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In conjunction with Creative Time, Playing the Building is a project by David Byrne in which he turns a 9,000 sq. ft abandoned room in the Battery Maritime Building into an instrument. Through the use of an antique pump organ, controlled devices create sounds with only what is afforded by the building's infrastructure, including heating pipes, metal beams and pillars. Challenging the project, curator Mark Beasley invited accomplished musicians to perform an improvisational piece with the building. The result is a captivating and unique musical experience.

...With that, we see the allusion of a choice between two courses of "thought-action": Belief and Judgement. Whereby biblical scripture adheres that belief is better. Of course that there is a reason for this, while objectivity, as the very nature of man, demands judgement. Given this, judgement therefor has very negative connotations and may not be fully understood as it 'truly' is. (***Insert Biblical Text on Judgement). As it reads, we are deemed "not worthy" to judge. We are told to be humble and meek. To be "good little sheep". (***INsert Nietsche Above Belief-SpLIT! 2nd Half) Yet why believe? "We" believe because it is the easier choice. For example, it is easier to believe or assume something is true rather than to know it's true. To know, one has to follow rigorous scientific and philosophical principles based in reason and logic, or objectivism. It's rather like an excuse. Religion masks logic, true logic, with irrationality in the form of belief. It is typical, belief, is it not? If you believe you are safe. More so, you are expected to believe. All humans are, and just as well, what reason, obejectivity, and logic there is is also considered no more than belief. It is, according to most, no more factual that any wish. Yet, according to Terry Goodkind, "wishes and whims are not facts, nor are they means to achieve them" and there we have it. Belief is taken as reality. Or perhaps more accurately, perception is taken to mean reality. It's not black but white. We must necessarily "spin" the argument. Indeed, it must be newsworthy. Joseph Pullitzer made a lot of money doing that. We have him to thank for Yellow Journalism... What is it then that the purpose is of these religions, if not power; if not control? What must then be "god" according to scripture if not power? The priests must take care of you. They must shepherd you and all humans. The church must dictate your life, as laid out by said scripture. It is wholly obvious! God is not only power, god is also political! Ex. Nuclear/atomic capabilities has semi divine status given it's apparent adoration by the masses. If it just so happen to be that it was the most powerful thing knowable, you can be sure that it would become the absolute god and would be given sacrificial animals during worship. To a child, who has not been indoctrinated into the world, the mother or father may be thought of as god, if the child sees fire, it may be god, it may also be magic, or a miracle. With the child, it is easily said that he has limited awareness. That he or she is 'naive'. With religion however, one has every opportunity to know, and yet what happens is a rejection of fact. A rejection of truth, wisdom, and the noble mind; the noble human qualities. There is a mind that is, as it were, stooped in ignorance. That willfully, forcefully, rejects reality in favor of that which is 'easier'. Is it fantasy? "Wishes and whims are not facts, nor are they means to achieve them." Religious mankind has done this for thousands of years, yet what has it achieved? Is being sheep a virtue, as the scripture claims? Shall we forever have the crooks around our necks or will we begin to decide to cast off these chains, individually, for our own 'selfish' betterment, as well as the betterment of mankind as a whole!

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Otomo Yoshihide, Burkhard Stangl, Oren Ambarchi, Keith Rowe, Toshimaru Nakamura, Tetuzi Akiyama, Taku Sugimoto Grapefruit Moon - Sangenjaya, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo 21-10-2003 Music Recording: Taku Sugimoto Music Mix & Master: Toshimaru Nakamura

ROME The City of Rome and it's original Republic Government was founded in approximately 510 B.C. As it were, the Romans were influenced to large degree by the Greeks and are, in a sense, best thought of as Greek in culture as well as 'religion'. They adopted all the Greek God's in fact, and many Romans spoke Greek as a second language to their native Latin. Under this system of borrowed culture and civilization of the Greeks (Western Civilization) the Romans built magnificient structures such as that of the Pantheon and the Collisseum. Rome itself also boasted a population of over a million inhabitants which was in turn not possible without sufficient water and sewage systems which were accomplished with the use of Aqueducts. This of course, was all accomplished centuries before the advent of the rise and subsequent conversion of Christianity under what would later be termed as "pagan" and, perhaps more modern, "False belief". The extent to which Rome was Greek in culture and civilization would approximately be 80%. This is illustrated in their form of Government which was, at first, a republic which is likened to an indirect democracy where Athens is the standard or basis for direct Democracy. In large part, the fact that the Romans were a republic is what allowed them to conquer and control so much territory as direct or true democracy is only known to occur at the local level (i.e. City States) and has never truly been achieved, though the United States has come close in the form of a collection of Unified States, cities, and townships, on such a vast scale as it becomes increasingly complex and difficult for the "average" citizen to participate in deciding what course the city/government/nation will take (on a daily basis). As a result, the Roman republic eventually became so large and powerful that it was eventually replaced as an empire at approximately 27 B.C. From there it expanded further and eventually, to large extent, was "Christianized" beginning with the writing of the 'New Testament' some fifty years later. Once the Romans were 'Christianized' the Empire/Republic began to crumble as Greek culture and Civilization was gradually replaced with that of the newfound Christian ideals until three hundred years later it was weakened to such an extent that "barbarian" hordes, such as that of the Vandals and Germanics, were able to sack Rome itself thus beginning the Dark Ages. The Dark Ages would last for over a thousand years and during this time Christianity, in the guise of the Catholic Church, flourished. It dominated so much in fact that the very peoples who repeatedly sacked Rome would eventually be converted and brought to bear under this new religion and it's leader(s), the Pope. There was some advancement of course, but not much and it was nearly always made in attempts to mimick Greco Roman Civilization rather than newfound or original advancement. Examples would include the Church or clergy itself speaking in Latin for the Catholic Church in Rome while it's counterpart, the Byzantine's, spoke Greek at Constantinople. There was also the question of Architecture insofar as Romaneque or even Gothic were concerned where Romanesque is best likened to a more primitve or crude version of the original Greek and Latin Architecture (classical) insofar as supporting drastically heavy weight under simple collumns and arches that were, in actuality, poor copies of original Classical buildings. During the Middle or Dark Ages, there was widespread abject poverty. The people of Europe during this time were, more or less, slaves to their masters- the nobility and the clergy- not even owning the land they worked most of the time. The middle class of this time was also diminished to the point of "extinction" and trade was far and few with little traveling. The Church or clergy truly held the most power and accummulated vast stores of wealth while it's subjects, the "serfs", often had trouble feeding themselves properly with what they might have left after giving their earnings to said church as well as the noble class. The beginning of the end of this system was none other than that of the Black Death, or Buebonic Plague, which began to spread in the late 1340s.

We may begin our history with what truly matters insofar as achievement may be concerned. The magnum opus of human achievement if you will. This would undoubtedly be the civilization of the Ancient Greeks and, furthermore, we can set our date in classical antiquity, 8th and 7th centuries on until the fall of the Roman Empire, for the sake of convenience as well as relevance. To begin, we are reminded of a quote by Edgar Allen Poe, "the glory that was Greece, the grandeur that was Rome!" Where Greece is responsible for laying the foundation of almost all, perhaps at least 80%, of current civilization and human achievement. Specifically, the Greeks were largely responsible for the language, politics, educational systems, philosophy, science, art and architecture of the now modern world, whereby the world wouldn't be very modern without them or their achievements. This of course was all accomplished under what is now termed "pagan religion" yet I should hope to dispell some of the typical connotations in regards to said religion, perhaps now best known as Greek Mythology, and paint a clearer picture of what said religion entailed. To begin, the concepts of Gods in Greek religion was altogether of our concept of God(s) or anyone elses for that matter, past or present. God's to the Greeks were more like forces (of nature) than they were individuals unlike humans. Furthermore, it is said that the Greek god's were like the Greeks themselves, or rather, like men, but in may in fact be more accurate to say that the Greek's were like the god's, in reverse. To give an example, I should cite Eros, who is said to be the god of love. That is under current, "Modern" thought at least. Under traditional, Greek, understanding, it is more accurate to say that Eros was love. To explain, Eros was/is more like the the force of love itself, rather than a god or individual being in control of or responsible for said force. For example, if a Greek was to experience love, in relation to a woman or any other cause, then the Greek would state that, instead of what we call love, that he was experiencing Eros. Additionally, if that same Greek were to have trouble with love (eros) he may very well curse Eros in response. This would be the same with other god's as well. Zues for example: it was not so much that Zues was the god of lightning, so much as Zues was the lightning himself. So when the invading Persian War Vessels of Xerxes attempted to invade Greece and many of them were damaged and destroyed in a storm, Leonidas and other Greeks would have said Zues was striking them down and mean it directly, rather than indirectly. It must also be noted that the Greeks did not have a term for our word belief, in any of the senses it is now use. One the same token, the Greeks also did not even have a term for religion. They simply referred to what we now call their religion as "things having to do with the god's," or, 'ta theia'. The question of belief did not matter predominately for two reasons: the first is that there was no set orthodoxy or rules to follow in relation to the gods. Men and women were free to excercise their religion as they saw fit, even so much as they may declare a certain spot or place holy for any particular reason. Secondly, it was that the god's of the Greeks afforded a certain degree of reality or objectivity that we, as well as others, do not seem to have. This is illustrated in the god's actually being attributed as or considered to be forces of nature, which are, in turn, (such as in the case of Eros or love) embodied in human beings, that is, they are directly observable and unabashedly obvious. With this, it would have no sense to a typical Greek to be asked whether or not he believed in the god's as indicating otherwise would seem highly irrational to the point of silliness.

Playing Cardew's Treatise at the Kettles Yard - Cambridge. Prepaired Electric Guitar

Pierre Grimes gives a talk on Buddhism, explores the nature of Mind and Arjuna's enlightenment experience in the Bhagavad Gita.

Where has all the fresh water gone?

Here are some interpretations of Hans Czynners treatise on harness fencing from 1538. The techniques were recorded in early 2007 by Alexander Neppl and Thomas Howe from Blossfechter.

Otomo Yoshihide, Burkhard Stangl, Oren Ambarchi, Keith Rowe, Toshimaru Nakamura, Tetuzi Akiyama, Taku Sugimoto Grapefruit Moon - Sangenjaya, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo 21-10-2003 Music Recording: Taku Sugimoto Music Mix & Master: Toshimaru Nakamura

With Clay Aiken's coming out announcement, to no one's real surprise, the Aceman gives his dissertation on the barometer of 'gay hair' and how it's the indicator of when someone will actually exit the closet.

A look into the deepest aspects of our psychology and physiology at what drives us to act as we do.

Although it may not appeal to everyone, these profound thoughts were forced to the surface. Dedicated to Anna, with love and respect.

Carline VandenElsen

Religion is essentially a philosophy and, as it were, some philosophy is "good" while other philosophy may be said to be "bad". Ergo, there is good religion, and there is bad religion. Yet first, one must decide a standard or basis for determining good or bad religion; good or bad philosophy. Said standard may be reached by easily defining concepts involved. Being that religion is already defined as philosophy, one must then further define philosophy itself. Simply put, Philosophy is the art of being human. Traditionally, the translation of philosophy from original Greek has been 'love(er) of wisdom' however to truly understand what is meant by that, one must draw some conclusions. Firstly, love is meant as an expression of passion, or emotion and secondly wisdom is given as a faculty of the mind, or intellect. In broader terms, we may say passion of the intellect, or passion of the mind. Lastly, the Ancient Greek Term for the mind was logistikon. We derive the word logic from this. The definition of logistikon is rational part of the soul, which is what we call the mind. The mind is what makes a human a human (Homo Sapien Sapien) and separates mankind from animal nature. Therefore philosophy, as the passion or love of the mind and intellect, is the art of being human whereby philosophy is an art because it requires creative faculty and ability ergo any religion that conforms with philosophical definition as it being "true to the nature of mankind" insofar as it may uplift or perhaps empower him, is said to be good religion and therefore good philosophy. Being that rationality, logic, objectivity, or reason would be conforming with this, and thereby empowering man, as well as his defining characteristic -as opposed to animal nature- we must decide, logically at that, and somewhat ironically, that any religion which is also logical, rational, or objective is also good. Yet from this we see that most religion, perhaps 90% of them, are not in conformance and appear highly irrational, therefore it is determined that religion is overall irrational and therefore detrimental to the human being as individual as well as the human species on the whole.

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I made this for a grade 12 AP History project on John Locke, there are a couple of John Locke music videos in the series

Me watching some of my fav YouTube clips. List of 'em MadTV-Hillary and Obama, Umbrella Chris Crocker-Leave Britney Alone David Blaine Street Magic YouTube Edition Parody of Stayin Alive by the BeeGees Jessayrocksout-Christmas Rant Rocketboom-Pi Howard Dean BYAH!!!! (For Mr. Harold) Chris Crocker-Leace Britney Alone Oh my, i do love that pie! Tank you for watching!

The is a clip of a comedy / slam poem performed at the Bowery Poetry Club for at the "Tahlis vs. Telos" show. This piece explores the narrator's existential qualms and crises. If you dig this, check out my new band, Frantic Turtle: http://www.myspace.com/franticturtle

Enjoy. http://youtube.com/watch?v=eu2PDW2EVWQ Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 http://youtube.com/watch?v=V5BxymuiAxQ I Love the Whole World http://youtube.com/watch?v=H6kcTEzGoDI German National Anthem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21NHyqnTduw Yes We Can, AKA Obama rocks! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld1DTmXesTo Is This the Way to Amarillo? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36w-CyqCO1A We are the World--Japan Style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWJ4udW41Ns The Great American Melting Pot

i grow comfortable with my situation...

This was made in response to 9/11, the war in Iraq (the War on Terror) and Bush's consistently poor policies. It's a rememberance and an indictment. Everyone is suffering from this whole episode in our history. NOTE: Again, the transcoding process seems to have slightly desynched the audio. Sorry.