Psychedelic Rock at The Terrace (Family Guy)

Erik Morgan (Collective Consciousness), Anonymous, Dev, Wisdom Quarterly

The earthbound "fairies" (bhumi-devas) have their own special instruments (CC).

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(collectiveconsciousnessband)

We're looking for bands to book for psychedelic rock in Pasadena (in the foothill area of Los Angeles) on Thursday nights at The Terrace (next door to the Pacific Asia Museum and its many Buddhist exhibits) on Colorado Blvd. at Los Robles Ave.

 

Collective Consciousness

We want bands that will bring a lot of friends so that everyone's circles and musical creations can connect into a collective of memories and new friendships, coming together and forming greater networks between everyone in SoCal sharing in this beautiful collective consciousness. Infinite heart vibrations connect us.
 

The devas' music

Hey, Erik, can the Wisdom Quarterly house band audition? We only have two songs -- "Noble Indian Chief" and "Do Her" -- so far but lots of hipster/hippie friends and fans. Granted the songs are covers paying homage to Peter and Lois Griffin of "Family Guy" fame. We're called "Handful of Amber," psychedelic death metal/vegan grindcore, pro-entheogen, lute/harp music. Well, here, have a look:

(Family Guy) Peter and Lois are a "Handful of Peter" performing "Do Her" while baked on entheogenic cannabis, which does not end up helping their music or public performance.

Pacific Asia Museum

Fusion Fridays, Chinese and Mexicans return to America (pacificasiamuseum.org)

Is Republican Gov. Rick Perry GAY?

Pat Macpherson, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly; D. Feldman (davidfeldmanshow.com/KPFK)

"Ask Mister Republican Man" (Tom Tommorrow/thismodernworld.com)

Looking for the mayo, governor?

Rick Perry, the longest serving governor in Texas history, is eying another presidential campaign through his new Warby Parker glasses that make him look even gayer than he sounds.

 

Rumors about Republican Gov. Perry and his personal chef have hung around the governor’s collar for years like the proverbial pearl necklace.

Don't judge a book by its gay cover.

You’d have to be blind not to see that Perry has been resisting homosexual urges since his youth. Maybe he hasn’t acted upon them; maybe he’s strong enough to resist.

Maybe that’s why last week Rick Perry compared homosexuality to alcoholism.

Maybe Rick Perry sees homosexuality as something to be battled one day at a time, like the urge to suck down a bottle of Jim Beam or just some guy named Jim.

 

Be gay if you like, but don't be a hypocrite.

Perry’s comments about homosexuality are lethal. When young, impressionable men hear a governor talk about homosexuality as a choice, as an illness that can be "cured," he is giving bullies license to pick on young gays who often end up committing suicide.

Neither party is any kind of real alternative

While Perry’s predecessor George W. Bush was a white knuckle drunk, Perry is a red knuckle homosexual. Red knuckle homosexual because of all the blood on his hands from the gay men who get beaten up or kill themselves because of his vicious words cloaked in false scripture. More on this later, but let me assure you Jesus despises Rick Perry. More

 

More from the David Feldman Show (davidfeldmanshow.com/JimmyDoreComedy.com)

Liar Donald Rumsfeld caught lying

I've never lied. I'm not a war criminal.

There's a new Erroll Morris film about the liar Donald Rumsfeld. When caught lying, the liar continues to lie. I think it has something to do with the fact that he’s a liar. WATCH: Rumsfeld caught lying about Saddam Hussein and 9/11 (Raw Story)

Brain: The Science of Why They Deny

• Study: 5 NRA "members" have shot off their penises
• Rumsfeld compares Obama to "trained ape"
• 40% of WHITE males arrested by age of 23
• Latino celebrities out and about (People)
• Jewish Downton Abbey
• AUDIO: Libertarian Ron Paul's secret shame
• U.S. claims it captured leader of Benghazi attack 
• Source: Bergdahl physically abused by Taliban
• Apple Corporation's Steve Jobs vs. Govt's Google
• Google: Ads coming to the Internet of things
• George Carlin's daughter talks about her comedian dad
• AUDIO: The Real Mafia
• Our Transgender community (LGBTQ)

  Google’s Nest acquisition raises data-privacy concerns
  Shocker: Internet of Things poised to grow bigger
  How to program for the Internet of Things 

  Rumsfeld Doc Proves Americans Idiots

  Filmmaker Errol Morris: Donald Rumsfeld proved Americans are gullible morons (Raw Story). In an interview with Nick Gillespie on Reason TV, documentary film-maker Errol Morris claimed that Rumsfeld’s success was dependent not upon his brilliance so much as the fact that the American people “are morons.”

Should we tolerate GAYS? No (audio)

Wisdom Quarterly; Sonali Kohlhatkar (uprisingradio.org), S.N. Walters, Tolerance Trap 1

The Tolerance Trap

Texas Governor Rick Perry, speaking in San Francisco last week, likened being gay to being an alcoholic. “Whether or not you feel compelled to follow a particular lifestyle...” he said, “you have the ability to decide not to do that.”

“I may have the genetic coding that I’m inclined to be an alcoholic,” he added, “but I have the desire not to do that. And I look at the homosexual issue the same way.” 

 

His controversial remarks come on the heels of the Texas Republican Party expressing its support for so-called “reparative therapy” for homosexuality -- a discredited counseling treatment to “cure” people of homosexuality.

• AUDIO: Segment with Suzanna Walters (entire show)
• David Feldman asks, "Is Rick Perry gay?" answers, yes
• VIDEO: There IS a cure for homosexuality! (Rated R)

What's Republican Perry doing with that pig in his mouth, cannibalism, swallowing? (DFS)

 

We're here, please tolerate us

The progressive response to the idea that homosexuality is a choice is the assertion that people who are gay are born that way, perhaps with a gene that makes them prefer people of their own sex, or in Judeo-Christian terms, “God made them that way.”

Westboro Baptist vs. US Army

Northeastern University Sociology Professor Suzanna Walters has a problem with this approach. She maintains that using the “born this way” approach to gay liberation reduces the LGBT movement to one that will be happy with “tolerance” or “acceptance” by mainstream American society.

 

Gays are evil! God hates them! (Westboro)

But is tolerance something worth fighting for? In asking to be tolerated, aren’t gay rights advocates simply asking society to tolerate the LGBT community like one tolerates anything that is uncomfortable or undesirable?

What does Buddhism say?

In her ground breaking book The Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes, and Good Intentions Are Sabotaging Gay Equality, Walters demands liberation over acceptance and warns against declaring victory for gay rights too soon.

Analyzing pop culture’s depictions of gay characters, the marriage equality movement, scientific research into homosexuality, and religious approaches, she makes the case that nothing less than full equality and a societal transformation is worth fighting for. More

GUEST: Prof. Walters is Director of Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, author of All the Rage: The Story of Gay Visibility in America.

Bob/David explain Overcome, a Christian Center for Reparative Therapy

Hollywood Fringe Festival (June 12-29)

Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly; HollywoodFringe.org

Life in Buddhist India, circa 1999 (video)

Amber Larson, Wisdom Quarterly; Norton Simon Museum

"In the Land of Snow" Buddhist Art of the Himalayas" (nortonsimon.org)

A group of young Tibetan monks living in India's Himalayas find themselves torn between their spiritual pursuits and their love for soccer in the true-life comedy "The Cup." Soccer's World Cup fever had swept the globe, finding its way into a remote Buddhist monastery nestled in the Himalayas of northern India. While their teachers, elder lamas, try to keep the young monks focused on their studies, they will do just about anything to watch the final match.

Even if that means finding a satellite dish and setting it up on top of their quiet hermitage. An inspiring tale of colliding cultures, midnight escapades, and daring secret plots is all set against the rich traditions of Tibetan/Bhutanese Vajrayana Buddhism and art. (Rated G, Tibetan with English subtitles, showing tonight FREE at the Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, as part of the Himalayan Buddhism exhibit).

• Date: Friday, June 06, 2014
• Time: 7:00 pm - 8:40 pm
• Director: Khyentse Norbu

Cartoon violence, "The Other F Word" (video)

Pat Macpherson, Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon, Seven, Wisdom Quarterly; The Other F

A mighty devil (mara) says to a lesser demon (rakshasa, asura, or yaksha): "For all this talk of innate Buddha-nature, business is still humming right along." (buddhisthumor.org)

Go to your room, Lisa. Feelin' lucky, punk?

(FOX, Rated X for extreme) Cartoons precede our feature presentation. Isn't it funny living in a society that thinks nothing of showing violence on TV, but slip in some side boob? Oh 'ell no, the U.S. will not stand for it! "Think of the children!" Marge Simpson and a million MADD busybodies are heard to say. Then you become a father and, suddenly, hypocrisy sets in. Not my daughter's cleavage! Not my wife's amateur movie appearance. Have a son. Maybe he'll be partially gay, and will the same worries apply? Maybe. Maybe a whole set of new ones.

You're a good monkey. Stay out of Chris' closet.

"Men love porn," Quagmire and a million S.A.D. lazybodies are overheard to whisper. We need a spurt of dopamine, androgens, epinephrine, and maybe even a drop of oxytocin. Self soothing. Women can worry. Men can choke something. Look at that "Brass Monkey," the Buddhist band the Beastie Boys likes to say. He's a funky monkey. Sooner or later, punk rock boys become punk rock dads and discover the meaning of the other F word:

The Simpsons (Matt Groening) meet Family Guy (Seth Macfarlane); Gustavo Macana (mash up)

"The Other F Word"

A movie of quotable quotes: "A little ANARCHY can be a life-changing experience"

The Other F Word (with Spanish subtitles). Watch it without all the subtitulados.

"The Other F Word" is a doc directed by Andrea Blaugrund Nevins, executive produced by Morgan Spurlock of "Supersize Me" fame (Rolling Stone). The film explores the world of punk musicians getting older and becoming parents. How can they maintain the contrast between an anti-authoritarian ethos and the responsibilities of F?

Other F-word? Fatherhood

It features interviews with more than 20 dads running the gamut of "punk" styles from Mark Hoppus of Blink 182 to Fat Mike of NOFX. It also includes professional skater Tony Hawk, who was part of a related subculture. Punks like skateboards. Other fathers featured: Jim Lindberg (Pennywise), Tony Adolescent (The Adolescents), Art Alexakis (Everclear), Rob Chaos (Total Chaos), Joe Escalante (The Vandals), Josh Freese (session drummer), Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Lars Frederiksen (Rancid), Matt Freeman (Operation Ivy), Jack Grisham (TSOL), Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion), Greg Hetson (Circle Jerks), Mike McDermott (Bouncing Souls), Tim McIlrath (Rise Against), Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo), Duane Peters (U.S. Bombs), Joe Sib, Ron Chavo Reyes (Black Flag), and Rick Thorne (BMX biker). Additional music by FEAR, Dead Kennedys, Against Me!, Good Guys in Black, and the Black Pacific.
 

D'oh, I'll rip your head off and spit down your neck! - I'll tear ya limb from limb, fat chicken!

• Swami, what is ahimsa (nonviolence)?
• Sacred (Spiritual) SEX in Indonesia
• VIDEO: Marjane goes punk (Persepolis)
• Why is Miley Cyrus riding a giant p*nis?
• Should paid "menstrual leave" be a thing?
• VIDEO: Quagmire is a pervert (Adult Swim)
• Addicted to a hormone: 10 reasons Oxytocin is the most amazing molecule in the world!!
• The "Spirit Molecule" is even better: DMT
• FEMEN: Topless anti-patriarch protests? That's punk!

Rebirth: Indian Buddhism under Modi (video)

Crystal Quintero and Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly; BuddhistChannel.tv (buddhistnews.tv); "India Jones and the Election of Doom" (Daily Show with Jon Stewart)

The Daily Show's Jason Jones chases down look-alikes of India's new PM Narendra Modi in an attempt to interview him about a bloody piece of his past. (thedailyshow.cc.com)

 

Rebirth of Indian Buddhism under PM Modi

Senaka Weeraratna, Lankaweb, May 21, 2014

Newly elected prime minister will promote India’s rich Buddhist heritage to attract tourists and scholars and enhance India’s standing in the world.
 
NEW DELHI, India - The world’s first global Buddhist missionary, Anagarika Dharmapala, and the most talked about man in India today and perhaps in the entire policy and decision making world, Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi, share something in common. More

Bangladesh makes amends after anti-Buddhist rampage

Nicholas Farrelly, Myanmar Times, May 22, 2014

In contrast to Burma, the government moved quickly to rebuild and restore Buddhist buildings.

DHAKA, Bangladesh - “Who did this?” I asked a monk [in formerly Buddhist now Muslim "Bangla" or "West Bengal"] on a recent afternoon in Ramu, southeastern Bangladesh. “It was the Islamists,” he replied. He pointed to the marks beneath the glistening new paint where a Buddha’s head had been cleaved off and rented asunder. When asked about the culprits -- “miscreants” in the local application of English – he gave me a glimpse of monastic resignation. “I don’t know. They are people who don’t understand.” More

Lonesome Japanese Buddhist temple comes alive with cute anime characters
Yusuke Kato, Asahi Shimbun, May 19, 2014
TOKYO, Japan - Shoeizan Ryohoji Temple, tucked away in a residential area in western Tokyo, has a 400+ year history. But until just a few years ago, many locals didn’t even know the Nichiren Shu [devotional] sect Buddhist building was there. More

More from BCTV

• India: Buddhist sites' poor upkeep irks Intach
• A train trip in Buddhist India on the "Mahaparinirvana Express" explores the ancient Buddhist trail
• Ancient Buddhist temple found
• Vesak Greetings around the World
• Play explores Buddhist enlightenment 
• Buddhist Art of the Himalayas Show in Pasadena
• A Buddhist priest seeks enlightenment on the silver screen
• Can Buddhists be activists?
• Author Yalith Wijesurendra uncovers the truth behind Buddhism

"Life is a Playground," comedian Kyle (video)

Amber Larson, Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly; Kyle Cease (evolvingoutloud.com)

• Join Kyle at Evolving Out Loud LIVE, June 27-29, 2014 in LA: A comedians way to meditation and money
• Listening Party with Roy of Hollywood Tuckman, Buddhist Radio: Alan Watts' "Ecological Awareness, Part 4"; "Mine Enemy: German POWs in America in WW II"; Oliver Stone's "Untold History of the United States"; Christine Blosdale with Kyle Cease Something's Happening - A (PLAY), Something's Happening - B (PLAY)
• Pacifica, LA with Christine Blosdale (KPFK 90.7 FM)

 

"Comedy Meets Purpose" is about Kyle Cease's previous 3-day event in

Los Angeles, which took place July 19-21, 2013 (KyleCease.com).

Grad Night and Intolerance (video)

Pat Macpherson, Crystal Quintero, Seth Auberon, Wisdom Quarterly; Matt Bai (news.yahoo)

"Die-in" San Francisco protest (IM)

America's college students are back and resting at home this week, which is a good thing, because during the long months away they seem to have gone completely out of their minds.

 

Last weekend, The New York Times' Jennifer Medina reported on the latest bizarre demand on campus: "trigger warnings" to let students know if the text [book] they're about to study will expose them to some version of misogyny or homophobia, so they aren't unexpectedly [re-]traumatized by visions of things that can never be unseen -- like, say, every novel written by a white man before 1960 [Hey, by the way, I'm a privileged white male, but never mind that].

The Harvard Commencement Speech

PC on overdrive: Ali G. (Sacha Baron Cohen aka Borat) gives commencement speech at America's most prestigious university in 2004.

That followed the public [sham]ings of several commencement speakers whose invitations had to be rescinded, including such evildoers as [Bush Era war criminal] former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the International Monetary Fund's [bankster] Christine Lagarde, and [insider] Robert Birgeneau, the former chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley.

All of this has provoked a torrent of eloquent condemnation from pundits and academics, who worry that our elite universities, in the words of an editorial published in Monday’s Washington Post, are being "impoverished by intolerance."

One of Obama's alleged alma maters, Oxy

[This] is a reasonable concern, except that it misses the point. It's not the students' fault that they expect to laze around in a world of ideological comfort. It's totally ours.

 

There's nothing new about the basic tension between speech and sensitivity on campus. When I was at Tufts in the late '80s, at the height of what we called political correctness [PC], we argued fiercely about whether the military belonged on campus [ROTC] or whether certain faculty members were denied tenure because of their politics. But, by and large, we were primed to have the debate, not chill it. More

How we rule the world: Confessions of an Economic Hitman (John Perkins, Y Audiobooks)

A comedian's way to meditation and money

Editors, Wisdom Quarterly; Kyle Cease (evolvingoutloud.com) via Christine Blosdale

 
Just go...
(a note from the Kyle Cease having this event)

I don’t know how to sell this event. There is no tactic. I can write up some bullet point system of amazing things that you will gain. Things like ending stage fright, anxiety, and so on. But it is so much cooler than any bullet points could ever spell out. It’s an experience. [He's selling a feelgood experience? Oh, Kyle!]

It’s tapping into a deeper you. It’s bringing out the effortless “you” that always existed [Hey, just like Mahaayana, Zenn, Shambala, and Hinduism say will happen!] Remember when you were a kid? [Yes, yes "I Remember"! Coolio was singing. Hey, Kyle, get to the flow, bro. Here we go.]

Remember how you just played? Remember how you didn’t care what anybody thought about you? How you could just create, imagine, and weirdly you were happy much more frequently? That place existed once, which means it is always available. It has been right under our nose and we overlook it and actually choose to stress out. We are trained to find the problems everywhere.

 

We are always fixing something that is not broken. We are constantly reliving stressful past things, and anticipating future things. When we are done with that, we need some addiction to get us into the moment.

Childhood? "Dead and Gone" (T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake)

Kids don’t have this. Kids have the moment, freedom, love, creativity, and play locked as their default setting. Guess what, you are still a kid. You might be a 50-year-old kid, but your natural state is your natural state. That state is worth everything. It’s worth more money, higher health, happier relationships, inner peace, and higher likeability. 

I'm evolving. I'm evolving out loud.

You just need to get away from the old habits. You just need to be taken away for a few days. [How 'bout one magical weekend?]. You just need to leap.[Just once?]

 

If right now, while reading this, you are analyzing if you should leap, check this out: You can always measure what you will lose; you can never measure what you will gain. [True that.]

 

So while you are anticipating the hotel costs, the babysitter, and the three days of being away, also anticipate the possibility of an entirely different, more fun, profitable, and much more effortless life. [I'm in!] It really is for anyone and everyone. Evolving never ends. Kyle Cease (more videos).

Evolving Out Loud. Live.  June 27-29, 2014 The Westin LAX  Los Angeles, California

Tickets on sale now!

• FREE AUDIO: Westerner Watts: How to meditate
• The neuroanatomy of freestyle rap (The Atlantic) 
• Rapper's brain in flow - what brain research reveals

What Modi means to India (comedy)

Wisdom Quarterly; Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Jim Parsons reporting)

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