National Suicide Prevention Hotline:  1-800-273-8255

Jesus Christ Superstar-1973 Film

It's hard to believe That there's nobody out there It's hard to believe That I'm all alone At least I have her love The city she loves me Lonely as I am Together we cry I don't ever want to feel Like I did that day Take me to the place I love Take me all the way I don't ever want to feel Like I did that day Take me to the place I love Take me all the way (yeah yeah) Ooh no (no no yeah yeah) Love me I say yeah yeah Under the bridge downtown Is were I drew some blood Under the bridge downtown I could not get enough Under the bridge downtown Forgot about my love Under the bridge downtown I gave my life away (yeah yeah) Ooh no (no no yeah yeah) Here I stay yeah yeah Here I stay

Under The Bridge- Red Hot Chili Peppers

This song came off of the Red Hot Chili Peppers album  Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik , and this particular song is about Anthony's struggles with the drug Mario, and how he used to take it under a bridge in LA.  He felt really alone at the time, and, as it says in the song, he felt that the city was his only friend. He wrote this as he was walking along.

Artist Spotlight: Jimi Hendrix

Purple Haze. Angel. Along the Watchtower. Heard of any of these songs? Well, they were written by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, whose lead singer was none other than Jimi himself. Born in Seattle, Washington, he was raised by his father, with his brother. His first instrument was a one-string ukelele, which he used to learn songs by Elvis. His father bought him his first guitar at age 15, an acoustic guitar, but then at, age 16, his father bought him a white Supro Ozark electric, and after that was stolen, his father bought him a Silvertone Danelectro. He played in many bands before The Jimi Hendrix Experience, including the Velvetones, Curtis Knight and the Squires, and the King Kasuals, and in the Isley Brothers backing band. Hendrix met Linda Keith, Keith Richards Girlfriend, after playing a show in NYC, and soon after met the rest of the experience: Mitch Mitchell and Eric Clapton. They played at the 1967 Monterey Pop festival, and many of their singles, including their cover do Hey Joe, became popular worldwide. The Experience broke up in 1969, but Hendrix went on to perform at Woodstock and become the highest paid rock musician in 1969. Hendrix was one of the most influential guitarist of the 20th century.

2nd Album Review: 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day

Green Day's rock opera and concept album 21st Century Breakdown won a Grammy for Best Rock Album, at the 52nd Grammy Awards, and I can really see why.  The album expresses the discontent and struggles of lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong's life, and the band's view of the 21st century.  It is full of references from the band's lives, and the punk tones mixed with rock riffs and influences really brings this concept album together.  Armstrong's one of a kind voice really supports this albums message and feelings, and it explores political and social aspects of the 21st century.  From the softer,slower tones of 21 Guns to the punk-rock explosion in East Jesus Nowhere, this album breaks down the century we live in through the riffs and vocals of Billie Joe, Mike, and Jason and the drumming of Tre.  Five well earned stars.

If haven't heard any of the album, go listen to East Jesus Nowhere. Great song.

Artist Recommendation: Shapist

Just go listen to them, okay? They sound really good, and if you like the Used then you may like them. They have a rock sound that sounds like Bring Me The Horizon's Sempiternal. Go listen to them, especially their song "Cancer".

You can have my isolation You can have the hate that it brings You can have my absence of faith You can have my everything Help me Tear down my reason Help me It's your sex I can smell Help me You make me perfect Help me become somebody else

Closer- Nine Inch Nails

This song is from the album The Downward Spiral, which is about a man's descent into madness and ending in suicide.  This particular song is centered around how this man hates himself and escapes his insecurities through "love-making". He is obsessed with the person he is singing to, and views the person as their only connection to life. The album is full of songs with under-lying meanings and darker themes. The way Trent twists the lyrics to create these themes is amazing and improved his music all the more.

Community Bail Funds

i love seeing the boosting of bail funds for protesters that are going around right now. i wanted to share a list of (US) community bail funds that are always in need of donations and support. please consider making small, regular donations to a bail fund local to you in order to support your community fight an unjust, corrupt legal system. and please share!

(full directory is here and i’ve specified whether the fund is for pre-trial or immigration services, if the name of the fund doesn’t already do that!)

National

Haitian Immigrant Bond Assistance Project (immigration)

LGBTQ Freedom Fund (immigration)

Alabama

Mongomery Bail Out Fund (pre-trial)

Etowah Freedom Fund (immigration)

Arizona

Tucson Second Chance Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Pima Monthly Meeting Immigration Bond Fund (immigration)

California (all immigration)

Al Otro Lado Vida Libre Bond Fund - Southern California 

Bay Area Immigration Bond Fund - State-wide

Familias Reunidas Immigration Bond Fund - San Diego area

Freedom for Immigrants Bond Fund - Adelanto Only

ICIJ Bond Fund - Inland Empire

Immigrant Families Defense Fund- Alameda County

Orange County Justice Fund - Orange County 

NorCal Resist Sacramento Region Bond Fund

San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium Borderlands Get Free Fund - Southern California

Colorado

Colorado Freedom Fund (pre-trial)

Immigration Freedom Fund of Colorado  

Connecticut

Connecticut Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Immigrant Bail Fund

Florida

LGBTQ Freedom Fund (pre-trial)

Georgia

Georgia Immigration Bond Fund

Hawaii

Hawaii Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Illinois

Champaign County Bailout Coalition (pre-trial)

Chicago Community Bond Fund (pre-trial)

Iowa

Eastern Iowa Community Bond Project (immigration)

Kentucky

Louisville Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

3R Fund for Immigrants

Louisiana

New Orleans Safety & Freedom Fund (pre-trial)

YWCA Greater Baton Rouge Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Freedom for Immigrants Bond Fund

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Beyond Bail & Legal Defense Fund (immigration)

Michigan

Kent County Immigration Bond for Our Neighbor’s Defense Fund 

Minnesota

Minnesota Freedom Fund (pre-trial & immigration)

Missouri

Kansas City Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Race Matters Friends Community Bail Fund - Columbia, MO (pre-trial)

Reale Justice Community Bail Fund - Kansas City, MO (pre-trial)

Nevada

Vegas Freedom Fund (pre-trial)

Las Vegas Family Unity Bond Fund - Arriba Las Vegas Workers Center (immigration)

New Hampshire

NH Conference UCC Immigrant and Refugee Support Group Immigrant Bond & Support Fund 

New Jersey

First Friends of NJ & NY Bond Fund (immigration)

New Mexico

Fronterizo Fianza Fund (immigration)

New York

Emergency Release Fund - New York City (pre-trial)

OAR of Tompkins County Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Syracuse Jail Ministry (pre-trial)

LIFE Bond Fund (New Sanctuary Coalition) (immigration)

New York Immigrant Freedom Fund (Brooklyn Community Bail Fund)

North Carolina

Alamance County Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

North Carolina Community Bail Fund of Durham (pre-trial) 

Ohio

3R Fund for Immigrants

Oregon

Portland Freedom Fund (pre-trial)

Pennsylvania

Bukit Bail Fund of Pittsburgh (pre-trial)

Dauphin County Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Philadelphia Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Philadelphia Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Community Fund for Bond and Legal Support (immigration)

Rhode Island

AMOR Bond Fund (immigration)

Tennessee

Hamilton County Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Memphis Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Nashville Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Texas

Luke 4:18 Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Fronterizo Fianza Fund - El Paso area (immigration)

Hutto Community Deportation Defense & Bond Fund - Austin area (Hutto)

RAICES Texas Bond Fund - state-wide TX (immigration)

Vermont

Vermont Freedom Bail Fund (immigration)

Virginia

Richmond Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Roanoke Community Bail Fund  (pre-trial)

Cville Immigrant Freedom Fund 

Washington

Northwest Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Fair Fight Immigrant Bond Fund

Wisconsin

Free the 350 Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Classic Sex Pistols, just swearing and being outrageous on TV.