StellaBlue

I don't believe this is a sexiest issue whatsoever...

Despite the fact that I completely disagree with your opinion I absolutely LOVE that you don't think its a sexiest issue!!

Yeah that's what i meant in the brackets below the link! You can grab her hand or head or foot ... so wierd!

Is this good Flash or Evil Flash?

Is it Art or Trash?

Why/What is it really?

I don't understand...

Anyone???

Random Stuff

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There is absolutely nothing wrong with being controversial. Almost all of the worlds greatest spiritual, intellectual and pollitical leaders were highly controversial people.

Bring on the debates! Bring on the perspectives opininions and ideas! Let's leave out the name calling and the rest will sort itself out.

First, Deeps you've greatly impressed me musically in the past at your gigs and now you've impressed me with your post.

This topic has been an ongoing debate within my household recently. A few weeks ago, while walking my dog, I overheard the conversation of two people passing me on the street. The sentence, "Women's Lib has come a long way", was the only thing I heard as they passed however it instantly jumped out at me. I thought about it the entire walk back, only to come home to find my roommates watching "The New Gilligan's Island" (or whatever the title is) on television. They were cheering and applauding as this one guy traded in some chip or ticket (I don't really know what) to get a massage from an impossibly skinny 20-something while his upset wife looked on.

For the first time I can recall I felt completely defeated. Here was one of my best friends, who I consider one of the "good guys", passing the time watching a surgically altered cosmetically enhanced woman submitting to the fantasies of very average looking men.

So Women's Lib Has Come a Long Way...

What Now?

While it is true that women's lib has come a long way in the sense that we now don't have to worry about overt discrimination ie: unfair wages in the workplace or being considered intellectually inferior (heck we can even vote!), the factors adversely affecting women today are far more insidious.

Everywhere we look, we are constantly inundated and saturated with “the ideal” image of beauty: The typically white, painfully thin, sultry eyed, super gal who can fight off a gang of vampires or survive on an isolated island all without smudging her makeup.

"Maybe she's born with it, Maybe its Mabelline"....or maybe chasing unattainable beauty is a Billion dollar industry...?

The more one single very specific image of beauty is put out there, the more women, especially young women in society are inclined to believe that any deviation from that "ideal" is an imperfection.

The direct benefactors of this are image associated companies: companies that mass market weight loss products, cosmetic companies, hair salons et al.

Setting the bar high and raising it when ever we jump slips us perfectly into the role of good consumers.

So I guess what I’m trying to say is that I agree with Deeps. Let’s not celebrate the commercial image of beauty even if it is only to protest the attempt of the Corporate Cosmetic Superpowers to buy our souls. Besides, beauty is in the eye of the beholder not the bestower.

"The Medium is the Message"

Marshall McLuhan

Sorry folks I’m never this preachy, but it’s something I feel strongly about.

Joni Mitchell - Hejira

The Be Good Tanyas - Chinatown

Gillian Welch - Time (The Revalator)

Tom Waits - Night Hawks At the Diner

Joanna Newsom - Milk Eyed Mender

Ok I know this is LAST minute, but that's when I start thinking about these things...

Anyone needing to unload a hillside tick for sunday please email me at LFEDEWICZ@MSN.COM or PM me!

Cheers!

I think they should drop all charges on account of the single fact that the dog's name was "Lucky"

Whoa I thought it was just me... hahah

temporarily confused me

MMMMmmm BOP!

Dooo uup!

MMMmmm BOP!

Dooooo!

Yeah eee yeah!

d_rawk, how did you first hear about her?? Hardly anyone I know has even heard of her nevermind listens to her...

well paisley you must at least now download and listen to one of her songs cuz now i over-posted you! haha!

When I first heard her I couldn't get the image of Lisa Simpson with a harp out of my mind...

But now I can't picture her music being sung any other way.

I challenge anyone who hates her to listen to the last track on the album, "Milk Eyed Mender", called "Clam Crab Cockle Cowrie" and continue to hear only a 'wierd voice' when they listen to her music.

Kudos to this chick for putting herself out there and being different.

"Waltzing with the open sea"

My wandering gypsy's life has now brought me to waterloo.. or the "Tri-City Area" as everyone seems to call it.

Any cool Jamband Junkies around? Cool local shows?? I am so outta the loop with the way im moving around all the time...

@ Phish in Saratoga Springs NY last summer.

It was a 2 day show. First night everyone who couldnt afford a motel pitched tents at this campsite not to far away. This guy drove his medical supplies truck from his work and parked it on the side of a hill and was filling ballons... The truck was on a crazy angle and looked like it was gonna roll over any second... so this other guy goes and buys 2 baloons. He huffs one down... drops to his knees and starts screaming "Pink Floyd!!" at the top of his lungs... at 4:30 AM... He did it for about 2 full minutes until this black dog jumped on him and he started freeking out.

Hey ALl, Thanks for the warm welcome. As for me I travel around alot no real homebase except Waterloo where I occasionally attend classes (lol!) Ok now I got a clear update on shows and places and where to find info... Thats wickd. Thanks!

"Did you mean starts with D and rhymes with Del?" haha Who is think of which you speak ...hmm .. I wonder....?

Hey just moved here.... I've been told theres a wickd jamband scene out here but I can't seem to find you guys! Can someone put be back in the loop! I feel like a fish out of water being a hippie in a government town! What good shows are coming up... when... Where can i meet some real people ??

-The oh so uncool

Stella Blue