The second NoFx song in my NLADP series (first one here), this one arguing against marijuana prohibition via the principles of self-ownership and personal autonomy. Lyrical excerpt below:
Why be sad when happiness can be bought for a little more then free
Modern day prohibition
Are we men? Are we children?
At what age can I choose how to [...]
A message of self-affirmation, free speech and anti-conscription.
Eminem - Square Dance
Given the holiday, this week’s NLADP pick, “Soldier’s Blues” by Topp Gun, is quite appropriate:
Topp Gun - Soldier’s Blues
Like it?…d/l the entire compilation for free here. You’ll notice a past NLADP pick came from it as well.
Remember the punk/ska movement of the late ’90s? I was in high school and it was a pretty big deal. Definitely the trendiest music-wave I’ve ever lived through and I, yes, I embraced it…with blind, groundless elitism.
An odd psychology, indeed…one that celebrated its underground quality, its exclusiveness, in a totally ostentatious manner. I mean, I [...]
This weekend’s choice was found with great ease…by typing “libertarian” and “song” in youtube’s search box. Ha!
According to this website, the music video won the Critic’s Choice Award at the 2006 Florida Music Festival.
Huh…Florida as an artistic sanctuary for libertarians? I never knew.
Matt Ames—Who
Finally, I explain the seemingly nebulous Nietzschian reference. Whoo! Actually, as it turns out, I had already explained it long ago. From a religious studies paper I wrote in 2005 for Robert Williams (my fav professor at UIC):
…life’s ultimate spheres of expression…the two fundamental drives that govern the world. These drives or spheres–inherently opposed to [...]
Fine! I’ll go halfway…
Nietzsche on song and dance via The Birth of Tragedy:
In song and in dance man expresses himself as a member of a higher community; he has forgotten how to walk and speak; he is about to take a dancing flight into the air…He feels himself a god, he himself now walks about [...]
This week’s pick reminds me of two things: high school and this reason article. Oi! Oi!
NOFX — The Marxist Brothers
Whew. I’ve been way busy folks. So you can guess what that means for my weekend “Nietzsche loves a dance party” post: half ass quality. Oh yeah!
So, alas, I’m evading elucidation of my Nietzschian reference for another week. And my blog will suffer the consequence of–horrors of horrors–even less traffic.
In any case, while it’s certainly [...]
The dance party. Get a bunch of 20-somethings together with lots of booze on a Friday or Saturday night and–almost like clockwork–a dance party will break out. Doesn’t matter the location–club, house party or a sparsely-attended get-together–at some point between 11pm and 3am, a dance party will form. I’m pretty sure its instinctual.
And I couldn’t [...]
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