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anyone living in the state of Colorado must go see kimEOTOver on the 30th and 1st...and also try to meet anyone taping it and see if you can get your hands on it later...kimock, travis, janover hann....i have the accidental zilla kimock show from last december and its mindblowing shit....and nobody should have to scream at the top of their lungs, somebody for god's sakes dose me!!!!!

Here's a quote from the bassist of Jacob Jazz Fred who's taking over for Tea Leaf Green...he wrote this in response to some complaints about the change that i think is tight

First, Jacob Fred is the greatest band in the history of the universe. I just got word that we are actually Beethoven’s favorite band of all time. Hendrix, too. and Bird. They all like Jacob Fred almost as much as I do. We just confirmed a 20-night run at Carnegie Hall in 2010, and I’m pretty sure the record we’re working on is going to go triple-platinum. For real. I hear you, though. It is, possibly confusing.

Jazz didn’t start out elitist. Originally, it was FOLK music. Made by semi-illiterate accidental-scholars who simply wanted to party and let people party. The fact that the opera houses of 1890’s New Orleans could only afford a single pianist (rather than a full orchestra), who coincidentally had a night gig at a brothel and a buddy in a brass band is a happy accident in the culture, and the upside of the karma of slavery. We are so fortunate that this happened. Elvis, Dylan, and the Beatles were created by SOCIETY to fill the gap that Bird opened. Young people need to dance and get laid, and sing along. Jazz once provided this service. Then it became “higher music.”

We have to worship what is already here. We have to play the music that all people are composing. I believe that Tea Leaf Green does this. I believe Jacob Fred does this. All musicians express the music of all people. Some musicians express the fear and isolation of the socially excluded. some musicians express the joy and comfort of being a tribal people. some musicians express both, because most of us feel both extremes. The RANGE of human experience… this is our subject.

I’ve learned a lot from Mr. Josh Raymer. And I don’t have to tell you that I’ve learned a lot from Mr. Brian Haas and Sean Layton, and Matt Leland, and Jason Smart, Steve Kimock, Robert Walter, Marco Benevento, Matt Chamberlain, Zack Najor, Karl Denson, Skerik, Mike D, the brothers Barr, Stephen Perkins, Joe Russo, Jon Fishman, Peter Apfelbaum, Jamie Janover, Jeff Coffin, my parents & uncles, Peter Tomshany, Annie Ellicot, and a hundred amazing others. Should I not add to this list?

To me, the whole concept of hierarchy is fear-based. The musical continuum is, if anything, a SPHERE…not a line. 3-D, baby! Nothing in front, nothing behind. nothing above, nothing below. it’s all spinning and equal. Plus, in the words of the great John Cage, “A music’s only value is in it’s USE.”

Any thoughts? Let’s blog it down, friends.

love, Reed

and lastly...check out this feature article on jambase w/ Dr. Cornell West.....he really lays it down clean http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?StoryID=12040

"once a pond discovers ripples, could it ever forget these waves?" hornings, 2012

my cousin wrote a book....

my cousin nate, whom many of you have met, wrote a book, got it published and is selling it on amazon.com in mid december and via his website (click title above). its called "the u book." check it if intrested...

love and light,
have a safe break


here is the intro....

I am uneeda. My name is Nathan Pierce. This is my book. I made it
myself. My sister’s guidance and corrections made it bearable to
read. I did not add any parts to make myself look better. I did however,
take out or omit completely, parts that made me look worse.

It is actually two books together. The first book is a compilation of
journal entries of two separate journeys I have made in my life. The
second is a compilation of my poems distributed randomly
throughout. The photos I have taken myself or taken from friends.
They are okay with it.

Put it on a bookshelf. Leave it on your table. No one will think it isn’t
a book. It measures 12” x 9” x 1”. It won’t stop a bullet, but if used
as a coaster it will keep the condensation of a glass of water from
ruining your fine wooden table. You can smush bugs with it, though
my wife discourages that. She believes in the power of life, that we
should not take any life but what can be truly revered.

I am not here to preach. I made this for you, the reader. You are
going to take what you want from it anyway. So take it. It’s yours.
Be fruitful and do long division. I included scriptures from the Bible.
The scriptures are used to emphasize the hope of the poem they
accompany. I did have a scripture for every single poem, but then
realized that maybe only I could see the connection, so only added a
scripture reference, if the connection was clear.

The title is bit unusual. I was going to call it “Jewel, Ri¢h,” in honor
of Richard Jewell. He was the man who said he felt like a hunted
animal when the mass (hysteria) media blamed him for planting a
backpack bomb full of nails at the 2000 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
The only person he could thank for believing in him when the (back
page) story came out that he was actually the man who saved
hundreds of lives by evacuating the area when he saw the bomb,
was his own mother, who never doubted him at all. But I am not
really interested in making social commentary.

In honor of the fragility of life I was going to call it, “Copious
Amounts of Water,” for what it takes to get any of us anywhere. But
if people pick up a book with a title like that and don’t immediately
see hydrological information, the book gets set back down.

To steal a line from the book itself, I was going to call it, “Peace’s in
the Whole of Your Soul.” But with a title like that a book is only
perused by people interested in peace or soul, and I want to
eliminate limitations.
Because of the direction society has taken in regard to life on the
planet, I was going to call it “Before the Dandelions,” in reference to
the noxious weeds being introduced into my country since boats
have sailed the seven seas. How great the place must have been
before cities and roads and telephone poles. But that is just living in
the past.

The life we now have and our attitude toward it is, in some ways,
the amplification of the prayer in our hearts. So I was going to call
it, “What Are You Honoring?” But that is too supercilious. So then I
was going to call it, “What are you, ornery?” because ornery rhymes
with honoring, and attitude is essential in honoring your self. But
that is just silly.

In the end I wanted a book that would not be defined by a time, a
place, or a philosophy. I wanted something simple that did not make
any more out of itself than needed. Something to be held openly, and
set down closedly. I am uneeda, I made it for you, and so that is
what I will call it. The u book.

Celeste

Good morning beautiful people. Here is a link to a song I recently created. Let's do something awsome this weekend. Namaste.


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LCRF63X0

Fore....

Ohh that Mike Kang....

What Will He Do Next?

Tried To Make Him Play Music....

He Says No No No

Whole Earth Films

I highly suggest this website for some really informative, well done videos....There's one about the Second Life which looks really interesting...Here's something I suggest watching, a talk with Francis Fukuyama who wrote an essay in 89 called the "End of History" which nearly served as a bible for neo-conservative agenda...He revisits it in June to clarify what he meant, and what he thinks now, 17 years later and 7 years after the rise of George W. Bush

If you click Open Tools you can go to certain "chapters' of the talk

resonance

dozemay mentioned this video that i found a while ago.... pretty cool


this one is cool too...

ello lo

quick thought...

Early Chinese thought, which led later to Confucism and Taoism, is based in centralized Harmony. This harmony exists all around us and it is our personal responsibility to discover and participate in that harmonious existance. Life, in this thought, is constructed of personal and impersonal forces that function in accordance with interconnected relationships that change in dynamic ways. By understaning the dynamics that outline the interplay and relation of the constant change, we have a window into the truth of the world's existance. With this understanding, we become better equipped to live in true harmony with ourselves, family, nature, society and the universe.
The early chinese interest in astronomy/astrology stemmed from noting the still position of the north star and the change in the constellations that rotate about it. There is a harmonious, dynamic relationship between the relatively still polaris star, and the ever changing universe of cosmic matter around it. The study of the stars is a metaphor for life and a hint at the ways in which to explore deeper understanding.

Thom Yorke--The Eraser

Listen to this album.......over and over and over...........with headphones on.......and your eyes closed. Incredible.

Hillary has a plan!! Give socialized medicine a chance.

If you know you are going to vote anti-bush next year, but that is the only reason you can think of to defend your vote for the Democratic forerunner, than it's time for you to go rent SICKO. Hillary is out there everyday putting herself in the line of fire defending our rights to equal and just medical care.

And if you are leaning towards Obama, don't back down. Stand up for what you believe! Obama can talk the talk and walk the walk, and let me tell you from a female perspective, the man is smooth. Just because he has only been in the Senate for eight years, does not mean he does not have enough experience. Guilani was only mayor of New York for seven years. That's it. That's all of the government experience he's got and it looks like he's got the Republican party wrapped around his 9x11 inch finger. Denver elected a bar-owner (Wynkoop) their mayor. Come on.... I'd be proud to stand behind Obama as he continues to forge his fight for cleaner air and water.

Remember it's really all about the cabinet as they are our "most trusted advisors." We need to start cleaning up this infallable, incomprehesible mess the current administration has drop kicked our @sses into.

Check this out:

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- President Bush vetoed legislation Tuesday funding federal health and education programs, marking the latest turn in an ongoing budget fight with the Democratic-led Congress.
"The bill is nearly $10 billion over the president's request and is filled with 2,000 earmarks. He will call on Congress to take out the pork and reduce the overall spending level and return it to him quickly," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters aboard Air Force One as Bush traveled to Indiana to deliver a speech on the budget.
Democrats said Bush lacks credibility on budget issues. The $606 billion bill -- which would provide funding for the departments of labor, health and human services, and education -- passed the House of Representatives just three votes short of a veto-proof majority.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, D-Wis., said that the package cleared the House with the votes of 50 Republicans and that Bush was playing "pure politics."
"The same president who is asking us to spend another $200 billion on the misguided war in Iraq and is insisting on providing $60 billion in tax cuts next year to folks who make over a million bucks a year, is now pretending to protect the deficit by refusing to provide a $6 billion increase to crucial domestic investments in education, health care, medical research and worker protections that will make this country stronger," Obey said.
Bush also signed into law legislation that funds the Pentagon's $471 billion non-war defense budget.

So in conclusion - GO RENT SICKO - burn copies of it for Christmas and pass it out to all your friends... Hillary has a plan!!

American Indian...Quantum Physics...Life

If anyone watched the Nassim Haramein video or have seen him speak or really have any interest in unified theory this may interest you....I opened up a book called Sacred Hoop the other day and within the first page this is what I found...

"There is a spirit that pervades everything, that is capable of powerful song and radiant movement, and that moves in and out of the mind. The colors of this spirit are multitudinious, a glowing, pulsing rainbow. Old Spider Woman is one name for this quintessential spirit, and Serpent Woman is another, and what they together have made is called Creation, Earth, creatures, plants, and light."

I'm sure we've all seen or heard glimpses of this Native wisdom....those people had it right, its a shame we fucked them, too bad etc, etc....but the way I see it, is enough generations have passed where populations of American people (and lets just forget about that government for now), but American people, who have grown here, on this land and no longer carry prejudice against other types of people. I feel as if this is a relatively new thing, so maybe we are the new, new natives....and with what Nassim is doing in physics, we can probably prove many of the "beliefs" the once noble stewards of this land had.

"Thought woman is not limited to a female role in the total theology of the Keres people. Since she is the supreme Spirit, she is both Mother and Father to all people and to all creatures. She is the only creator of thought, and thought precedes creation."

"The concept of power among tribal people is related to their understanding of the relationship that occur between the human and nonhuman worlds. They believe that all are linked within one vast, living sphere, that the linkage is not material, but spiritual, and that its essense is the power that enables magical things to happen. Among these magical things are transformation of objects from one form to another, the movement of objects from one place to another by teleportation, the curing of the sick (and conversely creating sickness), communication with animals, plants, and nonphysical beings (spirits, katsinas, goddesses, and gods), the compelling of the will of another, and the stealing or storing of souls."

I got extremely stoked after I watched Nassim's speech a couple times, there's another one on Google Video that is worth watching. It really seems to me most of what he says is not too far off in our lifetime, especially because I've had dreams about numerous things he's said.

I guess really what I am trying to get at, is we are all citizens of the world and universe before anything else....this "country" is totally fucking with my head, and maybe its just because its an extremely sick, as in ill, organism...can we make sure the true roots of where we live carry on past the days of the red, white and blue?

Something else, on the post below there is a bit about the Maharishi University of management and they are a school that is continuously practicing what dozemay was saying about that princeton study....all the students and faculty practice trancendental meditation and there's a talk on their video website where their head physicist talks about world peace through this process...i've been thinking more and more about the whole world as this beautiful blue/white light running through everything...i had a dream that i saw this cat that was the form of a cat but just the same blue/white light....cheers everybody, somethin to think about, have a great week

Techgnosis + MUM

Erik Davis writes for Reality Sandwich and has much of his own work...I've been reading his book Techgnosis: myth, magic + mysticism in the age of information and this what he has to say:

"As the authority of Greek rationalism waned, people began fretting over the perennial existential questions: what was the purpose of life, the value of the body, the fate of the earth, the future of civilization? Traditional answers tasted stale, and the power of the old prophets and Rome's state religion sputtered in the face of new (or renewed) religious forces trickling in from the margins of the empire - astrology, Oriental cults, Christianity, apocalyptic prophecies...Helenic Neoplatanism intermingled with Egyptian sorcery, Christianity won its first converts, and pagan philosophers swapped apocalypses with Jewish mystics. Gnostic rumors were whispered in the wings, and even a handful of Buddhist monks dropped some dharma into the stew...But it was the mystery cults centered around gods like Isis and Mithras that broke all attendance records with their promise of esoteric information and ecstatic revelation. These cults possessed many of the same selling points that have lured modern Western seekers to the East: exoticism, a promise of spiritual experience rather than dogma, and an opportunity for religious reinvention in a time of cultural dissolution."

Going back to what dozemay was saying about periods of change, or new ages...This is what occurred according to Davis at the end of the Roman empire....I can't help but feel we are in the same place different time...Who'd have thought this could get more interesting than the 60's... cheers :)

Also, to not create another post...I came across the maharishi university of management a few months back and haven't been back to their site till today...I highly recommend their video page...looks like an amazing place to learn

http://www.mum.edu/videos.html

RFID...in your meds

RFID is no fake: the adoption of radio frequency identification technology in the pharmaceutical supply chain
by David C. Wyld, Michael A. Jones
International Journal of Integrated Supply Management (IJISM), Vol. 3, No. 2, 2007
Abstract: This article examines the adoption of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in the pharmaceutical supply chain to address the unique challenges this industry faces. Two major issues in drug distribution are medical errors in administration of drugs and the recent growth of counterfeit drugs. Due to its promise in addressing these and other issues, the pharmaceutical industry has become a leader in the adoption of RFID technology. Recommendations from Federal and state agencies and mandates from major retailers are discussed, which are influencing the adoption of RFID. The article provides a description of the role RFID technology can play in preventing counterfeit drugs from entering the supply chain and in controlling pharmaceutical stocks in the retail supply chain, in health care facilities and in supplies of sample drugs. It is demonstrated that over the long-term, RFID will be the adopted by the pharmaceutical industry to promote security, safety and efficiency.

I looked this up after a friend told me that the generic aspirn an eastcoast pharmacy like Rite Aid has RFID embedded in it and was not digestable so they could monitor customers....weird

"they must find it difficult those who took the authority as truth as opposed to the truth as the authority..."

Magnets

Hey here's somethin rad, I hope everyone has a great weekend

we are the jewels

The Jewel Net of Indra

"In 1976 during an LSD trip with my husband, Alex, I experienced my body turning into infinite strands of light that were both a fountain and a drain. As I lay meditating next to Alex, I could see that he too had been revealed as a fountain and drain, individual and distinct but connected to my 'energy unit.' I realized that all beings and things were 'blowing off' and 'sucking in' pure energy in an infinite field of confluent effluences. The energy was love, the unifying force. This changed both of our artwork as we felt that we had witnessed the most important thing: a revelation of the grid upon which the fabric of our material reality is draped. Sometime thereafter, I read a quote describing the Jewel Net of Indra. In the abode of Indra, the Hindu God of Space, there is a net that stretches infinitely in all directions. At every intersection of the net there is a jewel so highly polished and perfect that it reflects every other jewel in the net. This description related powerfully to the revelation that we had received while in our altered state. It has been my continuing intention to point to this experience in my artwork." -- Allyson Grey

http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v10n3/index.html

TED talks

there is a conference every year about everything futuristic. it is mostly based around technology, entertainment and design (hence T.E.D.). but it is a great forum for anything from al gore climate speeches to buddhism to space travel, seemingly nothing is left un-addressed (save for maybe LSD).

although this conference is mostly presented and attended by tech companies and big money venture capitalists, i was pleasantly amazed and suprised at their vision for a future which stresses personality, equality and education. these people may seem mainstream and buisnessy but are way out of the box (whatever that box is anyway...) and have some real power in our present world. philanthropic endeavors such as the $100 laptop, an inconvenient truth and google.org, have their roots in this conference.

for some reason i cant embed the videos directly here but the website is definitely worth checking out and consits of seprate speakers and thier topics (the talks are limited to 19mins by the way).

here is the website video page:
http://www.ted.com/talks/browse

here are two of my favs so far:

creativity
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/66

user created content
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/187


"Drink deeply.
Live in serenity and joy.
The wise person delights in the truth
and follows the law of the awakened.

The farmer channels water in his land.
The fletcher whittles his arrows.
And the carpenter turns his wood.
So the wise direct their mind."
- the Dhammapada

Did you feel that?

oh my goodness. I'm reading this new book called Wheels of Life. It is a 'user's guide to the chakra system.' I decided to read it to help me approach my yoga in a new and exciting way and just because I know so little about the chakras and I've always wanted to know more. I'm only in the first chapter, so i'm still a humongous amateur, but I just tried this suggested exercise and it seriously gave me tingles throughout my entire body. You should try it too! it's fun. Here's the excerpt:

"If you would like to experience what a chakra feels like, the following is a simple exercise for opening the hand chakras and experiencing their energy:
[oh, by the way, she discusses how there are 7 main chakras, but that Hindus have discovered many more. the hand chakras are just two of many.]

Extend both arms out in front of you, parallel to the floor with elbows straight.

Turn one hand up and one hand down. Now quickly open and close your hands a dozen times or so.

Reverse your palms and repeat. This opens the hand chakras.

To feel their energy, open your hands and SLOWLY bring your palms together, starting about two feet apart.

When your hands are about four inches apart you should be able to feel a subtle ball of energy, like a magnetic field, floating between your palms. If you tune in closely, you may even be able to feel it spinning.

After a few moments the sensation will subside, but it can be repeated by opening and closing the palms again, as above."


I think it helps if you close your eyes so you can really focus on what you're feeling.
Did you feel it?

For Love

I've done a lot of work with personal essay writing...sort of creative non-fiction work and what that does to us spiritually...i just found this thing I wrote last year that is pretty interesting and i don't really remember writing it which is also interesting...if anyone is interested in this type of work I have a short list of topics and exercises that go into this stuff and would be happy to share

What does it mean to bring my words to the page? What does it mean when I can stream thoughts, conscious thoughts, through my fingers onto the screen? If it flows uninterrupted, is it a clearer depiction of what I think and who I am? Or if I sit, and contemplate, run over different options and possibilities in my head, what does it mean then? Writing is a strange, sort of scary process. It is in a way like visual media and sound, but there are so many gaps in language, especially of the English kind. We cannot really describe what we feel; we cannot truly describe what we saw. Often what we say are mere articulations, or reason-induced speculations. In other words, what truly happened does not always make its way to the page and in that case, what’s the point?

I often find that song and smell bring forth what I see as unprecedented meaning in life. A song or a smell can send a chapter of my life into a new light, that when combined with the present circumstances or knowledge, in turn creates something permanent, like a bookmark in the timeline of earthly existence. I attribute these occurrences to the words of poet W.H. Auden who wrote, “Somewhere are places where we have really been/dear spaces/Of our deeds and faces/scenes we remember/As unchanging because there we changed…” Auden’s words also accomplish this feat, as I can remember distinctly when I first read them. A train started rolling through my mind, taking me back to all these places. Serious places these are in one’s mind, especially if we think too hard.

If I decide to write about such occurrences, the event can sometimes take on different meaning which trickles down into various areas of the life. Writing, unless the words are emitting from the depths of the interior, has become much formalized. We think about the past enough as it is and reflecting on it through analytical means is a difficult and sometimes painful task. Sometimes going back is necessary, but sometimes when we go back we can convince ourselves that it is necessary. If the words fly from the sparkling neurons in my brain, however, I feel as if something true is happening, a voice is coming through and presenting itself in language, because it must. Because it is trying to tell me something about myself and my life, about where the next step lies, and make a record of this divine intervention for a later time when I can look back and see. Nobody likes getting held up on things, but I think we do it to ourselves terribly

The essay can take me so many places, that I feel like it is like a weapon or a drug that can only be used responsibly. If sufficient effort is not given, especially when writing an analytic meditation, the consequence of possible hindrance in personal development can be grave. By sufficient effort I mean, the right basis for the piece, long enough time frame, and ability to revise and look at it when in different states of mind. It’s so strange what our minds can turn out. Our slightly schizophrenic society is a major contributor to this. But what if one could essay the unconscious life? Psychologist Carl Jung talked about the noble attempt of fusing the conscious and unconscious self while investigating our spiritual selves. This whole other world that is so dark and dimly lit in my mind, I think holds some of the greatest mysteries to the meaning of life. Let’s say we essayed an unconscious event, but did not speak of it is an unconscious event, giving it our full attention, and analytic powers in hopes to create some of the same revelations of waking essayist work.

I met a dog one night, a beautiful brown lab. She reminded me of Hershey, Chris’s dog that died a few years back. I was a little tipsy from the party we were having at Chris’s house earlier that afternoon, and this dog’s excitement was too much for me. She was so excited to see and play with me, pacing back and forth, jumping up and down as I got closer. I think it’s so funny how some dogs can smile. I always like those dogs a little bit more than others. Brown lab and I played for a while, smiling and laughing, until a profound compassion began to stir inside me. I suddenly felt like I was in Alaska and hadn’t seen the sun for three months, and now here it was, shining hard and fast from this dog’s big heart. But soon after this feeling arose, a cloud crossed over the sun and a voice came through, telling me she was sick, that she was dying. I grappled with this thought for a moment because she was so lively, so happy. I guess her death did not scare her. She was going to live and play until that moment came, or in other words, dance till the music is over. After this realization, I burst into tears like I hadn’t done since I was a child. With her face cupped in my hands, I looked in her eyes and still saw only joy even in the midst of such saddening news. As I cried, she licked my tears that had fallen from my eyes. Whatever I was experiencing at this moment, was the most powerful emotion I have seen to date, so I want to call it pure love. I’m missing something I realized, and whatever it is, is a truly beautiful thing.

As far as I will ever be able to tell, this dream was real in every aspect, and writing about it cast it in stone. Writing about it moved me forward in some sense, which is my biggest goal of all. Rather than dwelling on something of my past that I know happened, this event of neither past nor future, carried symbolic meaning like that of the song or smell or poem. In a certain sense, the power of this event and the reflection of it are ‘unreasonable’. I cannot use my intellectual strength to fully comprehend every aspect of it, but I can feel it, deep in my bones every time I recall that beautiful incident.

I think when writing in this nature, much more can be brought to light, but I am going to have to wait and see what life brings my way before I can make any conclusions. “I just don’t know,” I’ve grown to realize, through the writing process, is one of the most honorable answers there is. Either way, as wise woman once told me, “The art of the personal essay, this genre, is for love’s sake.” It seems this couldn’t be closer to the truth.

weed good?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,308258,00.html

according to the above link, marijuana use alone in switzerland is better for teens than abstaining, or using a combo of ganja and ciggies across categories like friendship, sports, and good grades.
an american doctor quoted tries to repeatedly throw the test results out of the story in the article tho... but the findings are interesting none the less (plus its an article in foxnews?)