PJ- why did you drown your voice out behind subway noise instead of sharing your actual point of view with us? Would you be willing to publish your viewpoint(s) separately, perhaps to paid subscribers?
Musical auto/biographies are my absolute fave! It's not a memoir but I constantly recommend The Fabulous Sylvester by Joshua Gamson. Cyndi Lauper's book is a surprisingly great read, Mo' Meta Blues by Questlove, Rat Girl by Kristen Hirsh, and Bobby Womack's My Story.
This is the sort of episode I love. It shows me why something that seems easy to answer is actually incredibly complicated. The idea of needing more police enforcement after legalizing vs just letting unlicensed go is so difficult to figure out.
If anything it shows the disfunction of procedures designed around identity and "justice".
I am hoping that the stuff that was drowned out by the subway was something along those lines:
Making stuff legal that was illegal and doing an amnesty on crimes of possession should be good enough. Making it even more complicated than whatever California did but without any policing did defies common sense. There can be no justice or legal market if illegal behaviour is not sanctioned. This has nothing to do with being white/brown/black whatever.
The new intoxicating substances need to be to be regulated to fit in with previously legal intoxicating substances.
The NOFX memoir is one of the most unvarnished autobiographies I’ve read. Really good.
If I had to pick just one other music biography, it would be Just Kids by Patti Smith. It is as much about NYC in the 70s as it is about Smith.
Others I’ve enjoyed:
- Beasties Boys Book by Mike D. Audio version is great!
- Acid for the Children by Flea. About his life before the RHCP.
- Without You by Anthony Rapp
- Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon
PJ- why did you drown your voice out behind subway noise instead of sharing your actual point of view with us? Would you be willing to publish your viewpoint(s) separately, perhaps to paid subscribers?
Musical auto/biographies are my absolute fave! It's not a memoir but I constantly recommend The Fabulous Sylvester by Joshua Gamson. Cyndi Lauper's book is a surprisingly great read, Mo' Meta Blues by Questlove, Rat Girl by Kristen Hirsh, and Bobby Womack's My Story.
This is the sort of episode I love. It shows me why something that seems easy to answer is actually incredibly complicated. The idea of needing more police enforcement after legalizing vs just letting unlicensed go is so difficult to figure out.
Thanks for this episode.
If anything it shows the disfunction of procedures designed around identity and "justice".
I am hoping that the stuff that was drowned out by the subway was something along those lines:
Making stuff legal that was illegal and doing an amnesty on crimes of possession should be good enough. Making it even more complicated than whatever California did but without any policing did defies common sense. There can be no justice or legal market if illegal behaviour is not sanctioned. This has nothing to do with being white/brown/black whatever.
The new intoxicating substances need to be to be regulated to fit in with previously legal intoxicating substances.
Would I still enjoy the NOFX autobiography if I don’t listen to their music? The title alone is captivating
So interesting! Thank you for sharing these.
Because the people that were supposed to do the right thing fell asleep at the switch.
And for me (a little old lady) I’d have to queue up for hours at the legal spot with a medical script to get an ounce.