Speed of Life

by Gregg Chadwick "This was perhaps the most inspirational show I’ve witnessed in 30 years of attending thousands of concerts, including at least a dozen by Springsteen. There was maybe one better: When he played Jazz Fest in New Orleans after Katrina and turned the city of ruins into a city reborn. But Morello’s lead on “Ghost of Tom Joad” will be forever seared into my conscience as a testimonial, and a hope."   - Evelyn McDonnell , The Los Angeles Times   Last night the skies of Los Angeles cleared. The storms of the past few days receded only to be followed by the fierce weather of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's Wrecking Ball Tour . The sold out Los Angeles Sports Arena sported a new coat of paint but the ghosts of past political and musical triumphs seemed to hang in the air.  With the house lights up, the band entered the arena with the theme from the film The Magnificent Seven blasting. This 1960 American film, directed by John...

"We lost Levon at 1:30 today surrounded by friends and family and his musicians have visited him.  As sad as this was, it was very peaceful." - Larry Campbell, Levon Helm's guitarist and band leader As a fitting send off for Levon Helm please watch The Band Perform "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" from Martin Scorsese's Film " The Last Waltz. " Rest in Peace Levon Helm! More at: Levon Helm Dies at 71

Watch live streaming video from hhdl at livestream.com Live Video of the Dalai Lama at San Diego State Compassion Without Borders   **APRIL 19TH, 9:30-11:30am , San Diego State University. --Upholding Universal Ethics & Compassion in Challenging Times.-- To access the webstream, please visit < http://sdsu.edu/ > on the day and time of this event. **APRIL 19TH, 1:30-3:30pm , University of San Diego. --Cultivating Peace & Justice.-- H.H. Dalai Lama s talk will be streamed online at < http://www.sandiego.edu/dalailama/media/ > at 1:30pm on April 19th.

I am sad to report that Levon Helm, who has played drums and contributed lead vocals while in the groundbreaking musical group The Band is "in the final stages of his battle with cancer." Levon's website  note s,  "Please send your prayers and love to him as he makes his way through this part of his journey. Thank you fans and music lovers who have made his life so filled with joy and celebration...he has loved nothing more than to play, to fill the room up with music, lay down the back beat, and make the people dance! He did it every time he took the stage." Rolling Stone writes that ,"Helm was diagnosed with throat cancer in the late 1990s. He recovered, but it took him many years to recover his singing voice. At the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame  induction ceremony  past Saturday evening, Robbie Robertson sent "love and prayers" out to Helm." From The Road (1995), shot 8/5/94 in Rockford, IL The Band: Levon Helm - vocals, drums ...

Dear Friend, Outrageous. By now you've heard that the GOP has put up fake democrats to run against me and 3 other democratic challengers in the State Senate recall elections. This is yet another insult to Wisconsin's proud tradition of clean elections and we need to fight back. My fake Democratic challenger is Gary Ellerman. He's a life-long Republican and founder of the group, "Walkers for Walker." The Democratic Party of Wisconsin filed a complaint with the Government Accountability Board alleging that these Republicans are committing felony election fraud, by collecting nomination signatures under false pretenses. This morning I gave a statement to the Board. "...If you allow a Republican to appear on the ballot as a Democrat, you’re saying that it’s acceptable to place false information on a ballot. This would undermine citizens’ confidence in this process specifically and in government in general. I think it’s telling that aft...