Shower curtains. What can I say about shower curtains? Well, I imagine if one has a home, one usually uses shower curtains in the bathroom for the shower. And if you happen to be looking for fabric shower curtains for your home, Cozy Homewares is there for you. Their website offers shower curtains, aprons, liners and more. And some of those curtain showers look really cool with the patterns they have on them like the Royal Blue Satin Striped fabric shower curtain they have featured on their website. Cozy Homewares also sells cooking aprons for the chef’s out there and there is plenty of pockets in them to carry everything you need. Cozy Homewares also offers free shipping on all shower curtains and aprons.
Riseup
I’ve been receiving those New York City area protest calendar announcements in my email inbox from Todd Eaton every week or so for quite a while now. And I can not even remember how I even wound up subscribing to the list in the first place. And somehow I am a subscriber to this New York protest list that seems to be all protest all the time. I imagine if one wanted to be a 24 hour 365 day a year protester and attender of rallies, demonstrations and political events to help save the world, this list would be the list to consult, as it seems as if it has every single political cause, protest, event and party listed in the New York City area. And so I found this weeks calendar interesting to repost. And those links below are clickable in his emails, though I could not get them to be clickable in that sample protest calendar below. Have a great politicking day.
PART 1: ONE-TIME PROTESTS & TALKS with dates, as of Sat. Jan. 5 (only street & court actions are in bold type)
1/5 SAT: protest Wash. Sq. Pk arborcide, privatization
1/5 & Saturdays: Palestine Action Union Sq NEW HOURS
1/5 SAT: IWW picket CANCELLED
1/5 SAT: protest Handyfat unionbuster mass-firing – CANCELLED
1/5 SAT: IWW protest unionbuster mass-firing (8:30 AM/nr Morgan Av/see map)-
1/5 SAT: `Party w/ some Socialists` (it`s back on)
1/5 SAT: open Justice For Brad meeting (a.m.)
1/5 SAT: “party with socialists” CANCELLED
1/5 SAT: plan resistance to NYC port militarization (RSVP)
from 1/5 SAT: Queer Justice League mtgs, events
1/5 SAT: `NYC Elections–The Insider View`
1/5 SAT: benefit for DRUM
1/5 SAT: Socialist Party holiday pot luck Jesse Jackson conference from 1/5 SAT
1/5 SAT: benefit for Desis Rising Up & Moving (DRUM)
1/6 SUN: Bronx procession for exploited workers
1/6 SUN Protest Huntingdon Life Sciences Customers in NYC
1/6 SUN: Pedestrian Memorial Walk
1/6 SUN: Cyclists` & Pedestrians` Memorial Ride & Walk
1/6 SUN: stop displacement in El Barrio
1/6 SUN: 3rd Annual Memorial Ride for Fallen Cyclists-
1/6 SUN: recycle electronics
1/6 SUN: Recycled Electronics Collection Drive
1/7 MON Freegan mtg & trash tour
1/7 MON, court support: `Bushwick 32` defendants
from 1/7 MON: court support for brutality cases
1/7 MON: plan anarchist propaganda
Trial Dates for Victims of NYPD Misconduct (from 1/8 TUE)
1/8 TUE: Court support – Juanita Young (Bronx Supreme Court 10 a.m.)-
1/9 WED: support `Parade W`out A Permit` trial defendant
1/9 WED: `Immigration Policies & HIV`
1/9 WED: `My Journey as an Abortion Doctor`
1/9 WED: making solar happen in NYC
1/9 WED mtg: plan Code Pink NYC actions
1/10 THU: Joel Kovel `Overcoming Zionism` at Revolution Books
1/11 FRI: actions to stop torture
1/11 FRI: rally againxg grand jury political repression of Puerto Rican activists
1/11 FRI: Shut Down Guantanamo (NY & DC actions; NY map)
Jan. 11th-Support PRican Grand Jury Resisters
Jan. 11th-Support PRican Grand Resisters
1/11 FRI: court support f/ Puerto Rican Independistas (Brooklyn Fed Court)-
1/11 FRI: Funeral for Habeas Corpus (D.C.)-
Shut Down Guantanamo: January 11, 2008 (NY & DC actions)-
1/11 FRI: veganism workshop (corrected date)
UPCOMING TIME’S UP! EVENTS thru Jan 12
1/12 SAT: Domestic Workers United gala
1/13 SUN, film: `Occupation 101`
1/13 SUN, film: `Children of Heaven` (Human Face of Iran series)
1/13 SUN: VFP Tribute to David Cline
1/13 SUN: Dave Cline Celebration & Memorial
1/14 MON: trial support from Spring 07 stock exchange action-
1/17 THU: court support for U.N. protest arrestees-
1/17 THU: `Wobblies: Progressive Era Interracial Unionism`
1/17 THU: ‘IWW, first truly interracial union’ (book talk)
from 1/18 FRI: Howard Zinn’s `Marx In Soho` (2 nights)
1/18 FRI: Defend Victor Toro rally
immigrant & refugee rights conference (from 1/18 FRI)
Brecht Forum Upcoming Events thru 1/19
1/19 SAT: MDS activist convergence POSTPONED
1/19 SAT: `San Francisco 8` trial update w/ defendant (at RiB)
from 1/19 SAT: Theatre of the Oppressed workshops
1/21 MON: MLK Day labor march
1/21 MON: Martin Luther King Day March Ag. Racism
1/21 MON: IWW March on all the warehouses
1/24 THU: urge anti-war pedestrians call Congress from street
power & privilege workshops from 1/26 SAT (ALP)
1/26 SAT: Luis Miranda, ¡Presente!
1/27 SUN: Iran slide show, talk (Human Face of Iran series)
1/27 SUN: tribute to families of polit. prisoners
1/28 MON: Lynne Stewart gathering
1/29 TUE: Lynne Stewart court support
Lynne Stewart Oral Argument on Appeal – date changed 1/29
1/31 THU: `trans people in NY prisons`
1/31 THU: disabilities tax credits & benefits w`kshop
JAN. 31 THU: `Abolition of the State: Anarchist & Marxist Perspectives`
from 2/3 SUN: ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK 2008
from 2/11 MON: The Longest Walk
2/12 TUE: March Against Wage Slavery CANCELLED
2/23 SAT: Fat Queer Visibility & Action (conference)
3/14 FRI: Left Forum (conference)
from 3/15 SAT: Iraq war anniv. march (D.C.)
May 1, 2008 in Minnesota
May 2008 Critical Race Studies in Education Conf
MAY 2008 Augusto Boal to Lead Two Workshops
June 2008: `pre-booking jail diversion`
June 2008: Imprisoned People w/ Psychiatric Disabilities forum
6/4 WED: `Rights for Imprisoned w/ Psychiatric Disabilities` (conf)
6/6 FRI: `Nationalism & Globalization in Conflict & Transition`
street medic planning for RNC Sept 2008 protests
`U.S. Out of Iraq!` march: Sept 1, 2008 at RNC/Minneapolis,
PART 2: ONGOING OR REPEAT EVENTS, AND OTHER CALENDARS
Bluestockings January Events Calendar
January Events at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
UFPJ calendar (from 1/5 SAT)
A recent note that the riseup people sent us
`A Question of Impeachment` series thru 1/16 (talks)
December Freegan Events Calendar
Freegan events thru 1/29
Flor De Mayo delivery worker pickets Tuesdays & Saturdays
Harm Reduction Trainings
JANUARY WEEK OF HOWLAND HOOK PORT ACTIONS (SDS)
mostly anti-war vigils
NYCABC political prisoner event calendar thru 12/22
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Time’s Up! events thru Jan. 4
Witness Against Torture actions
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Film Noir
Now that’s interesting. There is an article on the cover of this weeks Village Voice with an image of a gun titled “The Year In Bloody Good Film: Violence Is Golden”. The Village Voice and the LA Weekly did a year in film critics’ poll, and something like the top 10 notable films were all violent or something. What does that say about these days and times when the top ten films in a critics poll are all violent. And somewhere in that article they actually mentioned the phrase “Film Noir”. And I wasn’t exactly sure what the word film noir even meant until I Wikipediaed it up. And that Internet bible dictionary Wikipedia described the phrase “film noir” as a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation. Hollywood’s classic film noir period is generally regarded as stretching from the early 1940s to the late 1950s and emerged in the United States during the Depression. The term film noir is French for “black film”. Well, I am not exactly sure what this all means, but I guess the term means to glorify and romanticize violence. And I do find it amazing that any publication with advertising would even mention that phrase in an article these days, that film noir glorifies violence, being that guns and the images of guns are advertised everywhere in film, television, newspapers, telescreens, music lyrics, video games, cartoons, posters, commercials, sides of buses, insides of buses, the floors and walls of every single form of transportation possible, light poles, bus stops, sidewalks, doorsteps, walls, floors, ceilings, t-shirts, clothing, the air and anywhere else on planet earth that looks marketable. It is bombarding the advertising of guns to look cool these days. For what reason could not actors and models or any other person hold an object other than a gun or a weapon to look cool. Could not everyone start posing with flowers, or sticks and stones or something to look cool in these media advertisements these days. And what about public broadcasting non commercial sponsored media. Is public, listener sponsored media an alternative to corporate sponsored media and violent content. And what is corporate sponsored media. And what about technology and violence. Are they related. And what is technology and its advancement. And then there is that fourth amendment of the the right to bear arms constitution, the right to take another life for a piece of property, a shelter over ones head that should be free, a basic necessity of life of mankind, material goods. And the whole world is paying as someone loses their life to gun violence every day as the story is told today and the headlines will read tomorrow, yesterday and thereafter with no end in sight. If only a constitution could be written to abolish guns and the images of guns from everywhere and everyone on the face of planet earth. And in any given publication of most newspapers, half of the film advertisements have images of guns in them. In any given news cast, half of the news program, programming is of crime and violence. On any given prime time television schedule, half of the television programs are of crime, violence and guns. And again, I could copy my blog posts over and over in my appeal to end gun violence. To banish guns and the images of guns from every single place and human being on the face of planet earth. Guns are the worst invention of an industry ever. It is bombarding, the advertising of people holding guns to look cool, and pointing guns at you, the viewer, as you look at the poster or printed advertising. Does not advertising and programing influence and program society and people? Does not glorifying violence influence the world. And what are those TiVo things. Do they help one to filter out offensive programming in the media. It is that vicious cycle that feeds on itself again, advertising feeds marketing, which feeds crime, which feeds the news which feeds more crime which feeds more violence which feeds more advertising which feeds more news cycle. And it is interesting to read what the origin of film noir means, that this whole film noir thing started during the depression, right along with the Satan, Santa Claus marketing of the Christmas holiday shop, buy, spend more money, go into more debt, over consumerism season. Does this glorifying of violence as if it is romantic, reflect the moral decline of the world, the collapse of society? Are wars debasing the value of human life. Is there hope for the world. Will this beast, whatever or whoever this beast this may be ever release its grip on mankind. It seems as if the Emperor is wearing no clothes in the world these days, whatever the moral of that story may mean. What was life like before the invention of guns? I am only one blogger, one voice. No one is free while others are oppressed. Is another world possible? Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind. And what does this have to do with a No Police State?
This Blog
And as I was just blah blogging about in that previous post, there must be a zillion other blogs out there in the bloggerworld blogosphere, so many that I wonder if it is possible to even read them all. And the titles and topics of some of these other blogs which range from about everything to everything in the alphabet, seem to be all over the place. And some of these blogs in the bloggerworld seem to be more or less interesting than others. And then there are those political blogs. There is this interesting blog, formykountry, that talks about interesting topics, and some of the posts are thought provoking. ForMyKountry.com seems to be a political patriotic blog, as the title says “The Patriot’s Den at ForMyKountry.com” so I gather this blog may be for my country, assuming that is the country of America. And then there are images of American flags, stars and stripes, and presidents of America on this blog, and quotes from former Presidents of America. ForMyKountry is a conservative themed, opinionated blog and I try to figure out if it is going to the left, right, sideways, straight, up or down. And the topics are interesting and some are even jokes. There are the topics about gun control, sports, facts and trivia and many other topics. And then there is that posting: “After talking to a liberal give them 2 asperins and tell to go to bed”. That’s interesting.
Mardi Gras
And today on this day I find myself wondering what topic to blah blog about in my internetaholic blogging in the blogosphere bloggerworld. And as usual I find myself wondering these days, how do all of those zillions of other bloggers in the bloggerworld find topics to write about on a daily basis or as often as one blogs. That how does one find content for ones website thing. And what’s the purpose of blogging again? TO rant and ramble away, to log ones diary or share ones thoughts or something. Well this web 2.0 user social media generated content thing still amazes me even to this day. And so the random thought for the day that comes to mind for this blog is that purple Mardi Gras cup I happen to be looking at at the moment. What can I say and write about Mardi Gras? Didn’t the party week just pass with the New Years and isn’t Mardi Gras approaching next month in February or something. More parties? And what does the word Mardi Gras mean anyway. The words sounds French maybe, like Gras grand, more of something. I wonder what that Internet bible dictionary Wikipedia would have to say about this word and holiday. And so this purple cup has written all over it, “Happy Mardi Gras” with images and drawings of clowns, pianos, music symbols, floats, confetti, revelers at a parade grand procession, that tragedy and comedy mask, horns, decks of cards, those Mardi Gras coins, the future dates of Mardi Gras all the way up until 2010 and just one big party scene. I guess these are some of the images of the Mardi Gras. And those Mardi Gras Marching bands from Louisiana rock.
Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry
And so I saw my friend Laura the other day, over these end of the year, New Years Day holidays. And her being as anti Big Pharma, American Psychiatric Association, American Medical Association, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), Friends and Alliances of the Mentally Ill (FAMI) parents who lock up their kids in wards, mental death system and everything else psych cia trick oppression in between, as am I also, she had this book with her that she wrote a chapter for. And Laura has been one of those “Abolish forced psychiatric treatment, Psychiatry Kills” advocates for as long as I can remember. And the book is called Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry edited by Peter Stastny, Peter Lehmann, with a preface by Robert Whiteker. I haven’t exactly read this book yet but I am sure it addresses the atrocities of the mental death system which includes eugenics inspired psychiatric killing centers in Nazi Germany which is how the holocaust began, and that this book advocates humane alternatives to the mental health system, psychiatric drugs, electroshock and locked wards. And the cover of the book is interesting, there must be photos of about sixty or so authors who again I assume speak for alternative for psychiatry. And among them is David Oaks, founder of Support Coalition International, an organization that addresses alternatives to psychiatry for as as long as I can remember. And in this book there are chapters by Laura Ziegler, Jim Gottstein, Kate Millett, Marius Romme and Sandra Escher, Gisela Sartori, Rufus May, Jan Wallcraft, Philip Thomas and Salma Yasmeen, Bruce Levine and many others. And there is another book advertised on the last page, “Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs: Successful Withdrawal from Neuroleptics, Antidepressants, Lithium, Carbamazepine and Tranquilizers”, edited by Peter Lehmann, Prefaces by Judi Chamberlin, Pirkko Lahti and Loren R. Mosher. And I would think that this book would have a message to share for alternative to the mental death system. Whether these books will change the world, I am not sure. Is another world possible. And what does this have to do with a No Police State? Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind.
Secure This Computer
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The End Of The Year
It must be that end of the year time again according to the Gregorian calendar. And I also figure it must be near New Years Day 2008, as every time I turn on the television, listen to the radio or look at a newspaper, I see and hear all of those year end, year in review, best of 2007 articles and programing, and that Auld Lang Syne song gets played a thousand times. And I also see people selling those Happy New Year 2008 glasses, horns and confetti on street corners and sidewalks everywhere. And this time of year must also be the most partying day and night time of the year, and the most expensive time of the year to party in New York City also, as those clubland parties admission fees are usually in the hundreds and zillions of dollars range to party or something like that. Well I guess if one is in the New York City area, one could always go to see the ball drop in Time Square, that’s free as far as I know. Me myself, I don’t know what I will do for the New Years Eve celebrations this year, if anything. And I also thought it was the beginning of the end of the world this year in 2007 with all of those prophecy, armageddon, apocalyptic religious fanaticism thoughts about Nostradamus, World War III, the beast and the Anti Christ I posted this year about 2007 being the beginning of the end of the world. So unless some big momentous end of the world events happens in the next two days, happy 2008.
And here are some New Years Eve, New Years Day events in the New York City area that are listed on the nonsense nyc list for this week that look interesting and may be worth checking out:
Rubulad proudly presents:
The Iridescent Ball A New Year’s Eve masquerade. With the Fisherman, the Hungry March Band, Vic Thrill and B.A., and the Ja Ja Jahs with Benjamin Ickies and Joe Exley. DJs: $mall Change, Pork Chop, Mike Simonetti, Tim (Crypt Records), Alabama Mike, and Kris Anton. In the Cabaret Room: Viva DeConcini and Mary Feaster (Paprika; Circus Amok), Master Lee and Mr. Patrick present Talking Stick,Jason BK, and G. Scopitronic’s Non-Stop Film Fest. Plus: Norm Francoeur’s Light Circus, food by Vicious Delicious, sweets by Brownie Points, Yummy Dub Pies and hot cider, and special performances by the Modern Dance Awareness Society and Polly the Clown. Champagne Bunny Toast at midnight. Special door prizes for the first few hundred. This is a masquerade ball; wear a costume. Rubulad Home Base, 338 Flushing Avenue, between Classon and Taaffee, Brooklyn. 10p doors, 11p show; $20 before 11, in costume, or way late, $25 otherwise, 21 and over with ID please
The Danger presents:
New Lost City: New Years Eve A city of glamour: Dress in your best thrift-store formal and self- made chic. Channel the opulence of Monte Carlo by way of Bushwick. With games of chance by Ryan O’Connor, bawdy burlesque shows presented by Gemini and Scorpio, and dance tracks from a time before any of us remember, spun by the Vintage DJ. The dance floor will be live through sunrise with DJs playing classics and deep-beats, with an intelligent techno sunrise. Featuring the Super Family, $mall Change, DJ Kimyon, and the Amoeba Collective with Zemi 17 and Dok. Midnight spectacle: Akim Funk Buddha, the Lady Circus, and a cabal of performers start your New Year with a high-flying riot of champagne, confetti, kisses from strangers, and a touch of fire. In the Rouge Lounge sip sweetened absinthe created by mixologist Danielle Hlatky and listen closely as the Hydrogen Jukebox Cirkus interjects sideshow acts into a soulful live sound born of a performance culture that’s never been lost but is often hidden. And indelicate Feats of Fame: Witness the multi-talented mistress Molly Crabapple,Fifi Dupree sultry tangos by operatic tenor Marc Shreiner delicious Creme Brulee of Big Apple Burlesque naughty antics by Kae Burke and the glittering Jen Upchurch. With worked-up ethnomesh mixologia by DJ Joro Boro through the early morning. 341 Scholes St., East Williamsburg Brooklyn. 9p-morning; $30 includes champagne at midnight and open bar for the first hour New Lost City
Winkel and Balktick present:
A Good Olde Fashioned Future Professor Winkel and Count Balktick have been toiling away in their secret laboratory for the past 11 months, perfecting a time machine capable of transporting its users to fantastic and fanciful realms where past and future collide in spectacular chronological alchemy. Your presence is requested as they unveil their creation on New Year’s Eve. The time machine will be set in motion at midnight. Dinner and breakfast will be served. Please attend in costume! (Victorian chimney sweep, Abraham Lincoln, medieval wench, 1930s robot, Marty McFly, spaceman, HAL, pharoah, sheik, hyperevolved humanoids, Mad Max, etc.) Music: olde-timey boxcar hobo anthems by Shanimal and the Cardiac Arrest, lunar lounge orchestra with the experimental instruments of Isac Zal, ribald tales of time travel debauchery by Jessica Delfino, time warp soul rock by Tommy Mokas and Jenda Wight, stagecoach and bandit sing-a-long with Mickey Western and Tom Beale. Plus future primitive DJ sounds by D_Juice, Arrow Chrome, Ben Jammin’, Reza, and Zemi 17. Activities: fanciful face painting by Kostume Kult, epic jousting tournament with Gnome Camp, Timeless massage by Spatch, ManPeg Video motion machine by Jason Weston, Iain Melvin, and Sandra Cordero, Meet A Time Traveller video conference uplink with a party in Boston, antique video game lounge, 3D Stereoscopic photo booth by Winkel, scandalous den of tobacco delights by Hookah Mike, and marvelous morsels by Meki and Lola. Art: installations and decor by David Bengali, Hali Vik, Gemini and Scoprio, and Dave Schor; inflatables by Anakin Koenig; olfactory immersion by ethnobotanist Nat B.; zeppelin by Remus Pop; screenprinting of the ages by Peripheral Media Projects. Performance: House of Yes, Sparkwerks2000, Wheylan. Dinner and breakfast served. Open bar 10-11 and 3-3:30, plus champagne toast at midnight. Please attend in time travel attire. Bottles of bubbly for the best costumes. Three spaces in a gorgeous private loft in Long Island City with breathtaking views of the city and sunrise. 37-06 36th Street, Long Island City, Queens. 10p-noon; $20 Winkel Little Star
New Year’s Eve at Glasslands
Presented by New York Night Train. With the Stalkers, Puddin Tang, Electric Shadows, Sorceress, and guests. DJs Jonathan Toubin and Josh Styles of Smashed Blocked. The Glasslands Gallery 289 Kent Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 8p bands, midnight dancing; $10 The Glasslands
New Year’s Eve at Galapagos
Two rooms. Two parties. In the front room: Brooklyn Burlesque-O- Teque, a fabulous, glamtastic, all-star burlesque, champagne soaked, rock and roll discotèque New Year’s Eve for the ages. Ring in the New Year at Galapagos Art Space, the only Premiere New Year’s Eve Party in Brooklyn bringing you hours of entertainment all the way until dawn. With a champagne toast at midnight and late night DJ til the sun comes up. Out with the clothed year in with the nude year. Starring: Trixie Little and the Evil Hate Monkey, Dr. Lukki, Little Brooklyn, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Nasty Canasta, Jonnie Porkpie, go-go dancers, and a late night set starring Miss Saturn. Plus DJ Boyracer spins rawk, electro, glam, disco, indie, and party jams all night and morning long. Featuring a 24-hour liquor license. Back room: The Bunker presents Blood and Thunder II, 18 hours of mayhem. Featuring some of the world’s best DJs, from Berlin to NYC, spinning techno, house, dance, and electronic music. With Lee Curtis, Derek Plaslaiko, Dennis Rogers, Spinoza, Laimur Ngha, and Naudio. Galapagos, 70 North 6th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 8p-dawn front room, 10p-4p back room; $30 before midnight front room, $25 after midnight front room, $20 back Galapagos
Turntables on the Hudson
Our 10th Annual New Year’s Eve Ritual continues. As always, we’re keeping it special, so please join us. With DJs Nickodemus, Mariano, Sabo and Tito Roc. With Nappy G and Christian Rogers on percussion. The Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, 8-10p for families with kids, 10p-morning for the party people; $20 advance, $30 at door. Brooklyn Lyceum
Super-Show Every New Year’s Day, traditionally your cultural choices for this day off (a Tuesday this time) are the two giant all-day poetry readings, so finally this year there’ll be an alternative: It’s the Super-Show. Over 50 acts, featuring some of NYC’s most insanely talented maniacs in the fields of comedy, music, video, acting, and hard-to-describe shit. Help us remind people to drink lots of water before they go to bed on December 31 (to avoid hangovers) and then party harder at this clusterfest! Confirmations from: Juggernut, Reverend Jen, Seth Herzog, Puppies Hold Hands, Mike Dobbins, Goatslayer of Uber Luber, Diane ODebra as Murder, Jessica Delfino, the Vox Illuminati, Howling Vic, Rob Latahn, Mike Amato as Mormon Surprise Is Mormon Delicious, Livia Scott, Mike Raphone as the Megalomaniac, John F. ODonnell as Shard, David Jenness as Barry Agida, Dr. Steamwhipple of the Pizzas, Rob Shapiro, the Bitter Poet, Rosie Rebel, Jason Trachtenburg, Peter Mavros of Bellmer Dolls, the Fools, Dame Darcy, Touching You, Tom Ritchford, Chuck Funk, Bohemaphelia, Erick Kirchberger, Kelli Rae Powell, and more. The Green Room,45 Bleecker, Manhattan 1p-midnight.$6
And here’s one that sounds really cool if you want to do absolutely nothing, well if you want to do something and nothing at the same time I guess. You can ohm yourself away in silence at Jivamukti Yoga. Jivamukti will be having their 19th annual New Years Eve Celebration December 31st at 9pm. Jivamukti opens its doors to provide a yogic place of refuge for all. Mauna, the yogic practice of silence, no talking, will be observed from 9:00pm-12:00am. All the practice rooms will be open and available to provide a space for individual reflection on this special evening. At midnight we will break the silence with chanting and elevated messages lead by Sharon Gannon and David Life. The evening will conclude with an ecstatic Kirtan lead by Lokah. The band Lokah was recently created by to visionary artists, Sri Michael and Uma Nanda Saraswati. They will be accompanied By Roderick and Anisa Romero of Sky Cries Mary. Lokah’s debut album, The Ivy Ceiling is a groundbreaking work, which fuses musical elements from across the globe; bringing together ancient Sanskrit mantras and hip modern beats. The Famous Jivamukti New Year’s Eve Yummy Vegan Chai will be served, along with assorted vegan snacks.
The Great American Death Ceremony
Now this passage is kind of funny, sort of. Or maybe it’s not because it is about health and it is real. Well at least it makes a great statement about health and alternative medicine. This is one of those sayings that I saw on a friends refrigerator held on with a magnet the other day and I thought to repost it because hey, it’s less writing sometimes:
The Great American Death Ceremony
The death ceremony began as a crude ritual back in the days of witchcraft. In recent years, it has developed into a science. It usually takes 10 to 15 years however, modern scientific advancements are shortening this period of time.
It starts with one simple headache. When the one aspirin will no longer cover up the headache, take two. After a few months, when two aspirin will no longer cover up the headache, you take one of the stronger compounds. By this time it becomes necessary to take something for the ulcers which have been caused by the aspirin. Now that you are taking two medicines, you have a good start. After a few months these medications will disrupt your liver function. If a good infection develops you can take come penicillin. Of course the penicillin will damage your red blood corpuscles and spleen so that you develop anemia. By this time all of these medication will put such a strain on your kidneys they should break down. It is now time to take some antibiotics. When these destroy your natural resistance to disease, you can expect a general flair up in all your systems. The next step is to cover up all of these symptoms with sulfa drugs. When the kidney finally plug up you can have them drained. Some poisons will build up in your system but you an keep going quite a while this way.
By now the medications will be so confused they won’t know what they are supposed to be doing, but it doesn’t really matter. If you have followed every step as directed you can now make an appointment with your undertaker.
This game is played by practically all Americans except for a few ignorant souls who follow nature.
Search This Earth
Okay now that’s a cool photo to me that I placed in this blog entry. And EarthFrisk.org seems to be an even cooler name for a search engine. I could be Internet addicted to that search everything one can think of in the world on the Internet phonemenom these days, as I imagine other’s could be so also. So if you happen to be searching for that term or phrase in that search engine on the Internet. EarthFrisk.org is the first ever meta social search engine that can search those other major search engines like Yahoo, Google, MSN, and more. They are all search engine all the time.
No Police State 