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Rev. Dave's Interests
General
As Rev. Dave: The Minister of Love I'd have to say ultimately it's Harmony. Harmony between people, between nations, the Harmony of the Spheres and so on. This of course includes the internal Harmony of Body with Mind and Heart, Will and Spirit! The music choices will either be ethnically inspired Worldbeat (see below) from around the world or globalist in theme. More specifically I'm into: Science Fiction, Fantasy, The Gaia Theory and its implications for Gaian Science and Gaian Philosophy, Science in general, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Earth and the Earth Sciences, Antarctica, Biology, Biochemistry, Biosphere II and other biospheres, Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology and other Human Sciences, Futurism, Photography (see some of my pics in the photo albums), Art and Gaian Art (see some of my pics in the photo albums, more can be seen at my Deviant Art site), Music and Gaian Music (e.g. Worldbeat see the music section below), Politics, Disabled Parental Rights, Space and Astronomy, Space Travel, NASA, Science Fiction Conventions, Philosophy, Geneology, Comparative Religion, Gaian forms of spirituality, History and the possibility of an actual science of 'Psycho-history', Books and Library history and science, Cinema and Hollywood especially lost Silent Films, The Renaissance Festival(see some of my pics in the photo albums), Belly Dancing, All things Betty (Betty Boop, Bettie Page, etc. and I'm working on the Temple of Betty website), Burlesque (see some of my pics in the photo albums), Sexology and Ecdysianology and lots of other stuph.
Music
Rock'n'Roll, all of it from the Beatles to Pink! I started my musical listening 'career' in Jr. and Senior High. I came of Age in the '70's so the progression went something like: Fleetwood Mac, Heart, Bread, Cat Stevens, Elton John, Chicago, Gary Wright, Wild Cherry, The Bellamy Brothers, Bay City Rollers, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Carly Simon, Sonny and Cher, Jimi Hendrix, Canned Heat, Jefferson Airplane and Starship, Deep Purple, Santana, Dr. Hook, Steppenwolf, Starland Vocal Band, Jethro Tull, Moody Blues, Ohio Players, Hall & Oates, Abba, Bee Gees, Queen, Steely Dan, The Who, The Stones, Yes, Doobie Brothers, Al Stewart, Grateful Dead, Grand Funk, Eagles, Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton, Aerosmith, ELO, The Temptations, Alan Parsons Project, Stevie Wonder, Black Sabbath, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, U2, Pat Benatar, Joan Jett, Boz Scaggs, Cars, Meatloaf, The Go Gos, Guns 'n' Roses, Lita Ford, Def Lepard, Diesil, Depechemode, Souixie and the Banshees, Nina Hagen, Mike and the Mechanics, Big Country, The Fixx, Eurythmics, Genisis, The Police, Prince, Blondie, Molly Hatchet, Lamont Cranston, Culture Club, Stevie Nicks, Wings, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Duran Duran, Thompson Twins, Human League, Culture Club, Boiled in Lead, Dead Can Dance, Loreena McKinnett, Clannad, Enya, Marie Brennan, Annie Lennox, Definition FX, Sting, Spin Doctors, Toto, Swing Out Sister, Everything But the Girl, Stray Cats, Suzanne Vega, Wang Chung, Fine Young Cannibals, Edie Brickell, Tracy Chapman, Cats Laughing, Flash Girls, Lojo Russo, Nirvana, Wilson Philips, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Simply Red, God Smack, Moby, Chumbawamba, Hootie and the Blow Fish, Cranberries, The Breeders, Soul Coughing, Six Pence None The Richer, Lifehouse, Nickleback, Wendy Rule, Gaia Consort and Gaia (Stace) who I just discovered here on MySpace.
In the late 80's just before I began developing my Gaian Philosophy I was introduced to Worldbeat (see below) and explored the local music scene and my musical taste diversified dramatically. I jumped outside Rock and Roll into a variety of genres.
Jazz and the Blues, the birth genres of Rock including such artists as Louis B. Armstrong, Cab Calloway, the Jungle Band, King Oliver's Creole Dance Band, James P. Johnson, Bessie Smith, Jelly Roll Morton, Clarence William's Blue Five, Ella Fitzgerald, Carlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespe, Thelonious Monk, and Lady Day (Billie Holiday)
Swing and Big Band including Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman and Harry James
Classical including Motzart, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Listz
World Beat is perhaps the next wave of 21st Century Music as the Internet brings the world even closer together. It begins with 20th Century artists including Boiled in Lead, Electric Arab Orchestra, and 3 Mustaphas 3 locally, elsewhere we find Bob Marley, Sunny Ade, Prince Albert, Mutabaruka, Arrested Development, Mickey Hart, The Darbuki Kings, Sheila Chandra, Quinchuquimanda, Oceania, and Indigenous among others.
Movies
Wow, that's kind of hard for a movie fan like me. I mean I got the "Cinema Year by Year: 1894 to 2001" (1995, 2001) published by Dorling and Kindersley because it was so huge! It's one of those massive coffee table books if your coffee table is very sturdy. So, in no particular order and kind of off the top of my head...
Relatively Recent Films: The Lord Of The Rings series (2001+), The Harry Potter series (2001+), Apollo 13 (1995), Witness (1985), Alien series (1979+), Titannic (1997), Last of the Mohicans (1992), Gandhi (1982), The Star Wars series (1977+), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981+) series, Blade Runner (1982), the Jurassic Park (1993+) series, Pirates of the Caribbean: Legend of the Black Pearl (2003), Gladiator (2000), the Star Trek Series (1979+), The Matrix (1999+) series, Fargo (1996), Independence Day [ID4] (1996), Brazil (1985), I Robot (2004), Name of the Rose (1986), Highlander (1986+) series, Braveheart (1995), Clash of Titans (1981), The Incredibles (2004), Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Rodger Rabbit (1988), E.T. (1982), Starship Troopers (1997), Back to the Future (1985+) series, The Handmaid's Tale (1990), Stargate (1994), Men in Black (1997+) series, Hell Boy (2004), The Box of Delights (1984), Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988), The Craft (1996), Practical Magic (1998), The Blair Witch (1999), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Spirited Away (2001), Mission to Mars (2000), Predator (1987+) series, The Terminator Series (1984+), Twelve Monkeys (1996), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Conan the Barbarian (1983), Elephant Man (1981), The Color Purple (1985), The Joy Luck Club (1993), Tombstone (1993), Swing Kids (1993), Big Fish (2003), Sirens (1994), Elizabeth (1998), 48 HRS (1982), Heavy Metal (1981), Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds (1984), Akira (1990), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), Princess Mononoke (1997), Final Fantasy (2001), Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) is so modern, Beetlejuice (1988), Arthur (1981), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), 9 1/2 Weeks (1986), Striptease (1996), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Victor Victoria (1982), Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983), Trading Places (1983), Ghostbusters! (1984+) series, Gremlins (1984), Ghost (1990), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Crocodile Dundee (1986), Lethal Weapon (1987+) series, Good Morning Vietnam (1987), Into the Night (1985), Pink Floyd's The Wall (1982) The Addams Family (1991+) series, Wayne's World (1992+) series, My Cousin Vinny (1993), Pricilla Queen of the Desert (1994), The Austin Powers (1997+) series, Dead Poet's Society (1989), the Mad Max (1979+) series, The Shining (1980), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Nell (1994), The Black Dahlia (2006), The Ninth Gate (1999), An American Werewolf in London (1981), Poltergeist (1982), The Lost Boys (1987), The Lair of the White Worm (1988), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Bram Stocker's Dracula (1992), The Crow (1994), Pulp Fiction (1994), Time Bandits (1981), The Witches of Eastwick (1987), The Mummy (1999+) series, La Femme Nikita (1990), Rising Sun (1993), The Professional (1995), Natural Born Killers (1995), Amadeus (1984), The Sorceress (1989), Koyaanisqatsi (1983), Dune (1984), Enemy Mine (1985), Galaxy Quest (1999), Mars Attacks! (1996), The Last Starfighter (1984), The Right Stuff (1983), Dark Crystal (1983), Labyrinth (1986), The Fly (1986), Batteries Not Included (1987), The Rocketeer (1991), Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), 300 (2007), Quest for Fire (1981), Excalibur (1981), Batman (1989+) series, Dances with Wolves (1990), Thunderheart (1992)
Classic Films:
The James Bond Bond series (1962+), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Casablanca (1942), The Maltese Falcon (1941), Chinatown (1974), Citizen Kane (1941), Wizard of Oz (1939), The Day the Earth stood Still (1951), Little Big Man (1970), American Graffiti (1973), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954), Psycho (1960), Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Birds (1963), Dr. Strangelove (1964), Clockwork Orange (1971), The Exorcist (1973), Carrie (1977), To Kill A Mockingbird (1962), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1968), Romeo and Juliet (1968), Any Classic Betty Boop 'toon (1930+), Any thing Bettie Page (1955+), I Married a Witch (1942), Wickerman (1973), Cat People (1942), Barbarella (1968), Harold and Maude (1971), Forbidden Planet (1956), When Worlds Collide (1951), War of the Worlds (1953), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), The Bicycle Thief (1948), Conquest of Space (1955), Fantastic Voyage (1966), Dark Star (1973), Close Encounters (1977), Wizards (1977), the Dracula series (1931+) including Nosferatu (1979), the Frankenstein series (1931+) including Young Frankenstein (1974), Wolfman (1941), Freaks (1932), King Kong (1933), Jaws (1975), The Planet of the Apes series (1968+), Fantasia (1940), Head (1968), Mary Poppins (1964), Yellow Submarine (1968), Quadraphenia (1979), All Laurel and Hardy (1927+), A Shot in the Dark (1964), My Little Chickadee (1940), Animal House (1978), Up in Smoke (1978), [Pre-code films: The Blue Angel (1930), The Divorcee (1930), Night Nurse (1931), Union Depot (1932), Red Headed Woman (1932), Baby Face (1933)], The Seven Year Itch (1955), Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter (1957), Some Like it Hot (1959), Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970), Cabaret (1972), Saturday Night Fever (1977), Hair (1979), The Ten Commandments (1956), Ben Hur (1959), Spartacus (1960), The Graduate (1967), To Sir With Love (1967), Airport (1970), The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), Logans Run (1976), Zardoz (1974), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), The Blue Max (1966), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Fly (1958), The Weissmuller Tarzan series (1932+), The Thief of Baghdad (1941), Midnight Express (1978), Apocalypse Now (1979)
Classic Silent Films: Metropolis (1927), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919), Hunchback of Notredame (1923), Haxan (1922), Nosferatu (1922), Nanook of the North (1922), Intolerance (1916), The Birth of a Nation (1915), Voyage to the Moon (1902), Frankenstein (1910), The Devil's Castle (1896), After the Ball, The Bath (1897) and the list rolls on. Then there's the list of movies I'd like to see!
Television
Current TV: CSI, CSI: New York, Law and Order, Law and Order: SVU, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Cold Case, House, Classic Star Trek remastered, NASA TV (I love just working while the Earth viewed from space rolls by), Sci Fi Channel, Turner Classic Movies, Frontline, McNeil-Lehrer Report and Nova on Public TV, HGTV, National Geographic Channel, History Channel: Modern Marvels, Lost Worlds, History's Mysteries, Dogfights, History vs. Hollywood; Discovery Channel: Myth Busters; Food Network: Elton Brown
Relatively Recent TV: Babylon 5 (yes, I think B5 is better than Trek), Show Time Robinhood, Classic Star Trek syndicated, Star Trek the Next Generation, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Star Trek Voyager, Star Trek Enterprise, Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles, VH-1's various 'I Love the -' Series, History Channel's "Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way" series, "History of Sex" series, Simon Schama's "The History of Britain" series; The Learning Channel, Tom Hank's "From the Earth to the Moon" series, NASA TV, Old MTV, Liquid Television and Aeon Flux, Old VH-1, Thinking Allowed, Joseph Campbell's "The Power of Myth (1988) series, "Land of the Tsars" series, The "Life and Death in Rome" series; and Finally my Ma's LAB Video productions, see my Family Photo Album, click on 'pics' above.
Older shows: Classic Star Trek, Hawaii Five-O, Twilight Zone and Outer Limits, Moonlighting, All in the Family, Good Times, Land of the Giants, Starsky and Hutch, Man From U.N.C.L.E., I Spy, Time Tunnel, Night Stalker, Streets of San Francisco, Mission Impossible, Alex Haley's "Roots" mini series, Adam 12, Batman, Genesis II, Planet Earth, Questor Tapes, SPECTER, Search, Space 1999, Dragnet, The Addams Family, The Munsters, Monty Python's Flying Circus
Kid stuff: Sabrina and the Groovy Ghoulies, Archies, Animated Star Trek, Josie and The Pussy Cats, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, The Beatles animated series, Space Ghost, The Herculoids, Horror Incorporated, Dark Shadows, Lunch with Casey Jones [He got my name wrong for my birthday in 1967 or so], Clancy the Cop and Carmen the Nurse [I won a Willy Wonka Chocolate Bar candy making kit in June of 1971 at a Special Preview in the Terrace Theater and they hosted the event.], Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction, and yes, even Gilligan's Island
Books
This is just a sampling of course...
Gaian Science and Philosophy: Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth (1979) by James Lovelock, Ages of Gaia (1988) by James Lovelock, Slanted Truth (1997) by Margulis and Sagan, Biospheres: From Earth to Space (1989) by Dorian Sagan Biospheres: Reproducing Planet Earth (1990) by Dorian Sagan, Gaia's Body (1997) by Tyler Volk, Guns, Germs and Steel (1997) by Jared Diamond, Collapse (2005) by Jared Diamond
Astronomy and General Science: Rare Earth (2000) by Ward and Brownlee, The Emergence of Life on Earth (2000) by Iris Fry, The Seven Daughters of Eve (2001) by Brian Sykes, Genes, Peoples, and Languages (2000) by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, The Future of Life (2002) by E.O Wilson
Science Fiction: Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) by Robert Heinlein, Dune (1965) by Frank Herbert, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1964) by Robert Heinlein, Rendezvous With Rama (1974) by Arthur Clarke, The Forever War (1976) by Joe Haldeman, Neuromancer (1985) by William Gibson, Vacuum Flowers (1987) by Michael Swanwick, The Uplift War (1988) by David Brin, The Reality Dysfunction series (1996 to 2000), The Engines of Light Trilogy (2003 - '03) by Ken McLeod
Fantasy: The Hobbit(1937) by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (1954 and 1955) trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Kin of Ata are Waiting for You (1971) by Dorothy Bryant, The Mists of Avalon (1982) by Marion Zimmer-Bradley, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (1997) by J.K Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1999) by J.K. Rowling
Politics, Civil and Disability Rights: Rights from Wrongs (2004) by Alan Dershowitz, The History of Human Rights (2004) by Micheline Ishay, Indian Givers (1988) by Jack Weatherford, No Pity (1993) by Joseph Shapiro, World Peace Through World Law (1958, 1964) by Clark and Sohn
Philosophy: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainance, (1974 by Robert Pirsig, Goödel, Escher and Bach (1979) by Douglas Hoffsteader, The Seven Mysteries of Life (1978) by Guy Murchie, Critical Theory (2000) by David Macey, On Human Nature (1978) by E.O. Wilson, A Primer to Postmodernity (1997) by Joseph Natoli
History: A Peoples' History of the United States (1980, 2003) by Howard Zinn, Historian's Fallacies (1970) by David Hackett Fischer, History on Trial (1997) by Nash et. al., For the Glory of God (2003) by Rodney Stark, A Popular History of Minnesota (2005) by Norman K. Risjord,
Comparative Religion: The Masks of God (1959 to 1968) tetrology by Joseph Campbell, The Perennial Philosophy (1940, 1970) by Aldous Huxley, Drawing Down the Moon (1986) by Margot Adler, Dawn Behind the Dawn (1992) by Geoffrey Ashe, The Chalice and the Blade (1987) by Riane Eisler, Pagan Visions (2005) edited by Ly de Angeles, et. al.
Pastoral Practice: Introduction to Psychology (1999) by James Kalat, A Lifetime of Relationships (1996) by Vanzetti and Duck, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus (1992) by John Gray, A General Theory of Love (2000) by Lewis and Amini, et. al., Why People Believe Weird Things (1997) by Micael Shermer, Why I Am Not A Christian (1957) Bertrand Russel, Toxic Faith - Understanding and Overcoming Religious Addiction (1979, 1991) by Arterburn and Felton
Futurism and Astronautics:Future Shock (1970) by Alvin Toffler, Critical Path (1981) by Buckminster Fuller, Megatrends (1982) by John Naisbitt, Living in Space (2000) by Giovanni Caprara, The High Frontier (1976) by Gerard K. O'Neill, Space Colonies, Colonies in Space (1977) by T.A Heppenheimer, The High Road, 2081 (1981) by Gerard K. O'Neill
Heroes
Christa McAulliffe, Kalpana Chawla, Ben Franklin, Leonardo Da Vinci, Abe Lincoln, Hypatia - the last Librarian of Alexandria, Frederick Douglas, George Washington Carver, Ron McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Gregory Jarvis, Mike Smith, Judy Resnick, Ilan Ramon, Rick Husband, William McCool, David Brown, Laurel Clark, Mike Anderson, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Christopher Reeves, Vladamir Komarov, Georgi Dobrovolski, Viktor Patsayev, Vladislov Volkov, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White, Rodger Chaffe, Jauques Cousteau, Giordano Bruno, Galileo Galilei, Dr. John Fian
About me:
I'm a relative MySpace Newbie (I joined on 11-27-07) but I'm definitely interested in the e-scene here. I've heard so much about it.
I'm married and living in Minneapolis with my wife Beth and, jeez four cats now, yikes!
I'm glad I've got a good sized house. Check out my Feline Festival photo album for our four furry residents. That's Tinker, Jasmine and now Cleo and Caruso.
I'm the Executive Director of MnSFS (Minnesota Space Frontier Society), a non-profit educational organization dedicated to using Space Based Technology to help solve the Earth's many problems right here. Remember, the Ozone Hole was discovered by and is monitored with NASA and NOAA satellites! You know how eveyone says if we can put a man on the moon then...? Well the fact is going back to the moon can free us of fossil fuels! Science is our friend, it is the ignorant, greedy individual abusers (whether commercial or political) of technology who are the real problem. Do you really want nukes in every back yard? Who makes the best solar panels? NASA! Space technology can help solve Global Warming and replace fossil fuels too. Ask me how!
We're not always super serious, we have fun too. Check out my Google Girls photo album.
"The Earth Isn't Sick, She's Pregnant!"
I'm also a Reverend in the First Gaian Church of Minnesota, a Pan-religious, interfaith, secular (the meaning here is favoring no one religion over another but celebrating the best of all of them) soon to be a non-profit organization. We promote a modular philosophy, a Gaian Philosophy, that can be used by anyone of any faith on this crowded little planet to accommodate living with anyone of another faith here as well, even fundamentalists if they are willing to co-operate. Sadly however 'It only takes one to make war'. I perform pastoral services for all faiths as well as secularists and atheists, hey, they are born, get married and die too! So be warned, the services I perform for one religion may offend members of another! Fundamentalists and prudes, you have been properly notified! Remember, new science shows: Prudery Kills! Now you may check my Rev. Dave photo album. I on the other-hand, am happy to celebrate Gaia's amazing diversity! See my biovid below. I also celebrate how Gaia has inspired so many artists as you'll among my friends below and here's a sample outside the MySpace Zone:
It is Fundamentalism that is a big part of the problem, it's bigotry is not a solution! I will always oppose those book burning, know-nothing, self-righteous nut-jobs whenever possible. How much more hypocritical can you get by claiming to be a religion of love and then outlawing nearly all natural human forms of love! Judge them by their actions, not their words. I have been dubbed 'The Minister of Love' and I hope I can live up to that beautiful responsibility! Just imagine where we would be if the religions that preach 'love' actually allowed its practice! Just imagine where we could be if the fundies (Both Christian and Muslim!) hadn't torched the Library of Alexandria! Check out my Reverend Dave Photo Album for some of my diverse (fundamentalists and prudes who are easily offended be warned!) pastoral services both joyous and painfully sad.
As a Minister I am also concerned for people's Civil Rights and in my capacity as a PCA (Personal Care Attendant) for the disabled, people in wheelchairs in particular, I have seen a lot of rights violations. The stated public goal is 'Independent Living' to have a life as 'normal' as possible for the disabled. I and a few others to our mutual horror have discovered the last great unrecognized bigotry in American Society: Disabled Parental Rights. Fully 85% to 95% of all disabled parents have their children taken from them at least once by the State or County authorities. In terms of the trauma resulting from this violence to families and the failures of the foster care system visited upon the innocent children, the bigoted fascists in power should just sterilize the disabled before they can breed! It would be less painful and socially damaging in the long run. How unbelievably cruel and in supposedly 'modern' 21st Century America no less! I am outraged over this barbarity perpetrated in the name of 'helping the handicapped' and 'save the children'! What a pile of sh*t!
"If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!"
Who I'd like to meet:
Fellow Fans and Friends in Cyberspace and beyond as well as citizens who want to organize and help solve some of of the problems I mention here.
Bio-Video I
I'd also love to meet this painfully cute little bundle of fuzz in my first MySpace video pick. This is not for the squemish, she does love her meal worms! This wee girl is however, like the life cycle of every organism - the Truth of Creation. This is my first biovid of the Awesome Diversty of Gaia, I'll have to post more later. She's an Australian flying possum Pterius breviceps commonly known as a Sugar Glider. They're native to the Southern Australian and Tasmanian forests. Think of it as more Valentine's Day Cutenes! Thanks Jaqueline!
Happy Father's Day Dave! Lots of love and good wishes for today. Give my love to Rhiannon when you talk to her. Peace out. THE Reverend Colonel Andrea Jean Lorimer
Hi Rev. Dave, Here's to drinking, drawing & debauchery! Dr Sketchy's Twin Cities Opening Night is April 27th at The 331 Club featuring Ian Rans & Nadine Dubois. Pre-registration is underway. Hope to see you there!
Hey Dave, thanks for the comment but trust me...I won't be drinking any green beer!!!! I am sick and have been throwing up green bile though, that's as close to being green as I am getting! Peace out. Andrea
