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ONYX — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:20:15 GMT

Coca Cola Corruption and Nazi Sponsor

ONYX — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:53:50 GMT

http://www.disclose.tv/viewvideo/18840/Mark_Thomas__Coca_Cola_Corruption_and_Nazi_Sponsor/

Thomas Berry

ONYX — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:08:04 GMT

“If the earth does grow inhospitable toward human presence, it is primarily because we have lost our sense of courtesy toward the earth and its inhabitants.” Catholic Priest & Writer Thomas Berry, 1914-2009

Positive Emotions ~ Dr. Barbara Fredrickson

ONYX — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:38:39 GMT

Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, discusses her new book, "Positivity" that focuses on what positivity is, and why it needs to be heartfelt to be effective. *** Click on image*** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds_9Df6dK7c

BLACK FRIDAY - WHAT WE HAVE BECOME

ONYX — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:39:50 GMT

Things to think about when feeling pressured to shop for that special gift this holiday season: It's sad, it's a shame, it needs to stop. (watch in order 1-6 if u have the time.) O. 1.) The Century of the Self, Episode Two - The Engineering of Consent (3/6) (rent this watch this ) ***** Sigmund Freud's daughter, Anna, and his nephew, Edward Bernays, provided the centrepiece philosophy. The US government, big business, and the CIA used their ideas to develop techniques to manage and control the minds of the American people. But this was not a cynical exercise in manipulation. Those in power believed that the only way to make democracy work and create a stable society was to repress the savage barbarism that lur ked just under the surface of normal American life. http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=WtfQ9o2nJXY 2.) A Clip from "The Corporation" nagging kids Today corporations are marketing to infants. If you read advertising magazines or trade journals, people talk about cradle to grave brand loyalty. You know if you don't get a child by two or by six you won't have them at all. ... http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZXRTtfmY1w&feature=channel 3.) Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood (Trailer) With virtually no government or public outcry, the multi-billion dollar youth marketing industry has been able to use the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into one of the most powerful and profitable consumer demographics in the world. ... http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=maeXjey_FGA ------ what we have become---------------- 4.) Customers fight over PS3 http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=a6fq1bvdLGI&feature=PlayList&p=9AA3922DE207D0F3&index=21 ***5.) Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death by over 200 Salvage Black Friday Shoppers ! http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=dQRM7t4kzwE 6.) 1/3 CONGO crisis and conflict: mining / cell phones / coltan / electronic products/ history / multinationals Coltan is the colloquial African name for columbite-tantalite, a metallic ore from which are extracted the elements niobium and tantalum. Mineral concentrates containing tantalum are usually referred to as tantalite. Niobium was called "columbium" some decades ago, hence the "col" half of the term.[1] In appearance, coltan is a dull black mineral. Tantalum from coltan is used in consumer electronics products such as cell phones, DVD players, and computers. Export of coltan from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to European and American markets has been cited by experts as helping to finance the present-day conflict in the Congo, with one aid agency asserting that “much of the finance sustaining the civil wars in Africa, especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is directly connected to Coltan profits” [2]. http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=ob1Sd_yUg2E

"Inappropriate Touching" - Dirty Comics and Artists - Info - WASHINGTONST.ORG

ONYX — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:36:21 GMT

WSAC Presents: Inappropriate Touching Feb. 1-24th, Gallery hours Sat. and Sun. from 12-4pm Inappropriate Touching, a group show of dirty comics and art featuring the work of more than 20 contributors. Ranging from self-published zinesters and emerging Boston talent to internationally exhibited artists and award winning illustrators from coast to coast, Inappropriate Touching features art and comics as diverse as they are deviant. Funny, intimate depictions of sex and relationships from local comics hero Liz Prince, weekly Phoenix contributor Karl Stevens, indie comics legend Ariel Schrag and Chicago comics fixture Jeffrey Brown, will share wall space with the juvenile gross-out gags of Vice back page creator Johnny Ryan, adult excerpts culled from cartoonist Jason Little's new graphic novel, and dark, sexually-charged Darger-esque paintings by Bonnie Dewitt, among many other offerings. Shedding light on the entire scope of obscenity, from the playful and suggestive to the explicitly perverse, the show blurs the lines between beauty and entertainment, porn and personal narrative, high art and low-brow smut. Inappropriate Touching is bound to stimulate something. Curator Sarah Schoemann will also be creating a limited edition zine featuring selections from the exhibition. Pick it up at WSAC during the month of February or at fine book and comic shops throughout the city. Proceeds from the zine will go to supporting the free live music programming at WSAC. INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING THE WASHINGTON STREET ARTS CENTER 321 WASHINGTON ST. SOMERVILLE 617.623.5325 FRI. 2.1/6-10 PM, EXHIBITION 2.1–2.24 WWW.WASHINGTONST.ORG

DUNYA - Turkish Music Series: Omar Faruk Tekbilek

ONYX — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:15:13 GMT

DUNYA: A series of monthly concerts celebrating a wide range of Turkish music through several centuries. Ottoman classical music, songs from the Turkish countryside, Sufi devotional music and Turkish pop music interact with one another and with other world traditions to provide a contemporary view of tradition itself http://www.dunyainc.org/upcoming_events.html CONCERT 1 Songs of “The City”: Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul with special guest Omar Faruk Tekbilek The city of Istanbul has been the capital of two great empires—for its first ten centuries Greek Byzantine, and beginning in 1453, for the next five centuries Ottoman Turkish. With the end of the Ottoman empire in 1923 the city lost its status as a capital, though it remains the centerpiece of a modern Turkish republic. Memories of its past—often different, frequently overlapping, sometimes conflicting—persist in the minds and in the music of its inhabitants, most of them with ties to different regions, cultures and histories of the Middle East and the Balkans.   The many layers of communal memory in this concert proceed through Greek-Orthodox music, secular Greek music, Crusader songs of the 12th century, music of the Ottoman janissary bands, Ottoman court music, Sufi ceremonial music, Turkish folk music, Sephardic Jewish songs, urban music of the Armenians, Balkan Romani (Gypsy) and Turks, and ends with modern urban popular music full of longing and protest. On their own, each piece may communicate celebration, devotion or military might, but taken together the melancholy is unmistakable. Location: MIT, Kresge Auditorium Date/Time: February 8, 8:00 pm Price of admission: General: $20, students/seniors: $15, MIT students: $10 This DUNYA production is presented by MIT Turkish Association and Bahcesehir University Co-sponsors: LEF/ARCADE Association of Student Activities. Call 617 859 5805 for further info CONCERT 2 Language of the Birds (Kus Dili): Bird Songs, Pieces and Improvisations from Turkey and Europe This concert explores the universal fascination with birds and birdsong shared by poets and musicians in both Europe and the Middle East. The concert’s Turkish title “Kuş Dili” is also an equivalent of Mantık ut-Tayr, the title of the famous 13th century Persian Sufi classic by Faruddin al Attar, known in the West as “The Conference of the Birds”.  The warbling, cooing and crying of birds as idealized song, as symbol of the divine, as amorous complaint and as the voice of nature are evoked in different ways by aristocratic Frenchmen, Italians and Ottomans and by Greek, Kurdish and Turkish villagers. Birds carry the message of religious devotion, both Christian and Muslim, and of worldly celebration and grief. On stage, the Dünya Ensemble and its guests interact with natural birdsong, conversing with each other across centuries and traditions through improvisation and a range of compositions by composers like Jean-Philippe Rameau, Dimitri Cantemir and Sultan Selim III in the 18th c., and by Olivier Messiaen, Aşık Veysel and Haci Arif Bey in the 20th. Location: New England Conservatory, Jordan Hall Date/Time: Tuesday, March 4, 8:00 pm Price of admission: FREE Made possible, in part, by support from New England Conservatory CONCERT 3 Sept. 15, 1207 in Rumi’s Anatolia A musical glimpse into the life and times of a great Sufi poet Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi is one of the most influential figures of Muslim mysticism (Sufism). This concert explores the rich mix of creeds and cultures of 13th century Anatolia where Rumi spent most of his life through a wide range of repertoires: Turkish sufi music (Bektasi and Mevlevi), Byzantine (Greek-Orthodox) music, Jewish poetry with Turkish melodies, Turkish secular music, and music of the “Frenk”—European Crusaders and traders passing through the region.   The second part of the concert will follow the distinct Turkish tradition of chanting part of the Mevlid-i Serif on important occasions. A masterpiece of Turkish literature, written in 1409, the Mevlid is a long poem commemorating the birth of the Prophet Mohammed. Location: Wellesley College Date/Time: March 12, 7:30 pm Price of admission: FREE Made possible with support from Wellesley College

SEX WORKERS' ART SHOW

ONYX — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:30:17 GMT

SEX WORKERS' ART SHOW Fri, Feb 15 @ midnite The Coolidge Corner Theatre Brookline Ma http://coolidge.org/node/1561 http://www.sexworkersartshow.com/home.html 18+ only! $12 all seats Produced by Truth Serum Productions http://www.truthserum.org/ The Sex Workers' Art Show is a cabaret-style evening of performance art created by people who work in the sex industry, to dispel the myth that they are anything short of artists, innovators and geniuses! This year's incredible lineup includes international burlesque sensation, and recipient of the "Best Body in Burlesque" award, Miss Dirty Martini; the brilliant and infamous author of "I Love Dick," Chris Kraus; porn star and writer Lorelei Lee; award-winning author of "How I learned to Snap," Kirk Read; performance artist and comic queen of cleavage *The World Famous *BOB; playwright, performer, and musical theatre mutineer Erin Markey; fierce activist and rapper Tre Vasquez; internationally infamous drag-subverting performer Krylon Superstar; dominatrix Keva I. Lee; and tour founder and ringmaster Annie Oakley. Hilarious and hot, intelligent and disturbing, the performances offer scathing and insightful commentary on race, class and gender!

Good Vibrations Amateur Erotic Film

ONYX — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:00:10 GMT

Saturday, February 16th: Love Hangover Join Good Vibrations for a special midnight screening of our amateur erotic film competition at the Coolidge Theater in Brookline, Massachusetts! Good Vibrations, your favorite destination for sex-positive products, announces our Post-Valentine’s Day Love Hangover screening of The Second Annual Good Vibrations Amateur Erotic Film Competition. Better than a box of chocolates, these artful erotic films are sure to improve your holiday spirit! Midnight showing on Saturday, February 16th, Coolidge Theater: 290 Harvard St., Brookline MA Map and Directions Tickets on sale at Good Vibrations Brookline Store 308-A Harvard Street (enter from rear parking lot) Brookline, MA 02446 (617) 264-4400 http://www.goodvibes.com/Content--GV-Brookline-After-Hours--id-1738