Dec.28th a survival camp fire set in a squated warehouse in New Orleans
took the lives of 8 wandering musicians and artists who were exchanging
home improvement work for a place to sleep in a building that has not
had electric or water since Hurricane Katrina. ~  download

in memory of...

Samuel Thompson
Melissa Martinez
Katie Simianer
Jonathan Guerrero
Jeffrey Geerts
Nicole Pack
Justin W. Lutz
1 yet unknown and 2 dogs

Dharma has apparently been murdered.

this 14 yr old friend has a lot strange stories to tell the other dead cats he meets in the afterworld.
He lived with me on the road most of the 7 years of travel we shared. He endured Manhattan, post Katrina New Orleans, RNC, DNC, Pine Ridge, Rainbow Gathering, Malibu... he met a lot of cool people on the journey who loved him .. and seems to have been murdered by a neighbor. The last picture is what I assume to be his corpse found laying next to a box by the creek bed that had been ripped open by vultures. I had seen the corpse a couple days earlier when it still had hair. I suppose it's possible that it was not him but he's been gone a week...

Dharma's featured in the Old School version of our existence on the road.

download ~ This sweet old cultural icon went from dynamic community leader to mumbliy disoriented basket case after Karina.  At least the few times that I saw Al after this eviction problem he always seemed a llitle worse for wear.  He had a stroke, many medical issues ... and has now finally kicked the bucket.  I wish I was there for his 2nd line.  I'm sure it will be very large.

I still and will always Boycott Igor Margan's businesses.
Check Point Charlie's and adjoining tattoo Shop,
Igor's, Garlic Clove, Buddha Belly & Lucky's

UPDATE: Not Dead Yet

how do you write a eulogy for a bus?

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1021847509#!/album.php?aid=16433&id=1021847509

the guy on the phone rattled off a list of things that needed fixed and then wrapped it up with an estimate of 57 68... it took a few seconds to realize he meant 5 thousand seven hundred and who the fuck cares dollars.

is this worth $5,800 more? ... no... it's not..

I could use some help stripping the gear and modifications out of it. This will need to be done soon so to not incur storage fees.  Bus is in Houston.  ... and I'm imMobile in Austin.

I met Dom Deluise on a day that the only reason not to kill myself was that it would mean the people making feel that way would "win".

My stripper had just dumped me because she was in love with our roommate, my best friend. As I pieced the puzzle together I realized that practically all of my close friends at the time would have know what was going on behind my back and had not told me anything. But if I had really wanted to kill myself I would not have been dropping my car off to get the brakes fixed before I went to the only place that made sense to me at the time... Death Valley.

As I meandered away from the repair shop not really wanting to go back to the townhouse where my friendship was clearly not reciprocated, a car pulled up and I heard Could You Tell Me How To Get To Such & Such Street? I'd delivered pizza in this corner of Studio City for several years while I was an "actor". So I quickly told him exactly how to get there and continued shuffling my feet down the sidewalk. He said No Wait Please I Have A Really Important Meeting and I'm Really Bad With Finding Places These Days. So I told him again. He said Do You Have Any Place You Need To Be? Could You Go With Me And Make Sure I Get There? I had no place I wanted to be; so I opened the door of his white Lincoln Town Car; leaned in close and said "You're not going to try to Fuck Me are you? OH No, No; Really I just Need Some Help. I Can Drop You Off Wherever You Need To Be After My Meeting.
I got in.

74 minutes ~ Life is Worth Losing
The smartest man in the United States died. :~(
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Our friends from Uptown and Queens know the value to Right of Assembly... just ask Rosa Parks and her fire-hosed friends... cut to 2008, where Reverend Al Sharpton joins the heavily policed and harassed NEW YORK CITY CRITICAL MASS... A statement of Unity from diverse people who share a passion / recognize the necessity for the Right of Assembly!

Related Links ::: Sean Bell,
music: WE OWN THE STREETS by TeamSpider*

May 7, 2008.. NYC citizens disrupt all major Bridges and Tunnels to show outrage at Sean Bell "50 shots" verdict*... Video by TeamSpider*all officers: NOT GuiltyRelated Links ::: Sean Bell Murder Protests~ Sustainability would be nice. ~

The 1st Common Ground Relief owned facility in New Orleans has been dedicated to Anita Roddick, recently deceased owner of the Body Shop and Champion of Humanitarian and Civil Rights issues world wide.

The dedication ceremony took place Saturday, next to where the barge landed in the lower 9th ward and features Malik Rahim, CoFounder of Common Ground Collective; Kone Shakur, media relations director of Common Ground Collective; The Rebirth Brass Band, The Revolution 2nd Line and Fiyaya.

Related Links ::: Common Ground Relief, Anita Roddick, Angola 3

David's ...

David Cline 1947 - 2007 by Gordon Soderberg

Remembering David Cline by JKeating

Peace Has No Borders by FluxRostrum

Farewell Dave by David Swanson