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This week, YOUR META is ALL ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, with editorials, and recaps of this MOST AWESOME WEEKEND, in which the DYNAMIC DUO, FreedomWalker & beetle, received CERTIFICATES OF SLAY and attended THE BEST 80th Anniversary Bash ever to grace the Andy Murphy Center! (And SOME OF US may have eaten WAAAAAAAY to much and paid the price, but . . . WORTH IT!)
Plus, we've got Audre Lorde, more Manly Hall, and more meta and mindful than you can shake a stick at! SO, STOP SHAKING STICKS AT THINGS! RUDE!
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Community organizations to connect, to listen, and to be heard:
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- https://kingstontenantsunion.org/
- https://kingstontenantsunion.org/events/
- https://kingstontenantsunion.org/news/
- https://riseupkingston.org/
- https://riseupkingston.org/blog
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Upcoming Local Events & Demonstrations
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FreedomWalker's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links
COFFEE & GREEN TEA COMBO
- History.com - History Channel
- "A Christmas Carol" - www.marketwatch.com -
- "Four in 10 Americans breathe unsafe air- - lung.com
THE SPRUCE
- Thespruce.com
EDITORIAL
- Psychcentral.com, Home » Library » 10 Reasons You Don’t Listen By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Last updated: 8 Oct 2018
K-TOWN NEWS
- Almanac Weekly
MINDFUL MUSEUM
- The Secrets of the 33 Degree Freemason- Manly P. hall (Full Lecture/ Clean Audio - - Manly P. Hall) [1:14:49] https://youtube.be/N44LQu7R_lO
Wikipedia - Manly P. Hall -March 18, 1901- August 29, 1990, was a Canadian born author, lecturer, astrologer and mystic. he is best known for his 1928 work The Secret Teachings of All Ages, over his 70 year career, he gave thousands of lectures, including tow at Carnegie Hall and published over 150 volumes.
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beetle's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links
Your WEEKLY DOSE of
INTERSECTIONALMAGIC
Multimedia
- "Audre Lorde Interview 1982." AfroMarxist, Youtube. May 20, 2018. [44:12] Blanche Cook interviews poet, essayist and civil rights activist Audre Lorde. Lorde reads some selections from her new book Chosen Poems: Old and New. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4rDL-xZ8N0
- "The urgency of intersectionality | Kimberlé Crenshaw." TED, Youtube. December 7, 2016. [18:49] Now more than ever, it's important to look boldly at the reality of race and gender bias -- and understand how the two can combine to create even more harm. Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term "intersectionality" to describe this phenomenon; as she says, if you're standing in the path of multiple forms of exclusion, you're likely to get hit by both. In this moving talk, she calls on us to bear witness to this reality and speak up for victims of prejudice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akOe5-UsQ2o
- "There is No Hierarchy of Oppressions - by Audre Lorde (Read by Lauren Lyons)." Getinclusive, Youtube. June 3, 2014. [3:33] Read by: Lauren Lyons (@Laur_Ly) for GetInclusive.com Photo Source: PBS.org -----"I was born Black, and a woman. I am trying to become the strongest person I can become to live the life I have been given and to help effect change toward a liveable future for this earth and for my children. As a Black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, poet, mother of two including one boy and a member of an interracial couple, I usually find myself part of some group in which the majority defines me as deviant, difficult, inferior or just plain "wrong." From my membership in all of these groups I have learned that oppression and the intolerance of difference come in all shapes and sexes and colors and sexualities; and that among those of us who share the goals of liberation and a workable future for our children, there can be no hierarchies of oppression. . . ." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1pNsLsHsfs
- "Audre Lorde - Your Silence Will Not Protect You." AfroMarxist, Youtube. January 28, 2018. [3:12] https://youtu.be/K0MHGR1VYjE
- PLAYLIST: "Audre Lorde." William Sterling Walker, Youtube. Last updated January 22, 2019. [18 videos] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYm1DZG5xuGEpu2AhO9211iMBjfX0uMgi
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Your WEEKLY DOSE of
CLASSIC ROCK THAT ROCKS
"Spirit in the Sky" is a song written and originally recorded by Norman Greenbaum and released in late 1969. The single became a gold record, selling two million copies from 1969 to 1970, and reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart (April 18, 1970), where it lasted for 15 weeks in the Top 100, and #1 on WCFL on March 16, 1970 and on WLS on March 23, 1970, just before Easter. Billboard ranked the record the No. 22 song of 1970. It also climbed to number one on the UK, Australian and Canadian charts in 1970. Rolling Stone ranked "Spirit in the Sky" No. 333 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song was featured on the 1969 album of the same name. Cover versions by Doctor and the Medics and Gareth Gates have also made the number 1 spot in the UK.
"Spirit in the Sky" makes several religious references to Jesus, although Greenbaum is Jewish. In a 2006 interview with the New York Times, Greenbaum told a reporter he was inspired to write the song after watching Porter Wagoner singing a gospel song on TV. Greenbaum said: "I thought, 'Yeah, I could do that,' knowing nothing about gospel music, so I sat down and wrote my own gospel song. It came easy. I wrote the words in 15 minutes."
About the song, Greenbaum has been quoted as saying, "It sounds as fresh today as when it was recorded. I’ve gotten letters from funeral directors telling me that it's their second-most-requested song to play at memorial services, next to 'Danny Boy'." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_in_the_Sky
Multimedia
- "Spirit In The Sky Norman Greenbaum." Worldslover234, Youtube. December 21, 2010. [3:59] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZQxH_8raCI
- "Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky (PSK Remastered)." PSKProductions2012, Youtube. July 10, 2012. [3:57] Norman Greenbaum (1969) Lyrics below // Remastered, double-layered with various effects added by myself to the original hit 'Spirit in the Sky', this song has never sounded better and it's the best quality you'll hear.. enjoy. youtube.com/watch?v=-cXrEPNvRO8
Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
- https://genius.com/Norman-greenbaum-spirit-in-the-sky-lyrics
- https://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/norman-greenbaum/spirit-in-the-sky
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._West%27s_Medicine_Show_and_Junk_Band
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jug_band
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Greenbaum
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_music
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_in_the_Sky
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Multimedia
- None, this week
Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
- None, this week
Multimedia
- "Audre Lorde - Your Silence Will Not Protect You." AfroMarxist, Youtube. January 28, 2018. [3:12] https://youtu.be/K0MHGR1VYjE
- [Referenced and used as a resource, but not aired in-segment] "There is No Hierarchy of Oppressions - by Audre Lorde (Read by Lauren Lyons)." Getinclusive, Youtube. June 3, 2014. [3:33] Read by: Lauren Lyons (@Laur_Ly) for GetInclusive.com Photo Source: PBS.org -----"I was born Black, and a woman. I am trying to become the strongest person I can become to live the life I have been given and to help effect change toward a liveable future for this earth and for my children. As a Black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, poet, mother of two including one boy and a member of an interracial couple, I usually find myself part of some group in which the majority defines me as deviant, difficult, inferior or just plain "wrong." From my membership in all of these groups I have learned that oppression and the intolerance of difference come in all shapes and sexes and colors and sexualities; and that among those of us who share the goals of liberation and a workable future for our children, there can be no hierarchies of oppression. I have learned that sexism and heterosexism both arise from the same source as racism. "Oh," says a voice from the Black community, "but being Black is NORMAL!" Well, I and many Black people of my age can remember grimly the days when it didn't used to be! I simply do not believe that one aspect of myself can possibly profit from the oppression of any other part of my identity. I know that my people cannot possibly profit from the oppression of any other group which seeks the right to peaceful existence. Rather, we diminish ourselves by denying to others what we have shed blood to obtain for our children. And those children need to learn that they do not have to become like each other in order to work together for a future they will all share. Within the lesbian community I am Black, and within the Black community I am a lesbian. Any attack against Black people is a lesbian and gay issue, because I and thousands of other Black women are part of the lesbian community. Any attack against lesbians and gays is a Black issue, because thousands of lesbians and gay men are Black. There is no hierarchy of oppression. I cannot afford the luxury of fighting one form of oppression only. I cannot afford to believe that freedom from intolerance is the right of only one particular group. And I cannot afford to choose between the fronts upon which I must battle these forces of discrimination, wherever they appear to destroy me. And when they appear to destroy me, it will not be long before they appear to destroy you." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1pNsLsHsfs
- [Referenced and used as a resource, but not aired in-segment] "Audre Lorde Interview 1982." AfroMarxist, Youtube. May 20, 2018. [44:12] Blanche Cook interviews poet, essayist and civil rights activist Audre Lorde. Lorde reads some selections from her new book Chosen Poems: Old and New. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4rDL-xZ8N0
Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
- None, this week
Music Playlists
First Hour Music and Playlists:
- Simply Red: "The Air That I Breathe"
- Donovan: "Hurdy-Gurdy Man"
Second Hour Music and Playlists:
- David Bowie: "Sound and Vision"
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