I've always wondered how a group of people who can be so nonviolent when it comes to culture (opposed to violent television.. movies.. video games.. etc.) can also be so very pro War when it comes to real life and real politics...
(Zen... can there be "real politics?").
I'm not talking about self defense or even those who struggle between weighing the balance of the "necessary" war with the devestation and destruction that war actually causes... Im talking about those who treat war like it's the Suberbowl..
..Us against them...
..sitting down with popcorn.. in front of the TV watching bombs drop (on other human beings) through night vision.. on HD..
Im talking about making a War to market with it's own catch phrases (Shock and Awe)...
In my van.. There was a soulful distortion coming through the speakers... it was "Hey Joe..." (where you going with that gun in your hand?... Jimi Hendrix.. #198 on the list)...
When Jimi sang "Hey Joe".. (cover... Not his original song).. it was to an anti-war crowd.. But "Hey Joe's" not an anti-war song... At least not the kind of War between nations...
Rather... It's about a war between lovers.... a dude going down to "shoot" his "old lady" cause he caught her.. "messin round with another man"...
disturbing.
But to an anti war crowd.. in the mind.. it's jumbled and re-imagined..
a dude.. a GI (named Joe).. is going down (to war) to shoot an (ideologically) unfaithful lover..
Same words... different setting..
..suggesting a similar but different meaning.. (Zen)
Shocking.
But poignant for it's time.
Because that's how Art works...
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Local Music FRIDAY!
DECEMBER 9TH
AT THE CRYSTAL PISTOL
STREET LIGHT FIGHT
WITH JOHNNY BADSEED AND THE ROTTEN APPLES
more info
http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/220162681386394/?notif_t=event_invite
Also
DECEMBER 9TH
AT MAIN STREET TAVERN (BA)
ACOUSTIC SET WITH KEVIN SAC AND LARON SIMPSON
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Hey Joe (#198 in The List)
Released in December 1966, Hendrix's version became a hit in the United Kingdom, entering the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart in January 1967 and peaking at #6.[38] The single was released in the United States on May 1, 1967 with the B-side "51st Anniversary" but failed to chart.[39] "Hey Joe", as recorded by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, remains the best known version of the song[6] and is listed as #198 on Rolling Stone magazine's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[40] In 2009 it was named the 22nd greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.[41] "Hey Joe" was the last song Jimi Hendrix performed at the Woodstock festival in 1969 and as such, it was also the final song of the whole festival. The song was performed after the crowd, comprising the 80,000 who hadn't yet left the festival, cheered for an encore.[42]
For More Info Here's Wiki for What it's Worth:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Joe
Friday, December 2, 2011
What's in a name?
Another "lost" epistle. I write to you concerning "the name" dear brothers. Some of you.. knowing how incompatible our interests are with his interests.. wish to throw off "the name".
You say you remember him and the disconcerting images...
-40 days of desert sand matted on his malnourished face....
-crawling around on all fours like a shoe salesman.. water bowls.. with filthy feet in front of him and dirty bourgeois-rags... (how unnecessary that all was).
And In the end?... His wallowing and his leaderless Garden cries.
..(he writhed and complained all night long.. but who took care of all
his constituents and his remaining 11 when I left?).
And like you.. I too can hardly believe we all nearly fell for his "way". What results do we have of those who've turned the cheek?... only to have the entire head removed.
(How silly and foolish... What a waist.!).
Agreed!.. the business at hand should be about business.. the economy.. the making of money.. and the taking back of our nation.. legislation.. morality.. the American way etc..!
(not Love). - How Impractical!
Poor leadership indeed. I agree with you brothers. He (the man himself) would never stand up in a general election. And I'm not even sure he could clear the primaries.
The problem however.. with denying the name entirely.. is that it's been around for a very long time. There are generations and generations of donors and constituents who.. though agreeing with us solidly in spirit.. still continue to swear by "the name". (You know how tradition is).. And that.. for us.. poses a problem.
That said.. I believe what appears as weakness can be turned for our strength... should we be smart about it and play it just right.
The beauty of it is that it's almost as if they don't even recognize the discrepancy of it... the absolute antithetical nature of what he said and did with what we're trying to do.
He was never really comfortable trying to force or control or manipulate people into his will.
In fact. How Ironic it is that the man who resisted absolute power at every turn now has tons of followers seemingly Hell Bent on taking over all of society, culture and government.. in his name?
For all practical purposes they're dumb to his wishes.. And that works in our favor.
Of course there are some of them who resist..
insisting on living "counter-cultural" to the ways of the world... missional.. communal.. authentic..
..blah. blah. blah.
But the masses are confident and externally? they tend to question their orthodoxy.. internally? they tend to pity them as dreamers or pie in the sky idealists.
(I call them idiots).
In truth.. it's become entirely "normal" to use the name and yet mean it more generally.. say.. more like "palatable religion".. things that tend to lend themselves to our cause.
No brothers. "Christian" is the name we're stuck with.. We are "Christians".. though.. when we say it.. we dare not mean the old things... like treating people as you wanna be treated.. self sacrifice, mercy, grace, forgiveness, reconciliation, peace, etc.
Rather... we mean.. a "Christian Coalition" to restore "America" to it's original heritage.. (and to Hell with the rest).
Don't give up brothers. Our dream is around the corner. One day we'll feel free to give up the name (and the absurdity will come to an end). But in the mean time keep focus on the things at hand. Watch The polls.. Keep up with public opinion. And above all.. keep them directed to the web sites and the talk shows and the news shows that work so tirelessly on our behalf.
They'll all be rewarded for their faithfulness one day. And remember...
Im with you in spirit.
Kisses
-Judas
day dreaming.. I suddenly awoke sitting at a red light. .. dazed and confused (Zeppelin.. not on the list) and like the wax unstripped and sticky on the base of a theatre porn floor.. I felt dirty. I considered turning east but my blinker pointed west.. and so I stretched myself out as far as east is from west (Zen) but.... I vanished.
So instead I settled on West and turned left down highway 66.. going to California" (Zeppelin not on the list). And in my minds eye.. I could see palm trees in the distance as far as the eye could see.
You say you remember him and the disconcerting images...
-40 days of desert sand matted on his malnourished face....
-crawling around on all fours like a shoe salesman.. water bowls.. with filthy feet in front of him and dirty bourgeois-rags... (how unnecessary that all was).
And In the end?... His wallowing and his leaderless Garden cries.
..(he writhed and complained all night long.. but who took care of all
his constituents and his remaining 11 when I left?).
And like you.. I too can hardly believe we all nearly fell for his "way". What results do we have of those who've turned the cheek?... only to have the entire head removed.
(How silly and foolish... What a waist.!).
Agreed!.. the business at hand should be about business.. the economy.. the making of money.. and the taking back of our nation.. legislation.. morality.. the American way etc..!
(not Love). - How Impractical!
Poor leadership indeed. I agree with you brothers. He (the man himself) would never stand up in a general election. And I'm not even sure he could clear the primaries.
The problem however.. with denying the name entirely.. is that it's been around for a very long time. There are generations and generations of donors and constituents who.. though agreeing with us solidly in spirit.. still continue to swear by "the name". (You know how tradition is).. And that.. for us.. poses a problem.
That said.. I believe what appears as weakness can be turned for our strength... should we be smart about it and play it just right.
The beauty of it is that it's almost as if they don't even recognize the discrepancy of it... the absolute antithetical nature of what he said and did with what we're trying to do.
He was never really comfortable trying to force or control or manipulate people into his will.
In fact. How Ironic it is that the man who resisted absolute power at every turn now has tons of followers seemingly Hell Bent on taking over all of society, culture and government.. in his name?
For all practical purposes they're dumb to his wishes.. And that works in our favor.
Of course there are some of them who resist..
insisting on living "counter-cultural" to the ways of the world... missional.. communal.. authentic..
..blah. blah. blah.
But the masses are confident and externally? they tend to question their orthodoxy.. internally? they tend to pity them as dreamers or pie in the sky idealists.
(I call them idiots).
In truth.. it's become entirely "normal" to use the name and yet mean it more generally.. say.. more like "palatable religion".. things that tend to lend themselves to our cause.
No brothers. "Christian" is the name we're stuck with.. We are "Christians".. though.. when we say it.. we dare not mean the old things... like treating people as you wanna be treated.. self sacrifice, mercy, grace, forgiveness, reconciliation, peace, etc.
Rather... we mean.. a "Christian Coalition" to restore "America" to it's original heritage.. (and to Hell with the rest).
Don't give up brothers. Our dream is around the corner. One day we'll feel free to give up the name (and the absurdity will come to an end). But in the mean time keep focus on the things at hand. Watch The polls.. Keep up with public opinion. And above all.. keep them directed to the web sites and the talk shows and the news shows that work so tirelessly on our behalf.
They'll all be rewarded for their faithfulness one day. And remember...
Im with you in spirit.
Kisses
-Judas
day dreaming.. I suddenly awoke sitting at a red light. .. dazed and confused (Zeppelin.. not on the list) and like the wax unstripped and sticky on the base of a theatre porn floor.. I felt dirty. I considered turning east but my blinker pointed west.. and so I stretched myself out as far as east is from west (Zen) but.... I vanished.
So instead I settled on West and turned left down highway 66.. going to California" (Zeppelin not on the list). And in my minds eye.. I could see palm trees in the distance as far as the eye could see.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
World Aids Day Tulsa: http://www.okeq.org/2011/11/01/world-aids-day-2/
wewereherefilm.com
This event is sponsered by Tulsa Reaches Out and the Tulsa AIDS Coalition. The film will continue showings from Dec. 1st – 8th at Circle Cinema.
Link to Oklahomans For Equality:
http://www.okeq.org/2011/11/01/world-aids-day-2/
Support Local Aids Organizations: http://www.csctulsa.org/content.php?p=135
The Coalition:
he H.O.P.E. Testing Clinic provides free confidential and anonymous testing for HIV infection.
Youth Services of Tulsa provides HIV education, counseling and testing for at risk youth in the Tulsa area.
Morton Health Services’ HIV prevention program targets African Americans and Hispanics, but all Tulsa are residents are welcome to contact Morton for HIV prevention education, counseling and testing.
Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma provides free and confidential HIV prevention education, counseling, and testing at their Clinic office, 1007 South Peoria.
The University of Tulsa Alexander Student Health Services offers HIV/STD education, counseling and testing. Free and confidential OraSure 20 minute HIV tests are also available at the Clinic.
The American Red Cross provides HIV/AIDS educators for schools and other community groups.
The HIV Prevention Program for Incarcerated Men and Women is a nationally recognized award winning program for educating inmates and their family members about HIV prevention.
Tulsa C.A.R.E.S., a United Way agency, provides many HIV care services for low income individuals and their families who are living with HIV/AIDS.
The OSU Internal Medicine Specialty Clinic provides medical care for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Our House II offers a gathering place for individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS.
Oklahoma Department of Human Services AIDS Information and Coordination Services is a free service for people infected or affected by HIV/AIDS to connect them to HIV care and other supportive services.
St. Joseph Residence is a residential care facility for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Hospice of Green Country, a nonprofit hospice dedicated to serving the critically ill including individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS regardless of the ability to pay.
For Links, and more info check out:
http://www.csctulsa.org/content.php?p=135
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