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.