Links By George May 19th

Pablo Amaringo is my featured artist of the month. His expressions of Amazonian shamanism and Ayahuasca visions are a deeply transformative experience. Please navigate through my updated blog and have a look. To find Pablo's images, simply scroll down the blog past all the images on the right side. Then in the middle will start the art section. Once past Pablo's art there are music video and then a very extensive selection of visionary, spiritual, and interesting art.


In scrolling down the news stories, you will see that there are lots of concerns including the continuation of radioactivity from Japan, no funds for public education yet major oil companies making record profits and not paying any taxes, assassinations and parades over faceless corpses, etc. Yet also there are many areas of peace and harmony. Messages from spiritual leaders, grass roots environmental movements, shamanic portals and variety of health information.
As many of you know, I have been sending out this newsletter for over 7 years. I am committed to networking these articles and stay many hours a day researching. Our financial situation is very challenging as it is and the cost to keep the internet services also is a problem each month. I would like to thank the friends that have sent in donations to the service I provide. I am not asking for anyone to feel that they have to donate. My service is from the heart and it is a pleasure for me to outreach to as many people as possible. Many people write me back that they have benefited from the articles and thus the information provides a service. However, if anyone can send even a small donation to me through Paypal or otherwise, my family and I would be very very appreciative.
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EVENTS:


Psychedelic Adventures at the Edge of the Abyss:
The Ideas of Terence and Dennis McKenna
Host: Dennis McKenna
Terence McKenna was a brilliant psychedelic philosopher who foresaw the potential for a transformative future, pegged to the Mayan calendrical date of December 21, 2012. Dennis McKenna, his brother, explores his legacy and reveals his relevance for today.

4 Sessions, Starts June 5 Featuring:
Daniel Pinchbeck
Dr. Luis Eduardo Luna
Ralph Abraham
Mark Pesce
Erik Davis
Ralph Metzner






Ayahuasca Dreams
Sacred Plant Medicine,
July 16-24, Brazil



European Ayahuasca Research Symposium“,
Amsterdam, June 17, 2011.



Old Masters -
New Visions art seminar with Philip Rubinov Jacobson
Austria, August 29-Sept 9



One Love Gathering,
Boone NC,
June 25-26



3rd annual Shamanic Convergence,
Nova Scotia
Sept 22




HIGH CONSCIOUSNESS:


Nimbin lights up for Mardi Grass



Willie Nelson Endorses Gary Johnson for President




Boy, two, with brain cancer is 'cured' after secretly
being fed medical marijuana by his father



National Cancer Institute supports med marijuana




What's Up With Obama's Cynical Approach to Medical Marijuana?



Medical Marijuana Programs Under Attack
- Act Now



ACLU to DOJ
"we are writing to express our deep concerns about recent threatening
letters from several United States Attorneys from across the country
regarding the potential initiation of federal prosecutions against persons
who are complying with state medical marijuana laws."



The 5 Worst States to Get Busted With Pot




Man Gets Life in Prison for Pot



Was Bin Laden growing pot?



There's a short video about Bin Laden's compound and images
of the "evidence":
video




Was Osama bin Laden a marijuana smoker?
NORML response




Vaporizing Cannabis:
More Alternatives for Nonsmokers



Headache Treatment
– Alternative or Illicit?
- horizons in psychedelic medicine




Can Psychedelics Make You Happier?




Honor Thy Daughter (Paperback):
"The latest book from the MAPS Press, Harvard-educated teacher Marilyn Howell, Ed.D.,
tells the story of her family's search for physical, emotional, and spiritual healing as her daughter struggles with terminal cancer. Their journey ultimately takes them into the
hands of an anonymous therapist who offers the family hope and healing through psychedelicpsychotherapy"




How Christopher Hitchens Could Help His Fellow Cancer Patients
by Promoting Psychedelic End-of-Life Therapy




Running in the Dark:
a life without drugs
– by Andrew Maitland Southern




Larry Hagman
- All Politicians Should Use LSD
-youtube




Curiouser and curiouser:
Could ecstasy actually heal brains as well as minds?




Rick Doblin, Ph.D.,
Answers Questions from the Reddit Community
(Part 1) -youtube




Salv A in humans from BPRU




Dr Rick Strassman, author of DMT The Spirit Molecule
-interview




Altered Statesman:
David Jay Brown interview on expanded consciousness frontiers




Ayahuasca and the Grotesque Body
— a carnivalesque analysis, via Mikhail Bakhtin




Santo Daime Canadian Case




Black Smoke:
Margaret de Wys's excellent book and website of sacred plant
medicine and healing in the Amazon




The Influence of Drugs in Art History




Review on book about ayahuasca religions in
the Journal of Contemporary Religions




The Black Angels' Alex Maas on DMT,
St. Louis and lots more



Green-bearded aging hippie launches book on mind-altering herbs




Psychiatrists:
Least Religious But Most Interested In Patients' Religion




Pike, James A. If This Be Heresy.
"Research and discovery in the fields of anthropology and the history
of religions have established that connected with most primitive religions
has been the use of one or another of the many psychedelic drugs as part
of the sacramental rites of the cult. "




Bishop James Pike




TM:
George Harrison:
Remembering “the quiet Beatle”




Sai Baba-his last messages
-video



Sai Baba: "I have gone nowhere"
video



Year 2012 According to Sai Baba



Be Love Now:
A Visit with Ram Dass



Why the Age of the Guru is Over
by Charles Eisenstein




Natural World Consciousness



Nature of Reality:
Deepak Chopra, Michael Shermer at Chapman University
-youtube



Derroll Adams' Message to the World
(with French subtitles)




Humanity Healing International:
"is a humanitarian, non political spiritual organization promoting spiritual
activism as a means to foster healing around the world for communities that
have little or no hope"




What’s Up With That?
… Could Mother Earth Be Granted Human Rights?




Lemuria / Mu -
(2008 English edition)
-youtube



Beautiful photos of Rainbow Gatherings




Greek Rainbow site from Augustine with many contacts
to other European gatherings




Culture Magic:
Intentional community as both a lifestyle of choice and a strategy to anticipate,
reflect and quicken social change.




Dream Sparkle
- an eclectic monthly e-magazine of consciousness in its many expressions



ARTS:

Deep dimensions of art expression from Franciszek C. Kulon




Paul Simon
-"Salvation pursued musically"



Pink Floyd Reunited



ENVIRONMENT:


How much money does it take to get off the grid



11 U.S. cities honored as ‘walk-friendly’:
Seattle ranks first


Women Race to the Top:
Mt. Everest



World’s Biggest Tent:
Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center



Top 10 Largest Empires In World History (by landmass)



Over a billion tons of food wasted every year: UN



Help for the Homeless
- Humans and Companion Animals



What’s Up With That? …
Could Mother Earth Be Granted Human Rights?



Eyes of Gaia is coordinated by Nicola Peel who is a full time
environmentalist and dedicated to environmental education.



Stop the Dumping of Rodenticides on the Farallon Islands !
PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !



ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS
Say Earthalujah! Reverend Billy preaches the green gospel



Photos of Christchurch Earthquake



China Plans Environmental Healing in Three Gorges Region by 2020



American Rivers At Greatest Risk in 2011



Trans Canada Pipeline Spills 21,000 Gallons of Oil in North Dakota



End Taxpayer-funded Subsidies for Big Oil



Activists square up to coal mine threatening
'Lord of the Rings' site




Sharing and caring:
the implications of collaborative consumption



Water shortages threaten food future in the Middle East



Climate Record Suggesting Severe Tropical Droughts
as Northern Temperatures Rise



Seeds of Destruction
- The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation
Genetically Engineered Destruction
By F. William Engdahl



L.A. CHEMTRAILS "OUTREACH AT THE BEACH"
(A Video By: "SANCHEZ in MONTEBELLO")
-youtube


Nuclear collapse looms?
Fukushima No. 4 reactor 'leaning'



Nuclear Fuel Meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi Confirmed



Marine radiation monitoring blocked by Japanese government



Mercury converted to its most toxic form in ocean waters: study



Uranium Is So Last Century Enter Thorium,
the New Green Nuke



Giant asteroid to hurtle past Earth



Huge Gamma-Ray Flares Mystify World's Astronomers



SCIENCE:


Antimatter produced by lightning



The inner core of the Earth may be melting, scientists now find.


HEALTH:

Say What?
A Chemical Can Damage Your Lungs, Liver and Kidneys
and Still Be Labeled "Non-Toxic"?




EPA Halts Heightened Monitoring of Fukushima Fallout




Food Safety in the Post-Fukushima World




Radioactive Fallout:
Can Nutritional Supplements Help?



THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF ELECTROPOLLUTION




Mobile phones are ‘to blame for the sudden decline in the world’s bee population’



Prostate Cancer Screening Has Zero Benefit,
Concludes 20-Year Study




Avoid THESE Medical Treatments Whenever Possible




Scientists cure cancer, but no one takes notice
-youtube



Can we cut cancer and heart disease rates just by going vegan?




Thomas Szasz on the Therapeutic State
—Alliance Between Government & Psychiatry




Psychopharmaceutical industry seeks world of dispassionate sheeple (sheep-people)




Financial Ties Bind Medical Societies to Drug and Device Makers




Doctors demand the removal of anti-vaccine ad from Times Square




Doctors demand the removal of anti-vaccine ad from Times Square
-youtube



VRM:
“One For All” Universal Flu Vaccine – 21st Century Genetic Roulette Part 1



Was the Swine Flu Scare a Drug Company Hoax?



Vaccines Responsible for Massive Decline in Natural Immunity



High Rates of Autism Found in Federal Vaccine Injury Program:
Study Says More Answers Needed




Cancer Cures Video Documentary
-video




LAWLESS RULE
- How US government agencies unconstitutionally suppress health
information and natural cures



Medicinal Herbs Are Held to a Higher Standard Than Big Pharma's



US Govt. armed agents invade Maxam Nutraceutics




The Illegal Herb that Fights Cancer
-marijuana




The Origin of the 42-Year Stonewall of Vitamin C-
Vitamin C Treatment For Polio - Dr. Klenner




NEW Research Explains 61% of Multiple Sclerosis Cases




The Most Important Food for Healthy Eyes
(No, it's Not Carrots) -Astaxanthin




The Breast Cancer Breakthrough that's Making Experts Angry




The "Showering Mistake" that Could Cause Less-than-Optimal Health




THE NAKED FEAR OF HEALTH FREEDOM



Even if You Eat "Perfectly",
Not Knowing This Could Leave You Depressed



Book uncovers truth behind big medicine's war against chiropractic care



Stevie Nicks Confesses:
Common Remedy Turned My Hair Gray and Molted My Skin...



Fluoride:
The Hard to Swallow Truth Documentary
-youtube



Liquid Dentist Explanation by Dr. Horowitz
-youtube



"Teeth Brushing Risks Most People Don't Know About"




The Protein Powder You Should Never, Ever Buy




How Safe is Your Food?
GMO, Foodborne Illnesses and Biotechnology
A Review of GRAIN's report on Food Safety



Eight Foods You Should Almost Never, Ever Eat




Girl Scouts censor Facebook criticism of palm oil in cookies



The 7 Tricks Restaurants Play to Separate You From Your Money




Sluts Don't Cause Rape, Rapists Do:
Why "Slutwalks" Are Sweeping the World




5 Surprising Things About Sex Women Might Be Scared to Tell Men




GLOBAL NEWS:


The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster in Perspective
By Dr. Helen Caldicott



How the Murdoch Press Keeps Australia's Dirty Secret



Regime Change at the IMF:
The Frame-Up of Dominique Strauss-Kahn?



German insurer Munich Re held orgy for salesmen



The Global Economic Crisis and the Globalization of Poverty



Nato units left 61 African migrants to die of hunger and thirst



Fabricating Pretexts:
Disinformation Campaigns directed against Cuba



SYRIA:
Who is Behind The Protest Movement?
Fabricating a Pretext for a US-NATO "Humanitarian Intervent
ion"


Syria and US Imperialism



NATO Continues Killing Spree in Africa And Asia




Noam Chomsky:
'The U.S. and its Allies Will Do Anything to Prevent Democracy in the Arab World'




Why is Libya the Target for US/NATO Missiles?
By William Blum
Are the Libyans the worst abusers of their people in the region?
In actuality, Libya offers its citizens a higher standard of living.




The Media War on Libya:
Justifying War through Lies and Fabrications




In the Theater of the Absurd:
US-NATO Support "Al Qaeda in Libya"



Who's Been Brainwashed?
Gaddafi - A Libyan Hero
By Philip Pank in Tripoli
Muammar Gaddafi has announced plans to dismantle the Government,
hand the riches from Africa's biggest oil reserves to the people and nationalise
foreign oil operations that have recently been allowed back into the country.
The announcement has left diplomats and the 40 overseas oil companies
operating in the country on edge.



Humanitarian Neo-colonialism:
Framing Libya and Reframing War
Creative Destruction Part III




Ahmadinejad Could Resign as President of Iran;
Top Aides Arrested and Charged With Sorcery




Iran's supreme leader tells Ahmadinejad:
accept minister or quit
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's ultimatum widens rift between leaders
and increases pressure on president




Despite shortcomings,
Muslims Most Civilised in the World




Philippine city holds 'circumcision party'




Man leaps to his death off world's tallest tower




NATIONAL NEWS:

GENERAL INFO:


Uncle Ernie's excellent news review



How Fox News Outfoxes Americans



Don't Let Monsanto Buy Out Public Radio!




Jimmy Carter’s October Surprise Doubts




Tell Walmart:
Intervene Before Labor Activists Are Sentenced to Death




Asking Obama to Protect Gaza Relief Ship




6 State Battlegrounds in the Right-Wing War Against Teachers,
Firefighters, Caregivers and the Entire Middle Class. Headed Toward Plutocracy




Health Care Is a Human Right




America Held Hostage



Noam Chomsky | The International Assault on Labor




The DeVos Family:
Meet the Super-Wealthy Right-Wingers Working With
the Religious Right to Kill Public Education




The First Guess:
Poll Shows We Are Lotto Nation:
"Keith Olbermann comments on polling data that backs up his earlier
assertion that the reason many poor people support policies that hurt
their interests while helping the wealthy is that they believe they will
one day be wealthy. "




American Democracy Beyond Casino Capitalism and the Torture State




Animals, Cruelty and Videotape




U.S. Policy is Rooted in Lies, Injustice, and War
By Cynthia McKinney
We cannot bring our country to peace and respect for human dignity
without the solid foundation of the truth.
Those in the service of hatred, war, Zionism are being seen for what they are.




America Has Turned into a Moral Swamp
By Mike Whitney
The United States has sunk deeper into savagery and abandoned
any commitment to conventional norms of behavior.




Shocking:
60% of US Teens Believe Torture Is OK




A Troubled Nation Feeds On bin Laden's Corpse




Weapons of Mass Exploitation



Time to Break Up the Telecoms | FCC Commissioner Quits
- Now a Comcast Lobbyist





MS Governor to Poor Residents Facing Historic Floods:
Good Luck, You're Basically on Your Own




Michael Moore Interview:
The Death of Osama bin Laden




Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden




Michael Moore:
'Bin Laden Was Executed': "Excerpt: "Look at the Nuremberg Trials.
We didn't just pop a bullet in the heads of the worst scum in history.
We thought it was important to put them on trial and expose their evil.
In a democracy we believe in a system of justice and we believe in a judicial
system that gives people a day in court ... and then we hung them."




The Assassination of Osama bin Laden:
Glaring Anomalies in the Official Narrative
Osama was Left Handed...
By Felicity Arbuthnot




My Reaction to Osama bin Laden's Death
-Noam Chomsky




Obama's "Kill-at-Will" Strategy
By Glen Ford
Obama's masquerade as a purveyor of U.S. "soft power" is over.
Thinly cloaked as NATO, the Americans displayed their ability to 'kill-at-will'
with the attack on Gaddafi's residence, the same weekend that bin Laden
was erased." The intended audience includes all who would resist U.S. empire.




"We're a Nation of Laws?"
By Ted Rall
President Obama murdered Osama bin Laden. I am surprised that the left
has been so supportive--not of the end result, but of the way it was carried out.




China:
The New Bin Laden




WAR:

NATO's Secret Ground War in Libya



The Real Reason for NATO Attacking Gaddafi's Libya EXPOSED!!!
-youtube



Cross and Double Cross With Gitmo Files
US Knew Where Osama Was Since 2005
By Israel Shamir
Now we'll give you the story behind the story:
who crossed and double crossed whom, which information was redacted
and how did it lead to OBL?



Bin Laden's Daughter Confirms
Father Captured Alive Then Killed By US Special Forces
By Al Arabiya's correspondent in Islamabad
Osama was neither armed nor did inmates at the compound fire at
the US choppers or commandos.


Osama Bin Laden dead:
White House backtracks on how bin Laden died



Blackwater’s New Ethics Chief: John Ashcroft



"Fascist Eric Prince, Blackwater Founder, at it Again":
Right-Wing War Profiteer Erik Prince's New Project:
Contracting Mercanaries Out to Arab Countries.



Soldier Porn:
Why Do Reporters Act Like Giddy Schoolgirls Around the Military?



Future Soldiers May be Killer Robots



POLITICAL:


WI Democrats File Formal Challenge Against Suspicious Recall
Petitions Submitted by Republicans



Obama Murdered bin Laden for a Fistful of Votes
By Haim Baram
Obama is allowing American conservatives and their allies everywhere
(including "our" prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu ) to preach in favor
of official terror as the only way to stop liberation movements the world over.



Insider:
"The Christian Right is Aiming to Destroy All Things Public"



Gingrich Enters GOP Freak Show!



Gingrich Calls Obama 'Food Stamp President'



Trump to China:
"Listen You Motherf***ers...."-video
Donald Trump delivers an F-bomb laden speech in Las Vegas where he covers
everything from Obama's misgivings to the middle east and China.
The most shocking moment was undoubtedly his views on how to deal with
China's global manufacturing monopoly.



Senate Republicans filibuster to protect oil-industry subsidies
—after getting gusher of oil money


ECONOMIC:

Reid To Boehner:
If You Want $2 Trillion In Cuts, Start With Oil And Gas Tax Breaks



Senate Declines to Lift Tax Breaks for Big Oil




Amid Nationwide Financial Crisis,
CEO Pay Leapt 11 Percent Last Year



Appalling Greed:
Richest 400 Average $270.5 Million Incomes,
Pay Almost Nothing in Taxes




Homeless Middle Class Rising



McEconomy:
Is America's Middle Class Doomed to Low-Wage Jobs
and a Poor Standard of Living?



TX GOP Rams Koch-Backed "Loser Pays" Bill Through House,
Making it Harder to Sue Corporations



One Lawman With the Guts to Go After Wall Street
By Robert Scheer
The fix was in to let the Wall Street scoundrels off the hook for the enormous
damage they caused in creating the Great Recession.... until last week when
the attorney general of New York refused to go along.



Thousands Protest Draconian Budget Cuts With March on Wall Street,
Demand That We "Make the Banks Pay"



BRICS: Shaking the world order





SURVEILLANCE/FRINGE POSSIBILITIES:


The National Day of Prayer:
Encouraging Christian Supremacists Since 1952




The Obama Deception:
Why Cornel West Went Ballistic
By Chris Hedges
Cornel West describes Obama as "a black mascot of Wall Street
oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats.
And now he has become head of the American killing machine and is proud of it."




Osama, Al-Qaeda, and the Mythology of the 'War on Terror'




Osama and the Ghosts of September 11:
"Proof that Obama is Lying"
By Michael C. Ruppert




Bin Laden Is Dead.
Will The Patriot Act Live On?



Athletes who disagree get targeted
US football player targeted for criticizing celebration of Bin Laden killing




Medical Complicity in Torture at Guantánamo Bay:
Evidence Is the First Step Toward Justice



Jason Leopold
Why Did US Surgeons Remove Abu Zubaydah's Eye?




Lockdown America
- Prison Expert Christian Parenti on America's Staggering Incarceration Rate




Know Your Rights
- Protect Yourself From FBI Entrapment




You've Got Jesse Ventura
-video



Americans Are Living In 1984
By Paul Craig Roberts
Americans have succumbed to propaganda that has conditioned them to
believe that they are under attack by practically omnipotent adversaries.




More Koch Thought Control




Electronic Surveillance:
America's Secret Domestic Spying Apparatus



War On Humanity
By Luke Hiken
Following up on the murder of Osama Bin Laden, the Obama administration
today announced the formation of a joint Military/Domestic Police Force (MDPF)
to carry out a War on Humanity.





FDA approves computer chip for humans




Studies About Taser Safety Funded
by Taser International,
Can't Be Trusted




Conspiracy Theory With Jesse Ventura,
Season 2 Episode 7
BP OIL SPILL FULL LENGTH
-youtube



Dr. Len Horowitz view on the world
part 1 of 2
-youtube




Hawaii Revisited;
Investigating Chemtrails/Geoengineering
-youtube



Chemtrails Geo-Engineering Michael Murphy 1_6 on Coast to Coast AM 5.17.2011
-youtube



Russian Warning Issued Over “Controlled” Comet Headed Towards Earth:
A chilling report prepared for President Medvedev by Minister
Serdyukov of the Russian Defense Ministry on the building of an
additional 5,000 underground ‘bomb’ shelters in Moscow warns that even
though progress is being made, the appearance of the new Comet Elenin
[photo right] in our Solar System means “additional resources” will
have to be added “immediately” as the 2012 time line for completion
“may not be soon enough”.





URGENT!
3 DAYS OF DARKNESS
- ELENIN ECLIPSES SUN
-youtube



CDC tells America to prepare for "zombie apocalypse"
- seriously - not a joke



Project Pegasus:
"This is the web portal to receive news and information about
Andrew D. Basiago’s quest to lobby the US government to disclose its
teleportation secret so that teleportation can be adopted on a global basis
to help humanity achieve planetary sustainability in the 21st century"





The secret sex lives of the Founding Fathers
Larry Flynt argues that political sex scandals
-- from tawdry affairs to closeted pols -- are as old as our nation



HUMOR:

Backwards
Youtube





QUOTES FOR THE WEEK:


"We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free." - -- Epictetus - (ca 55-135 A.D.) Greek philospher - Source: Discourses
"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." - Albert Einstein
=
"Not to he who is offensive to us are we most unfair, but to he who does not concern us at all." - Friedrich Nietzsche
"There is actually one thing worse than evil itself and that is indifference to evil. In human relations the nadir of morality, the lowest point as far as Christian ethics is concerned, is manifest in the phrase, I couldn't care less." - Joseph Fletcher
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"Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future". - Adolf Hitler
"When we violate the law ourselves, whatever short-term advantage may be gained, we are obviously encouraging others to violate the law; we thus encourage disorder and instability and thereby do incalculable damage to our own long-term interests." - J. William Fulbright
"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace." - John Lennon
=
"Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood." - Mahatma Gandhi
" 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'" - - George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 3
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"the consciousness of being at war, and therefore in danger, makes the handing-over of all power to a small caste seem the natural, unavoidable condition of survival." -- George Orwell, 1984, Part 2, Chapter 9, pg. 192
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"a nation of warriors and fanatics, marching forward in perfect unity, all thinking the same thoughts and shouting the same slogans, perpetually working, fighting, triumphing, persecuting - three hundred million people all with the same face." George Orwell, 1984, Part 1, Chapter 7, pg. 77
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election. - Otto von Bismarck -
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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. - Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods. - Albert Einstein
"The two parties have combined against us to nullify our power by a 'gentleman's agreement' of non-recognition, no matter how we vote ... May God write us down as asses if ever again we are found putting our trust in either the Republican or the Democratic Parties." - W.E.B. DuBois(1922)
"Now you can say that I've grown bitter but of this you may be sure:
The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor,
and there's a mighty judgement coming, but I may be wrong."
Leonard Cohen - Tower Of Song
http://youtu.be/2e1rF08Su4I



PUNMASTER MUSIC NEWS-SELECTED ARTICLES:


WAVY GRAVY’S ADVICE
On Sunday, Wavy Gravy, the hippie icon and clown best known as the MC of Woodstock, turned 75 years old. These days, the activist spends his time running a circus and performing arts camp in California. He no doubt is asked for advice from the campers and Wavy let us know what he tells them
(Cut #8) “Well there was a line I got from Ken Kesey before he passed away. He said, ‘Always put your good where it will do the most,’ and I vibrate that one for him. I used to open for a piano player named Thelonious Monk. He said, ‘Everyone is a genius just being themself.’ So I try to be the best Wavy Gravy I can muster and I tell the kids to follow their bliss and do their thing and be the best at whoever they are.”
ROD STEWART-JEFF BECK REUNION UPDATE
So what’s the latest on a possible Rod Stewart-Jeff Beck reunion? Rod filled in USA Today saying, “What we really need is for both of us to get in the studio for a month and write together, but the issue has been both our working commitments.” Perhaps now works since Rod just finished his tour with Stevie Nicks and Jeff just concluded his Les Paul tribute tour. In fact, they’ll both be in England and Rod’s manager says they plan to meet and work something out. Earlier this year, the guys trading some tracks that Rod called “mostly bluesy stuff.” Read more atUSAToday.com.
THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY - MAY 19TH
In 1958…Bobby Darin’s “Splish Splash” was the first eight-track recording to be pressed into a 45 RPM single.

In 1965…In their efforts to determine the true significance of the lyrics to “Louie Louie,” gov't agents visited the offices of Wand Records, who distributed The Kingsmen’s hit record.

In 1966…The Grateful Dead played their first show at San Francisco’s Avalon Ballroom.

In 1967…The Beatles went into partnership as Beatles and Co.

In 1969…The Who released Tommy – on the same day as Pete Townshend’s 24th birthday.

In 1979…George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr performed together for the first time since the break-up of The Beatles at the wedding reception for Harrison’s friend, Eric Clapton, and Harrison’s ex-wife, Patti Boyd.

In 1984…Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon had been in the American charts for ten years running.

In 1986…Peter Gabriel released his best-selling So album.

In 2003…James Brown was sued for harassment and wrongful dismissal. The suit, filed by a former employee in California Superior Court, alleged Brown made it known that he was proud of his “bull testicles.”

In 2003…Aretha Franklin held a candlelight vigil and prayer service in Detroit for soul singer Luther Vandross, who suffered a stroke a month earlier.
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ON MAY 18TH...
In 1963…Bob Dylan sang with Joan Baez on “With God on Our Side” at the Monterey Folk Festival.

In 1963…The Beatles began their third U-K tour supporting Roy Orbison. By the end of the 21-date tour, the fast-rising band was the headliner.

In 1967…The Rolling Stones recorded “We Love You.” Paul McCartney and John Lennon contributed backing vocals.

In 1968…The Doors, The Animals, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and The Holding Company, Country Joe and The Fish and Taj Mahal all played The Northern California Folk Rock Festival.

In 1979…Journey hosted The Midnight Special, with special guests The Jacksons and Herbie Hancock.

In 1980…Joy Division’s Ian Curtis hanged himself in his Manchester, England home.

In 1982…Joe Strummer reappeared after he fled The Clash and moved to Paris the month before. He claimed his disappearance was due to exhaustion and doubts about his career.

In 1992…Ozzy Osbourne announced his retirement from touring.

In 1993…Kiss’ Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Bruce Kulick were given a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In 2004…Elvin Jones, a jazz drummer who played with John Coltrane, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, died of heart failure in Englewood, New Jersey. He was 76.

In 2005…Elvis Presley was named the most successful artist of all time by the Guinness Book of Records. The tally was based on the total number of weeks he spent on the U-K singles and album charts. At number two was Cliff “Devil Woman” Richard.

LINKS BY GEORGE MAY 2nd

Aloha and we hope all is well on your side of the cyber veil. There is fresh art at the bottom section including a very interesting "Sheeple" image from David Dees, new art from Andrew Annenberg and many others that I think you will enjoy.



Events keep quickening and I stay steady on the internet research to provide as many interesting and useful reference points as I can.
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Besides the many music videos that I add each week, our friends in Australia,
Pagan Love Cult have a couple of new ones that I would like to highlight:

Pagan Love CultHigh On Light


Pagan Love Cult-Our Gorey Future


Pagan Love Cult 2010 tour



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GLOBAL NEWS:

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LIFESTYLE/ ARTS/ CULTURE/ ETC:

EVENTS:


Ayahuasca Healing Retreat, May 16 to 25 in Brazil
Work with plant spirits. This program is based on various disciplines, including teachings from shamanic practices, ancient mystery schools and modern transpersonal studies. Initiations into higher states of being.
Spiritual & Metaphysical Retreats at TheVine Center in Bahia, Brazil



16 – 22 July 2011
We Shall Weave Our Dreams!
Iquitos, Peru
7th International Amazonian Shamanism Conference


14 – 16 October 2011
Perspectives on Psychedelics
Judson Memorial Church
New York
Horizons


Worldwide Marijuana March in San Diego
-May 7, 2011



HIGH CONSCIOUSNESS:

Oklahoma Senate Passes Life Sentence for Hash Making



Drug-bashing RI Republican charged with drug use



15 Legal Medical Marijuana States and DC



Pot Prohibition Turns 100-Years-Old:
A Centennial Anniversary That’s Hardly Worth Celebrating



Inside America's Almost Legal Marijuana Industry



Legalizing Marijuana Could Reduce Its Energy Consumption 75%



Author Graham Hancock on the War on Drugs
(Video)



Children are Harmed, Not Helped, by Unwinnable Drug War



The Failed Drug War Has Created a Human Rights Nightmare
-- How Can This Happen in Our Country and Go Virtually Undiscussed?



Marc Emery Denied Transfer to Canadian Prison



Dutch Can Grow Five Marijuana Plants, No Problem



Nimbin MardiGrass 2011 tug o' peace...
Police -vs- Polite cops
-youtube



Mardi Grass 2011
-Change the law
-youtube


Timothy Leary
- Legend of a mind



"MAN ISN’T DYING OF THIRST":
In 1970, the 22-minute film "Man Isn't Dying Of Thirst" by Vaclav Hapl
– depicting the use of LSD in psychotherapy – was produced in Czechoslovakia.



Stanislav Grof Video Library



Treatment Manual for MDMA
-Assisted Psychotherapy for Treatment of PTSD



The Pot Head Pixies:
Drug Utopias in the Music of Gong, 1968-1974



Positive San Pedro story on Fox News



Ayahuasca Beyond the Amazon:
the benefits and risks of a spreading tradition.
Journal of Transpersonal Psychology



Consumption of Ayahuasca by Children and Pregnant Women:
Medical Controversies and Religious Perspectives



THE AYAHUASCA VISIONS OF PABLO AMARINGO



The Next Level
-youtube



Sathya Sai Baba dead
- Live updates


Spiritual leader Sri Sathya Sai Baba passes away
-youtube



Our Destiny Is Brotherhood:
The energy of Peace comes from the heart as we begin to coexist as brothers.



Knowledge and Revolution featuring David Icke
-youtube



Misunderstanding Jesus's Execution



The pagan roots of Easter



Medicine Man
- Black Elk's story of The Great Circle
-youtube



Native American Peace Prayer
- voice and visuals by Kelly Anne
-youtube



2012
- The Revolution Has Begun
-youtube



Forget Hell:
A Rebirth of Christianity



We are all Fukushima
by "An integral perspective on the meanings and promises of disaster"




Dr. Len Horowitz is one of the world's most active and heroic messengers
of holistic harmony. It is our pleasure to not only be sending you his message
but to also be supportive of the Steam Vents Inn which we feel is one of the most
healing power spots on the island.
I invite your taking a close look and if possible, arrange a visit .




ARTS:

Ayn Rand Movie Fails in Free Market (Despite Tea Party Hype)



The Fascinating Histories Behind Your Favorite Fairy Tales




Pele 'Aina and the Faery Sanctuary at Jeffrey's



Derek-an inspirational musician



Our friend Robbie's psychedelic art. Check out his latest additions.
psychedelic-art.com.


Last In The Series, One Thousand Pieces of Peace
Kelly Anne again showing her radiance through
musical art to Scott Huckabay's music
-youtube


Barry Melton: The Long Strange Trip of a Psychedelic Icon



Brian Jones son



ENVIRONMENT:


The Law of Mother Earth:
Behind Bolivia’s Historic Bill




Radiation Spreads Worldwide.
The Poisoning of Mother Earth



Neoliberal Globalization:
Is There an Alternative to Plundering the Earth?



Insane Storms: Science Saw it Coming, and Yes,
It's Part of Climate Change



Sea Shepherd:
how we sank the Japanese whaling fleet



10 reasons to still be pissed off about the BP disaster



BAD BUSINESS:
Shell to Seek U.S. Approval to Drill as Many as 10 Oil Wells Off Alaska



USDA moves to let Monsanto perform its own environmental impact studies on GMOs




"The Thing":
A 140,000-Year-Old Organism Discovered in Antarctica's Ice-Shrouded Lake Vostok



Lyrebird mimic
Youtube


Nyiragongo Crater:
Journey to the Center of the World



The Intelligence of Mushrooms in Environmental Restoration




SCIENCE:


Water powered engine plans to be released
-youtube



Solar power without solar cells:
A hidden magnetic effect of light could make it possible



Dutch To Build Solar Panels Into Their Roads, Starting With Bike Lanes




Michio Kaku on Teleportation
-youtube




Rumor Sweeping World's Science Community that CERN's LHC has
Detected the Higgs Boson -The "God Particle"



HEALTH:


Nuclear weather worsens


Radiation exposure chart admits cancer radiotherapy delivers fatal dose to patients



(Japan) Fukushima Radiation Affects Part 8\8 Leuren Moret /
Radiation Affects on Ocean Fish
-youtube



Radiation Readings in Fukushima Reactor Rise to Highest Since Crisis Began




Dr. Gabriel Cousens M.D. Discusses Radiation Contamination and what to do



This Devastating Mistake Can Wreck Your Immune System...
vaccine induced disease



The 12 Most Common Causes of Food Poisoning



The Devastating Toll of This Popular Food on Rural Communities Worldwide…
Soy



The 'Other' Sweetener That's Made from Sugar,
but is Closer to DDT -Splenda




FDA Warns -
Do NOT Use This Pain Reliever... You Could Turn Blue and Die




Are you enjoying your daily chemical cocktail?




They Cause 40,000 Deaths a Year
- But They're Handed Out Like Candy
-antidepressants




The Dangers of the Medical Industrial Complex



The Drug Industry May Be Bad,
But THIS Industry May Be Even Worse for Your Health



Hiding the Truth About Factory Farms



On the food freedom front, yet another town in Maine
has passed its own food freedom law!




BBC E-mail:
Herbal medicine regulations start



Supreme Court bans medicinal use of aloe plant




BBC 2011 Plants found in ancient pills offer medicinal insight



Walnuts rank as top nut,
providing highest level of quality antioxidants



FDA agents launch covert ops against D.C.
-area raw-milk buying club




Mind-Gut Connection:
Why Intestinal Bacteria May Have Important Effects on Your Brain




Destroy Urinary Tract Infections Without Antibiotics or Cranberry Juice




Eliminate This ONE Ingredient and Watch Your Health Soar
-Sugar
-youtube



NATIONAL TAKE BACK INITIATIVE
--tossing away dangerous prescription drugs off the medicine shelves



Why Is Damning New Evidence About Monsanto's Most Widely Used
Herbicide Being Silenced?



The Amazing Nutrient that Lowers Your Blood Pressure
-Vitamin D



The Cancer Treatment So Successful
- Traditional Doctors SHUT it Down



How Supermodel Gisele Bundchen "Infuriated Cancer Experts"
...The link between sunsreens and cancer



How the Fashion Industry Is Killing Women



The Rush to Criminalize Teen Sexting



Susie Bright's Story:
Yes, Women Love Sex Too



New York Times Article Wages War on Sex,
Even Though Sex Is Great




Lust Murder:
Prostitutes as Victims of Throwaway Capitalism




GLOBAL NEWS:


No end in sight for Fukushima disaster
as bureaucrats battle the laws of physics



WI GOPers Offered Voters Free Shots of Booze
in Exchange for Recall Signatures



Britain’s Royal Wedding:
A Big Day For The Global Oligarchy
A Celebration of the Dictatorship of Global Capital over Democracy



Who's Who at The Royal Wedding...
The Guest List: Who's In, Who's Out



Who Owns The World? Is the World Too Big to Fail?
The Contours of Global Order
By Noam Chomsky
Support for democracy is the province of ideologists and propagandists.
In the real world, elite dislike of democracy is the norm.




The New Corporate World Order
By Robert Scheer
It is time to admit that we are, in practice if not surface appearance,
close to the Chinese communist model of state-sponsored capitalism.




Libya and the Imperial Re-Division of Africa
The Imperialist Powers' Odyssey of “Return” into Africa




Nato Kills Gaddafi's Son And 3 Grandchildren
By Al Jazeera
Gaddafi and his wife were in the Tripoli house of his 29-year-old son,
Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, when it was hit by at least one missile fired by a NATO
warplane late on Saturday,
according to Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim.



From Russia, Dire Warnings on Libya
By Robert Bridge
NATO forces have unleashed a powerful missile attack on Tripoli,
the Libyan capital, in the latest sign that the coalition has ignored its
UN mandate to "protect civilians" and has chosen instead to take sides in the revolt.



Putin "Gobsmacked" By NATO's Bombing Of Libya
1 Minute Video
Do you know how many peaceful civilians perish because of these missile attacks,
no matter what reasons are behind them?'



Afghanistan's great escape:
how 480 Taliban prisoners broke out of jail



Who Was Osama bin Laden?
Karin Friedemann
Tuesday, May 03, 2011



The gradual awakening of the Moroccan people



Afghan History:
The Central Asian Grand Chessboard




Origins of Western Islamophobia



NATIONAL NEWS:



GENERAL INFO:

" A new website where you can start your own online petition and
invite your friends to sign it.
We'll send the most popular petitions to other
MoveOn members to help build support for your cause"



Tornadoes Devastate South, Killing at Least 291



3-Storms knock out TVA nuclear units, power lines



Halliburton Emerges From Gulf Disaster Unscathed



Radioactive America!
What the Mainstream media is NOT TELLING YOU!




WikiLeaks:
Shocking Revelations in Guantanamo Files



States' Shameful Trade-Off:
Putting Prisons Over Public Schools



NYC budget cuts include closing of 20 fire stations,
while millions of dollars in toxic fluoride keep flowing in the water supply



BP Still Being Awarded Lucrative Government Contracts



Quarter-Million Dead and Not Counting:
(from not being able to afford health care in the US)



Today Detroit – Tomorrow, Every City in America"
"If Milton Friedman, father of the free market, were alive today,
I imagine he would be jumping with joy at the prospect of the abandonment of public education for private, for-profit charter schools."




Sherri Kane is an investigative journalist, news commentator, psycho-social analyst, and political activist, specializing in uncovering media persuasion and manipulation,
conspiracy realities and women’s and children’s rights issues.



Latest news and views from Issues and Alibis
www.issuesandalibis.org



The Anti-Empire Report



Rachel Maddow, the Nation, Daily Kos:
Winners in AlterNet's Poll of Most Influential Progressives




5 Reasons to Be Hopeful We Haven't Totally Screwed Ourselves and the Planet ...
Yet



We're #1 --
Ten Depressing Ways America Is Exceptional




20 Signs That A Horrific Global Food Crisis Is Coming and
''Are You Prepared For The Coming Economic Collapse
And The Next Great Depression?''



Vandana Shiva:
Understanding the Corporate Takeover




Wal-Mart's Shocking Impact
on the Lives of Hundreds of Millions of People



Polygamy As a choice for the Black Family
By Empress Tsahai



One More Reason Religion Is So Messed Up:
Respected Theologian Defends Genocide and Infanticide



Cheering a Monster's Death Is Not the Same as Patriotism



WAR:

Iraq War Was About Oil


Why Does America Go to War?
Read "America's 'War on Terrorism'" to learn the truth



Deconstructing the US Military:
America's Global War against Planet Earth



Annals of a Golden Age
Peace Laureate Surpasses Reagan in Killing Gadafy Kin
By Chris Floyd
O how wonderful it is to live in such an enlightened age!
Just think: not long ago, the U.S. government was seen as little more
than a vast war machine
-- brutal, murderous, inhumane, bent on global domination.



POLITICAL:

Obama Lays Birther Issue to Rest




Yes, Birtherism is Racist (As is Donald Trump):
Three Videos Tell You Why



Obama ridicules Trump at Correspondents’ dinner,
mocks ‘birther’ crusade




Questioning Obama's Americanism




US Government Gun-running To Narco Gangs In Mexico
Obama's Mexicogate?
By Laura Carlsen




What would Abbie Hoffman do to stop the Koch brothers?




Florida GOP Legalizes Voter Suppression,
Including a Return to Jim Crow




Maddow:
WI GOPers Offered Voters Free Shots of Booze in Exchange for Recall Signatures



Donald Trump's Lunacy Reveals Core Truth About the
Republicans He is the Republican id
- finally entirely unleashed from all restraint and reality



Texas GOP Fights Catastrophic Wildfires
With Prayer and Global Warming Denial




Meet the Religious Right Charlatan Who Teaches Tea Party America
The Totally Pretend History They Want to Hear



The 12 Worst (and Most Powerful) Christian Right Groups



The Tea Party Propaganda Factory You Probably Don't Know About



The Truth About GOP Hero Ayn Rand



How Socialists Built America



Van Jones
Power Shift 2011
-youtube



ECONOMIC:


The Myth of Debt-Free Living
by Gary North



Corporate Coup d’état Coming Soon to a City Near You



Looking to Weaken Child Labor Laws,
GOPer Says Working at 11 Years Old "Not a Big Deal,"
"Doesn't Hurt Anybody"



The Robber Barons Are Back!



SURVEILLANCE/FRINGE POSSIBILITIES:


Water powered engine plans to be released
-youtube
"Inventor survives 10 murder attempts to release"




Detroit SWAT team assaults African American mom who refused to medicate
her daughter with antipsychotic drugs



Police Downloading Your Data off Your Phone After Pulling You Over
-- A Nightmare Reality in Michigan




Michigan:
Police Search Cell Phones During Traffic Stops



Privacy Protection and the Secret State's Surveillance Powers



NY case underscores Wi-Fi privacy dangers



US lawmakers ask Apple about tracking feature




Why the Government Could Make it Nearly Impossible
for You to Get a Passport



Repeat Law Breaker Obama Condemns Bradley Manning's
Contempt for the Rule of Law



Guantanamo Files:
Massive Leak Reveals Innocent Detainees



Guantanamo Detainee Files Hint at Psychological Research




Guantánamo Bay Torture Files:
Al-Qaida assassin 'worked for MI6'
By Declan Walsh in Islamabad, David Leigh, Jason Burke and Ian Cobain
An al-Qaida operative accused of bombing two Christian churches and a luxury hotel in Pakistan in 2002 was at the same time working for British intelligence, according to secret files on detainees who were shipped to the US military's Guantánamo Bay prison camp.




How a Human Rights Nightmare Can Happen in Our Country on Our Watch
-- and Go Virtually Undiscussed



9/11 Responders Are Terrorists?




US government takes down HAARP website to conceal evidence
of US weather modification and earthquake inducing warfare.




Alert!!!
Very Important, Haarp Caused the Earthquake in Japan Smoking Gun Proof!!!!
-youtube



Japan will be SUNK by EarthQuake HAARP?
?USA NEXT? MARTIAL LAW?... JAPAN THREATEND IN
-youtube



David Icke
- The Road to the Third World War
[MUST WATCH]-video




"Smoking Gun" Proof That Illuminati Planto Attack on 9/11
and Beyond Was Well KnownAs Far Back As 1995




Celebrity Casualties of the Illuminati
(Part 1)-youtube



CIA killed Aaron Russo
-youtube



Aaron Russo's Last Message To Humanity
-youtube



Aaron Russo Told About 9/11 in Advance, Verichip
-youtube



IBM VERICHIP and the FOURTH REICH
-youtube



They put WHAT in that cigarette?
-radioactive polonium 210




Dreams
- "Mount Fuji in Red" (1990) Nuclear Disaster in Japan
- Hollywood Prediction or NWO?



“A WHO’S WHO OF THE MANSON FAMILY”




"The Prosecution of George W. Bush"
- video



News Department of Justice May Reopen Investigation
into Malcolm X Assassination




Did the Nazis prove that Earth is hollow
- Stuff they don't want you to know
-youtube




Time vortex appears over Antarctica
- object found under 2miles of ice
-youtube



Fema Drills, major earthquakes in May,
Comet elenin, Planetary alignment, sunspots
-youtube




Elenin causes disasters
-NASA 2011 future disaster dates
- PROOF -youtube



EU/EMERCOM Russia Missile UFO Alert (2.0)
- Elenin (Nibiru) VORTEX ZION Malta Knights NWO ELE fixed
-youtube



UFO Files | Black Box UFO Secrets



'Dead alien' found in Siberian snow







QUOTES FOR THE WEEK


The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high. - Sen. J. William Fulbright

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Criticism in a time of war is essential to the maintenance of any kind of democratic government. - Sen. Robert Taft, (R)

"Neither spin nor propaganda will do. And what the studies show is what's needed is a radical transformation of American foreign policy" - Fawaz Gerges

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"The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and unawaredly enslave themselves." Dresden James.

"The point of public relations slogans like "Support our troops" is that they don't mean anything... That's the whole point of good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that nobody's going to be against, and everybody's going to be for. Nobody knows what it means, because it doesn't mean anything. Its crucial value is that it diverts your attention from a question that does mean something: Do you support our policy? That's the one you're not allowed to talk about.": Noam Chomsky







PUNMASTER MUSIC NEWS-SELECTED ARTICLES


Phoebe Snow, best known globally for her cover of the Paul McCartney song ‘Every Night’, has died from a brain hemorrhage at the age of 58.
Phoebe Ann Laub was born on July 17, 1952. She was briefly married in the early 70s and gave birth to daughter Valerie who as born with brain damage. Phoebe cared for Valerie all of her life. Valarie died at age 31 in 2007.
The first Phoebe Snow album was released on Shelter Records, owned by Leon Russell. Her first major hit was ‘Poetry Man’ in 1975. It reached no. 5 in the USA. That same year she recorded ‘Gone At Last’ with Paul Simon for his ‘Still Crazy After All These Years’ album.
Her 1978 album ‘Against The Grain’ featured ‘Every Night’. Paul McCartney originally released his version on his 1970 ‘McCartney’ album.
Phoebe’s last chart appearance was in 1989 with her album ‘Something Real’ (no. 29, USA) but then she only occasionally recorded music or performed live. One of those live appearances was for Bill and Hilary Clinton at Camp David in 1999. She also sang at Howard Stern’s wedding in 2008.
She had planned to release a comeback album in 2010 and had scheduled a tour but had a stroke in January 2010 causing the brain hemorrhage. She did not work again.
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Beach Boys Reunion!
That's the news that millions of fellow Beach Boys fans have been waiting years to hear, but let's not get too excited just yet: This reunion appears to be a one-time-only occasion for charity. It's no secret that the remaining members of the seminal '60s band of beach brothers (and cousins and close friends) have been mired in legal estrangement for many years. Now, in the name of Japan earthquake and tsunami relief, original Beach Boy Al Jardine has succeeded in bridging that gap by convincing his former bandmates Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Bruce Johnston to contribute vocals for a charity single, which was pressed on vinyl. Vintage Vinyl News (of course) reports that side one of the record is "Don't Fight the Sea," which was originally recorded for Jardine's 2010 solo album A Postcard From California. The song, written by Jardine and Terry "Seasons in the Sun" Jacks , has now been augmented by the voices of the other three surviving Beach Boys -- Wilson, Love and Johnston -- along with a vocal track from the late Carl Wilson. The "B" side is an a cappella mix of the 1968 Beach Boys song "Friends." All proceeds will go to the Red Cross for Japanese aid.

Attention, collectors: The first 1,000 copies of the single have been pressed in white vinyl with a red label, resembling the Japanese flag, and approximately 90 of those will be signed by all four remaining Beach Boys! One of these rare white vinyl singles sold for $192.50, and auctions are underway on a couple other copies as you read this.

IAN ANDERSON’S OUT OF THIS WORLD CONCERT

When worldwide fame and notoriety have been achieved, taking your music into outer space is the only place left to go.

On April 12th Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson took part in a duet with US astronaut Colonel Catherine Coleman to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin’s first manned space flight in 1961.

However, this duet is no ordinary collaboration. Whilst Anderson was live on stage in Perm, Russia, Coleman was in orbit in the International Space Station as she contributed to Ian’s truly out of this world concert.

Coleman’s part of the performance was screened by video link to the audience in Perm from somewhere in the galaxy as part of this gravity defying gig.

The pair played an excerpt from Bouree from Tull's STAND UP album.

Coleman has been practicing her Ian Anderson trademark of playing the flute whilst standing (or in her case floating) on one leg. For 3 months, Anderson's flute accompanied Cady Coleman and her own flute in orbit allowing her to perfect her Anderson stance ahead of the duet.
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John Lennon’s Letters To Be Published
A rare compendium of John Lennon’s correspondence will be published next year.
The LA Times reports that Yoko Ono and official Beatles biographer Hunter Davies have compiled Lennon’s letters, postcards and drawings, sent to all manner of people.
The Lennon Letters will features correspondence from the activist and music icon to all manner of people – “friends, family, strangers, newspapers, organisations, lawyers and the laundry”.
This is the first time Ono has given permission for Lennon’s letters to be published, which have been sourced from archives, collectors and the original recipients.
Davies has edited the collection, and written the introduction. The letters are reproduced in their original form, “in his handwriting or typing, plus the odd cartoon or doodle.”
The Lennon Letters will be published by Little, Brown in October 2012.