THOUGHTS FROM WITHIN by Woody Harrelson
I sometimes feel like an alien creature
for which there is no earthly explanation
Sure I have human form
walking erect and opposing digits,
but my mind is upside down.
I feel like a run-on sentence
in a punctuation crazy world.
and I see the world around me
like a mad collective dream.
An endless stream of people
move like ants from the freeway
cell phones, pc's, and digital displays
"In Money We Trust,"
we'll find happiness
the prevailing attitude;
like a genetically modified irradiated Big Mac
is somehow symbolic of food.
Morality is legislated
prisons over-populated
religion is incorporated
the profit-motive has permeated all activity
we pay our government to let us park on the street
And war is the biggest money-maker of all
we all know missile envy only comes from being small.
Politicians and prostitutes
are comfortable together
I wonder if they talk about the strange change in the weather.
This government was founded by, of, and for the people
but everybody feels it
like a giant open sore
they don't represent us anymore
And blaming the President for the country's woes
is like yelling at a puppet
for the way it sings
Who's the man behind the curtain pulling the strings?
A billion people sitting watching their TV
in the room that they call living
but as for me
I see living as loving
and since there is no loving room
I sit on the grass under a tree
dreaming of the way things used to be
Pre-Industrial Revolution
which of course is before the rivers and oceans, and skies were polluted
before Parkinson's, and mad cows
and all the convoluted cacophony of bad ideas
like skyscrapers, and tree paper, and earth rapers
like Monsanto and Dupont had their way
as they continue to today.
This was Pre-us
back when the buffalo roamed
and the Indian's home
was the forest, and God was nature
and heaven was here and now
Can you imagine clean water, food, and air
living in community with animals and people who care?
Do you dare to feel responsible for every dollar you lay down
are you going to make the rich man richer
or are you going to stand your ground
You say you want a revolution
a communal evolution
to be a part of the solution
maybe I'll be seeing you around
Anyone willing to start a drum circle on my back porch or in my kitchen, spontaneously burst into song and dance routines in public in a group - ala West Side Story, help me start a community arts-based non-profit in my hometown, let me have drum circles on their property for free and at no liability, let me use their lawnmower, give me an electric dryer, is also trying to raise a child with the hippie consciousness in a society that doesn't accept it, OR is addicted to "Lost", as well as... Every single person in this video!!!!
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Is there any such thing as bad music?
Actually, "jam bands" and the psychedelic era have created some of the best music ever, and by far qualify as my favorites. I also love me some blues, and anything with a bass line, including some harder stuff. I like - literally - all music, though. I have been musically inclined my entire life, and there is nothing like music to soothe the soul.
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I love when you can watch an entire movie intently, study every word of the dialogue, every move of the characters, and at the end, you are still not sure you saw and heard everything. Some of my favorites are Alice's Restaurant (obviously), The Wizard of Oz, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Easy Rider, Trainspotting, Alice in Wonderland, Fear and Loathing, Star Wars, all the Muppet movies, everything Cheech and Chong, The Princess Bride, The Crow...
I don't watch TV anymore.I miss Lost and the Family Guy, and I miss watching Adult Swim. Mostly, though, I recommend getting rid of it.
On The Road and The Grapes of Wrath are two of my favorites, and also The Catcher in the Rye and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I've loved to read since I was a small child, so the list of books I like is too long to mention. The top books on my list would be The Bible, East of Eden, Alice in Wonderland, The Sneetches (Dr. Seuss) The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test, Steal This Book, Dharma Bums, Hamlet (I know, it's a play...get over it), anything by Edgar Allen Poe, and on and on...
Abbie Hoffman, Rob Kampia, Jerry Garcia and all of those who were part of the "Merry Pranksters"