THANK YOU! Firefighters!!

The EMP Experience Music Project
http://www.empsfm.org/

Some Classic Pearl Jam Posters!

Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gskAeWgEExk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCgFYz7VX74
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgkkvtVuBDE

"About Experience Music Project
Experience Music Project (EMP) is dedicated to the exploration of creativity and innovation in popular music. By blending interpretative, interactive exhibitions with cutting-edge technology, EMP captures and reflects the essence of rock ‘n’ roll, its roots in jazz, soul, gospel, country and the blues, as well as rock’s influence on hip-hop, punk and other recent genres. Visitors can view rare artifacts and memorabilia and experience the creative process by listening to musicians tell their own stories. "

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Happy Independence Day, to those in the US! I kind of like the idea of those who are calling it Inter-Dependence day, as we are all connected, these days. I read an interesting article by Jim Hightower, where he warned us that democracy only works with active participants, and that we cannot sit back and let our wonderful President to take care of things for us. Hightower recalled "Agitators created America, and it's their feisty spirit and outright rebelliousness that we celebrate on our national holiday. I don't merely refer to the Founders, either. Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, James Madison, Ben Franklin and the rest certainly were derring-do agitators when they wrote the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, creating the framework for a democratic republic. But they didn't actually create much democracy. In the first presidential election, only 4 percent of the people were even eligible to vote. No women allowed, no African Americans, no American Indians and no one who was landless." http://www.truthout.org/070409A

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Some hopeful news out today too, from Iran:
"The most important group of religious leaders in Iran has called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate, an act of defiance against the country’s supreme leader and the most public sign of a major split in the country’s clerical establishment." http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/world/middleeast/05iran.html?_r=2&ref=global-home

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My dear friend Am sent over a wonderful video of the Rumi poem, "Say I Am You" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqVBGv2hpQ4

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Sobering Photos of Families Mourning those lost in the protests in Iran http://www.demotix.com/news/mourning-dead-tehran

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