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I Know You Rider by Jim Frazzitta & Friends 10/30/10 video (& Gig tonite)
Posted on May 7, 2011 by iwilder
Jim Frazzitta, The Babylon Bean , 17 Fire Island Avenue, Babylon, NY 11702. Phone # : (631)587-7729. 8:00pm – 10:30pm.
Jim Frazzitta http://www.myspace.com/jimfrazzitta & Friends perform “IKnow You Rider” at the Grateful Shed Halloween Party in October 2010. Frazzitta (guitar, harmonica, and vocals) is accompanied by Dave Cook (guitar), Alan Short (guitar) , Jill “Turtlehead” Decker (voacals, Dorthy Malone (percussion) and Ian Wilder (vocals). The video was recorded by Kimberly Wilder of http://www.onthewilderside.com/2010/10/21/the-grateful-shed-halloween-show-103010/
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LI Concert Notes #75 5/5/11
Posted on May 5, 2011 by iwilder
Here’s some great Live Music on Long Island. Corrections and Comments are welcome. Support Live Music on Long Island.
Events
Day Date Time Artist Venue
Thu 5/5 7:30 Cathy Kreger Hudson’s Mill, Massapequa
Thu 5/5 7:30 Gathering Time, Mick Hargreaves Live in the Lobby, Patchogue Theater
Thu 5/5 7:00 Cantorial Concert: Debut of the music of Hazzan Shmuel Blasz Temple Beth Shalom – (River Rd & Edgewood Av,) Smithtown
Fri 5/6 7:30 Sloan Wainwright Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City
Fri 5/6 5:30 Wavelength (Denise Romas, Ray Jensen) Duffy’s Wing House, Lindenhurst
Fri 5/6 7:30 Gail Storm w/Shenole Latimer Garden Café at Planting Fields, Oyster Bay
Fri 5/6 8pm Drivin’ Wheel (Bob Westcott, Sonny Meadows, Robert Langley) PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse
Sat 5/7 7:30 RUNA FMSH First Saturday Night Concert at Congregational Church,Centerport
Sat 5/7 1:00 Jack’s Waterfall Sparkling Pointe Winery, Southold Read more »
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Half of All Americans Breathe Polluted Air (via Chrisy58’s Weblog)
Posted on May 5, 2011 by iwilder
US Green Party: Congratulate Elizabeth May (G) on election to Canadian Parliament
Posted on May 4, 2011 by iwilder
Image by Shaun Merritt via Flickr
US Green Party enthusiastically congratulated Elizabeth May and the Green Party of Canada (http://greenparty.ca) on Ms. May’s election victory on May 2, in which she made Canadian history by becoming her country’s first Green member of Parliament. She will represent the Saanich-Gulf Islands, British Columbia, in Canada’s House of Commons
Ms. May’s election comes a year after Caroline Lucas was elected as the first Green member of the British Parliament.
On May 4, the International Committee (http://www.gp.org/committees/intl) of the Green Party of the United States sent the following letter to Ms. May: Read more »
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Green Party: With Osama bin Laden’s Death, Rapid Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Posted on May 4, 2011 by iwilder
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Green Party leaders on Monday expressed hope that news of the killing of Osama bin Laden marks a new stage, in which US troops are withdrawn from Iraq and Afghanistan; air assaults on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Libya are halted; the US presses Israel to observe full human rights and justice for the Palestinian people; and violations of domestic civil liberties are overturned.
On September 11, 2001, the Green Party strongly condemned the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon as an international crime and called for capture and prosecution of the perpetrators. (http://www.gp.org/press/pr_09_11_01.html and http://www.gp.org/articles/responses_9_11.shtml). Greens argued that concerted police action, with international cooperation, was the way to bring the 9/11 criminals to justice, and that war would only lead to mass death and destruction, deeper international conflict, and erosion of civil liberties and the rule of law in the US.
But Greens expressed alarm at the changing story of the May 1 raid, which, according to changing news reports (complicated by the apparent destruction of on-the-scene evidence), has begun to look more like a targeted assassination or summary execution than an attempt to arrest Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice. Read more »
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Jason West: The once and future Mayor of New Paltz
Posted on May 4, 2011 by kwilder
Jason West
Green Party Watch
The once and future Mayor
May 3, 2011
Jason West was Mayor of New Paltz New York from 2003 to 2007. An active member of the Green Party at that time, West was the first official in the United States to marry same-sex couples. He was arrested and charged with “solemnizing marriages without a license”. The charges were later dismissed.
After losing in a run at re-election West headed out west, to the University of California at Berkley to study urban planning, and later returned to New Paltz. This year he again ran for Mayor [West is an enrolled “Green” who ran on a local, line], and according to posts on his Facebook page, he has won that race, giving him a second but non-consecutive term. Read more »
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Walt Whitman Birthday Celebration: Sunday, May 8th in Huntington
Posted on May 4, 2011 by kwilder
Update: Video from the event
Did you know Walt Whitman was born right here, on Long Island, New York? Whitman’s birthplace is still standing, as a museum in West Hills, Long Island, New York (across from the Walt Whitman Mall).
Every year there is an annual celebration around Walt Whitman’s Birthday (which is actually, May 31st). It is a day for the community to come together, celebrate poetry, honor Walt Whitman, and listen to student poets read their work. Celebrated poet CK Williams will also read and speak.
Walt Whitman Birthday Celebration
Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site and Interpretive Center
246 Old Walt Whitman Road, West Hills, NY 11746
Sunday, May 8, 2011
12 noon to 3pm
More about CK Williams: Read more »
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MLK quote was real enough! Don’t let the haters take the message away…
Posted on May 3, 2011 by kwilder
Somehow, those of us who believe in peace are easily shamed and/or thwarted by the right-wing. Don’t let them take away the energy of Martin Luther King Jr.’s teachings, or our grace in eschewing hatred, just by saying that we got a quote wrong.
Martin Luther King, Jr. did say: Read more »
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Green Party Victory in Canada! Elizabeth May becomes first, elected, GP Member of Parliament
Posted on May 3, 2011 by kwilder
from Green Party Watch
In May 2 Federal Elections in Canada, Elizabeth May became the first Green Party candidate elected as a Member of Parliament
Elizabeth May, 56, has been the leader of the Green Party of Canada since 2006, vowing to raise the Green Party’s profile in Canada, particularly in the nationally televised debates. Although she was included in a debate several years ago, this election she was barred from the debate, which she used as a campaign issue in her campaign for MP representing Saanich-Gulf Islands on Vancouver Island.
Preliminary results show that Elizabeth May won the May 2, 2011 election with 48.13% of the vote, defeating Conservative MP Gary Lunn (33.73%) and NDP candidate Edith Loring-Kuhanga (12.28%).
In an Election Day message, Elizabeth May wrote: “Voting Green sends a clear message. It sends a message of hope. It sends a message that demands something better. It’s time. Vote Green.”
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Thoughts on the killing of Osama bin Laden
Posted on May 2, 2011 by kwilder
Update: For confusion on the MLK “not even an enemy” quote, see explanation post: here.
Ian and Kimberly’s message on the killing of Osama bin Laden…
Some of the people we admire most in the world are Gandhi, Buddha, Jesus of Nazareth, and Martin Luther King, Jr. They opposed all killing, and found nonviolent ways to create justice and social change. None of them would be happy with the manner in which the United States targeted and killed Osama bin Laden.
It is a dangerous precedent for the United States Government and President Obama to use extra-judicial killings – instead of correct, judicial procedures – to target people who are claimed to have done wrong. First of all, innocent people may perish, such as the young grandchildren of Gaddafi. Secondly, this unaccountable procedure could be used against political enemies (such as environmentalists, animal rights activists, peace activists, whistle-blowers, or potential rival candidates).
[Correction – quote of modern commenter – “I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy.’] And, then….quote of MLK…”Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” -Martin Luther King, Jr
Thank you for your consideration,
Ian and Kimberly Wilder
onthewilderside.com
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Martin Luther King, Egypt, and the Fellowship of Reconciliation
Posted on May 2, 2011 by iwilder
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MLK Day 2012: Worldwide MLK Candlelight Vigil for Unity on Sunday, January 15th at 7pm each time zone. More info: here.
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Martin Luther King leaning on a lectern. Deutsch: 1964: Martin Luther King Português: Martin Luther King (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The untold story of how an FOR comic book helped inspire Egyptian revolutionaries.
In the midst of this week’s remarkable and inspirational revolution in Egypt have been the voices of a community of young bloggers who have been laying the groundwork for change in their country. While the Egyptian government is now attempting desperately to crack down on all non-state-controlled media outlets, these activists have been using different forms of communications tools to build upon a message of nonviolent change they have been promoting for months and years.
via Martin Luther King, Egypt, and the Fellowship of Reconciliation | Fellowship of Reconciliation.
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