taking a break from work to note this moment

I am listening to a podcast about the pitfalls of multi-tasking while at the same time working :-)

Solar energy economics is compelling - creates boom

read here  - notice that there are twice as many solar workers as coal miners in the US now!

Les Twins - amazing dancing!! watch every second...

I'm having a Macklemore moment

Although he is a touchstone to my wife, I didn't get it until I saw a one hour broadcast of him and Ryan at the Outlands Festival, which revved me up - bought the album The Heist and now I'm enjoying this interview (1 hr).  Speaks to me in both...

John Mclaughlin,U Srinivas,Zakir Hussain,V Selvaganesh,Mahadevan- Jazz a...

In a dream last night I played drums - here is a virtuosic rhythmic concert in celebration :-)

top ballroom exhibition dancer comments on west coast swing, hustle and country western dance

In Ballroom: Obsession and Passion Inside the World of Competitive Dance, an interesting memoir by Sharon Savoy:

At the upper echelons of technical ability, the demands of ballet versus balloom skills are not comparable.  I have marveled for years that in even smaller dance communities such as country western, hustle and west coast swing, some dancers actually acquire huge egos.  My only conclusion is that these dancers have never taken class. 

Itch - Another Man Fun song and interesting video!

great audio interview: Steven Colbert on how he worked

Mother Jones

DJ Pro

this looks cool and useful...

Farewell Dr. Dobbs

I read Dr Dobbs many years but lapsed the last few...

Duet Display app makes iPad a second screen to a Mac

Business Insider on Duet Display

Oakland developments

http://nextcity.org/features/view/oakland-gentrification-libby-schaaf-tech-industry-inequality-foreclosures

music biz and Big Data

nasdaq article h/t to Steve Adams

The Colder War

Just watched the BookTV broadcast of a talk by Marin Katusa, author of The Colder War.
It's a very interesting picture of Putin's Russia, the evolution of the global energy industry and
our future in general.  Bleak...

"Tear down that Wall!" not the real story

As I said before, the sight of the Berlin Wall going down under attack by German citizens brought tears of joy to my eyes.  It turns out that a lot of Americans think it came down because Reagan said "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall!"  The real story is very different, one of a near-miss Tiananmen II planned by the GDR and a victory for dissidents.

Watch a talk on BookTV by Mary Elise Sarotte, author of The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall and the book she wrote about the aftermath, 1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe

K and M and I discussed fascism as something that benefits from economic distress

here is more discussion, referencing Paul Krugman...

"They're killing us!"

This was the thought that popped into my mind when I heard four student anti-war protestors were shot at Kent State in 1970.  The Pulitzer Prize winning photo of a shocked witness screaming over one body was instantly iconic and ignited protests.  The CSNY song Ohio was a rallying cry.

I can only imagine what Afro-Americans feel after all the police killings of young black men
and wish something would ignite a similar level of social change as arose in 1970.

footnote: Chrissie Hynde was one of the protestors, as were her bandmates Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale, who went on to found Devo

Nils Peter Molvaer live&direct (h/t to Steve Adams)

the most avant guard dance with west coast swing elements that I have seen so far

expert and expressive - bravo!

http://danceking.net/thats-something-very-different-but-its-amazing-malitowski-leunis-singapure-open-2014/

transhumanity common in 2030

io9 coverage of spy agency predictions

A very interesting interview with Chris Rock

http://www.vulture.com/2014/11/chris-rock-frank-rich-in-conversation.html

the Unabomber was the victim of a college experiment in ridicule

I did not know that Professor Murray conducted a long-term ridicule experiment on him ( and others).
The experiment was described in a Fresh Air episode.

President Nixon pleaded guilty

I did not know that a condition of the pardon of Nixon by Ford was that guilt was implicit.
This was mentioned in a discussion at the President Ford Library that was broadcast on BookTV.

Maxence Martin & Virginie Grondin - Routine performance from the 2014 US Open Swing Dance Championships Classic Finals

http://youtu.be/VFGelelIrqM

buildings designed to provoke contemplation seem to be succeeding

http://www.citylab.com/design/2014/11/what-architecture-is-doing-to-your-brain/382553/

Hand-Dancing Champ Markus Smith & Partner Trendlyvon Veal Hand-Dance to ...

Met a cartoon

good old reliable xkcd!

an uplifting story of kindness in action

Gate A-4

Climate Science Legal Defense Fund

deserves a donation

relationship longevity is based on kindness and respect

research shows it

If dogs run free, why don't we...

dog body language interpreter

Frisbee & Mollmann at the Euro Dance Festival 2011

percussion music find

Pulse Percussion Works

Kevin Kelly on AI is just part of what is feeding my feeling of being in the future

Wired article

photorealistic animation of human forms

http://www.studio360.org/story/sideshow-animator-chris-jones-may-have-conquered-uncanny-valley/

The future of enterprise AI will be the AI stack.

techcrunch

Equanimity is not indifference, and compassion is not pity - Jack Kornfield

http://www.jackkornfield.com/spiritual-life-takes-courage/

Ben Morris & Jennifer Deluca - 1st Place - 2014 Boogie by the Bay Classi...

micropower taking over - a surprise even to me

Amory Lovins in Forbes

The Nation slams the Times' lame response to the CIA/cocaine coverage mentioned in the previous post

follow up here

Reagan's CIA and the rise of crack cocaine: participants come forward

Key figures in a scandal that once rocked the Central Intelligence Agency are coming forward to tell their stories in a new documentary, Freeway: Crack In the System, and in a series of interviews with The Huffington Post.  A major motion picture, Kill the Messenger, tells the story of the reporter Gary Webb, who revealed the truth in a newspaper series I well remember and who committed suicide after he was hounded out of journalism.

24 hours of Monk streaming starts in one hour

wkcr-fm

tUnE-yArDs and Laurie Anderson Chat on the Talkhouse Podcast

Pitchfork podcast

Watson AI program at IBM - $1B investment added - yow!

http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/07/ibms-ginni-rometty-reveals-watsons-future/

Steven Levy's publication, BackChannel, looks interesting

https://medium.com/backchannel

Mega Drum Shed 2014 - THE BEST DRUM SHED EVER!!! style

Contemplative Lawyering: A Meditative Perspective on an Effective and Sustainable Law Practice

Contemplative Lawyering: A Meditative Perspective on an Effective and Sustainable Law Practice: A retreat for practicing lawyers, judges, law teachers and law students to learn how to incorporate mindfulness into their life and law work.

Ebola for USB devices

unfixable USB attack

the NBC camera man with Ebola was raised as a son by Trungpa Rinpoche, my teacher

a thorough story in the Daily Mail

Tim's Vermeer

Tim's Vermeer is an interesting movie about the evolution of painting techniques, as written about in David Hockney's book, "Secret Knowledge" and Philip Steadman's "Vermeer's Camera"

"Don't get attached to your way of meditation."

Ram Dass

FSM 50th Anniversary: where are Patrick and Ruth now?

JIM CAMPILONGO TRIO-FULL MONDAY SET

The Case Against Empathy

The Case Against Empathy another well thought out post by Derek Beres (with a provocative title...)

mindfulness and climate change training

on-line programs here  h/t to Sandy

attention and multi-tasking

Matt Richter on BookTV

reinforces the importance of Getting Things Done

Near death, explained

Near death, explained  h/t to Charley for this...

Teaching 'The New Jim Crow' | Teaching Tolerance

Teaching 'The New Jim Crow' | Teaching Tolerance

David Bowie exhibit in the States

coverage by Wired

Paul Krugman’s Errors and Omissions

Paul Krugman’s Errors and Omissions by the Post Carbon Institute.

Good food for thought!  h/t to Steve Adams

I enrolled in Compassion Cultivation Training in San Rafael

Compassion Training

I was born the same year as the Telecaster...

surf was my first love musically

should you combine cardio and weights? ( I do )

a NY Times story on research results

Woodie Guthrie and John Cage

Woody Guthrie comes up, given that Bill played a tribute to him at the Lincoln Center. Frisell mentions a letter written by Guthrie in which the latter mentions his admiration for John Cage. “Musical possibilities should be wide open,” 

Bill Frisell's Space Age guitar music

Boulder visit in mid-October

Buddhist Geeks Conference + class with Ringu Rinpoche

Radical Responsibility training with Fleet Maul

Los Angeles Oct 24-26

Lodro Rinzler in San Francisco

October 7th, 7:30 pm – Books Inc

Lanai under Larry's ownership

NY Times Magazine

RIP Celia

Sadly she died of a massive heart attack.  A memorial service will be held Wednesday night at the Center.

LJE as leader and copywriter

http://recode.net/2014/09/20/larry-ellison-genius-leader-terrible-copywriter/

Blatently corrupt practices at DEA promoted scare stories about ecstacy and prevented research

The colossal DEA failure that prevented a potentially major medical breakthrough



If you are a racial minority or poor or a drug user ( even a psychiatric drug researcher) our justice system will not serve you well.  Lucky for me I am none of those, but I know the story.

real mindfullness practice is neither a cure-all nor a narrow method to improve efficiency and calm

cautionary thoughts from Derek Beres

dig up the source

the roots of todays shameful intransigence

folked up

recommended: Another Day, Another Time

The real deal

The authentic Meredith Graves

massive time dilation + trip flavored by current spiritual flavor

pineal gland dumps DMT at death

Dub FX 'NO REST FOR THE WICKED' feat. CAde & Mahesh Vinayakram

Dub FX 'Flow' feat. Mr Woodnote

Want One: Toyota concept vehicle

http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/9/6122295/toyotas-latest-concept-vehicle-is-an-ode-to-tinkerers

Fik Shun | World of Dance Live | FRONTROW | Citywalk 2014 #WODLIVE '14

Richard Powers interviewed + new novel: Orfeo

musicandliterature.org: a conversation with Richard Powers

Asia West Coast Swing Open 2014 - Champion "Jack & Jill"

on meditation retreat

tomorrow through Sunday

super fun west coast swing routine, for dancers and non-dancers alike!

Dear White People

I'm really looking forward to this movie, featured on this Democracy Now episode.

20 jokes for intellectuals

http://twed.com/20-jokes-that-only-intellectuals-will-understand-number-5-took-me-a-minute-2/

the American Right longs for a Putin of its own

This just reinforces the certainty of the Right's  basically fascist nature - corporate rule with a strong president.  Forget liberty, their chant - it is the liberty to rule it longs for.

Parker Millsap singer/songwriter

self-titled album is great!

thinking of Stewart

undergoing brain surgery for Parkinson's...

Why real men dance

Why real men dance

"Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you." - Pericles

How true...

Amazon's business

Slate

Melissa Harris-Perry

one of my favorite tv shows

Tango to Jimi

http://youtu.be/w8XDhHFfBhI

Death of classical music?

Slate on the decline of classical

WQXR response and pointers to others  (I listen to WQXR's Q2 channel)

Ashok Gadgil's Berkeley-Darfur stoves project

I worked with him in college!  Check out his appropriate technology project.

note: the show is also co-sponsored by someone else I worked with in the past,
Derry Kabcenell

new idea: KochEnders

I can see it now: http://www.kochenders.com/
A site for bro's who need to go...

performance goal

For the new year I would like to raise my productivity to 1% of James Franco's level :-)

http://charlierose.com/watch/60296544