Our Handfasting

I have to give a huge thanks to all t hose who were at our Handfasting. Matthew and I were very honored to have you all at the important part of our lives. We know have a year and day until the next one….


Here is Matt's speech at the end:

youtube.com/watch


Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts!!!


-Marked Khalil, and Matthew Mu`Tazz

Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire Celebrates Gay Pride

This is the first official gay day at the "Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire". We are calling all homos, homo friendly, and homoerotic peoples in Souther Cali and beyond to join in the fun.


It will be:

Sunday April 13th
From 10am - 7pm
at: Santa Fe Damn in Irwindale

check out

www.renfair.com/socal for more info!!!

How does one say phoenix in Arabic?

does anyone know?

thanks for the help,

mark

Looking for a snake charmer

We are looking for a snake charmer performing: 4/5/2008 - May/18/2008. The person needs to be available for rehearsals starting March 8th 2008.

please contact either me Mark at mark@vintagestyle360.com

or

Marjani Brannon at marjhani@yahoo.com

MIddle Eastern Dance Show Case

It Tuesday JAN 29th. please see flyer:
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OOHAHM AT THE DOO DAH PARADE

Come support Oojahm and the Southern CA Ren Faire at the 2008 Doo-Dah Parade!!!!

The parade starts at 1130. please see below for all the info:

www.pasadenadoodahparade.info/

hope to see you all there!!!

Other Men

Playing some magnetic fields and a line just really came way to close to home:

"You have become like other men
But let me kiss you once again"

do we still put it off to youthful indiscretion when we far from being a youth?

Help Internet Radio Avoid Extinction

go this site:
www.savenetradio.org/

Help Internet Radio Avoid Extinction
Corporate interests are hard at working making sure you don't have a choice because they make more money when you have no choices.

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Tell your representative:


I do not support The Copyright Royalty Board's (CRB) March 2nd decision to substantially increase royalty rates. Not only will it impact my choices, but the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) manipulation of these rates, and the CRB's indifference will hurt working artists, damage small record labels and force law abiding small webcasters, who are already paying thousands of dollars per month in royalties, out of business. This decision will also damage hundreds of small businesses providing goods and services to working artists, small record labels and small webcasters.

I ask that you evaluate the CRB decision and do whatever is necessary to establish a reasonable royalty rate for all the parties involved.

Who, What and When
On March 2, 2006, The CRB approved royalty rates that will bury any small webcaster, and create a heavy burden even for big broadcasters like Yahoo, AOL Music and Pandora. How high will these rates be? Around 100% of a small webcasters revenue, give or take a few points, in most cases. What?! That's impossible to pay! Yep, it sure is..

How did this happen? The RIAA told the CRB thats what they wanted, and the CRB just gave it to them.

Your're probably thinking, hey that's awful, but who are the the RIAA and CRB?.


RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) is a lobbying group formed by the five largest record labels. They are embedded in Washington D.C. They make sure laws are written to keep them rich, no matter what. They made headlines a few years ago opening lawsuits against elderly people, single mothers and children for trading music online, even though some of them didn't even have computers. Check out the latest RIAA headlines.

The CRB (Copyright Royalty Board) is part of the US Copyright Office. The Board is charged with determining the royalty rates that would be determined by a willing buyer and a willing seller in a marketplace transaction. They decided to jack the rates beyond a broadcasters means despite decades of royalty rates being 1 - 2% of broadcaster revenue. Raise your right hand if you want to take away consumer choice, hurt working artists, damage small record labels and put small webcasters out of business.

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