Sometimes I wonder if it is the beginning of the end when I read or listen to the news of these days and times. Planet mother earth is on fire. Wildfires are sweeping across California, this has been the driest summer on record, farmers are experiencing droughts in record numbers, the bees are dying, global warming, global distress and the list goes on and on. There are horrible atrocities that happen daily in this world that are too innumerable to mention in one blog posting. And there was another pedestrian and bicyclist who lost their life as a result of cars. And there was another person who lost their lives as a result of guns. And so I find myself blogging about gun violence, as it seems as if every other story in the headlines these days is related to gun violence with no end in sight. Another person loses their life to gun violence for no reason at all except for that fact that guns have been invented. Guns are the worst invention of an industry ever. It seems to be that cycle of crime that feeds the media that promotes more crime. And the whole world is paying. I could cut and paste this same blog entry over in over in my appeal to end gun violence, to end the war of man against man and nation against nation and king against king, to banish guns from every human being on the face of the planet earth. To banish the images of guns from every form of advertising on planet earth. Will the beast ever release its grip on mankind. And who is the beast. Where is the world headed. Is there hope. Who is that great harlot Babylon the great whore in Revelations? She comes to my mind right now for some reason. And what does this have to do with a No Police State?
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Death and Life
And so I guess Billy Warhol answered that question I had yesterday about what is a dictatorship with the comment they left on the posting. Their comment was interesting and I thought to repost part of it. Their website is interesting and here is what they wrote: ” I always thought a Dictator didn’t allow any Opposition to his/her Beliefs or Rules. They tend to squelch Independent thought or Freedom to Think with yer own Mind. And they also will use Force (Military or Police or even Snoopy Neighbours) to make sure everybody tows the Party line….I think it best describes what it’s actually like Living under a Dictator. Some of the Words like Fear + Brutality + Death seem to be hallmarks of Dictatorship rule.” And so that leads me to think again that I have heard it said somewhere that death and life are in the power of the tongue. And one website I just searched up interprets this as, “Every single one of us has a certain amount of power residing in our mouth and in our tongues with the words that we can release to other people. This power can either be used to bring life or death to the person that we are speaking to. You can either choose to learn how to speak and release positive words of love, encouragement and edification to other people in your own personal dealings with them, or you can choose to release negative words of condemnation, criticism, coldness and harshness. The choice is yours. And this website goes on and on with a ton more of Proverbs speaking about the power of the tongue:
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” and “There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise promotes health. The truthful lip shall be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.” and “Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.” and “The mouth of the righteous is a well of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.” and “A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.” and A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
And the list of proverbs goes on and on. If you believe. What does this have to do with a dictatorship, I am not exactly sure. And what does this have to do with a No Police State? Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind.
Dictatorship
Billy Warhol from Billion Dollar Baloney left a comment on my blog today. They posted something about dictators in response to a Blog Action Day posting I posted a few days ago. Billion Dollar Baloney is one of those cool blogs that can be found on MyBloLog and they would like to see world peace. It is easy to get lost in My Blog Log Land land because there are millions, billions, trillions and seemingly gazillions of blogs to be found there in the blogosphere. And this comment leads me to wonder; what the heck is a dictatorship? It that a ship of dictators? A shop of dictators? And what is a dictator. A dictionary ator? Again, what does that Internet bible dictionary Wikipedia have to say about this word. I would be interested to read how they describe it. In addition to Billion Dollar Baloney’s comment today, I have heard this word used often throughout time and most recently at meetings with groups of people in attendance. And there are sometimes committees and hearings and the like involved at these meetings. And for what reason is this a popular word to be found in group discussions. Is this a political word? And what are politics? Policy tics? I am wondering about this word today. I may go read to see if Wikipedia addresses this word.
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All Saints Day
Abracadabra! Halloween is just around the corner and coming soon. So the calendar and advertising says so. It’s All Hallows Eve, All Saints Day, The Day of the Dead when ghosts and spirits appear. That scary, supernatural and mystical time of year when the the devil, Satan, Christ and the spirits of the dead come to town. When Pan and the Grim Reaper awakes and witchcraft and the witches and gargoyles and gothics come out to play and one when one gets to masquerade and play dress up for whoever they want to be. If only every day of the year could be Halloween then one could look however they want to when they go outside around civilization because hey, it’s Halloween. And there will be lots of Halloween events around the city. Two events that come to mind are of course:
The Village Halloween Parade It’s that big, major, grand. all out parade that takes place on 6th avenue every year this time of year. There will be hundreds of puppets, different types of music, dancers, artists and thousands of other people in costumes. And then there’s the Theater For The New City Village Halloween Costume Ball that takes place every year this time of year also. I think I even heard stories that they were the original creaters of The Village Halloween Parade. They usually have this really cool painted fishpond upstairs that is painted all Halloween up for every Halloween and their downstairs walls are painted with those really col Halloween murals every year this time of year also. Their event is an all out grand event also with a slew of performers, artists, sculptures and designers. Some of their performers for that night are The Great Paprika Band, Hot Lavendar Swing Band, Penny Arcade, Steve Ben Israel, Epstein and Hassan, Eve Packer, Jonathan Weber, Walter Gurbo, Mark Marcante, Crystal Field, Judy Sky, David Willinger and a ton of other performers. There will be stilt danders, jugglers, fire eaters, theater, vaudeville, burlesque and more. Happy Halloween.
Clayton’s Art Show
I have been seeing the reviews in the papers the past few weeks. “Clayton Patterson: The Lower East Side. Kinz, Tillou plus Feigen. 11am-6pm. Free. Patterson has spent the past two decades collecting portraits of everyone from politcians to junkies in his eclectic LES neighborhood. 529 West 20th Streets between 10th and 11th Aves”. And I keep wanting to make it over to see Claytons art show. I can imagine his show rocks and that he probably has some cool photos in the show as he has been around the neighborhood The Lower East Side that is now called the East Village for marketing, gentrification and genocide purposes maybe, for seemingly forever, documenting the scene and characters of the neighborhood. I can imagine there may be photos of the squats, squatters, Thompkins Square Park, punk rockers, the homeless and maybe even junkies and everyone else in between as his photos are all over the place. He has the really cool gallery in the Lower East Side that rocks also. Long Live The Lower East Side.
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Blog Action Day
According to the website Blog Action Day, yesterday October 15th was Blog Action Day, so this posting can be a bit late in honor of that day. And I noticed postings everywhere yesterday and today in the blogosphere in honor of Blog Action Day. There were postings on Blogger, MyBlogLog and a host of other places. And I noticed the postings though it did not register to me what they were about until today, a day later. Blog Action day is a website that asks bloggers to write about something pertaining to saving the environment and saving the world. They are asking people to observe this day in their blog posts everywhere. They are asking bloggers everywhere to post about the environment in some sort of way relating to the environment for the environment. So in my post I can only mention what has been mentioned a thousand and a million times in recent years with the invention of population to where the earth is on fire and choking from its inhabitants. Planet mother earth is dying. And that J curve bell curve thing says the population of the world will double in twenty years. And there are those terms that I read everywhere these days to save the environment; Go green, green is the thing, sustainability and sustaining the earth from what? Over consumption, over consumerism, over pollution, overoilism, over capitalism, overeverything, Babylon on fire and green alternative energy; lights out america is a great website that addresses this issue. And what about oil? Petroleum oil seems to be destroying the world and planet mother earth. What about other alternative sources of energy, windmills, ocean energy, corn fuel and the like. And what about those unusual weather patterns the earth has been undergoing as a result of global warming? Is the world becoming like the film The Day After Tomorrow? This winter was the warmest worldwide since record keeping began in 1880. And what about over mining and violating the earths natural resources and deforesting the planets natural trees. The earth is being pillaged and plundered. How can the environment be protected. And now climate change, global warming and the greenhouse effect is the topic of the day every day these days in the news. The polar bears are floating on ice and the Antarctica ice caps are disappearing. And what abut that 12.21.2012 Mayan calendar theory, is this all related? This has something do with the earth reversing its axis and solar poles and a transformation of the world in 2012 or something, I think. A poem and a sentence of a song comes to mind when I think of planet earth.
The Earth is out mother, the ground we walk is sacred
People unite, all people unite
and
The river she is flowing, flowing and growing
The river she is flowing, down to the sea
Father carry me, your child I’ll always be
Mother carry me, down to the sea
Help save planet mother earth. Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind.
Greenpeace
The CMJ Music Marathon Rocks
And while I am on the topic of music, according to lots of newspaper listings, The CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival is happening this week October 16-20th. And that also leads me to wonder, what exactly does the letters CMJ stand for? C Music something J. There will be music, films and panels at this event. It seems to be all rock, indie rock, all the time and more. There will be music, music and more music and bands, bands and more bands performing in venues around the New York City area such as Union Pool, Bowery Ballroom, Southpaw, Canal Room, The Delancey, The Annex, Arlene’s Grocery, The Knitting Factory, The Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Studio B, Mercury Lounge, B.B. Kings, Cake Shop, Europa, Luna Lounge, Maxwell’s, Ace of Clubs, Club Midway, Galapagos, Glasslands, Gramercy Theatre, Hammerstein Ballroom, Living Room, Pianos, Webster Hall, Avalon, Joe’s Pub, Lion’s Den, The Village Underground, The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza and more. These places rock. If you are in the neighborhood, you may want to check out the music that is part of this festival. And a lot of those bands have some really funny, cool and interesting names that are entertainment alone. Some of the bands, organizations and groups scheduled to perform as part of the festival are:
Celebration, Brooklyn Vegan Showcase, Die Romantik, M.I.A., Wise Intelligent, Me Talk Pretty, Bella Noir, Mates of State, Oh My Rockness, Meat Puppets, Finally Punk, A Place to Bury Strangers, Palomar, The Temple of Hip-Hop, The Epochs, Phonograph, Little Brazil, The End of the World, The Cops, Elizabeth Harper, Music for Ice Cream Trucks, Spinto Band, King Of Prussia, U.S.S.R., Earl Greyhound, The Insomniacs, The Jealous Girlfriends, Kudu, Roxy Cottontail, O’Death, Band of Horses, Sex With An Angel, Burnt Sugar, Devils, Chop Shop, Gold Streets, Hollywood Holt, Dirty on Purpose, Matt and Kim, Harlem Shakes, Flosstradamus, Slaves to Gravity, The Panderers, Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping, The Cool Kids, Catfish Haven and a ton of others. This seems like an event not to be missed. Have a great rock n’ roll day.
No Police State Girl 