You really want to read a track called “Go Left” as a protest song (also does its cover art not look like a political poster?). Listen to the lyrics: “Yeah, I said fuck the papers, I said fuck the news / It makes me feel frustrated when they take me for a fool….You better run, better leave this place / Get lost and go a different way / Head for the sun, you’re so outer space / When the man’s getting on your case” — the speaker has had enough of the BS in establishment world and wants to peace out to an alternate anarchist galaxy, but the only practical direction to turn is, well, left. (Anyone else feel this way?) No matter how you read the lyrics, keep listening when the track is up– the other songs on this EP are delightful. Poke Bowl is worth a listen for the title alone, and the title track, “Tryin’,” is powerful and soulful and great. My weekend gift to you.

Good luck taking advantage of the weed emporium– Las Vegas still has nowhere to legally consume marijuana in public. While it’s totally legal to possess and consume, the only sanctioned usage site is a private home, meaning tourists are all set up to get tickets or even nights in jail when they smoke up in casinos, on the sidewalk, or in hotel rooms. Which kind of makes you wonder if the big weed store is just for show? Seems pretty out of character for Vegas.

A reader named Rebecca wrote to me recently to say she’s working with her college friends from Boulder on a CBD brand called Cured Nutrition, which is already distributed at a bunch o fancy wellness places in NYC (Brodo, Chillhouse, etc.). She shared some with me and, as promised, it’s good. They have a bunch of offerings in various concentrations, including tinctures (which taste totally fine!), spices, cinnamon sugar, and— wait for it— cookie dough. You can actually feel the effects of their formulation, and mine so far have included adding a cushion of patience to my inner monologue. Worthwhile? Very. Give it a try and get 10% off with the code LOREM.