Hello! Welcome to my face. Here are some songs for you to hear and some films about things you can know about/consider. Watch this(s)! and more on my "blog".
Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes -->
<--Change the last word to human. Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the crisis in masculinity. -->
Portrayals of masculinity in Disney Films-->
The classic Killing Us Softly 3 Advertising's Image of Women
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! Here is a talk on the S.I.A: A non-coercive approach to helping people recover from destructive mind control. -->
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Voices from the New American Schoolhouse explores life outside the usual educational box. Narrated exclusively by students of a radical democratic school-->
The PPP offer their take on the matter (the views expressed in this video are not necessarily the views of me)-->
Love, Ben
Influences
Kyla Phoenix's new years resolution: "I'm starting a one girl band and growing tambourine hands. Then I'll crush some orange Christmas tree lights and make them into a suit that will protect me from lava." (Kyla Phoenix is the recipient of the benjamin C. lucal award for best new years resolution on this new new year.) (2008 is the recipient for the benjamin C. lucal award for Newest Year.) thank you everyone.
Sounds Like
When you make a drawing on a piece of paper that has lines on it and a coffee stain but then you still like the drawing anyways.
Forthcoming Album now open.
Learn how our minds can be bent with out our consent!:
The next five or six panel's are a documentary about destructive mind control cults
And here is a video explaining the basic premise of Niomi Klien's new book The Shock Doctrine.
Little Planet Mystery Ride's Friend Space (Top 40)
support climate justice organizing in boston! RISING TIDE BOSTON BENEFIT SHOW
Wednesday, August 19th, 6:00pm! @ Spontaneous Celebrations 45 Danforth St, Jamaica Plain (30 second walk from Stoneybrook T-Stop)
DEFIANCE, OHIO - dancy and heartfelt political folk-punk on tour EVAN GREER - boston's own from the riot-folk! collective SNIP DAS DEFERENS - female farmer punk against patriarchy from ithaca, ny ADELAIDE WINDSOME - local puppelele princess
$7 suggested donation. ALL AGES. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Rising Tide is an international network of grassroots groups who work to connect climate change to social justice struggles. Recent projects of Rising Tide Boston include helping organize the Northeast Climate Confluence, supporting the local struggle against the BU Biolab, and organizing direct action against Bank of America's coal investments. More information at www. risingtideboston. org
For more info on the show, contact: kaitentou@gmail.com
Thanks for being the welcoming committee to this strange & uncomfortable place, Ben. A little Wedding in the Sand helps...I'm gonna dog it down there just as soon as I find a good reason, and would be very much delighted to dig those magic turtles up for soup and whatever else comes of it.