“We are rapidly approaching the time that the Hopi’s have called ‘The time of never ending peace.’ This peace is not merely the absence of wars, conflicts, struggles and suffering, but the very experience and the real presence of spirit, of the divine oneness of our being. It happens that the weekend of July 17-18 [...]
8 years ago a massive oil spill paralyzed this little fishing village. Before the spill, caused by a tanker called Prestige, too many fishing boats exploited the resources from it’s very abundant waters. Generations of fishermen realized their young preferred pursuing a new life of education.
Today the waters have healed and the number of fisherman [...]
Hey BP, don’t you spill on me
Your tunnel vision is now a catastrophe.
Birds covered in oil
They can’t fly no more
They can’t breathe no more
They can’t live no more
Our sea life has become a burial ground
Your business has cornered the market
Not just the fuel in our gas tanks
But the medicine we swallow
From a cup made of [...]
I went dancing recently with my husband and my girlfriend. The music was provided by my friend’s favorite local dance band who has a lead flamenco guitarist. My husband wanted to leave and asked my friend to bring me home. After he left a young guy with golden hair down to his shoulders came over [...]
75,000 people peacefully crowded into the main stage arena at the Coachella Music Festival to witness a new ‘good vibration’ called Atoms for Peace. Taking the stage were my son Joey and his mates Thom Yorke, Nigel Godrich, Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Brazilian percussionist, Mauro Refosco. Our spirits were elevated to new heights [...]
There’s a whole lot of re-calibrating going on through the music that Thom Yorke’s new Super Group Atoms For Peace is putting out there. Members of his band include my son Joey, Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Nigel Godrich (Radiohead producer) and percussionist Mauro Refosco. Check out the video of Thom’s solo at Roseland Ballroom [...]
I was amazed to experience 21st Century 3D in the spectacular Avatar and Tim Burton’s newest contribution to the world of cinema Alice in Wonderland. Oh, to see Johnny Depp break-dance up close and personal! It’s a far cry from the sci-fi days when 3D glasses had cardboard frames. Now we sit in the dark, [...]
On February 11th the American Cinematheque hosted an evening of Beach Party Movies at the landmark Egyptian Theater in Hollywood with a live performance by ‘me’ and a Q&A by Sheryl Farber of LuxuriaMusic.com. Me and my associate in Hawaii, Charles Brotman, guitarist extraordinaire and owner of Palm Records, co-produced an updated arrangement of a [...]
She is passionately asking us to wake up. Now, with the tragedy in Haiti, our hearts are responding to those who are suffering. We, the citizens of our planet have allowed neglect and exploitation of Mother Nature to the degree that She must remind us who She is.Remember and thank Her every moment for [...]
Hope this finds you all well and busily scurrying around preparing for the holidays.
It’s been a very fulfilling time for me. Amidst the chaos on the planet I have managed to find a greater peace. This year, my mother died leaving her legacy for me to march on. At the same time my [...]