life, religion

Awake

And I came across one of those Awake magazines the other day, that are the same as those Watchtower magazines, those little newspapers that I usually see Jehovah Witnesses selling everywhere on street corners and in the subways throughout my travel in that city of New York. And this one was left sitting on a subway train car, as I usually see them strewn everywhere on the streets. And the photos on the covers of their magazines are always interesting. And the photo on the cover of this edition was titled “Should You Fear The Future? And Awake and Watchtower are one of those Jehovah Witness religious publications that I would assume most everyone may have heard of at some point, maybe. And the beginning of the text and passage on page one of this edition read something like:

Why Many Despair. Around the world, disturbing trends are causing fear of the future. In a growing number of cities, surveillance cameras monitor citizens. Because of fear of terrorists, many busy airports have almost become military camps. Prowling the Internet in growing numbers, thieves and pedophiles prey on unsuspecting victims. On the environmental front, pollution, deforestation, extinction, and global warming threaten future life on our planet.

Unthinkable two or three generations ago, these concerns are global today. For good reason many people wonder what is happening to the world and what kind of life awaits them and their children. Is the time coming when people will be too afraid to board a bus, a train or a plane? With prices rising and earth’s resources being taxed more and more, will future generations be able to afford good medical care, quality food, and sufficient fuel?

“The future looks very very scary” said a Canadian health minister in regard to rising health costs…….Hence In order to reduce their dependency on fossil fuel, some countries are investing heavily in biofuel, such as ethanol, which is derived from vegetation. Hence, for the first time in history, the human stomach is competing with the automotive gas tank for the produce of available land. The resulting inflation in food prices is already being felt.

Meanwhile, the disparity between the rich and the poor is growing, adding to social tensions….”life expectancies have collapsed n some of the poorest countries to half the level of the richest”…..Thrown into the mix the specter of global warming…and it comes as no surprise that many informed people are jittery about tomorrow. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which sets the so called Doomsday Clock, expressed fears of a bleak future “as scientists continue to observe cascading
effects of global warming on Earth’s complex systems.”

And this passage goes on and on. And these Watchtower and Awake publications go on and on with their titles and cover photos on their magazines that gets me to wondering and realizing about life true meaning, religion and the world. And I think that yoga guy in the photoo above may have something to do with Jehovah. He is Spiritual God and he depicts the progression of humanity. 12.21.2012. A-L=12, O-Z=12.. ALOZ, 0LOZ, 0102, . allah. yahwah. Jehova. JHVH. YHVH. YHWH. Yoga. Part of the trinity.

music

This Rap Song

And yet again, I have always every so often found myself listening to rap or hip hop music at some point in time. And sometimes I even find myself singing along to the lyrics of those songs. And if you are looking to find Kanye West Lyrics, the latest top songs, top albums, top hip hop and rap artists of the day, year and time, you can find them at rapartists.com along with the latest hip hop news, albums, lyrics to those hip hop and rap songs and more. Their website can keep you rocking to a beat of music.

electromagnetic waves, environment

Those Dish TV’s

And I am starting to wonder about those Dish TV Cablevision satellite tv antennas that I see atop of roofs of buildings everywhere throughout New York City and beyond with those pointy antennas sticking out of them in some sort of direction pointing towards the sun or something. And it is like something out of a science fiction movie when I visit a friends apartment who lives on the top floor of their building, and out of their window is what seems like a whole landmine of at least one hundred cable television dish tv antennas on the rooftops of the surrounding buildings pointing in their direction, almost right at their window as if to zap them indefinitely with those invisible zapper rays. And I am starting to wonder about how safe are they in the zap you with those invisible electromagnetic waves everywhere throughout your body department. And then again, isn’t just about every modern high tech device giving off those invisible zap you everywhere throughout your body invisible electromagnetic waves. Aren’t those invisible rays and signals flying through the air everywhere already? And I imagine there’s the cell phone that could top this list also, and even those wireless computers, wireless everything else’s, cordless telephones and other communication devices that are possibly radiating radiation everywhere through the air, flying invisible. And what about those satellites beaming down from outer space and other aeronautic outer space devices. And what about the blue light beaming from that television and this computer. And that’s not even including microwaves radiating the food, metal detectors, cat scans, and other x ray devices radiating the body. And what does to radiate mean anyway? Do these devices affect the human body, mind and spirit or the electro magnetic pole of the earth and universe. Could these invisible waves be related to this recent, new and modern climate change go green thing. And will there be some sort of side affects from all of these invisible waves and rays a billion years from now. What would some scientist have to say about all of this. What would those environmental save the world groups have to say about this. Does Wikipedia have an entry for this, and what category would it fall under, environmental technological hazards? And whatever this may all mean, have a great electromagnetic radiating day.

music

Hip Hop You Don’t Stop

Hip Hop you don’t stop, gonna rap this beat till the break of dawn. Or something like that. And if you happen to be looking for Rap or Hip Hop Lyrics of your favorite artists, you can find the latest hip hop news, albums, lyrics and more at rapartists.com. Their website has just about every rap and hip hop artist one can think of and their database is updated daily, as they are all rap and hip hop all the time.

events, music

Celebrate Brooklyn

Hey Bloggers, it’s summer music festival’s in New York time again. I know because it’s almost summer and festivals and concerts are starting to appear everywhere in the streets, parks and open spaces throughout this city. And one of those festivals that must be coming up soon, as the ads for this festival are in this weeks papers, is Celebrate Brooklyn. Celebrate Brooklyn is music, dance, word and film. And that’s this really cool music festival out in the Prospect Park Bandshell where one can sit on the grass and make a picnic, or just sit in the chairs they usually have available to listen to their concerts. And this years Celebrate Brooklyn is 30 summers, does that mean 30 years?, 9 weeks, 25 shows and 80 artists. And its opening night is June 12 with Isaac Hayes. And this years artists to perform include:

ISAAC HAYES, MIRIAM MAKEBA , BAKITHI KUMALO and FRIENDS, MEDESKI MARTIN and WOOD , MARC RIBOT’S CERAMIC DOG , TAYLOR MCFERRIN & THE CELL THEORY, SALIF KEITA , HAALE, CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS , DIXIE HUMMINGBIRDS, COLD WAR KIDS , ELVIS PERKINS IN DEARLAND , SAM CHAMPION, CROOKLYN DODGERS REUNION with O.C. , JERU THE DAMAJA , CHUBB ROCK , EMC featuring MASTA ACE , DJ PREMIER , ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD hosted by BUCKSHOT of BLACK MOON and SPECIAL ED, MICHAEL STUART , WILLIAM CEPEDA’S GRUPO ESSENCIA , ZEMOG EL GALLO BUENO, FREDDIE McGREGOR , SOUL STEPS, BRAZILIAN GIRLS , MIRANDA, TICKLAH, BETH ORTON , MATT MUNISTERI, JERRY DOUGLAS , THE HOLMES BROTHERS, DEERHOOF , METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE: The Rite: Remixed, ENTER THE DRAGON with KARSH KALE , SOH DAIKO, GOLEM , SWAY MACHINERY , MICHAEL SHOWALTER , DELEON , SOULICO and Special Guests, BRAVE NEW WORLD REPERTORY THEATRE: FAHRENHEIT 451, THE PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE: POWAQQATSI: Life in Transformation WITH THE BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS , MARTA TOPFEROVA, GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY, BEAR HANDS, MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP, CARL DAVIS: THE CHARLIE CHAPLIN MUTUALS with THE KNIGHTS, CHRISTINA COURTIN, FATHER GOOSE, THE SIPPY CUPS, SONIA MANZANO, JAMES McDANIEL, JOAN OSBORNE, AFRICAN GUITAR FESTIVAL with OLIVER MTUKUDZI and BLACK SPIRITS, HABIB KOITÉ and BAMADA, DABY TOURÉ, YOSSI FINE and AFRIKAN BASS, EXTRA GOLDEN, AILEY II, LILA DOWNS, THE VILLA – LOBOS BROTHERS, GRUPO NORTENO and HAL WILLNER’S BILL WITHERS PROJECT

Have a great music festival day.

gun violence

What Does It Mean

What does it mean when msn.com devotes a whole section of its homepage to a section titled “Related stories”, with stories titled “Downtown Shooting”, “14-Year-Old Shot In Thigh During Drive-By Shooting”, “Deadly Shooting’, “Police Investigate Delaware County Shooting”, “One Dead In Wake Of Quadruple Shooting”, “7 shot on Harlem street corner, police say”. And these are titles on only one website for only one hour and one day. What does that mean. What would Mayors Against Gun violence, New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, The National Rifle Association, Alfred B. Noble, the inventor of dynamite and merchant of death of whom the Noble Peace Prize was named after, I think, and any other gun related advocacy groups have to say about this. And again I could copy my blog posts over and over in my appeal to banish guns from every human being on the face of planet earth, and to banish the images of guns from all forms of advertising, media and marketing in the news and pop culture. Or is that some sort of utopian thought. And I am one blogger. And then there is the news of yet another gun shooting and act of gun violence in the news yesterday, today and tomorrow. So many atrocities of the is it the fourth amendment right to kill anyone over a piece of property, that I am becoming numb and desensitized from reading the stories from a news, advertising, marketing and media industry that feeds itself off of violence, of yet another person who has lost their life to gun violence for no reason at all except for the fact that guns have been invented for the merchant of death industry, a seemingly endless cycle that feeds upon itself. Guns are the worst invention of an industry ever. Is there hope for the world and mankind. Where is the world headed in these days and times. Are the morals and values of society declining and collapsing. No one is free when others are oppressed. What was life like before the invention of guns. Is another world possible? And what does this have to do with a No Police State? Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind.

art

Museums

Museums. Now those places are usually fun to go to. And usually when one is being one of those tourists in their travels around the world, one can sometimes end up at museums, as those places are always usually on tourists routes. And I know that from a dweller in this city where I reside that museums are usually always first on the list that someone visiting would request to go. And museums are great for looking at art, art, and more art. And those places are great for learning about history and historical art. And one can usually spend hours and days at a time going to museums, museums, and more museums. And usually when one in travelling throughout America, one can see the landscape, names of towns, and even souvenirs for each town and city change and become more western with Indian art and names appearing everywhere. And those Indian names and symbols that are to be found out west are beautiful. And one can sometimes learn how whole cities and states are usually named after Indian tribes throughout America. And then there is the Stark Museum of Art. The Stark Museum of Art is part of the Stark Foundation and this museum explores the art of the American West. Their museum has different collections of Western Art, American Indian Art, Decorative Arts, and Rare Books and Manuscripts. And that photo that is placed in this blog entry looks really interesting. And the design of their website looks interesting with photos of cowboys and indians, and red rock mountains on it. At the Stark Museum of Art, they have many collections of American Western art.
You can find paintings, sculptures, prints, furniture and other items from around the world from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries of the people and wildlife of that region. Their museum has collections, exhibitions, educational materials, a Media Center and a store to find out about everything art and the west. And their current featured exhibition is called “Celebrate Shangri La”. And by visiting their museum, one might think that it has always been cowboys and indians since the beginning of time, or maybe not. Their museum is located in Orange, Texas and Texas sounds like it can be a great place to visit. For all things American Indian and Western Art, The Stark Museum of Art can be an interesting museum to visit.

holiday

Honoring The Fallen?

And Memorial Day is almost near in a couple of days or so according to that Gregorian calendar and all of those street festivals that are to be found everywhere in the streets today. And I thought to blah blog about this patriotic flag waving holiday. And this also leads me to realize that I have been blahging on this blog for over a year now and that these holidays seem to be a recurring event and same day, different year when that same ole Gregorian calendar date roles around. And then I thought, hey, I can just post the same blog entry from a year ago that I posted on this blog a year ago because it almost seems like it’s the same day, different year. And besides, it;s less writing sometimes. So the following is a passage that I posted on this blog a year ago:

And today is Memorial Day in America. A celebration of the war day. Another one of those patriotic holidays. The flag wavers are out and yellow ribbons, badges of honor, medals, parades, marches, prayers, patriotic songs, tributes and ceremonies are being broadcast everywhere. The headlines read “Honor the dead soldiers, honor the fallen soldiers and comrades”. Today is the ultimate patriotic fanatic holiday. My question of the day; for what reason is it an honor to volunteer to be fodder for the canon. For what reason is it an honor to die for nothing, to fight for reasons that do not exist, to fight against the flesh for powers that be that one cannot even see. For what reason is it an honor to be so poor that one will volunteer their life in exchange for money after one leaves the service, if one leaves the service. For what reason is it an honor for persons to be brainwashed with propaganda, theirs or mine. For what reason is it an honor to become a violent person and pick up a gun and kill another person for no reason at all. For what reason is it an honor to be a veteran who now make up the majority of the homeless population. For what reason is it an honor to attend one of those military sponsored funerals and cry over the image of a flag that propagates violence, the same flag that caused ones death. For what reason is it an honor to fall and die for nothing. For what reason is it an honor to promote this ideology. What is heroic about all of this? And why does the word “Patriot” have the word “Riot” in it? And why does the word “Military” militant militia have the word “Mal” in it? “Parens Patriarch, Father of our country”, that phrase seems to be the basis of endless deaths of the world. I saw Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 documentary. It is nineteen eighty four and Orwellianism is everywhere at its best today. Is it written somewhere that this must all come to pass? Happy beach bar b queing Memorial day. Peace on earth. And what does this have to do with a No Police State?

art, events

An Arts Festival

And that 13th Annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts is going on today. I know because I happen to pass by there today in my travels around town and saw a big street festival with vendors everywhere there next to Theater For The New City where those festivals are held every year. And I also saw their ads in this past weeks papers as well. And those festivals are a festival indeed as their theater seems to be s hughe place with so many theaters that that one can seemingly get lost there tryiing to find one of their theaters. And their annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts brings together performing arts organizations, local and international celebrities, independent artists, poets, puppeteers, film makers and many others. And Theater For The New City’s 3 day festival by Crystal Field is free, from Friday, May 23 through Sunday, May 25. And if you happen to be in the neighborhood, it may be worth checking out. And their list of performers are many including:

Dorothy Friedman August, Louisa Bradshaw, Steve Cannon, Judith Andrea Caporale, Steve Dalachinsky, Ellen Farber, Five Easy Peaces (Amber, Be Laroe, Lois Kagan Mingus, Marlena Lortez Terwilliger, Joanie Fritz Zosike), Geoffrey Holman, David Hubermann, L.E.S. Jules, Barbara Kahn, Lissa Moira, Ronne Norpel, Richard O’Brien, Valery Oisteanu, Yuko Otomo, Anthony Parker, Howard Pflanzer, Goya Robles, Tom Savage, Bina Sharif, Kelsey Shipman, Ellen Steier, Danny Shot, Bruce Weber, Richard West, Daniel Albert, Krista Anderson, Jeanette Arnone-K, Jennie Booth, Crystal Bretschger, Fernando Carpaneda, Caitlin Casell,a Jennifer Cauffman, Marisa DeMarco, Denise DeSpirito, Lu DiRusso, Lauren Fatzinger, Brian Fee, Maria Fee, Columbia Fiero, Anabel Giladi, Darius Gubala, Erika Huddleston, Marina Korenfeld, Ethel Kriss, Morgan Lappin, Evan Laurence, Micha Lazare, Ujin Lee, Leora Lent, Samantha Levin, William Lindsay, Hariclia Michailidis, Adam Miller, Alli Miller, Lissa Moira, Judy Negron, Rochelle Pashkin, Karen Pawson, David Platt, Vadim Prokhorov, Carolyn Ratcliffe, Hannah Rawe, Janet Restino, Carla E. Reyes, Jamison Sarteschi, Justin T. Shockley, Fedele Spadafora, Len Speier, Chris Swiatek, Thailan, Charlene Weisler, Nicole Wilson, RENO, Penny Arcade, Vinnie Burrown, Epstein and Hassan, Steve Ben Israel, Taylor Meade, Rome Neal, Lavina Co-Op, Joe Franklin, Rosie Mendez, Deborah Glick, Jerry Tallmer, David Amran, Judy Gorman, Arthur Abrams, Joe Bendik, Juini Booth, Susan Gittens, Mark Marcante, Joanie Fritz Zosike, Robert Fitzsimmons, Richard West, James Rado, Gary Legault, Laurence Holder, Barbara Kahn, Bina Sharif, Matt Morillo and many more.

Have a great art and festival day.