Marijuana

Enigami Systems Inc. is a health information technology company that I work for on the side. They have been a strong advocate for medical marijuana and have been making great strides towards it's legalization. They need a little help with funding for a project right now and any help would be greatly appreciated. Please take the time to check it out.

Keep up with the company:

https://www.facebook.com/EnigamiSystemsInc

https://twitter.com/EnigamiSystems

http://www.linkedin.com/company/2669297?trk=tyah

Serotonin Trip

I have been working on an album for the past few months.

Here is a song from this album.

It's called Serotonin Trip.

Thank you. 

A Little Wisdom

I thought these were quite insightful. Enjoy.

Los Angeles, December 30, 1968

"Yes, that is [man's] quest. Everyone is trying to be happy, because that is the living entity’s prerogative. He is meant by nature to be happy, but he does not know where he can be happy. He is trying to be happy in a place where there are four miserable conditions—namely birth, old age, disease, and death. The scientists are trying to be happy and make other people happy. But what scientist has stopped old age, disease, death, and rebirth? Has any scientist succeeded?...

...So what is this? Why do they not consider, “We have made so much improvement, but what improvement have we made in these four areas?” They have not made any. And still they are very much proud of their advancement in education and technology. But the four primary miseries remain as they are. You see?"

Stockholm University, September 1973

"The material world is compared to dāvānala, a forest fire. As we have experienced, no one goes to the forest to set a fire, but still it takes place. Similarly, no one within this material world wants to be unhappy. Everyone is trying to be very happy, but one is forced to accept unhappiness. In this material world, from time immemorial to the present moment, there have been occasional wars, world wars, even though people have devised various means to stop wars. When I was a young man there was the League of Nations. In 1920, after the First World War, different nations formed the League of Nations, just to arrange for peaceful living among themselves. No one wanted war, but again there was a forest fire—the Second World War. Now they have devised the United Nations, but war is still going on—the Vietnam War, the Pakistan War, and many others. So you may try your best to live very peacefully, but nature will not allow you. There must be war. And this warlike feeling is always going on, not only between nation and nation, but also between man and man, neighbor and neighbor—even between husband and wife and father and son. This warlike feeling is going on. This is called dāvānala, a forest fire. No one goes to the forest to set fire, but automatically, by the friction of dried bamboo, sparks arise, and the forest catches fire. Similarly, although we do not want unhappiness, by our dealings we create enemies, and there is fighting and war. This is called saṁsāra-dāvānala."

-Śrīla Prabhupāda

The Winds Of Time

Coming and going,

The tree knows me well,

I circulate wisdom from the leaves, you can tell.

The wandering eye-a vision once told,

Ancestors come, and history folds.

There's laughter in things you'd never suggest,

but ponder upon the slant of a breast.

A humanly thought is worth more to you,

than truth in a touch when thinking is through. 

You'll never love more,

I've seen it before.

You'd struggle against the waves of a shore.

Pride is a thing i'll never endure.

You'll live with a question,

and never be more. 

I Think I Saw A...

THEY'RE BACK

Reunited: Neutral Milk Hotel

Tour Dates

I would like to go on a road trip to one of the shows if they don't add anymore.

Who's with me?

Goodbye Courage, Hello Sadness Again

Time to time when I'm feeling blue this lyric gets jammed in my head. "goodbye courage, hello sadness again". It comes from the song "Hello Sadness" by Los Campesinos. The lyric hits at the prime moment of melody in the song. It's such a great sensation to hear the perfect lyric with the perfect melody. I hope you know what I'm talking about because, in my opinion, that is what music is about. It's not about fleeting scenes or fragile pop culture. If you can personally connect with a song, whether it be from 1962 or 2011, then that's that.

This music video is kind of disturbing in a fingernails on chalkboard kind of way but funny in a "laugh at other people in pain" kind of way. PLEASE just suck it up and watch till about 2:10 to 2:40. It'll be worth it.

Produced and Directed by Casey Raymond and Ewan Jones Morris

http://www.caseyandewan.com/

If you like weird shit go watch the music video "The Hope That House Built" by Future Of The Left on Casey and Ewan's site. It's pretty kick ass. 

New Kicks

4:30am is probably not the most optimum time to post a blog promoting my band on a blog that no one looks at but who gives a shit. We just finished our first EP called New Kicks and it can be listened to and downloaded here:

http://oldkids.bandcamp.com/

I also edited our artwork so here is the before and after:

before

 after