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THE QUOTE:
"Military justice is to justice what military music is to music."
- - Groucho Marx
THE HISTORY:
October 31st - All
Hallows' Eve / Halloween -- Pagan
festival of fall during which the dead can be communicated with & set to
rest. Appropriated, but not totally demolished, by the churches. Also referred
to as Mischief Night, the original reason for disguise was to prevent lonely
spirits recognizing you & snatching you away to their between-the-worlds
lair. In the 10th century, Druids held human sacrifices & prayers. Much later,
human sacrifice became cakes left out for the dead, thrown into the fire in the
morning. In Brittany all wore black, etc.
October 31st, 1938 -- On Halloween night Orson
Welles & the
Mercury Theater provoked a national panic with their dramatization of
the H.G. Wells novel, "War of the Worlds." Widespread fears that Martian
soldiers are landing in New Jersey ensues. Drivers trying to escape the commie
invaders clog highways, & one Pittsburgh woman, shrieking "I'd rather
die this way," was saved only at the last moment from poisoning herself.
Orson Welles' radio broadcast demonstrates the suggestive power of mass communications.
October 31st, 1987 -- Joseph
Campbell, 83, passes to
the spirit world, mythologically speaking.
THE BIG EVENT: A Chet Helms Tribal Stomp
Produced by Family Dog
WHEN: Sunday, October 30th, 2005
WHERE: Speedway Meadows, Golden Gate Park
TIME: 9am to 5:30pm
ADMISSION: FREE
MORE INFO AT:
http://www.2b1records.com/chetmemorial
THE BOOK (& AUDIO BOOK):
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
How the U.S. Uses Globalization to Cheat Poor Countries Out of Trillions
By John Perkins
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/09/1526251
Covertly recruited by the United States National Security Agency and
on the payroll of an international consulting firm, he traveled the world˜to
Indonesia, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Iran and other strategically
important countries. His job was to implement policies that promoted the interests
of the U.S. corporatocracy (a coalition of government, banks, and corporations)
while professing to alleviate poverty˜policies that alienated many nations
and ultimately led to September 11 and growing anti-Americanism. Within a few
weeks of its release , Confessions of an Economic Hit Man landed on The NY Times
Bestseller List.
MORE AT: http://www.economichitman.com
THE ANIMATION: The Climate Mash
Stop the 'Global Warming Zombies' this Halloween
"The Climate Mash" is hilarious, but the effects of global warming
aren't funny.
http://www.climatemash.org
RHINO HERE:
The Rhino will be lurking at The
Tribal Stomp on Sunday in Golden Gate Park.
Rhino sez, "Be there or be square!"
Here's a list of the acts being featured.
Jefferson Starship: Paul Kantner, David Frieberg, Pete Sears,
Prairie Prince, Nick Gravenites, Harvey Mandel, Eric Burdon, Dan Hicks
and the Hot Licks, The Charlatans, Country Joe McDonald (Country Joe and The
Fish) The Rowan Brothers, featuring Peter Rowan, Jerry Miller, Lee Osker (Schedule
Permitting) Terry Haggerty and James Preston (Sons of Champlin), Zero II, Roy
Rogers, and Ramblin‚ Jack Elliott. Cold Blood featuring Lydia Pense, Lee
Michaels, Quicksilver Gold, featuring Joli Valenti and Mario Cipollina, Squid
B. Vicious, Barry „The Fish‰ Melton, Blue Cheer, (Dickie Peterson,
Leigh Stephens), Jorge Santana, George Michalski, Greg Errico (Sly and the Family
Stone), Canned Heat, Narada Michael Walden, Natural Act (Hal Wagenet and Mitchell
Holman), Jeff Blackburn, Howard Wales, Richi Ray, (Freedom Highway), Vince Welnick,
(The Tubes and Grateful Dead), David Denny (Steve Miller), Peter Kaukonen, Herman
Eberitzsch (Lee Oskar), Ross Valory (Journey), Judge Murphy, Stephen Gaskin,
Howard Hessman, Greg Douglass (Steve Miller) Rock Hendrix, Bruce Latimer, David
and Linda Laflamme (It's A Beau! tiful Day), Lydia Pense (Cold Blood), Annie
Samson (Stone Ground), and Wavy Gravy.
MORE INFO AT: http://www.2b1records.com/chetmemorial/
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WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price
Award-winning filmmaker Robert Greenwald's new documentary on Wal-Mart
is now out and available. The Nation sez it's "powerful, emotional
and entertaining way to help trigger change in the way America's largest company
conducts business in the US and across the globe. It has the potential
to raise much more awareness about what's wrong with Wal-Mart and why--which
is the reason that The Nation is part of a national network supporting and promoting
the release of the documentary. (It's also a really good movie!)"
http://www.walmartmovie.com
IN THEATRES NOW
Good Night, and Good Luck
Though it is a meticulously detailed reconstruction of an era, "Good
Night, and Good Luck," directed by George Clooney from a script he wrote
with Grant Heslov, is concerned with more than nostalgia. Burnishing the legend
of Edward R. Murrow, the CBS newsman who in the 1940's and 50's established a
standard of journalistic integrity his profession has scrambled to live up to
ever since, the film is a passionate, thoughtful essay on power, truth-telling
and responsibility.
http://wip.warnerbros.com/goodnightgoodluck/
The Lord of War
Amnesty International USA is proud to announce its support of Lord of
War, a film starring Academy Award-Winner Nicolas Cage that illustrates the deadly
impact of the uncontrolled global arms trade. The film follows the story of a
New York-based arms broker (Cage) who traffics weapons to dictators and human
rights abusers, and the efforts of the Interpol Agent (Ethan Hawke) trying to
stop him. The movie is written and directed by Andrew Niccol and co-stars Jared
Leto, Bridget Moynahan and Ian Holm.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/lordofwar
The Constant Gardener
Amnesty International is proud to be supporting the new film The
Constant Gardener, based on the John LeCarre bestseller and from
the Oscar nominated director of City of God, Fernando Meirelles. This
timely film portrays the realities that define life in modern Africa, and the
challenges and dangers faced by those trying to address them.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/artistsforamnesty/constantgardener.html
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