Several of the Things I'm reading today~

The Faithful Steward, issue 39  This is a 16 page newsletter of the Orthodox Church of N. America!  It has some short articles & interesting write-ups of Orthodox happenings & church issues.

The Biographies of the Prince of Martyrs, St. George the Roman, St. George the Alexandrian & St. George Al-Mozahem.  Edited by Ms. Amani Shawky

Voices: Women for Faith & Family.  --Pentecost Season 2011
  A beautiful looking magazine put together by some Catholic women's group.


Saint Nersess Theological Review, vol. 13 2008.  Journal of the Armenian Seminary
 Lots & lots of compact & heady articles.

30 Days Magazine .... several older issues a friend sent to me recently.  This is a Vatican magazine,
subtitled, "In the Church & in the World."   I love it.  One issue has a great article about the Orthodox Christians and the Holy Theotokos (birth-giver of God).

Immaculate Heart Messenger, Oct - Dec. 2011
Religious Life (from the Institute on Religious Life.)
The Catholic World Report
The American Conservative
The Word  (Orthodox Christian monthly magazine. Beautifully
put together & insightful to read!) 

Light...on a New World   Attractive 1/2 sized Protestant magazine from England.

Parabola   That informative & educational 'New - Age-ish' magazine. Lots & lots
of cool articles on Buddhism.

Adoremus Bulletin  Monthly newspaper published by The Society for the
Renewal of the Sacred Liturgy

Horizons  Newspaper of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma (Ohio)
Saudi Aramco World  Magazine published by the
oil company of the same name. Cool articles on what's happening in the Middle East.

The Melkite Handbook & A Guide for the Domestic Church   A couple of  large sized
books put out by the Melkite Church in MA.

The Journal of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives   This is really cool!  Just received this from a super cool Rev. at a Buddhist monastery in California.  Great articles & stories!  I can't wait to read more...I've got two thick issues.  Looks like a cut-n-paste punk 'zine!

Pure Land, Pure Mind   This great book is a collection of talks by a Buddhist monk of the
Pure Land sect of Buddhism.  You didn't know there were different sects within Biddhism?
Neither did I until I started exploring that religion.  I obtained about twenty books from these
monks in Taiwan.  All free of charge, of course. Buddhists are just like that!

"The Hare Krishna Movement: A Documentary" [Well Done!!]

Actually a fine documentary, truthfully done! The chanting & music throughout is sublime, pay attention. Love is sweet & hatred unknown. Keep the love going!

Rights of the Accused "Innocence" [Great Chicago Punk Band!] 'ROTA'

Great song from an underrated hardcorepunk band from Chicago. I first heard this song on the radio show, "All Out Attack" or just "The Attack" for short. It was hosted (and maybe founded?) by a guy named 'Bill Bored' on WCBN 88.3 FM, Ann Arbor, MI. This is the University of Michigan's radio station. The show aired on Friday nights from 10 - 11 pm, if I recall correctly. We used to tape the show every week. It was the only way we had to hear about new hardcorepunk music back then. I still have a few of the tapes from 1986 - 1989. Cool stuff! Bring back the 80's!!

 

Video: ALL 'Punk Rock Bowling' 2014 Festival Full Show!!

ALL / DESCENDENTS have always been two of my favorite bands! Check out this great show from the "Punk Rock Bowling" 2014 festival!

CEREMONY "Sick" Watch These Guys!!!

Absolutely the hardest nerds I've ever seen. Their pits are viscous, viscous, viscous. Got to see them with HAVE HEART & BLACKLISTED at the Magic Stick in Detroit about four years ago. Tore to shreds my new H2o shirt. Dammit, I'm Sick!!!!

Black Flag "My War"

My favorite song from the "My War" album. Rollins is great on this. Yes, he is my favorite BF vocalist. Now there. Piss off.
 

America's Most Isolated Federal Prisoner Describes 10,220 Days in Extreme Solitary Confinement

Whooooooooa. God bless this man.

America's Most Isolated Federal Prisoner Describes 10,220 Days in Extreme Solitary Confinement [external link]

Video: "411" Live in Long Beach, CA 1991 // Dan O. from NO FOR AN ANSWER & CARRY NATION -- Super Rare Footage

Great full show from 411 around the "This Isn't Me" album / tour back in 1991!! Pretty rare stuff actually, considering there's just not a lot of live 411 on YouTube -- or anywhere else on the interwebz for that matter.  In case you didn't know, Dan O'Mahoney, the singer of 411, also sang in NO FOR AN ANSWER, CARRY NATION, SPEAK 714, GOD FORGOT, and more recently another band whose name escapes me at this moment. He also wrote an excellent column for MRR (Maximum Rock-n-Roll) fanzine during, I believe, the late 90's thru early 90's. Or maybe early to mid 90's. I've always loved Dan's vocal delivery, and for the most part, his lyrical content.  Dan O. is no longer straightedge, and he owns a bar/club somewhere in Cali.  Regardless, he's still a solid guy in my book (though admittedly I've never met him & don't know him --I just feel like I do through his music and his well written monthly articles from MRR) and a hardcore punkrock legend of sorts. 
This video (and many, many great others like it) were recently uploaded to YT via a great new channel called "Come Join Friends."  Lots of awesome 80's/90's hardcorepunk like SHELTER, YOUTH OF TODAY, GORILLA BISCUITS, INSIDE OUT, and several other Revelation Records bands and straightedge stuff.  Subscribe to their channel to keep abreast of their new (old) videos on YT and get into it!! -Always Use Love, m//r.
 

Joe Strummer~

“Without people, you're nothing.” pic.twitter.com/pl7yGHwXH1
— PunK-and-StuFF (@PunKandStuff) September 17, 2014

Documentary Video: "IN LIES WE TRUST: The CIA, Hollywood & Bioterrorism" [Fantastically Well Researched Film]

THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT, WITH GUITAR: 
This is far & away one of the best "conspiracy" documentaries I have ever seen! This man who put this together has many advanced degrees and was an employee of the US government doing exactly what he now exposes & is opposed to! Basically one of those government insiders who blows the lid off of things. They generally get 'suicided' by agents of the omnipresent military industrial complex. This man is alive & well and boy does he dig deep! You really just need to watch it and pay close attention because he backs up everything he says with proper documentation & sourcing.
 

Karin Friedemann: "Myths and Facts about al-Qaeda" (great article you MUST read!)

Karin is a good friend of mine. I love her tons & tons & tons.  She is an OUTSTANDING writer--clear & succinct.
She is an anti-Zionist like me. (Not anti-Jewish.)
Please stop your twisting things around & whining, "anti-Jew, anti-Semitic" b.s. (Most Israeli Jews are NOT even of Hebrew descent, they are descended from the kingdom of Khazar.) Learn your history before you throw the "racist" or "anti-Semite" accusation at me/her/us/everyone.

Karin Friedemann: Myths and Facts about al-Qaeda [external link]: The media myth of a global Islamic conspiracy never got much traction in America before 2001 because the minority Muslim American population...

R.I.P. Charlie Anderberg [I Miss You & I Love You]

Anderberg, Charles Andrew Charles Andrew Anderberg was born March 23, 1975 in Salina, Kansas, and died September 4, 2014 in Fort Myers, Florida. Raised in Houston, TX and Ann Arbor, MI, Charlie was a graduate of Fr. Gabriel Richard High School, Ann Arbor (1993). Charlie graduated Cum Laude with a B.S. in Social Work from Eastern Michigan University (2009) and completed his Masters in Social Work at Barry University, Miami, FL (2010). Charlie made it his life's mission to help and be of service to others who were suffering and in pain. He said that he saw the face of Jesus in each person he served. In 8 years of hard-won sobriety, Charlie completed his education and worked for the Michigan Prisoner Re-entry Initiative, the Delonis Center Homeless Shelter in Ann Arbor, and the Veteran's Administration in Homeless Veteran Outreach in Miami and Ft. Myers. Charlie was preceded in death by his brother, Tim Anderberg. He is the beloved son of Roger and Lorrie Anderberg, brother of Christi Mangan, Claire Anderberg, and Therese Anderberg, uncle of Eva, Camilla, Anastasia, and Xavier Mangan, nephew, cousin, and true friend to many who love him and grieve his passing. A Memorial Mass will be held at Christ the King Catholic Church, 4000 Ave Maria Drive, Ann Arbor on Saturday, September 20th, with recitation of the rosary at 12:15 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Delonis Center Homeless Shelter in Ann Arbor. "Then [Jesus] will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me. ...Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.'" Mt. 25: 34-40. Please visit Charlie's tribute page to share a memory at www.niefuneralhomes.com

A Few More Books I'm Reading [Or Have Yet to Read!!♥]