Dimension Dancing Now Available in Print ~ May 09, 2008

Dimension Dancing by Armond Blackwater is now available for purchase directly from our printer http://www.lulu.com/content/1452311.

Political Musings ~ Apr 23, 2008

By Chad Graber Given the Pennsylvania vote of April 22, 2008, let’s analyze the current state of the mass idiocy that defines the Democratic Party shall we? Hillary Clinton’s Terry Schaivo ‘esque campaign continues to limp along on breathing tubes and life support as she refuses to accept the political reality that she cannot beat O’Bama in the popular vote. Whether this is due to Hillary’s wanton and gluttonous lust for personal power, her view that it is her divinely ordained right to be the next president, or whether she is really that big of a bitch, I don’t know. (Personally, I think it is all of them.) Even with her latest win in Pennsylvania (and despite the national media proclaiming her the next coming of Octavian Caesar Augustus), every political analyst (on both sides of the aisle) agrees that there are too few states left for her to overtake O’Bama in the delegate count. North Carolina and Indiana are next up in two weeks. Her campaign is out of money, she cannot beat Barack in political campaigning and advertisement, and she cannot hope to take North Carolina over Barack given its high percentage of black democrats. So, Indiana has now become her next Little Big Horn, her next “last stand”, and (hopefully) her Waterloo. Meanwhile, the same political analysts that less than a month ago reported that both Democratic political candidates enjoyed 5-6% point leads over McCain are now reporting that McCain has evened the margin in the popular vote for the general election. Hillary chooses to arrogantly continue the fight, even though the only way that she can win is a scenario where the remaining super delegates supplant the outcome of the general vote and decide that the public “just didn’t get it right” thereby awarding her the nomination. How is that going to look to potential democratic voters and the all important independents in the forthcoming general election if Hillary wins the primary without winning the popular vote? Does this bring any other political disasters to mind? Does that sound like 2000 and Katherine Harris to anyone else? Hmmm, well, let’s see here…my vote didn’t matter in deciding the nominee, so why should I go to the polls now and back her after she stole the primary election through back room deals and shady promises to super delegates? Hillary wants to make this campaign about “who can beat McCain”. Yet Hillary is doing everything in her power to ensure that whomever the democratic nominee is, they lose to a 72 year old, out of touch, Bush clone that promises four more years of tax breaks for the wealthy, skyrocketing oil prices, governmental grants to big oil, Blackwater mercenaries, Brown and Root no bid contracts and 400 dollar toilet seats, no health care for the poor, a forgotten New Orleans, unending war against an enemy that the republicans can no longer even define, a crippled economy, and out of control, presidentially-backed, good old fashioned Republican fiscal irresponsibility. All while the middle class fades farther and farther back into the history of American folklore and myth as the rich continue to increase their stock portfolios and the working class can’t afford to drive to work. As a democrat, I for one would rather stay home and let McCain “stay the Bush course” and continue America’s inexorable slide into Roman Oligarchic ruin rather than support a candidate like Hillary that has the breadth of arrogance to openly defy the wishes of the national electorate.

Jax Irish Festival ~ Apr 21, 2008

Come See The Show:  Spade McQuade & The All Stars are playing 2 shows at the 2nd Annual Irish Festival being held at the Jackonsville Fair Grounds on Saturday April 26th from 1245 to 145 and 7pm to 8pm on the Regional stage. http://www.jaxirishfest.com/2008Schedule.aspx

Springing The Blues Festival ~ Apr 04, 2008

The world's largest free outdoor blues festival is underway in Jacksonville Beach. Check out some of the mad acts at this wild festival on the Atlantic Ocean. http://www.springingtheblues.com/index.cfm?page=schedule Cafe' Be At co-founder and world renouned bluse organist, Armond Blackwater, will performing as a special guest with Woody & The Peckers. Check out their show at NOON on Sunday.

Freedom? ~ Apr 03, 2008

Brother musician Frank Martinez, drummer for the band Livid of Jacksonville, exquisitely described several confrontations with robot members of the Jacksonville Beach Police Department concerning a "noise" complaint in as well-written a blog entry as you'll see. Frank may be the most articulate drummer we've ever met... by light years. The first complaint came when they were setting up. They hadn't even begun to play when some tight-assed, hateful neighbor called the fuzz. But, we'd rather you read Frank's account of the day that is simultaneously humorous and frightening. http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&f riendID=97675192&blogID=372362210