive ideologies.” “The international drug regime is broken,” reads the report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy, whose members include former Secretary-General … Continue reading
How I Escaped the Drug-Sniffing Dog from Holland and Other Tales of the Night
Originally posted on Shenandoah Breakdown:
When we heard that Souled Out was providing the music at last month’s National Night Out activities at the gazebo, we decided right away to…
Video: America’s prisons are broken. Just ask John Oliver and several puppets.
America has more people in prison than any country in the history of the world. How could things have gone so wrong?
