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STOP Religious Persecution in Iran

0 comments | Thursday, March 12, 2009


The Bahai International Community has sent a letter to Iran's Chief Prosecutor defending the innocence of the Bahai prisoners (picture above). The Bahais were taken hostage on baseless and nonsensical charges, making it clear they have been imprisoned solely for their beliefs.

Read the story here.

If you live in the U.S., please support House Resolution 175 and Senate Resolution 71 by contacting your respective Representative / Senator. Information on how here.

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Global Rich List

2 comments | Thursday, January 15, 2009

The Global Rich List is an interesting site. Enter your annual income and see how you stack up against the rest of the world. Although most of the time I feel like I am barely scraping by, according to the web site I'm in the top 0.88%! (Wait a minute, that means 99.22% are poorer than me...)

I found the following quotes from the Bahai Writings helpful while reflecting on my place in the world:

O SON OF MAN!
Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and should abasement come upon thee, grieve not, for both shall pass away and be no more.

O SON OF MAN!
Bestow My wealth upon My poor, that in heaven thou mayest draw from stores of unfading splendor and treasures of imperishable glory. But by My life! To offer up thy soul is a more glorious thing couldst thou but see with Mine eye.

(Baha'u'llah, The Hidden Words, p. 16)

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Tara Ellis Devotional Music

0 comments | Saturday, December 06, 2008

Lately this has turned into a music blog, but I've been telling everyone about this and thought I could share it here too. Check out Tara Ellis Devotional music. The tracks featuring her were always my favorite on the Justice Leeg albums and now we get a two album set of her putting the Bahai writings to music. Send me to heaven.

<a href="http://dawnbreakercollective.bandcamp.mu/album/devotions-by-tara-ellis">Introduction by Dawnbreaker Collective</a>

"We, verily, have made music as a ladder for your souls, a means whereby they may be lifted up unto the realm on high..."

(Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 38)

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New P-Slim

0 comments | Thursday, November 20, 2008

Check out the new P-Slim, aka Trukadero. He chilled out Run-DMC's My Adidas, giving it a 21st century sound. I like it.

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Reckoner Lockdown

1 comments | Wednesday, October 29, 2008

I really like this mashup of Radiohead's Reckoner with Kanye West's Love Lockdown. This is one of those rare instances when the mashup is better than the original. The fact that the video mashup is so well done makes it even better. [Music mashup by DJ Earworm and video mashup by Instamatic.]

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World Art Collective - Creating awareness of the persecution of the Bahais in Iran

2 comments | Tuesday, October 21, 2008

The World Art Collective is a project to raise awareness of the ongoing persecution of the Bahais in Iran. Watch the interview with the artist on New Zealand television . (Side note: if you watch closely, you'll see my face in one of the shots.)

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Windsurf - Chillout music from SF

0 comments | Thursday, October 16, 2008



Check out Windsurf, a local chillout band. (Featured on gorillavsbear.)

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