808 State
8bit Betty
A Thorn For Every Heart
Ace of Clubs, The
Acen
Amen Andrews
Amit
Amsterdam Klezmer Band
Antibalas
Aphex Twin
Apollo and Fluid Motion
Arcon 2
Asian Dub Foundation
Atomizer
Autechre
Autechre's Cat
Bagga Worries and Jooxie Nice
Balkan Beat Box
Beatles, The
Beck
Ben Wa
Black Dog Productions
Black Uhuru
Blamstrain
Boards Of Canada
Bochum Welt
Brothomstates
Calix, Mira
Ceephax
Chaos AD
Chevron
Chimerical Child
Chromeo
Clouddead
Coil
Communication Saints
Concord Dawn
Cross, David Michael
Cut Chemist
Cylob
Dan The Automator
D'arcangelo
Datassette
Datathief
Ddamage
De la Rocha, Zack
Def Leppard
Denki Groove
Devo
Dexter
Die!!Die!!Color!!!
Dillinja
DJ Shadow
DMX Krew
Dragon Ash
Earth, Wind & Fire
Edgar, Jimmy
Embrace
Esem
Faith No More
Fingernail
Fischerspooner
Four Seasons, The
Frontline Assembly
Fucking Am, The
Fun Tourist
Furillo
Furtado, Nelly
Future Bible Heroes
Garrison, Matthew
Gescom
Gift Of Gab
Global Communication
Global Goon
Goblin
Guided By Voices
Hacker, The
Hannant, Beaumont
Hellinterface
Hicks, Bill
I-F
Ill Media
Illreme
Isolee
Jackal and Hyde
Jackson and His Computer Band
Jedi Knights
Jega
Jeru The Damaja
Jesus and Mary Chain, The
Johnson, Adam
K
Kaada
Kick The Can Crew
Killing Joke
KLF, The
Kluochum Van Pelt
Klute
Knifehandchop
KRS One
L Kan
Lackluster
Lamb
Laserdance
Last Emporer
LBH Krew
Levay, Sylvester
Levy, Barrington
LFO
Lowfish
Machinedrum
Mandroid
MD
Mike and Rich
Ministry
Mr. Dope America
Mr. Tobacco
Muziq
My Bloody Valentine
Nelson, Willie
New Composers
New Deal, The
New Kids On The Block
Nightmares On Wax
Nine Inch Nails
Nosferatu
OOO
Opium Jukebox
Our Man From Odessa
Ozomatli
Pailhead
Palmskin Productions
Pantera
Paul, Sean
Perry, Jean-Jacques
Perspects
Pharcyde
Photek
Pixies
Plaid
Plug
Polar
Precenphix
Prince
Private Lives
Prodigy, The
Proem
Proswell
Pryor, Richard
Public Enemy
Push Button Objects
Quant
Riow Arai
RJD2
Rother, Anthony
Roupe
Royksopp
Salmonella Dub
Scandinavian Leopard
Scen
Schuller, David
Selecter, The
Selway, John
Senor Coconut
Sense
Shy Child
Skinny Puppy
Slag Boom Van Loon
Smith, Christian
SocietySuckers
Solvent
Souljah
Squarepusher
Starship Rockers
Staubsauger
Swedish Eraser Cities
Swollen Members
Syndrone
Techmaster PEB
Telefon Tel Aviv
Thievery Corporation
Timelords, The
Trans Am
Trans Mania
TransChamps
Tuss, The
UB40
Up, Bustle and Out
Uusitalo
Vibert, Luke
VLAD
Wagon Christ
Waxolutionists
We
Yazoo
Z-Trip
WELCOME TO MY MYSPACE GUYS. A few things worth mentioning:
1. It is my duty to live the meta-example of Jesus. To me, that means loving my enemies, returning good for evil, praying for those that persecute me, and as Gandhi observed, "Be(ing) the change you wish to see in the world." Living that means taking back the mantle of Christ from the hateful (see Westboro Baptist Church), the dogmatic (fundamentalist Catholics and Protestants), and the half-steppin' (like opposing abortion but not the death penalty).
Points worth making:
a) I believe Jesus is opposed to the death penalty, and therefore I am opposed to the death penalty. I believe that when any person takes a life, the outcome is tragic. It follows that I am opposed to the taking of life under any and all circumstances. I do believe that life without the possibility of parole is not necessarily an excessive or cruel punishment, but should be considered only for those who demonstrate an overwhelming inability to safely coexist with the rest of us (serial killers tend to fit my criteria, for example).
b) In the absence of a danger to the mother's health, I am opposed to the performance of abortions at any stage of pregnancy beyond the point at which the fetus senses pain, because I believe the Son is opposed to any one of us inflicting selfishly-motivated pain on another. Most available medical research data seems to indicate fetuses begin to feel pain at 8 weeks. I think that's a fair cutoff, and I'd even go so far as to say any woman ought to be able to get a free abortion from a publicly funded and overseen clinic at up to 7 weeks and 6 days of pregnancy, and any woman ought to be imprisoned and given mandatory counseling for consenting to an abortion at 8 weeks or beyond. The performer of such an abortion should get a mandatory-identical penalty as the mother, whatever the legal system decides based on the circumstances of the case. Since we can't agree on "when life begins" we ought to at least recognize that "when pain begins" can be identified objectively.
c)I believe legislating individual morality is a fool's errand given to us by the Satan in each of us and in our collective spirit. Remember, the original definition of Satan is "adversary" and if you believe that "the Kingdom of God is within you" as Jesus teaches then it follows that the torment of Hell is within us as well. Or, as Roy Orbison correctly observed, "A diamond is a diamond, a stone a stone, but a man's not all good nor all bad." If all plants bearing seed are God's express gifts to our species, and if God warns us over and over about the perils of alcohol yet completely sidesteps cannabis (at least in the canonical interpretations) which is known to have been widely used in the times and places of the Bible, and if alcohol can kill by both overdose and withdrawal, but cannabis has never killed a single human being in recorded human history, does it not follow that the very idea of a War On (some) Drugs is a cruel hoax perpetuated by the adversaries within us individually and collectively?
d)Further discussion ammo may be found here.
2. I don't have any mixes or boots hosted on myspace at the moment. Instead you can download my latest mix from the link above. There are many reasons for doing this, not the least of which is that what I produce tends to challenge the copyright status quo.
Idealism centers around the belief that we are moving towards something greater. An odd mix of evolutionist and spiritualist, you see the divine within ourselves, waiting to emerge over time. Many religious traditions express how the divine spirit lost its identity, thus creating our world of turmoil, but in time it will find itself and all things will again become one.
Cultural Creative
100%
Idealist
100%
Existentialist
75%
Postmodernist
75%
Romanticist
69%
Fundamentalist
44%
Materialist
31%
Modernist
25%
In 1978 (the year I was born)
Jimmy Carter is president of the US
US Senate votes to turn over the Panama Canal to Panama on December 31, 1999
Israel and Egypt reach a peace settlement at the Camp David Accords
The US and mainland China announce that they will restore full diplomatic relations
Members of Jim Jones' People's Temple commit mass suicide in Guyana
Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pope in centuries
Ted Bundy is captured in Florida
The first computer bulletin board system is created
Garfield debuts in newspapers
Ashton Kutcher, Kobe Bryant, Usher, Clay Aiken, and Nelly Furtado are born
New York Yankees win the World Series
Dallas Cowboys win Superbowl XII
Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup
Saturday Night Fever and Grease are the top grossing films
"Night Fever" by the Bee Gees spends the most time at the top of the US charts
