…and THIS is directly connected to my next show (coming soon). If you want to know what’s actually happening without the media filter, check out this site of the live feeds for most of the ‘Occupy’ protests happening all over the US:
Portland State University economics professor Joel Magnuson (w/ intro by Cyd Manro)
We talk about:
‘Economics Demystified’
including: alternative institutions, new habits of thought and action, growth-driven capitalism, derivatives, resource depletion, income inequality, the housing market and bubble, the banking system, the mortgage industry, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, securities, Bear Stearns, mutual funds, pension funds, oil prices, unemployment, foreclosures, what economics should be, community-based ownership of land, the power of creating illusions, critical thinking, a world without oil
To find out how to attend the next Hawthorne Hostel SpeakUP!, go to:
Should we work for change from ‘Inside or Outside the System?’
(including: public debate, media bombardment, critical thinking, getting outside of your comfort zone, co-ops, patriarchy, capitalism, consumerism, non-profits, the military-industrial complex, public schools, volunteering, consensus decision making, electoral politics, instant run-off voting, third party candidates, community, living without income, food sharing, food growing, food not bombs, living without compromise, transportation, the barter system vs. the money system, social conditioning, the gift economy, finding yourself, cultural shift, the ideal size for social groups, power inequalities)
Activism–What is the current and future state of activism? Is it still relevant? Is it the only thing that’s relevant? What are the strategies that work? What has the Arab Spring done to change the course of activism? (In other words: the Arab Spring, bicycle activism, protests, the ‘underclass’, war funding, Edwin Brown-Sprout Cycles, Ron Paul, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum…)
I’ve had a little lapse in posts–but for good reason…I’m on tour with my buddy pal for roughly 2.5 weeks (sounds not so rough when I use decimals, right?). We’ve been to Salt Lake City, ‘Zion’, Phoenix, Flagstaff, ‘Sequoia’, and I’m at an internet cafe in San Luis Obispo writing this now after our best show yet…We’ve got a few more shows to play in Soquel, SF, and Arcata–Then, I’ll be back on the regular ‘show every 2 weeks or so schedule’ (with some random stuff in between).
1) We (my buddy DJPF and I) went to a great DIY record show.
2) We bought records.
3) We went to my place immediately to listen to them.
4) We talked about them.
(Specifically?…19 year old girls, ‘companion males’, stripping, kate bush, Osama, a political punk band, rambling on twitter, rambling on a podcast, kinds of drunks, the fillmore west, epic music bills, bubble gum, sunshine pop, puercos, psyche folk, SNL, Africa, DJs vs Musicians, racist pop, upcoming shows…)
Why should YOU care?
Well, because maybe you like record shopping…or maybe you like stories…or maybe you like music…or maybe you like talking…or maybe you like people????? Give it a shot, it can’t hurt–I promise…wanna clean your house to it? I’m okay with that, too.
1) We (my buddy DJPF and I) went to a great DIY record show.
2) We bought records.
3) We went to my place immediately to listen to them.
4) We talked about them.
(Specifically?…bird flu, commercials, ‘productive’ careers, my mom, Hef and the Dead, Urethra Franklin, encores, and bamboo ‘WIND‘ chimes.)
I know, I know…Why should YOU care?
Well, because maybe you like record shopping…or maybe you like stories…or maybe you like music…or maybe you like talking…or maybe you like people????? Give it a shot, it can’t hurt…Why not turn the sound down on your (favorite?) talk show and listen to this? It’ll be our private little version of the ‘wizard of oz/dark side of the moon thing’…just you and me, I promise…wanna clean your house to it? I’m okay with that, too.