Did all you people who voted for this guy really believe that he was going to bring “change?”. He’s doing the same old shit as every other president before him: lying to get elected, then acting in the best interest of his campaign donors once he gets elected. The problem is not who’s in charge, [...]

Island Update – Evolution of A Revolutionary

  The view from my lanai this morning was crystal clear. Thanks to a storm system moving across the Pacific, the vog from the bubbling volcano has been blown away, leaving a razor sharp horizon line and a birds-eye view of the Kona coastline. After almost 5 years here on the big island, I’m once [...]

25th Birthday

Woke up to the sun creeping over Mauna Loa sending it’s blinding light straight through my east-facing window, bathing my groggy face in a not-uncomfortable heat. Been on the island for almost a month now, getting used to the intense sun, the humidity, the plethora of plants and animals all around me. Turning 25 today [...]

Subconscious Expulsion

And it’s still there, that drive, that passion, that need to just EXPLODE, to vent all the frustration, all the bitterness and rage that I keep locked deep down inside, that force that needs to either create or destroy. All too often I choose the latter, finding it easier to lash out and disrupt than [...]

For Love of Electronica

A question has been lingering in the deep recesses of my mind. A question as to why I’m still so drawn to electronic music, even as my connection to the earth, the Aina, grows ever stronger, even as I swim with the dolphins, the sea turtles, and feel the ocean swells reverberate through my body [...]

EMP – A Catalyst for Change

It started not with a bang, but with a sizzle. The people living in shantytowns, 3rd world slums, the crazy survivalists living off-grid in some little cabin didn’t even realize it till they tried to use the Internet, or watch TV, or turn on a radio. They flipped through the channels to find nothing but [...]

Empathy and James Lee

The cracks are starting to show, my friends. As I write this, James Lee is holding hostages in the Discovery Channel building in Silver Springs, MD.  In his manifesto/list of demands, he focuses on the overpopulation of the planet, the glorification of war in media, and the destruction of the environment. He quotes and references [...]

The Gulf Oil Spill – Who’s Really To Blame?

I wonder how many people first heard about the BP oil spill while driving in their cars on the way to work. It’s a well-known fact that the most profitable time for radio advertisements is between 7-9 a.m. and 4-6 p.m., during the drive time commute. It’s when Morning Edition, NPR’s daily radio news show, [...]

The Recovery

look at the fear on the face of the single mother filing an extension at the unemployment office and tell me, honestly, that you believe that things are getting better.

Top Gun Casualty

We sit in our homes, at our computers, fridges full of food, running water, heat, electricity. A Palestinian family huddles in the corner of a bombed out building, hearing the scream of F16 engines overhead, the dull thud of explosions from US-made bombs shaking the rubble. That’s F16′s. American made, American supplied. The same planes we watched [...]