RVIVR Full Live Set Nov. 18, 2013 // Excellent Melodic Hardcore Punk Inside!! ♥

Great band! Hardcore & hardcorepunk. It's all the same. TERROR? BANE?! TRAPPED UNDER ICE? Hardcore. Hardcorepunk. RVIVR! It's all good to me. Some parts of RVIVR remind me of ooooold MONEEN. Weird. Weird that they sound like old MONEEN or that MONEEN was good at one point?! Both. Remember when SAVES THE DAY was good? '99....First two great albums. Then no more. None no more. 108. On top of the world or on your "Death Bed?" Death Bed, great song. Great watching live videos of that song from 1993. I was there, front & center. Always. SHELTER, 108, FALLING FORWARD, EMPATHY, CHOKEHOLD, STRIFE, INTEGRITY, it's all good. All good to me.

Secret Ancient knowledge exposed

I've watched this video several times & it never gets old. The previous video released was the same thing, only with a sped up, high pitch voice that was quite annoying. So much great info in here that I don't know where to start!? But remember, do your own investigating & take everything with a grain of salt. I know my Lord & Savior is Jesus Christ. God created everything, I'm just uncertain where the aliens and other extra-terestrials fit in, though I believe THEY DO! Pyramid builders...


 

Books, Books, Books...

I've been selling some of my books lately.  More will be sold in the coming weeks.  If I had the time or patience I'd be selling them online --either Amazon or Ebay.  I'm not talking about worn paperbacks or crappy generic books.  Mostly very specific topical academic & scholarly books.  Some of them I even have duplicates of!  But mostly just books that I don't find interesting anymore.  Books are really hard to sell these days.  Many of them I can only get $3 to $5 a piece.  Made $200 last week, which isn't that bad.  Probably $1000 worth of literature, but oh-well, I chose to let them go.  My buddy Jean, who owns & operates an awesome, cozy, medium sized antiquarian bookshop in Ann Arbor--Motte & Bailey--always gives me the best money for my books.  But he's only buying a really small, small amount of stuff right now.  He says business is just not good enough to throw out large amounts of cash on purchases.  I feel bad for him, 'cus his store is bad-ass and he's a nice guy, but we all know Amazon, Kindle, and other online retailers & electronic devices are encroaching on the printed book and the mom & pop bookstores.  UGGGHH!!  I hate it. Hate it.

Here's some other books recently obtained on my part:

Excellent. Monks discussing the Jesus Prayer & monasticism on Mt. Athos.  If you can
find this book, most definitely pick it up

Here we have vol.'s 1 & 2 of this now-classic book on the early

This is phenomenal!! Really heavy, thick book crammed full of primary sources
and stunning picture. Well, well worth it!  Get into it!!! 

Haven't read it yet, but the reviews have been positive. We'll see.

This book was given to me by surprise. A great read, though mainly
for folks who are new to Egyptology (like me!)

Just received this one. Read through parts of it. A beautiful looking book, made sturdy
with an excellent just jacket.

Just got this one on Friday, along with the History of Christianity in Asia, vol. 1 & 2 

My future ex-wife, Ann Coulter everyone! I love this woman!

WOW! A beautiful, huge & heavy book. So much great art throughout!

I've actually had this book for several years now. It's a really small
pocket sized book crammed full of loving information. Bravo! Get this
book if you can, by any means.

Excellent book about women's roles in Byzantium!

"Worms Fighting to the Death & Taking Over Human Minds!"

WOW! Check out this article on the Gnostic Warrior blog I subscribe to! This is just plain gross! Though I assume it's true, it sounds real far-fetched & out there. I already know I have a tape worm in me. Don't ask how I know, just believe me. It's gross & disgusting, yes, but I honestly think we ALL have them in us. Hmpff.....



 Worms Fighting to the Death & Taking Over Human Minds | GnosticWarrior.com [external link]

RVIVR "Edge of Living" Live with Excellent Sound!!

RVIVR.....fuckin' awesome sing-along, catchy, DIY underground hardcorepunk band!! Someone turned me on to them about five years ago. I loaded their "Derailer" 7" record (ostensibly a record put out to benefit an indie bicycle sales/repair shop...thus the record title "Derailer") on to an old mp3 player but never listened to it. About three months later I was waiting at the bus stop and it was pouring rain, dark as hell, no jacket and of course no umbrella, when my mp3 player automatically played that 7". I was totally shocked at how good they are! This live clip has awesome sound also! Get into it!

"Wonder" Natalie Merchant on the David Letterman Show

♥♥♥ My other future ex wife.

Top Ten Perfect Albums

Got me thinking earlier.......so I hurriedly put this list together.  I could change it at any time. But I probably wont.....or maybe I will.....


MISFITS "Legacy of Brutality"
EMBRACE s/t
MISFITS "Walk Among Us"
SLAYER "Reign in Blood"
DANZIG s/t
SAMHAIN "Initium"
The CLASH s/t
The CLASH "Give 'Em Enough Rope"
The CLASH "London Calling"
10,000 MANIACS "In My Tribe"
BAD RELIGION "No Control"
BAD RELIGION "Suffer"

DAG NASTY "Can I Say?"
ALL "Allroy's Revenge"
SLAPSHOT "Step On It"

10,000 Maniacs "In My Tribe"

Such a fantastic album!! Just what I needed tonight after speaking to my spiritual director. Hmmm....

Now I want to listen to some old R.E.M. Thank God for YouTube!!

Some More of the Books I've Received [pt.2]

Here they are, in no particular order:

"A Life Together: Wisdom of Community from the Christian East"
  --by Bishop Seraphim Sigrist

"Confession of Faith, of our Righteous God-bearing Father Nikodemos the Hagiorite"
  --trans by Fr. George Dokos

"Thinking About Suicide: Contemplating and Comprehending the Urge to Die"
  --by D. Webb

"The Jesuits: The Society of Jesus and the Betrayal of the Roman Catholic Church"
  --by M. Martin

"On the Edge of Reality: Hidden Technology, Powers of the Mind, Quantum Physics, Paranormal Phenomena, Orbs, UFOs, Harmonic Transmissions, and Crop Circles"
  --by C. Andrews & S. Andrews

"The Columbia History of Jews & Judaism in America"
  --ed. by Marc Lee Raphael

"Consciousness Reconsidered"
  --by O. Flanagan

"The Coptic Christian Heritage: History, Faith, and Culture"
  --ed. by L.M. Farag

"Mankind Beyond Earth: The History, Science, and Future of Human Space Exploration"
  --by C.A. Piantadosi

"Worlds Without End: The Many Lives of the Multiverse"
  -- by M.J. Rubenstein

"Love Without Conditions"
  --by P. Ferrini

"The Hidden Gospel: Decoding the Spiritual Message of the Aramaic Jesus"
  --by N.D. Klotz

"A New History of Early Christianity"
  --by C. Freeman

"Viral Mythology: How the Truth of the Ancients Was Encoded & Passed Down Through Legend, Art, & Architecture"
  --by M.D. Jones & L. Flaxman

"The Christ Connection: How the World Religions Prepared the Way for the Phenomenon of Jesus"
  --by R.A. Varghese

"Opium: Reality's Dark Dream"
  --by T. Dormandy

"This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment"
  --ed. by R.S. Gottlieb

"Abba, Give Me a Word: The Path of Spiritual Direction"
  --by L.R. Owens

"The Origins of Jewish Mysticism"
  --by P. Schafer

"Fifty Key Christian Thinkers"
  --ed. by P. McEnhill & G. Newlands

"Fleeing Herod: A Journey Through Coptic Egypt with the Holy Family"
  --by J. Cowan

"The Other Gospels: Accounts of Jesus from Outside the New Testament"
  --ed. & trans. by B. Ehrman & Z. Plese

"Consciousness: An Introduction"
  --by S. Blackmore

"An Unconventional History of Western Philosophy: Conversations Between Men & Women Philosophers"
  --ed. by K.J. Warren

"Critically Reading the Theory and Methods of Archaeology, an Introductory Guide"
  --G. Gibbon

"Globalization: East & West"
  --by B.S. Turner & H.H. Khondker

"How God Became Jesus: The Real Origins of Belief in Jesus' Divine Nature"
  --by Bird, Evans, Gathercole, Hill, and Tilling

"Zen and Psychotherapy"
  --by C.J. Mruk & J. Hartzell

"Philosophy of Dreams"
  --by C. Turcke

"In  Search of the Early Christians"
  --by W.A. Meeks

"New Testament & Christian Apocrypha"
  --by F. Bovon

"Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, and Significance"
  --by David A. deSilva

"The Light of the Desert" Documentary on St Macarius Monastery, Egypt

Such a terrific documentary. I love it.

Let Me Tell You About the Great Books I've Received Lately [pt.1]

Sooo many great books have arrived in my mailbox lately, that I almost don't even know where to begin! 
These are in no particular order.  Just like everything else in my life.

"Hitler's Master of the Dark Arts: Himmler's Black Knights & the Occult Origins of the SS"
  --by B. Yenne

"Alternatives to Hitler: German Resistance Under the Third Reich"
  --by H. Mommsen

"Introducing the Apocrypha"
  --by David A. deSilva

"The Life of Adam & Eve and Related Literature"
  --by M. deJonge & J. Tromp

"Imago Dei: The Byzantine Apologia for Icons"
  --by J. Pelikan

"Loyal Soldiers in the Cocaine Kingdom: Tales of Drugs, Mules, and Gunmen"
  --by Alfredo Molano

"Cross and Kremlin: A Brief History of the Orthodox Church in Russia"
  --by T. Bremer

"Spiritual Bankruptcy: A Prophetic Call to Action"
  --by J.B. Cobb Jr.

"Einstein Before Israel: Zionist Icon or Iconoclast"
  --by Z. Rosenkranz

"The Apocryphal Gospels: Texts & Translations"
--by B.D. Ehrman and Z. Plese

"A Concise History of the Crusades"
  --by T.F. Madden

"The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah"
  --by A. Chah

"New Testament and Christian Apocrypha"
  --by F. Bovon

"The Devil Within: Possession & Exorcism in the Christian West"
  --B.P. Levack

"The Formation of the Jewish Canon"
  --by T.H. Lim

"Egypt: A Short History"
  --by R. Tignor

"The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution"
  --by G. Cochran & H. Harpending

"Elder Zenobius: A Life in Spiritual Continuity with Pre-Revolutionary Russia"
  --by Z. Chesnokov

"Intoxicating Minds: How Drugs Work"
  --by C. Regan

"Paul and the Miraculous: A Historical Reconstruction"
  --by G.H.Twelftree

"The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Biography
  --by J.J. Collins

"The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Biography"
  --by D.S. Lopez, Jr.

"Tales of Moonlight & Rain"
  --by Ueda Akinari

"Behind Locked Doors: A History of the Papal Elections"
  --by F.J. Baumgartner

"Evangelicals and Tradition: The Formative Influence of the Early Church"
  --by D.H. Williams

"The King Who Refused to Die: The Anunnaki & The Search for Immortality"
  --by Z. Sitchin

"Mankind Beyond Earth: The History, Science, and Future of Human Space Exploration"
  --by Claude A. Piantadosi

"Twilight of the Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America"
  --by P.S. Martin

"The Pope Who Quite: A True Medieval Tale of Mystery, Death, & Salvation"
  --by J.M. Sweeney

"Confessions of an English Opium-Eater & Other Writings"
  --by T. DeQuincey

"Voyages of the Pyramid Builders: The True Origins of the Pyramids from Lost Egypt to Ancient America"
  --by R.M. Schoch, Ph.D.

"Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism"
  --by W. Harmless, S.J.

"Getting to Know the Church Fathers: An Evangelical Introduction"
  --by Bryan M. Litfin

"The Columbia History of Jews & Judaism in America"
  --ed by M.L. Raphael

"Ancient Near Eastern Texts: Sources for the Study of the Old Testament"
  --by M.D. Coogan

"Thought and Knowledge: An Intro to Critical Thinking"
  --by D.F. Halpern

"The Source Field Investigations"
  --by D. Wilcock

"Across Atlantic Ice: The Origin of America's Clovis Culture"
  --by Stanford & Bradley

"Medieval Christianity in Practice"
  --by Rubin

"Hindus"
  --by J. Lipner

"Warrior Women: An Archaeologist's Search for History's Hidden Heroines"
  --by J. Davis-Kimball, Ph.D.

"Encounters With Orthodoxy"
  --by Burgess

"Travels in Siberia"
  --by Ian Frazier

"How God Became Jesus"
  --by Bird

"Hitler & Nazi Germany"
  --by S. J. Lee

"The Judas Syndrome: Why Good People Do Bad Things"
  --by Simon

"A History of Christian Thought in One Volume"
  --by J.L. Gonzalez

"Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal"
  --by Breggin

"Exceptional Creativity in Science and Technology"
  --ed by A. Robinson

"Cave, Refectory, Road: Monastic Rhythms for Contemporary Living"
  --by Ian Adams

"The Friars: The Impact of the Mendicant Orders on Medieval Society"
  --by C.H. Lawrence

"Miracles Happen: The Transformational Healing Power of Past-Life Memories"
  --by B.L. Weiss, M.D.

"Hooked on Heroin: Drugs and Drifters in a Globalized World"
  --by P. Lalander

"Fleeing Herod: A Journey Through Coptic Egypt with the Holy Family"
  --by J. Cowan

"The Christ Connection: How the World Religions Prepared the Way for the Phenomenon of Jesus"
  --by R.A. Varghese

"A Life Together: Wisdom of Community from the Christian East"
  --by Bishop Seraphim Sigrist

"Love Without Conditions"
  --by P. Ferrini

Dead Car, Dead Cat, Dead Life: But Here I am, Still Alive & a Thorn in the Side to the World at Large~

Went outside this afternoon to my car, to pick my mama up and take her grocery shopping, and my CAR WOULDN'T START!!  Dammit!!  Borrowed my roommate's car & managed to still get my grocery shopping done as well as take mama shopping.

My cat, Mikey, is dying.  His internal organs are slowly shutting down.  I get the lovely pleasure of taking him to the Humane Society to be put down.  I hate this part of "owning" pets. Sigh. 

 UPDATE 3/26/2014 Two weeks ago my brother & his pal took Mikey to the Humane Society for "end of life services" as they call it. $75 to have Mikey put down. They shaved a small part of his fur in order to administer the deadly poison. The usually docile & timid cat hissed and then growled at the world & the vet. Once last "fuck you" he spit out, before giving up the ghost. R.I.P. Mikey. You were a lovely cat, except when you shit on the floor & lost the will to live. I WILL see you in heaven, no matter what any religious dogma might say about it. :(

Someday we will all "give up the ghost."  Be prepared.

The Writings of Thomas Alan Russell: Too much stuff!

The Writings of Thomas Alan Russell: Too much stuff! [external link]

One of the paradoxes of the Information Age is the sheer volume of information we are expected to internalize and deal with. Being ethical, ...

There were GIANTS on the EARTH. 2014 ANCIENT GIANT DOCUMENTARY by WOLVOM...

ALL "Guilty" Song from the album "Breaking Things".....Incredible Lyrics!!

"I know I suck already
You don't even have to tell me
I'm guilty
I feel guilty all the time

I did everything you thought
I only stopped 'cause I got caught
And I'm guilty
I feel guilty all the time

She's leavin today, there's no other way
No need for me to say what was on my mind
Everything I've done has been a waste of our time
I'm just guilty
I'm guilty

Your going to leave me when you hear this song
I've been lying to you all along
And I'm guilty
I feel guilty all the time

You're innocent and I'm in shame
I don't even remember their names
And I'm guilty
I feel guilty all the time

She's leaving today, there's no other way
To keep her from crying all the time
All the lies are what made it a crime
I'm just guilty
I'm guilty

What's done is done
I don't want to defend myself
This time it's all my fault
You say you've lost all respect
'Cause I've gone against everything I've said

I'll probably end up dead and alone
Drove away the coolest girl I've known
And I'm guilty
I feel guilty all the time

She's leaving today, there's no other way
No need for me to say what was on my mind
Everything I've done has been a waste of our time
I'm just guilty
I'm guilty"