Kansas City 4/20 Playlist: Soundtrack For Legal Weed Era

For those late night and early morning news junkies . . . We share one more hit of from the local discourse.

TONIGHT OUR TKC PLAYLIST SHARES SOME OF OUR FAVORITE WEED TUNES NOW THAT MISSOURI WEED ISN'T JUST LEGAL BUT THE BIGGEST BIZ AGRICULTURE BOOM IN MODERN HISTORY!!!

Our metro situation is complex for a lot of reasons . . .

The Kansas side remains stuck in 1955 and committed to miss out on EPIC profits & revenue whilst most of their residents in the most populous areas sneak over to the Missouri side to indulge.

So far, thankfully, neither reefer madness nor cartel control has hit Missouri given BILLIONS in legal weed sold.

A news headline to chronicle the progress . . . 

KMBC: As marijuana remains illegal in Kansas, Missouri has hit $2.3 billion in sales

But constant news readers know as much and tonight at www.TonysKansasCity.com we merely serve to share some of the campy weed culture that accompanies this historic trend . . .

Let's get started . . .

Afroman's "Because I Got High" is an anthem of sorts. But even casual listeners will notice warnings about consequences of the stoner lifestyle.

Brewer And Shipley's "One Toke Over The Line" is one of our faves and a smooth music classic from 1971 and reminds us that weed culture is older than most modern-day parents attempting to justify their hypocrisy and spin some kind of life lesson.

For Gen-Xers counting the time until the half-century mark hits . . . There's a very silly musical debate over an 80s-era classic "Pass The Dutchie" by Musical Youth. Pure souls and white women claim that the song is about a cooking pot — A musical tribute to a humble but fulfilling home life. Everybody else understands the double entendre and remembers this song was one of the many moments when our parents started feeling old because they couldn't decipher any of the lyrics.

A hack might go with a Cheech & Chong reference or maybe even a Santana riff for this section of the playlist. However, we think a quick verse from Cypress Hill offers a better glimpse at Latino influence on weed culture and how that started to gain traction and dominate American culture in the 1990s.

Finally, we honor a reader request and conclude with some of Bob Dylan's best work that not only challenged the establishment but also cleverly & clandestinely acknowledged the futility of protest culture.

As always, thanks for reading this week and have a safe & fun Saturday night.