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.."Rosa Parks sat at the front of that bus. What is the equivilant of that here today? We need to fi

About Me

It is our Duty to Fight.
It is our Duty to Win.
We must love each other and protect each other.
We have nothing to lose but our fear.

I'm working on a degree in Jazz Performance at USM, and I hope to get my masters degree in compositon and arranging. Then I want to start a large ensemble, and write music for it. I really have no idea what I'm doing and how impossible it is to do that, and I'm hoping that my idiocy ends up being an advantage in the long run.

I look forwards to dabbling in backyard chemistry in hopes of starting up a biodiesel business. First I have to prove that I can make biodiesel, but before that I need to get all the right equipment, or I could go blind and lose all the skin on my arms. That would be less than fun, I'm thinking. If you work at a restaurant and can get me some waste veggie oil, drop me a line.

I am a musician of many flavors and spices. This is my website: AsherPlatts.com

"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revoloutionary act." -- George Orwell.
"There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part, you can't even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop! And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!" -- Mario Savio

"Who would Jesus Bomb?" I coined that phrase. It's been cool to see where it's gone since that day in DC.

I do work with the League of Pissed Off Voters and I like cheese.

My Interests

The interesting process of playing with other human beings and bringing new music into the world,
playing with other human beings and bringing old music into the world,
playing with other human beings in non-musical settings,
entrepenurship, disruptive technology, religious studies, politics.
World's Smallest Political Quiz

I'd like to meet:

Maria Schneider (to take composition and arranging lessons), John Sullivan (to take bass lessons), Ben Street (I've met him twice, but again, to take lessons), Kurt Rosenwinkel (also to take lessons)

People who like playing music or want to change the world for the better.
People who dislike injustice and want to do somthing about it.
People who don't like lies.

And Dennis Kucinich:

Music:

Debussy, Maria Scheneider, Ravel, Don Ellis, Aphex Twin, Bill Evans, Squarepusher, Brahms, Boards of Canada, Nat King Cole, Nirvana, Billy Strayhorn, J Mark Scearce, Duke Ellington, Reid Anderson, Roy Hardgrove, Roy Haynes, Jaleel Shaw, Marcus Strickland, Charles Mingus, Gil Evans, Art Blakey, Conrad Herwig, Billy Cobham, Reggie Workman, Ron Carter, Paul Chambers, Tin Hat Trio, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorious, John Coltrane, Joe Zawinul, Andrew Rathbun, Stanley Clarke, Primus, Bad Plus, The Roots, Greenhouse Effect, Dangerdoom, Michael Franti, Spearhead, Stevie Wonder, Gershwin, Satie, Chopin, Brad Meldhau, Astor Piazolla, Glover Gill, Tasco Tango Orchestra, Art Baron, Ornette Colman, Charlie Haden, Don Cherry, Jim Black, Chris Speed,

Movies:

I ♥ Huckabees, Brazil, Robinhood Men in Tights, Life is Beautiful, Shine, Yellow Submarine,

Waking Life!

Television:

Television is a contraption that allows you to forget things like who sold arms to what nation and who is allied with whom.

Books:

"Toxic Sludge is GOOD for you!" by John Stauber and the Public Relations Watch; "1984" by George Orwell "Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut "House of Leaves," by Mark Danielewski "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Stienbeck "Stupid White Men" by Michael Moore "How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office" by the League of Pissed Off Voters "Anthem" by Aynn Rand

Heroes:

John Sullivan
Ben Street
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Roy Haynes
Dave Holland
Charlie Parker
John Coltrane

Mahatma Ghandi
Martin Luther King Jr
Dennis Kucinich

Cynthia McKinney

Rosa Parks
Ron Paul
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Bill Hicks

Amy Goodman.

Bob Fitrakis


AND ALEX JONES

.."whitetext12" MY DETAILS

Status: Unenlightened
Here for: Wasting my life away / Being generally unproductive
Orientation: Magnetic North
Hometown: Music, The Ocean, Forests, Mountains
Body Type: Bipedal Primate
Ethnicity: Green, Pink, Beige
Religion: God is too big for just one religion.
Sign:
Smoke / Drink: Nothing/ Water, Juice, Milk
Children: There are so many of them!
Education: Paying Attention
Occupation: Full Time Human
Income: Nuts and Berries

My Blog

How quickly we forget...

Wow! Obama won!Now everything that was true about Bush-- the opposite will be true about Obama!Everything is FINE NOW!Right? Right?How quickly we forget the fight we're up against:We still face Blata...
Posted by Asher: punkpatriot.blogspot.com on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:31:00 PST

I am a Liberal and I Hate Liberals.

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Posted by Asher: punkpatriot.blogspot.com on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:37:00 PST

"The Man Who Planted Trees" How Peace Wins; How one person can change the world

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Posted by Asher: punkpatriot.blogspot.com on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:49:00 PST

Nader finally gets news coverage!

PBS:http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec08/nader _10-14.htmlClick here for streaming video:http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=video landingpage&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralOb...
Posted by Asher: punkpatriot.blogspot.com on Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:19:00 PST

KICK PELOSI OUT-- PHONE BANK FOR CINDY!

From: Action JacksonDate: 01 Oct 2008, 04:13The time for peace and freedom in America is now. We have established a national phone bank for Cindy Sheehan's Congressional Campaign in which anyone, anyw...
Posted by Asher: punkpatriot.blogspot.com on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:34:00 PST

Ralph Nader is out for BLOOD on Bill Maher

Remember 2004? EAT IT BILL MAHER! And on Sesame Street: ...
Posted by Asher: punkpatriot.blogspot.com on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:41:00 PST

Bailout: ONCE IN A LIFETIME RIP-OFF

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Posted by Asher: punkpatriot.blogspot.com on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:44:00 PST

Cindy Sheehan: A POPULIST UPRISING NEEDS TO HAPPEN!

From: kell (Cynthia McKinney '08)Date: 20 Sep 2008, 22:45http://dandelionsalad. wordpress. com/2008/09/20/cindy-sheehan-some-kind-of-populist-uprising- needs-to-happen/ ...
Posted by Asher: punkpatriot.blogspot.com on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:55:00 PST

Amazing Documentary Footage of RNC mass arrest

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Posted by Asher: punkpatriot.blogspot.com on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:50:00 PST

Greg Palast: We’ve got fascism RIGHT NOW.

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Posted by Asher: punkpatriot.blogspot.com on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:51:00 PST