Archive | June, 2009

“I Got the Feeling” – 1968, Motown Audition

by on 26. Jun, 2009 in music

Buried in the flood of embedded MJ videos, I came across this gem… pre-Jackson Five. There’s something wonderfully playful, direct, and sad about this clip. The kid’s got a long, strange history in front of him… …but right now he’s just straight groovin’!

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Another Campbell Speaks!

by on 26. Jun, 2009 in general

Excellent advice: “you must have a room,or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that morning… a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be” Joseph Campbell

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Democrats Are the New Republicans

by on 21. Jun, 2009 in comedy, politics

Bill Maher’s been on a roll. After taking to task Obama last week, he nails here another one, this time on the wider Democratic Party. Is Maher a lone wolf right now? Or will others on the left get up the gull to call a spade a spade?

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“Phil At Work”

by on 13. Jun, 2009 in general

Here’s a great piece by Eric Neel about Phil Jackson, who Neel has been following since the beginning of the Playoffs.  Usually Phil is mocked for his lazier fair style because most people don’t understand how you can just smile and sit calmly as Kobe walks back to the bench fuming after forcing a tough [...]

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Buddy Guy Lays It Down In Mississippi..(Cream,Hendrix and Hooker)

by on 07. Jun, 2009 in general

Buddy Guy gives an important history lesson.. and brooks no nonsense from certain elements in the crowd.

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Nobility of Spirit

by on 05. Jun, 2009 in general

Epilogue to Rob Reimen’s book, Nobility of Spirit: In an old European city, the poet, nintety years old and shackled to his bed but with a mind that is still clear, hears that his dearest woman friend has died. Czeslaw Milosz writes: What did I learn from Jeanne Hersch? 1. That reason is a great [...]

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Lust..”Surfer Joe In Canada”..1998.

by on 02. Jun, 2009 in general

I don’t disagree with anything this guy says. Rock on. (first seen on the great Kurangabaa blog ).

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