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"Every American wants MORE MORE of the world and why not, you only live once. But the mistake made in..."

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:02:55 -0400

“Every American wants MORE MORE of the world and why not, you only live once. But the mistake made in America is persons accumulate more more dead matter, machinery, possessions & rugs & fact information at the expense of what really counts as more: feeling, good feeling, sex feeling, tenderness feeling, mutual feeling. You own twice as much rug if you’re twice as aware of the rug.”

- Allen Ginsberg (via thegoldeneternity)

"A change of heart requires a great deal of courage and a great deal of compassion. The courage is to..."

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:13:09 -0400

“A change of heart requires a great deal of courage and a great deal of compassion. The courage is to not avert our gaze, but instead to turn to the various sufferings in our own life or in the world around us and see them with the concern and compassionate eyes of the Buddha.”

- Jack Kornfield, “A Change of Heart”

(via tricycle-tumbles)

newspeedwayboogie: My life was once a joy to me/never knowing,...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:12:53 -0400

newspeedwayboogie:

My life was once a joy to me/never knowing, I was growing, everyday

loose and relaxed like this morning, birds singing since...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:05:55 -0400

loose and relaxed like this morning, birds singing since dawn

Bird Song rehearsal

David Crosby, Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh & Mickey Hart

"Nowadays I try not to allow myself to be influenced by anything external. I want to focus on coming..."

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:43:31 -0500

“Nowadays I try not to allow myself to be influenced by anything external. I want to focus on coming up with new musical works based solely on what the demonic voices inside my head are constantly screaming about.”

- Sir Richard Bishop (via newspeedwayboogie)

"The observations and encounters of a devotee of solitude and silence are at once less distinct and..."

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:40:16 -0500

“The observations and encounters of a devotee of solitude and silence are at once less distinct and more penetrating than those of the sociable man; his thoughts are weightier, stranger, and never without a tinge of sadness. Images and perceptions which might otherwise be easily dispelled by a glance, a laugh, an exchange of comments, concern him unduly, they sink into mute depths, take on significance, become experiences, adventures, emotions.”

- Thomas Mann - Death In Venice (via mfs)

Photo

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:41:53 -0500

aquariumdrunkard: Turquoise Wisdom: Like A Coat From The Cold...

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:37:25 -0500

aquariumdrunkard:

Turquoise Wisdom: Like A Coat From The Cold (A Mixtape)

Turquoise Wisdom here with another installment of my Sad Seasons mixtape series for AD. This time around we’re thinking about winter. ps- I have officially joined the future and started a ‘lil website to regularly post jams from my record collection, that’s here: playitasitlathes.com. Onward! zc/tw

Download: Turquoise Wisdom: Like A Coat From The Cold (A Mixtape)

1. Terry Callier – Dancing Girl (excerpt) – What Color Is Love – Cadet (w/ a sampled introduction by Gil Scott Heron. RIP to both of you.)

2. Robert Wyatt – Biko – Work In Progress – Rough Trade

3. Henri Texier – Le Piroguier – Amir – Eurodisc

4. Talk Talk – I Believe In You – Spirit Of Eden – Parlophone

5. Byrds – Triad (DJ Steef “Triolisme” Edit) – 12″ – Magic Wand

6. Arthur Russel – Arm Around You – Calling Out Of Context – Rough Trade/Audika

7. You Gotta Woman (Abel Edit) – 12″ – ESP Institute

8. Ebo Taylor – Come Along – Afro Beat Airwaves – Analog Africa

9. Brigitte Fontaine & Areski – La Harpe Jaune – Vous Et Nous – Saravah

10. Smog – I Feel Like The Mother Of The World – A River Ain’t Too Much To Love – Drag City

11. R Stevie Moore – Time Standstill – Glad Music – New Rose

12. Big Star – Kanga Roo – The Third Album – Aura

13. Harold Budd – The Chill Air – Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror – Editions EG

14. Bill Fay – Cosmic Concerto (Life Is People) – Life Is People – Dead Oceans

newspeedwayboogie: Beautiful pictures. xzyoe: These photos...

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:08:22 -0500

newspeedwayboogie:

Beautiful pictures.

xzyoe:

These photos were made in the Camden (N. J. ) Music Fair. Joan Baez was the only performer on the billing; but she invited Bob Dylan up to perform with her, and their joint set occupied about 1/3 of the entire concert. These pictures are scanned from Ektachrome slides (hence some blurriness and dust); the personal computer had not yet been invented.
I shot these witha Contax IIa or IIIa; the lens was either a Zeiss or a Nikon lens with a Contax mount.

-John Rudoff

cabinporn: From our library: Living the Good Life by Helen and...

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:10:05 -0500

cabinporn:

From our library:

Living the Good Life by Helen and Scott Nearing

In the depths of the Great Depression, Scott (an economist dismissed from academia for his radial socialist views during World War I) and his second wife Helen fled New York City in search of a quieter life in which to cultivate their values of pacifism, subsistence, and veganism.

The Good Life is a practical and philosophical account of settling on 200 acres alongside Stratton Mountain in Vermont, where the couple spent the next two decades growing their own food (absent manure or pesticides), building with stone, producing maple syrup and refusing to generate profit: Committed to the value of leisure, the Nearings would work only 4 hours a day, 6 months a year, and when their basic needs were met, abandoned “bread labor” for reflection and constructive avocation.

That way

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:06:13 -0500

That way

Think I just found my Halloween costume for next year ;)

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:15:44 -0400

Think I just found my Halloween costume for next year ;)

Best band I’ve heard in years Listen to Bloodbirds LP by...

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:13:34 -0400

Best band I’ve heard in years

Listen to Bloodbirds LP by bloodbirds.

whitneymcn: July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967 “This song is...

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:36:57 -0400

whitneymcn:

July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967

“This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright #154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don’t give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote it, that’s all we wanted to do.”

"So if children are able to live with mistakes and even failing, why does it drive us crazy? So many..."

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:51:38 -0400

“So if children are able to live with mistakes and even failing, why does it drive us crazy? So many parents have said to me, “I can’t stand to see my child unhappy.” If you can’t stand to see your child unhappy, you are in the wrong business. The small challenges that start in infancy (the first whimper that doesn’t bring you running) present the opportunity for “successful failures,” that is, failures your child can live with and grow from. To rush in too quickly, to shield them, to deprive them of those challenges is to deprive them of the tools they will need to handle the inevitable, difficult, challenging and sometimes devastating demands of life.”

- Gotham Gal: Raising Successful Children (via bijan)