{Tuesday, May 29, 2007}
 John Lennon would have turned 67 in 2007. If alive, he could well be at the forefront of bringing peace to Darfur, where more than half a million have died from violence and disease during four years of rebel discord. So to create awareness of the ongoing conflict, Amnesty International (with permission from Yoko Ono) has mined Lennon's solo work and rounded up nearly two dozen current artists to reinterpret the music, which spans the ex-Beatle's entire post-band catalog (plus a pair from while the Fab Four were still in business). Release Date: June 2, 2007 Jackson Browne singing, "Oh, My Love" should be amazing. [cringe] who in the world says "Fab Four"? [/cringe] link  Stumble It!
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{Wednesday, May 02, 2007}
 Four Dead In OhioSandra, Bill, Allison and Jeffrey "RIGHT HERE, GET SET, POINT, FIRE!" Kent State Audio Tape Released Click here for audio file Thirty seven years ago on May 4, 1970, an anti-war student demonstration at Kent State University, Ohio, left four students dead. I was a senior in high school and the news slapped me across the face. I watched the guardsmen shoot down these college kids for peacefully protesting against the war. Can you imagine how that would play out today with our 24 hour news saturation? It was easy to be pissed off and angry at police and lawmakers when they were sending my friends off to war and now killing those left behind. If you weren't already radically involved with change, Kent State was going to change you. "Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,  Kent State: May 1-4,1970 Why the Protest began Nixon announced a troop offensive into Cambodia on April 30, and said going into Cambodia was necessary to "win the peace". But it was really an escalation of war into another country we had no business being in. (sounds familiar) When the the fires from the artillery began to burn in Cambodia, a raging fire of protest spread across the US, especially on college campuses. There wasn't much protesting in the streets until the students got fired up. Students were the nucleus of protest back then as many demonstrations and marches were born there. This day is as important to me as any other day in history. There would be no turning back now in our rage against war. Remember Kent State. Labels: antiwar, Kent_State, peace Stumble It!
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{Friday, April 20, 2007}
 SDSers note: Elaine, Tom and Ben are MDS activists from NYC...Barbara is a member of the Granny Peace Brigade and Sally is chair of Peace Action New York State. Support The Fossella Five! Read about the case at www.fossellafive.org There IS resistance to the oily politicians and their endless wars, even in New York's "forgotten borough". Elaine Brower, Tom Good, Sally Jones, Ben Maurer and Barbara Walker were arrested on March 23, 2007 in Congressman Vito Fossella's office. Their crime? Reading the names of the (US) war dead aloud and demanding a meeting with their representative so they might discuss the extreme positions he holds on the Iraq War. These 5 activists are charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespass. They are demanding Fossella drop all charges and agree to a meeting. Show your support - tell Fossella to drop the charges and meet with his constituents. Sign the online petition: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/fossfive/petition.html Stumble It!
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{Sunday, April 15, 2007}
 OPIUM MAGAZINE, now in beta, has a 4/20 launch in San Francisco with more elements to soon follow. "We wanted Opium to be an undeniable destination spiked with whimsy and intrigue, an irresistible daily must-see that trumps life's daily sobriety. A you've-gotta-see /read /hear-this! destination for 15 minutes or less of daily peace, laughs and absurditude. Opium Den expands beyond Opium's Magazine. We're now at the helm of a multi-media publication that adds horsepower to the written word. We'll soon roll out our virtual art gallery (Opium Studio), followed by our virtual theater (Opium Live), but today we blast off with the next generation of Opium Magazine. Our new look comes with higher standards. Here is our guarantee: we will feature only the most mind-bending, ocean-moving work, outdoing even the masterful craftsmanship that now fills our print issues, and has long filled our website. For that, we need your help: your podcasts, your paintings, your short films, your stories. We're thrilled by the possibilities. link You had me at Opium Stumble It!
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{Friday, March 16, 2007}
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Live from the electronic teat..... the Anti-War edition * On March 19 the fifth year of the illegal, immoral, disastrous war in Iraq will begin. Activists across the country are mobilizing to mark the occasion with demonstrations, vigils and direct actions from Friday March 16 through Tuesday March 20. Add your voice to the rising call for peace: right here * Congress is expected to vote on the bill to suspend operations at the SOA/WHINSEC in as early as May 2007. April will be a critical time for us to organize and make our voices heard. This April 25-27, SOA Watch activists will organize local public fasts and events throughout the United States to educate the general public and members of Congress on the SOA/WHINSEC issue. link * Activists 'Purify' Site After Bush Visit link * 20 Arrested At SDS New York Counter Recruitment Action - link * Do you have a protest or topical song available on the web? As of today Neil Young's Living With War website has 1430 song listings. Send your song link to: songs@lwwtoday.com * Sign The Petition - The US Copyright Office has released their new set of rates for the payment of royalties by Internet Radio -- royalty rates so high that they will put RP and every other US-based indie webcaster out of business. Quote For Today "Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war." --Martin Luther King, Jr. Stumble It!
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{Monday, February 26, 2007}
 More on the sudden demise of Arthur Magazine Arthur was oversized, free, colorful, patchouli-scented but whip-smart, unapologetically political, sometimes silly, often anarchist and always willing to listen to voices way, way outside the mainstream. Above all, it was prophetic, usually about two years ahead of the rest of the country in its loves and obsessions. But in the end, there just wasn't enough peace and love to go around. "The magazine can't be restarted," Babcock said. "It's a done deal. It's dead. The situation can't be unfucked."link Labels: counterculture, peace, underground news, webzines Stumble It!
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{Friday, February 02, 2007}
Blogged with Flock Labels: events, inbox, lsd, music, peace, poetry, radical_ideas, underground news Stumble It!
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{Thursday, February 01, 2007}
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GAIA MEDIA NEWSLETTER  As individuals, collectives, and a species we are heir to a living library far older than the Sun, and we were born to enjoy, celebrate and preserve our personal and unitive rights and expressions of access. A few thousand years ago, there was an accident — and the road to the library disappeared. That road is open again. link ~ DEDROIDIFICATION ~ It's high time you broaden your cute little close-minded reality tunnel if you think wonder only exists in fiction -- let me tell you a fantastic story, a history -- welcome to operation mindfuck link Ibogaine - Rite of Passage is a documentary project about the use of Ibogaine for the treatment of addiction and its spiritual background. CoverPop - This is truly a digital archivist's dream: data displayed in a way that is both aesthetically pleasing and informative." --Annalee Newitz / Wired.com. Lots of fun! I like the musical instruments. **NOTE: I had to turn OFF my pop-up blocker for this site** The Strange, Harrowing Journeys of Free Energy Activists - The human journey hangs in the balance today. Humanity is very capable of destroying modern civilization and even most of life on earth. We are also quite capable of turning earth into a heavenly place where we all live in beauty, peace and plenty. The crux of the situation relies in great measure on real economics, and energy has always been the underlying basis for all economies for all time. Wade Frazier "I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world." - that underpin evolution.--Richard Dawkins The God Delusion part 1 The Virus of Faith part 2 Hubble Deep Field - Representing a narrow "keyhole" view stretching to the visible horizon of the universe, the Hubble Deep Field image covers a speck of the sky only about the width of a dime 75 feet away.(all links via Gaia Media News, a monthly newsletter.) Labels: addiction, documentary, gaia, gaimedianews, ibogaine, peace, youtube, zen Stumble It!
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 Molly Ivins, Columnist, Dies at 62Molly Ivins, the liberal newspaper columnist who delighted in skewering politicians and interpreting, and mocking, her Texas culture, died yesterday in Austin. She was 62. Ms. Ivins waged a public battle against breast cancer after her diagnosis in 1999. Betsy Moon, her personal assistant, confirmed her death last night. Ms. Ivins died at her home surrounded by family and friends. link We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war. Raise hell. Think of something to make the ridiculous look ridiculous. Make our troops know we're for them and trying to get them out of there. Hit the streets to protest Bush's proposed surge. If you can, go to the peace march in Washington on January 27. We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding, "Stop it, now!" linkOne hellraising writer and feminist is gone far too soon and I already miss her. Labels: feminist, liberal, loss, Molly_Ivins, peace, politics, protest, Texas Stumble It!
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{Monday, January 15, 2007}
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Martin Luther King Day Do you realize he was assassinated at the age of 39? In my opinion, he went right into the heart of prejudiced Birmingham, Alabama, where "...there had been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than in any other city in the nation"to try and talk with city officials about racism. "...when you take a cross-county drive and find it necessary to sleep night after night in the uncomfortable corners of your automobile because no motel will accept you; when you are humiliated day in and day out by nagging signs reading "white" and "colored"; when your first name becomes "nigger," your middle name becomes "boy" (however old you are) and your last name becomes "John," and your wife and mother are never given the respected title "Mrs."; when you are harried by day and haunted by night by the fact that you are a Negro, living constantly at tiptoe stance, never quite knowing what to expect next, and are plagued with inner fears and outer resentments; when you no forever fighting a degenerating sense of "nobodiness" then you will understand why we find it difficult to wait. There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair. I hope, sirs, you can understand our legitimate and unavoidable impatience."If you can imagine that this being the mentality of our country back then, imagine also how liberating it was to have a man like Dr Martin Luther King, Jr take up the banner on racism and prejudice in America. It was a very beautiful thing. Labels: Martin Luther King, peace Stumble It!
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{Saturday, December 30, 2006}
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saturday morning me//  wokeup/fellouttabed/draggedacombacrossmyhead/ daughter texting/husband twisting/j-on his mac/ k-on her cell/mom's sipping espress-ieio/ waiting for my yayas, uh-huh/ everyone's all plugged in one way or the other/ holiday hangover/must.begin.healthy.regimen.stat/ listening: intervention by the arcade fire-wow!/ so what about you?/ * Banksy Opens Xmas Shop - Banksy said: "I felt the spirit of Christmas was being lost. It was becoming increasingly uncommercialised and more to do with religion, so we decided to open our own shop and sell pointless stuff." link * Hangman, hangman, upon your face a smile * George W. Bush QUOTES: "I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace." Labels: peace, Saturday Morning Me, Skyler Stumble It!
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{Saturday, December 23, 2006}
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Hope you had a scintillating Solstice A delightful Yule May your mirth be multi-orgasmic Your visions vibrant Your glee glorious Your festivities fulfilling And your halls decked with Love and Peace. Stumble It!
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{Monday, December 11, 2006}
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Winter Solstice Celebrations It's not too soon to think about Winter Solstice celebrations, which are increasingly becoming more popular. (If you really want to go old school, see Saturnalia.) Some people do this in addition to their usual Christmas traditions. Some have the celebration of Jesus birth assimilated into the Winter Solstice. And some are just tired of the whole cheesy commercialism of Christmas that concentrates more on enriching the retailers and stressing us all that they wish to try something different. It depends on what you want to get back from this season. Love? Peace? Presents? Do you want to honor it with a religious experience? And which one? Should you feed your spirituality in a more earth-based way, leave out the whole biblical aspect, or celebrate your usual family traditions? And what about the children? How does a Buddhist couple with Protestant parents and Pagan kids celebrate the holidays? We manage to do our own thing and also honor our family's way of celebrating by finding something we all can relate to. One thing is we all celebrate the Winter Solstice and continue through New Year's Eve: 12th Night. We build a bonfire, (my husband's favorite part) and a Yule log is taken from that to the indoors where it (and more firewood) burns until the 12th Night. Then you spread the ashes on the field or garden on the first day of the year (which get into Compitalia). In those 12 days there's also a procession, gift-giving, (a little gift each day) bells, singing, paying it forward, feasting, prayers and much more but this is getting a little long. Winter Solstice for 2006 will occur in North America on December 21, Thursday. The precise time depends on your time zone. In PST, it will be 4:22 pm; in EST, 7:22 pm. Related Resources * Solstice Planning Guide for the home and outdoors. * Winter Solstice Religious Celebrations * Sew seeds for Winter Solstice. * Saturnalia  In the midst of winter I found there was within me an invincible summer. ~Albert Camus Stumble It!
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{Saturday, December 09, 2006}
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saturday morning me// man, o' man, ees cold--8° in the hills this morning/ hope my car had enough antifreeze in it/ sipping hot tea & not sipping a biscuit/ candles burning/sage smoldering/ listening to: xumantra--bowls, bells, gongs/ i lit a candle for those who dread the holiday season/ to offer lightbeams for your peace of mind/ so what about you? Stop thinking, and end your problems. --Lao Tzu Labels: peace, Saturday Morning Me Stumble It!
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{Tuesday, December 05, 2006}
 W E B T R A I L* See The Night Sky @ SkyTonight.com. Have you seen the moon lately? Wow! * Dec 5, Tuesday in Celestial Timings: The still nearly full Lunar Standstill Moon is crossing the center point of the Galactic Edge as it moves into Cancer. This is what is referred to as the ?out of bounds? Moon and it is transmitting energies from beyond our galactic realm. This suggests we are receiving a whole new download of inter-galactic information and vibrational frequency that is beyond the bounds of our ordinary reality. Greater ease in assimilating these energies occurs when we consciously engage our thoughts and actions releasing attachment to results and limiting beliefs about who we are. See more on the Galactic Edge and the Lunar Standstill at Shamanic Astrology. * A Stunning New Look At Déjà Vu at Science Daily describes an ongoing thesis that involves in part a study on a blind person. Fascinating read. * I keep reading glowing reviews about The Fountain. Angela-Eloise has discovered the same thing. Sounds pretty good. * More on Firefox Tweaks here. See Screenshot Firefox Extensions * Whole Lotta CDs - Robert Plant's new 9-cd package. If you liked "Kashmir", and I happen to think it's his strong suit, this is for you. * Today in Peace & Justice History, December 5: 1000 antiwar protestors try to close NYC induction center; 585 arrested including Allen Ginsberg and Dr. Benjamin Spock. (1967) * Greatest Hits - Satirical Living Will Labels: antiwar, music, peace, Robert Plant Stumble It!
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{Monday, December 04, 2006}
 This Week in Peace & Justice History is a collection designed to help us appreciate the fact that we are part of rich history advocating peace and social justice. While the entries often focus on large and dramatic events there are so many smaller things done everyday to promote peace and justice.Sign up for weekly Peace History Newsletter December 4, 1969 President Richard Nixon, Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew, and 40 U.S. governors embarked on a fact-finding mission to discover the causes of the generation gap. They viewed films of "simulated acid trips" and listened to hours of "anti-establishment rock music." December 4, 1968 264 were arrested at a military induction center in New York City during War Resisters League civil disobedience action. December 4, 1916 Five members of a woman's suffragist group unrolled a banner from the visitor's gallery during President Wilson's annual message (state of the union) to Congress, asking, "Mr. President, What will you do for woman suffrage?" There was no mention of the issue in his speech. December 4, 1833 The American Anti-Slavery Society was formed by Arthur Tappan in Philadelphia. He and his brother Lewis were active abolitionists throughout their lives, including providing legal defense for the Africans who mutinied on the slave ship Amistad. December 4, 1970 Cesar Chavez was sentenced to 20 days in jail for refusing to call off United Farm Workers? consumer boycott of lettuce. December 4, 1980 United Nations agreed to establish the University of Peace and a short wave radio station, Radio Peace International, in Costa Rica. link Stumble It!
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{Tuesday, November 28, 2006}
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Webtrail | November 28  Thich Nhat Hanh's Walking Meditation - Can you walk your way to a calmer mind, more resilient heart, and kinder soul? Walking Meditaion, a book CD/DVD set featuring Zenmaster Thich Nhat Hanh, and dharma teacher and principle author Anh-Huong ushered readers into becoming "fully present and alive with every step, filling each moment with peace and joy." link * Syd Barrett - A public look (You Tube) at the now-for-sale home of the late Syd Barrett, at 6 St. Margaret's Square in Cambridge. This link probably won't be up much longer, but you can check out the array of his possessions up for bid this Wednesday; includes a variety of his bright colored, hand-painted furniture, a fake Christmas tree, notebooks and more. [via] * President Bush Promises To Kill More American Troops, Ejaculate Into Iraqi Vagina: link * Protest News - Police are to demand new powers to arrest protesters for causing offence through the words they chant and the slogans on their placards and even headbands. link  * Absinthe Spoons might be a nice gift for someone this season. Or the whole set of glass, spoon, sugar cubes. I may snap some up for myself. I have several absinthe glasses and zero spoons. link* Quote Of The Day: What's the last thing you saw on Broadway? (the Dylan musical) "The Times They are A-Changin'. Very Cirque du so Lame." --Michael Musto (gotta love that queen) * George Bush Quote: "The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for 'entrepreneur'." * Today in Radical History: Nov 28 - 1944: Birth of San Francisco Digger, author Emmett Grogan. Labels: absinthe, books, peace, protest, radical_ideas, youtube Stumble It!
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{Monday, November 20, 2006}
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Global Orgasm If you've got a few minutes to spare on 22 December, and fancy a quick shag for the advancement of World peace and harmony, then get yourself down to Global Orgasm - a mass coming-together of.. well, no, a mass coming together sums it up quite nicely. Fair enough, although those us who are working on the Winter Solstice will presumably have to nip to the loos at lunchtime and crack one off with a quick "I'll be back in ten minutes - I'm just off to inject some positive input into the Earth's energy field." The goal is to add so much concentrated and high-energy positive input into the energy field of the Earth that it will reduce the current dangerous levels of aggression and violence throughout the world. A good cause to get behind. Or under or on top of or... link Stumble It!
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{Wednesday, November 15, 2006}
 Dave LaChapelle You may have read posts about the photographer, Dave LaChapelle, here. But I haven't been able to find anything new about him until recently on MySpace, where he keeps a journal. He's living on a farm in Hawaii and he's got The Men, War & Peace show Dec 2 in Berlin that's associated with the Helmut Newton group, which is as good as it gets so he's still at the top of his game. Reading in his MySpace journal I see a courageous admission about him spending some time in a psyche ward and subsequently discovering he was bi-polar. For a popular photographer it could kill a career, but he doesn't care about that at all. He talks about a crushing breakup, high school, his family, his friends and more. It's been a soul searching couple of years for him and he appears to be content with the direction his life is going in. His Vogue Homme pictures made me scream with fits of laughter. He says he got in trouble for them. I want to know if they're staged or did he just run into a Saturday night bingo game at Aunt Ruth's? What an oustanding talent. His journal is a fun read I wish for him continued success and peace. MySpace David LaChapelle Gallery Labels: peace, photography Stumble It!
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{Monday, November 13, 2006}
 from the website: This year the father of micro-finance and founder of the Grameen Bank won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in inventing and promoting micro-loans in the developing world. A micro-loan is as little as a few hundred dollars invested into a one-person business with minimal qualifications. That tiny borrowed amount can launch a vegetable stand, repair shop, or bicycle taxi -- a living in other words. As each micro-loan is repaid (and most are), the effects of that small goodness are amplified and leveraged by being loaned out and invested again and again. Micro-loans are the world's only perpetual motion machines. Previously I've recommended the micro-finance cool tools of Trickle Up, Opportunity International, and my favorite, Heifer International, as three ways to leverage small amounts of money for maximum global good. (Micro-finance programs are not a panacea. For a critique start with this article in Forbes.) The news now is that there are many other outfits that offer individuals (like us) ways to leverage as little as fifty dollars via micro-finance programs online. Unleashing compounding good is only a few clicks away. Make a loan, or outright grant, using your credit card, or even PayPal. Grameen Foundation A spin off of the original Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. Minimum contribution, $100. One of their projects is Village Phone -- cell phones that women can rent to others. "The Village Phone program in Uganda, the first of GF's efforts to replicate the pay phone program outside Bangladesh, continued exceeding expectations in 2005. More than 3,500 microfinance clients have bought and now operate a Village Phone as "Village Phone operators." Besides the boost to operators' incomes, the program is creating a national telecommunications network. Of Uganda's 56 districts, 53 now have at least one Village Phone operator. Often, Village Phone is the first local telephone that villagers have. Having a quick means to communicate has contributed to higher levels of productivity, savings, and safety for entire communities." Learn about the individual Success Stories. Namaste Direct FINCA Village Banking via - [MORE »] Labels: peace Stumble It!
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{Friday, October 13, 2006}
 Random Top Ten mp3 Songs
Today's Quote: "I'm not disturbing the peace. I'm disturbing the war." -- Ammon Hennacy Labels: Animal Collective, Bob Dylan, music, Patti Smith, peace Stumble It!
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{Thursday, September 21, 2006}
 I'll bet Bush wishes he'd spoken with Ahmadinejad in private now. He didn't come off as the bloodsucker the adminstration would have you believe.If you didn't know who was addressing those reporters in the UN assembly this morning, you might think it was just another world leader speaking about peace and humanity and going so far as to say that his country was concerned about the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. He also stated that the IAEA is welcome to inspect their nuclear technology. "We have not hidden anything from anyone. You're welcome to come visit anytime. School children, educators take tours of the facilities. The time for nuclear bombs have ended.Heavy duty.  And now we see Hugo Chavez today unveiling another Oil for the Poor program. This one-two punch from Bush's enemies is providing grist for the neocon fodder. Too bad Kim Jong-il didn't get to make the trip. Labels: peace Stumble It!
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{Tuesday, September 19, 2006}
 New York ProtestsSDS New York marched to the United Nations on Tuesday, September 19th, 2006 to protest the presence of George W. Bush in New York City. Bush, whom the SDSers regard as a war criminal, was in New York to "try to sell the world community a bill of goods - a handful of irrational, unbelievable, excuses for acts of barbarism in Iraq and elsewhere - committed in the name of the people of the United States", said Lauren Giaccone of Pace (University) SDS. John Cronan, also from Pace SDS, said: "we are also sending a message to the anti-war movement - it is time that the students' voice be heard as we are the group that is most directly affected by Bush's murderous policies". link  SDS Pace was the first chapter within SDS New York to endorse the "Number The Dead" protest - held on September 17th, 2006 on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. They were followed by MDS New York. Members of New School, Pratt and UCF SDS. The goal was to have 2700 participants stand along the east side of Fifth Avenue - in a human chain extending from 8th Street to 98th Street. Yoko Ono donated 3000 buttons that stated: "Imagine Peace" - these were distributed to participants by the organizers. At the event, each participant held a placard that contained the name of a dead US soldier or stated "11,000 Iraqis". A documentary film crew videotaped the vigil. More photos by Fred Askew Tuesday - September 19, 2006 - 17 Arrested at UN Rally So exhilarating to see the students pick up the torch as they organize their SDS chapters and take it to the streets. link Labels: antiwar, documentary, films, Iraq, peace, protest, SDS Stumble It!
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{Tuesday, September 12, 2006}
 World Unity Sunrise Meditation - Equinox Sept 23rd. Unifying the World as One in Peace with Our Love! The Global Sunrise Meditations are intended to create flowing moments of silent prayer for peace in the world. Every equinox and solstice all participants focus their minds, 10 minutes before the sunrise and 10 minutes after, on a world unified through unconditional love, to heal oursleves and the planet. Believe in our power! Find an event or someone in your area through our network links. There are many events paralleling this one and you may have one locally that you can attend. For example, San Francisco's having a LoveFest. Build up to the Year of World Awakening 2012... "You never change things by fighting the existing reality... to change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. Buckminster Fuller link Stumble It!
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{Monday, September 11, 2006}
The "woman" is peace advocate Caoimhe Butterly and she's very well respected around the globe for her unwavering fight against the war machine. Read more about her at Wikipedia. BBC: Caoimhe Butterly interupts Tony Blair Press Conf in Lebanon - Indymedia Ireland technorati tags:protest, antiwar Blogged with Flock Stumble It!
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{Wednesday, August 30, 2006}
 DYLAN MEDIA BLITZ"If I catch my opponents ever sleeping, I will just slaughter them where they lie," Dylan growls over his band's bleak accompaniment of 'Ain't Talking' from his new Modern Times cd just out today. You can listen to the cd on AOL and also see the world premiere of the video, 'When The Deal Goes Down', which is also good, but I didn't see Bob in it-- only Scarlett Johanssen. "I'm not disturbing the peace. I'm disturbing the war." -- Ammon Hennacy Stumble It!
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{Tuesday, August 01, 2006}
 EarthDanceThe Prayer For Peace The Global Dance and Music Festival for Peace Uniting 222 locations in 50 Countries The Prayer for Peace will be played on Saturday, September 16, 2006, at 4pm Pacfic Standard Time Click Here to play the Prayer For Peace. Visit EarthDance to find an event near you or download the song and celebrate solo. Stumble It!
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{Saturday, July 29, 2006}
 Official site for the movie "The US vs John Lennon." The US vs John Lennon tells the true story of the US Government's attempts to silence John Lennon, the beloved musician and iconic advocate for peace. Featuring extensive interviews with those who knew him best, this powerful new look at the life and times of John Lennon captures the mystique of the man, the ideals he fought for, and the price he paid for simply trying to make the world a better place.  The Back Story The Lennon FBI files document an era when rock music seemed to have real political force, when youth culture, for perhaps the first time in American history, was mounting a serious challenge to the status quo in Washington, when President Nixon responded by mobilizing the FBI and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to silence the man from England who was singing "Give Peace a Chance". Throughout fourteen years of FOIA litigation over the files, which began in 1983, the FBI maintained that its surveillance of Lennon was not an abuse of power but rather a legitimate law enforcement activity. link [via] Stumble It!
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{Wednesday, June 14, 2006}
 THE UNDERGROUND PRESSDid you ever read/see any of the great underground newspapers of the late 1960's - mid 1970's in the US? There was The East Village Other (NY), The Great Speckled Bird (ATL), Black Panther, Berkeley Barb (Berkeley, CA), LA Free Press, The Paper, of East Lansing, Michigan, and many more?  I was a faithful Speckled Bird reader. We bought these most of the time from people on street corners in Atlanta; on the corner of 14th St, where all the other freaks hung out. As surely as you'd see a Bird vendor around there, you'd also see someone selling flowers for a small fee to wear in your hair or wherever. And you knew who was selling "what" "where". And someone was in a doorway playing guitar; a few bumming spare change passing by. All waiting for the next musical, sexual, or pharmaceutical experience.  Receiving The Last Whole Earth Catalog was a spiritual experience. Sort of a hippie Sears catalog and was one of the very few books we had at Peace Tree (a lakeside commune in Tennessee) when we first began. It was all about survival, metaphysics, learning to grow organic, live natural, how to build a shelter-- how to build or make just about anything. Stewart Brand (Burning Man) was the founder. We've still got one around the house someplace.Many college libraries have some of these newspapers on Microfilm. Some are for sale on Ebay. Why are there no equivalent newspapers/websites? "Where is that one great progressive balls to the wall website that has it all?" Music, protest and boycott info, in-depth interviews, sex (& relationships), drugs, literature? more» from the archives Labels: drugs, music, peace, progressive, protest, Stewart Brand, underground news, Underground Press Stumble It!
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{Saturday, May 06, 2006}
 SCENTS EVOKE SWEET MEMORIES(or Incense, It's Not Just For Hippies) Weirdpixie mentioned incense and I also began thinking about it -- the different types and scents, my favorites and where I was when I first smelled it. It comes in sticks, ropes, powder, coils, dhoops, wood chips, cones. And comes from India, China, Japan, and all over the world. You can light it for rituals or light it 'just because'. I've enjoyed many scents from the basic cheap to the handmade expensive and I always return to sandalwood. Or a sandalwood mix. It loyally permeated the sixties with me and followed me into the next century. Sandalwood has the history and the memory factor that none of the others have. My first sandalwood incense experience began at a head shop in Daytona Beach, Florida. The 'after dinner' crowd was shopping and people watching on the sidewalks next to the beach. My senses were riveted with sounds of motorcycles, music by the Tams, kids screaming for snow-cones, Moms sipping on Singapore Slings and the freaks were stopping in the head shop to buy some new music or a peace sign patch. I could smell the incense long before I could see the head shop. I go inside and buy a ring with a large red stone. I hear Surrealistic Pillow on the turntable and we discuss the songs and talk about Grace Slick. I stood out like a sore thumb in my small town, but these were my people and I feel a real kinship with them. Anticipation surrounded me that summer night and I felt I was in the midst of a beautiful memory that would last a lifetime. Permeated in a young girl's adolescence and the smell of sandalwood. Stumble It!
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{Sunday, March 26, 2006}
 Shifting Consciousness"The world we are experiencing today is the result of our collective consciousness, and if we want a new world, each of us must start taking responsibility for helping create it." -- Rosemary Fillmore Rhea Below are 7 levels of consciousness that clearly outline a path for our evolving consciousness: - tribal and mass consciousness - one obeys the group and lives by trial and error On which level do you spend most of your time? What are you doing to shift to the next level of being? There are as many paths to understanding, awareness, peace, freedom, love and meaningful service as there are people. Enjoy your journey! {via~Higher Awareness} Labels: peace Stumble It!
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{Monday, March 20, 2006}
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We barged into Iraq with bombs a-blazing; democracy exploding all over the place. It's 3 years gone and now the "My Lai phase" of the Iraq war has begun. It doesn't matter that the majority of us want the war to be over. It's not enough to feel ashamed and helpless. Like so many do. I am amazed at how people are so alike all over the world. Or it could be my perception that's different. There was a time long ago when I saw or met someone and mentally counted the differences between us. Now I tick off all the ways we're the same. It hit me 3 years ago this week when we began bombing Iraq. With all the cultural differences, I saw that the good people of Iraq want exactly what we here in the US want out of life. They want what's best for their children. Just like we all do. They want good health. And an education. They also want to worship in the way they are accustomed, earn a decent wage, feed and clothe everyone and make a nice home for their family to grow old in together. And they also want to live in Peace. Just like we all do. Link - Warning: Graphic Pictures Stumble It!
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{Monday, December 26, 2005}
 Hope you had a scintillating Solstice A delightful Yule May your mirth be multi-orgasmic Your visions vibrant Your glee glorious Your festivities fulfilling And your halls decked with Love and Peace. Stumble It!
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{Tuesday, December 06, 2005}
 Re-Blogging* John Lennon Day Dec 8 - 25th anniversary of his death. * Captain Beefheart and his mother, an elf or a freak, and the plastic, horned devil. * Tea Time and more to come soon from Lightning Is My Girl * For a sleepy beach town known for having more white people with dreadlocks than any other place in the nation, Santa Cruz is a Mecca for the self-proclaimed ideological liberal. [More »] * Students send chocolate vagina to douchebag Rush Limbaugh. [via] * Happy Dreams Can Become Reality. So what are you all waiting for? Didn't you hear? You can make the choice, right now, this moment sitting in your chair reading this, to maximize your level of happiness for all time. And if it is my permission you are looking for, then yes, go for it!! Follow your bliss, be happy, and the universe will take care of you. Because that is what the universe wants more than anything else, for you to be truly and deeply happy for all eternity. [via] Most definitely. We can choose to be miserable or choose to be happy. Totally up to you. * Peace On Earth is a nice outdoor setup, if a wee bit chilly. Labels: art, Captain Beefheart, liberal, peace, tea Stumble It!
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{Tuesday, October 25, 2005}
 I'm not sure everyone gets how big a stand she actually took when she refused to move to the back of the bus for a white man. Black people couldn't even look a white person in the eye and could only speak to white people when spoken to. It seems so barbaric and it was. And I'm sure she was beyond embarassed, but she turned it into constructive activism. She personified courage, and will long be remembered for that courageous spirit and brave activism. Go in honor and peace, Rosa Parks. You will not be forgotten. Link Labels: peace Stumble It!
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