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A Rare Jeff Buckley Performance

I do a cover of the song made famous by Shrek and Jeff Buckley.

Acoustic cover of Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen

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In the midst of the unknown certainties...that in which is tolerated but never spoken of...the realization of not "if" but "when"...lies that truth that exists in every one of us....It's   more...deep inside, waiting patiently to reveal and rear its ugly head to look us straight in the eye and tell us without blinking that "someday all of us must die"
c'mon now....are you going to tell me that you have never contemplated your own mortality???
Surely life has thrown you such moments, pains in the deepest part of your spirit...Such moments that have come across your existence as to completely change what you were before that moment in time existed.
Such pains and cries that only your soul and 'god knows, recorded and remembered in time with the rest of the moments of your life.
I sometimes ponder the unspeakable atrocities that we're committed upon the jews in the holocaust.
To imagine even 1 beautiful and precious person, someone who lived and breathed, a person who was living....a person who was "alive"...who smiled and cried and loved....only to have that life taken and ripped away in an moment of obstinate & unspeakable cruelty! "Could that be me?" "Surely not" I think to myself....but I am a fool! As if my life or death is any more significant or meaningful then "anyone" else's!
But here we are, you and I.
Someday we will come upon the hour of our death. It is inevitable.
Everyday...is precious! If you lived everyday as if it we're to be your last...how would you live?
If you didn't believe in any higher being or entity other then ourselves, then I suppose, for you, there would be no consequences for your actions...
but if you believed, even remotely, in the wheel of karma, well then every action would have consequences...
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Freedom...it is a strong word.
It's a word that conjures up a wide variety of imagery in any individual.
But like everything else...it has a multitude of meanings and definitions...
  more...A man might be free...but still enslaved to the ideas and influences that surround him!
I like the way Jordan Maxwell put it: "I don't trust anyone who professes that they've found the truth...implying that there is no need to go any further. I would be much more inclined to befriend someone who is still 'looking for the truth'....keeping an open mind. Still open to learning new things".
This is a real pickle....for the one who claims to know the truth...implies that it's kind of a 'closed end affair', and if you happen to disagree with the found 'truth' of an individual...then you may be about to embark upon a disagreement that could very likely end up turning into WW3.
"I don't claim to know the truth...but I do claim to have glimpses of it...however brief...from time to time." said I to myself...
Mind control in the 21st century has become quite the art form for the elite. Just how far the technology has come...is incomprehensible.
Science fiction or fact...
The little tid' bits of 'fringe' information that gets leaked out, here and there, is mind boggling enough in itself.
Holographic technology? Human genome project??? Project looking glass??? Genetically Modified food??? this is some of what we've heard about.
What about the stuff we haven't heard about??? What about the ground breaking discoveries (or nightmares) of....today???
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Let us simplify...
Whatever faith you choose to endorse...whatever political party or candidate that turns your crank....whatever opinion you may or may not have about anyone, anybody or anything...
Doesn't mean anything whatsoever without.....FREEDOM...!!!!
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Freedom Calling is another improvised 'jam session'...again it is more about capturing the moment then it is about perfection...
Not that I don't love producing and multi-tracking and mixing tracks...It's very much like being able to paint a picture with music...and the effects give you an endless array of colours to choose from.
I love recording...and I started doing it when I was young by layering tracks with 2 portable cassette players. I knew that I wanted to do this....a long long time ago.
But for right now...staying in the moment is what counts.

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I sat down with my guitar the other day and this song came out of nowhere. But as we all know that nothing just magically appears out of nowhere. Our subconscious, the underlying awareness of our higher-self, is always discreetly dropping clues & hints to our biological selves, usually in the guise of our thoughts and creativity, as well as our songs and poems, our paintings and drawings or other strange occurrences such as looking up at the clock on the wall as it displays some extraordinarily 'significant number'. Synchronicity I like to call it...others say that it's just a matter of coincidence. (Looking a little closer at the word coincidence...or to 'coincide':
'coincide':
1. To occupy the same relative position or the same area in space.
2. To happen at the same time or during the same period.
3. To correspond exactly; be identical.
.......anyways....The circumstances surrounding my death. My mortality or immortality as it were...Well this 'coincidental' theme has been popping up a lot lately in my writings, has it is often running through my mind (my mind, that 'interminable chatter' going on in my head which I like to refer to fondly as my 'thoughts'). To die...it's all terribly gloomy and a bit frightening...at 1st anyways. This whole idea of 'shuffling off ones mortal coil' is definitely enough to give me pause. Yes the 'after-life', that journey into the 'unknown country' (I've heard the terrain can be extremely unkind). This is really what it's all about...to me anyways. But let me just state right here and now...for the record. ("Is there a bible or book that I can swear on?")...as I was stating, for the record....I, for one, believe wholeheartedly in the existence of an 'after-life'...or the 'continuation of consciousness'. Furthermore, I believe that KARMA ,this wonderful woman, has given us this 'wheel of time' in which to 'work out' our own fate...(over millenniums as it were). So has to be held responsible for our actions (and intentions)...Ultimately meaning that we are responsible for our selves. For if we are all one, then to inflict hurt upon another is, in essence, to inflict hurt upon our selves, given that someday, we will be held accountable. (If you hurt another, you'll never truly know what it is to feel this pain, until you walk in the shoes of the one who carries this burden of your deed.) This gives credence to The ethic of reciprocity or "The Golden Rule". The fundamental moral principle which simply means "treat others as you would like to be treated." It is arguably the most essential basis for the modern concept of human rights.
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*Note: I've been fascinated with the tarot and numerology all of my life. As some of you may know, I was raised as a catholic. Yes, I was an altar boy...(just the term 'altar boy' gives me the creeps) the Latin still sticks with me to this day. So I remember thinking that it was just so naughty to delve into the practices of the occult as a boy. (Nothing like that ole' catholic guilt). The occult is just a word. A word that means "hidden". There's nothing inherently wrong with occult knowledge. In fact I think I was even the more fascinated because this particular knowledge was considered 'forbidden'.
Now...over time, certain truths are beginning to emerge. This so called 'forbidden knowledge' is just another example of the how the church forcibly silenced any attempts of advancement or progress of knowledge or ideas. Time and time again our greatest minds and achievers were persecuted for their efforts. Why is that? I think we all know.
As far as the phenomenon of 'religion' and 'war' goes.... Words-words-wo  less

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At the end of each day, as I lay myself down to sleep. I am constantly made aware that the world in which we've always known and trusted...is coming to an untimely end. I am no longer able to forget that   more...which is in front of me...every which way that I turn. There is now a daily occurrence of police violence...the lies of the agenda in Iraq, the spread of unprovoked war into Iran. There is fear everywhere....fear of an unknown assailant who's looming above all of us...it's threatening us with financial ruin...people's mortgages are in jeopardy. Thousands of Americans are losing jobs to perpetrators of slave labor such as China and other fascist countries. There is fear of terrorism...of an imminent attack here in the homeland. Leaders are warning us over and over. I see it everywhere....it's in the grocery stores...it's on the highways, church's schools... Fear of course itself is an effective means of terrorism and control. Everything that we need to survive in this world is being threatened....our foods are poisoned by bio-terrorism...our cattle, fowl and pork meats are being manipulated and tortured to squeeze out the largest possible profits. Our water reservoirs are being slowly poisoned with chemicals. We are now feeling the effects of global warming through a massive carbon tax. The toys we buy for our children are poisoned with led paint, flu vaccines now contain high counts of mercury. The media is owned and run by the very same individuals who are imposing these atrocities upon the people, so of course journalism has become a circus. We are being spied on with the latest satellite technology, and they are writing there own laws as they go along to fit their agenda. President Bush is just a mere puppet. The real deal is going down in an environment of utmost secrecy manipulated by a group of individuals that cannot be touched. Many know but few speak about it!
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I think anyone who knows history or just has experienced life in general knows that things are very rarely what they seem. It is foolish to ever underestimate the power of money and what it can do to anyone, given the opportunity. In the highest circle of wealth and power how do you think men get to such positions. Remember absolute power corrupts absolutely...addiction comes in many forms...or has Shakespere said "The devil hath the power to assume a pleasing shape"....Is it that difficult to imagine that there is a small group of individuals who, with unsupervised power can manipulate any government or organization they wish. People, governments, newspapers and media can always be bought...what wouldn't you do for a million dollars. Shit how 'bout a billion? Would you print lies for a price...? Would you kill for a price? Money has the horrible ability to influence any of us, on whatever level, to moments of extreme regret! Don't ever underestimate the power money. Absolute power corrupts absolutely! In a situation such as war, have you thought about just who benefits the most? If you have governments and senator's, lawmakers in your pockets...you could easily be manipulating both sides...against each other!!! I don't know why some of us think that this is an impossibility or "Why would anybody want to do such a thing?" I'll tell you why.....Absolute Power!!! Please read your history, the US has managed a democracy for over 200yrs. In the bigger scope of history...this is the exception....not the rule. Our Founding Fathers fought and died for our Freedom....and we are handing this precious freedom back without thinking....but
still "I've seen all good people" The truth is a light that shines forever bright!...and in the face of adversity men and woman show much strength and courage. I never really understood the quote: "Give me liberty of give me death" until now...
Wake up before it's to late...!
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In response to DanielofKy's call for wisdom... as if I have any.

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