Saturday, May 16, 2015
Friday, May 15, 2015
Thursday, May 14, 2015
The King is Dead - Long live the King
Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known by his stage name B.B. King, was an American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist.
Rolling Stone ranked King number 6 on its 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time (previously ranked number 3 in the 2003 edition of the same list). He was ranked No. 17 in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". According to Edward M. Komara, King "introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmering vibrato that would influence virtually every electric blues guitarist that followed." King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. He is considered one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, earning the nickname "The King of the Blues", and one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with Albert King and Freddie King). King was also known for performing tirelessly throughout his musical career, appearing at more than 200 concerts per year on average into his 70s. In 1956, he reportedly appeared at 342 shows.
In 1990, King was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President George H.W. Bush. In 2006, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential blues guitarists of all time, inspiring countless other electric blues and blues rock guitarists. (read more)
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
in paradisum
"May the angels lead you into paradise;
may the martyrs come to welcome you
and take you to the holy city,
the new and eternal Jerusalem.
May choirs of angels welcome you
and lead you to the bosom of Abraham;
and where Lazarus is poor
no longer may you find eternal rest."
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Monday, May 11, 2015
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Friday, May 8, 2015
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Monday, May 4, 2015
45 Years ago today: Kent State massacre
The Kent State shootings (also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre) occurred at Kent State University in the US city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.
Some of the students who were shot had been protesting the Cambodian Campaign, which President Richard Nixon announced during a television address on April 30. Other students who were shot had been walking nearby or observing the protest from a distance.
There was a significant national response to the shootings: hundreds of universities, colleges, and high schools closed throughout the United States due to a student strike of four million students, and the event further affected public opinion—at an already socially contentious time—over the role of the United States in the Vietnam War. (read more)
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Be Your Own Authority
There are many who still believe
that those who are in positions of "authority"
have something over the rest of us.
This is a huge LIE !
It is clear that all man made law is fiction.
It is time to take back your own authority,
live by Natural Law and say "NO" to all who would
attempt to impose their false authority over you.
Friday, May 1, 2015
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Monday, April 27, 2015
Sunday, April 26, 2015
death by cannon
Counter-protester with her daughters at a civil liberties rally by black people, Bogalusa, Louisiana, 1965
Toffs and Toughs – The famous photo by Jimmy Sime that illustrates the class divide in pre-war Britain, 1937
The last commercial sailing ship, Pamir, to round Cape Horn in 1949
Searchlights on the Rock of Gibraltar, 1942
James Dean posing in the coffin in the local undertaker in his home town in the year of his car crash and ensuing death, January 1955
Major General Horatio Gordon Robley with his collection of tattooed Maori heads, 1895
Japanese guards bow before US prisoners of war being released from a Yokohama detention center following the capitulation of Japan, 1945
Iranian woman before the Islamic Revolution, 1960
Georges Blind, a Member of the French Resistance, Smiling at a German Firing Squad, October 1944
Fidel Castro plays baseball in Havana, 1959
Execution by cannon, in Shiraz, Iran, mid-late 19th century
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Friday, April 24, 2015
Kuikuro people
No stress no crime
no homeless no bombs
no debt no prisons
no pollution no poverty
and some people
call them primitive !
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
every day is earth day
I have no country to die for.
My country is the earth.
I am a citizen of the world
which consists of only one race
...the human race.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Monday, April 20, 2015
Brit Marling for President
Qualifications:
Degree in Economics, Georgetown University, Valedictorian. Investment analyst (Goldman Sachs), Film maker, Producer, Screenwriter and Actor specializing in science-based films and documentaries. Successfully overcame gender stereotypes by writing her own roles in complex and thought-provoking films. Proven ability to handle complex situations with deliberation and effectiveness.
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