Will Smith on Success and Greatness

Key Quotes:
“Greatness is not this wonderful, esoteric, elusive godlike feature that only the special among us will ever taste. It’s something that truly exists within all of us.”
“If you are not making someone else’s life better, then you’re wasting your time.”
“What’s the point of being realistic? It’s unrealistic to walk in a room and flip a switch and lights come on. Fortunately, Edison didn’t think so.”

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meet & greet.

hello y’all. we are we are lines. an organically evolving collection of accessories, home goods, and whatever else makes us tick.  we want our blog to be a place of inspiration, news, and plain silliness.

a weekly feature will be a three question interveiw with jessica & jessica. each week the interview will consist of an either/or question, a favorite question, and a question that needs a little more explanation.  feel free to comment questions that you would like included.

a second weekly feature with be our top ten lists. we will make a top ten list of a subject of our choosing.

looking forward to insights and delights.

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INTERVIEW: Kenn Davenport (KNYEW)

Please introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about what you do.

My name is Kenn Davenport A.K.A. Kenny Knyewtron. I am the managing partner and one of the three founders of Knyew. I handle all the day to day operations including buying, retail organization, logistics, and customer service.

 What is life like up in Las Vegas, as far as music, nightlife, fashion, and popular culture?

Las Vegas is a city like no other in a lot of ways. We are a hospitality / service oriented city, so nothing really closes here. Life here is what you make it. There are two sides to Las Vegas. If you want to drink yourself into the ground, lose your life earnings gambling, or party in epic style you can do that. On the other hand, Las Vegas does have a growing sense of community. Vegas is almost like any other city…We just have a lot of hotels, casinos, and nightclubs. Nightlife, Pop culture, and a lot of fashion run hand in hand here…It can be rather corny at times. There are a few of us here trying to buck the trend and offer Las Vegas more.

Tell us a little about KNYEW and the people involved.

 Knyew (pronounced new) was founded by DJ Crooked (Richard Sung), DJ Neva (Evan Boyd), and myself. Knyew stands for Keeping New York Every Where. Crooked and Neva have been DJing here in Vegas for over five years, both gents are native New Yorkers. What kind of brands does KNYEW carry? We carry brands that are very recognizable within the street wear and street culture community. Brands such as The Hundreds, Crooks and Castles, Diamond Supply, Huf, 10 Deep, Acapulco Gold, Black Scale…To see the complete listing of what brands we carry peep knyew.blogspot.com.

What are some of your favourite brands out right now?

The Hundreds, I have a lot of respect for what they are doing with the brand and for what they are doing for our industry. I really like what Mega and the boys are doing with Black Scale. Acapulco Gold is also one of my favorites as well.

What new upcoming events or releases are you currently working on?

 I would tell you but then I’d have to kill you. Just joking. As I mentioned we are trying to bring more to Las Vegas. We plan on continuing our bi-monthly party here in Vegas called “Backspin” where we play nothing but old school hip-hop, r&b, reggae and classics. DJ legends like Riz from Crooklyn Clan and local favorites like Five and OB-One have made this event a platform for good music in Las Vegas. Everyone looks forward to our “Backspin” parties and we’re proud to bring this type of gathering for our peoples. We also plan on developing some cut and sew pieces this year like button-down shirts, crew neck sweaters and light jackets. Our most recent t-shirt designs like the “MLB” and “Token” have been getting a very positive response so it only seemed natural to further the KNYEW brand by expanding into some outerwear. I have a few collaboration projects in the works too but I can’t tell you about those. Really.

What would you say are the most difficult aspects or being in your line of work?

I only get to slim it down to a few things??? For me the most difficult aspect is…nothing big really. We opened Knyew and built it from the ground up. We have no corporation backing us or a silent partner with deep pockets. We do this for our own reasons with our own beliefs behind it. Everyday presents a new challenge for me, nothing stays the same from day to day. Making adjustments is a big part of what we have to do in our industry. I’m sure there are “purists” out there that want things to stay the same. If that was the case we wouldn’t be where we are today.

The fashion and music worlds are often tied together…What music artists out right now are grabbing your attention?

No one really, I feel that a lot of music artist get their gear for free. So do all of them wear it because they love it or because it is free? That isn’t attention worthy to me.

Thank you for taking the time to speak with us Kenn. Do you have any last words or shout-outs?

Last words are for death row inmates and we’re far from dead. Much love and respect to my Knyew family DJ Crooked, DJ Neva, and Jazzy. Props to Mega at Black Scale, David at The Hundreds, the whole Triumvir crew, Acapulco Gold, Benny Gold, 10 Deep, Sole Society, and all of our loyal supporters! Thank you all! Thank you as well The Goodie Bag.

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Legacy of US-Haitian Relations Dating Back to 1804

By Danny Glover and Amy Goodman,  Democracy Now!

JUAN GONZALEZ: We’re joined here in New York by the acclaimed actor, director, producer and activist Danny Glover. He’s chairman of the board of TransAfrica Forum and executive producer of a new documentary, Soundtrack for a Revolution, that opens Friday.

Welcome to Democracy Now!, Danny.

DANNY GLOVER: Thank you very much.

JUAN GONZALEZ: Well, you’ve been long involved with the Haitian people and solidarity movements with Haiti. You spoke yesterday at a Martin Luther King event here in Brooklyn. What’s the message that you would like to bring at this point to how we are doing, the United States, with this aid to Haiti?

DANNY GLOVER: Well, I mean, I was on—not only did I speak in Brooklyn last night on Martin Luther King Day, but also I was on a Larry King Live fundraiser. And there was so much energy placed upon raising money, simply raising money, with not the money—the context of where the money goes and what happens to the money and the real issues that we face.

Now, we’ve just heard on this just news feed about the militarization that’s happening in Haiti. Well, there’s a legacy of that, starting from certainly the blockade against Haiti after its independence in 1804, then with the militarization and occupation of Haiti from 1914 to 1935. It’s a continuation of US interference in Haiti. Interestingly enough, there’s troops on the ground now in Haiti. At the time of the coup, just before the coup, Ron Dellums, and among others, who were trying to get US troops to interfere so that those troops wouldn’t overthrow the democratically elected government of President Aristide.

So we see troops and this—and militarization. And I think we have to be very concerned about that. On one hand, we’re given this one face, a face that we see right now, the face of generosity of the American public. And that’s all good. But also, we see the other side of this. Who gets in? Nobody talks about the Cubans, Venezuelans and the others who provided aid, who were right on the spot after the earthquake.

JUAN GONZALEZ: Well, we reported last week that there were 400 Cuban doctors and medical personnel who were in Haiti already—

DANNY GLOVER: Already.

JUAN GONZALEZ: —previously, and then immediately set up two field hospitals and, I think within the first day, treated about 800 people.

DANNY GLOVER: And the Cubans have trained 400 Haitian doctors, as well, who were part of this. So you had a cadre of 800 doctors there who were ready to serve. I mean, one of the most—CNN International reported one of the most effective clinics is run by Cuban doctors. They were seeing more than a thousand patients a day.

JUAN GONZALEZ: Now, you have been in touch with some folks in Haiti, you were telling me before in the break.

DANNY GLOVER: Well, we have—the particular incident. I got a call from Nicole Lee at about 9:00 Saturday morning, and she had gotten an urgent message from Jacmel. Now, Jacmel is right between—twenty-five miles from Port-au-Prince. And she had gotten an urgent message and the need that—no supplies were getting to Jacmel.

I immediately got on the phone with Congresswoman Barbara Lee, and I didn’t know she was in—I was in New York—I didn’t know she was on the West Coast, at 6:00 in the morning, and told her about the incident, told her to get in touch with Nicole Lee, our director, for more information. She was able to call Donald Payne. He was able to call the Southern—

JUAN GONZALEZ: Donald Payne, the congressman?

DANNY GLOVER: Donald Payne, the congressman. She was able to call—Congressman Payne, he was able to call the Southern Command, who had control of the airspace, and they were able to—they got the [inaudible] number—they were able to get goods and services—get services to Jacmel at the time.

So, you can see—you can see the kind of anxiety that the Haitian people must be going through now. You know, all this publicity that’s going on outside of the country itself, and there’s still this backlog in terms of getting those services—getting critical services to the people of Haiti.

JUAN GONZALEZ: Well, I saw an interview last night that the US ambassador to Haiti had on the Lehrer NewsHour, where he was responding to some of this criticism that the military is basically hogging the airfield there. And he claimed—he refuted that. He said they are attempting now to have all military flights to in at night to allow civilian flights to come in with supplies and other material during the daytime. But your sense of, from what you’re hearing, of this impact that basically the United States is now in control of the main airport?

DANNY GLOVER: Absolutely. Well, the United States is in control of the main airport. The United States sees Haiti as part of their sphere of influence. We know about the Monroe Doctrine and that legacy of that. And so, I think it’s a major concern, because how we look at what happens in the immediacy of this tragedy, how people—lives are saved, and how things—how infrastructure is retained or maintained or restarted, is a key indication of what the relationship is going to be later. And what the relationship is going to be later, as we know that the Heritage Foundation has said this is an opportunity for us to reshape Haiti in the way that we want to see Haiti.

So I think it’s important for us to—for all progressives to talk about what is happening on the ground right now. And immediacy of saving those lives, that’s urgent. Children’s, women’s, men’s—all lives. And because we understand there’s been almost 200,000 people who have died. But at the same time, we have to be concerned what is happening and what structures are placed now in defining the future of Haiti. There has to be—we have to revitalize a public sector in Haiti. That public sector was active at the time of Aristide’s election. It’s been active and gaining ground now. There’s work that’s been going on, the Haiti Support Project and other projects. We have to say—see where this money, resources are going, where it’s going to those effective groups, where it’s going to grassroots organizations, and make sure they’re getting it to the people.

JUAN GONZALEZ: We’re talking with Danny Glover, actor and activist, chair of the TransAfrica Forum. We are going to come back in a minute and continue the conversation and hopefully be able to reach Amy Goodman and Sharif Abdel Kouddous, who are in Haiti and have been there for several days. This is Democracy Now! We’ll be back in a minute.

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JUAN GONZALEZ: We’re here with Danny Glover, actor and activist. But we have been able to reach Amy Goodman in Haiti in Port-au-Prince, and she joins us now by telephone.

Welcome, Amy.

AMY GOODMAN: It’s great to be with you both, with you, Juan, with you, Dan. I’m also here with Sharif Abdel Kouddous.

Democracy Now! made it down to Haiti this weekend. And it has been—well, let’s use the Creole word. It’s tè tranble, which means the earth trembles. That’s Creole for “earthquake.” Or in French, tremblement de terre, right? The trembling of the earth. Haiti is shaken to the core. It is devastated, as if a bomb, many bombs, exploded throughout Port-au-Prince. And it goes beyond, where help has not yet arrived at all, though I don’t want to make it sound like there is much help in Port-au-Prince at this point.

The smell of death hangs in the air everywhere. People who are [inaudible] masks, or they just use bandanas or kerchiefs. You know when you’re passing a house that has dead bodies in it. We just were racing along the road to try to get a connection to be able to speak with you. Signs in English, because that’s what people think aid workers will respond to, say along one building, “Dead bodies inside.” Along another—and we’re in the capital of Haiti, we’re in Port-au-Prince, where, if there are any services, most of the service are—another sign said, “We need help. We need water. We need food.” And this is the situation all over Haiti.

I was just speaking with a doctor, doctors who came in from Denver Children’s Hospital and local hospitals in Colorado to somehow give relief. And he said when they came into the airport, they were shocked by the massive tents. Those tents contained aid, and also he said they were filled with soldiers, with doctors, with aid workers. And he said he could only think, why here? Why at the airport? Why not going out through Haiti?

And what we did yesterday is what few journalists have done: we left Port-au-Prince, and we went along the coast to Carrefour and to Léogâne. This is the epicenter. This is where the United Nations issued its statement, saying they acknowledge 90 percent of the buildings were down, that thousands of people were dead. But, they said, unless they could ensure security, they would not be providing aid there. Now, this is tremendously frightening.

As we passed through the epicenter, a young man hailed down our car, and he said, “Please, we see some helicopters overhead, but they don’t stop here. We have no aid. We have no food.”

And then moving into Léogâne, this old city of dignity, the city where the church is the church where Jean-Jacques Dessalines was married, that’s about to celebrate its 500th anniversary, a grief-stricken priest outside said, “Please help us.” It is in shambles. The steeple is buried in the rocks below. And the most frightening is when you see people digging with their bare hands or with mallets or with hammers, trying to get their loved ones out of the building. That is the image of Léogâne.

We talked to a young man who was there digging through cement. Imagine your porch, and you take your bare hands or a mallet. And he is digging. He’s covered in dust, in cement dust. And we asked him, “What are you digging for?” And he said, “My grandfather.” He said, “My grandfather.” We asked how he knew he was there, because he had made a circle, and he was digging within this circle. But, of course, while he was standing at our level, this was the second floor, not the first. And he said that his grandfather had gone into the kitchen to get his grandmother something to eat, and that’s when the earthquake struck, the tè tranble, he said. And that’s why he knew just where his grandfather was. And he had been digging for hours, in fact had just dug out his neighbor, a woman who was twenty-five years old, formed that same circle. And she was on the couch where she had rested after preparing dinner. And they had just brought her body out. The smell was overwhelming.

People everywhere, pulling at us. “Come to my house.” “No, to mine, to mine.” We went to a house. Again, remember, it’s as if we are looking at a bomb-scape. And we don’t even know where one house ends and another begins. And a group of young and old men and boys are standing at this house, and they show us to climb in the rubble. And we get up. And they have climbed, again made that circle, and they had smashed through it with mallets, with their hands, with hammers. And we saw the bassinet. They had just pulled out a one-year-old boy and buried him in the reeds, in the reeds next to the girl of twenty-five, some other young people, and where the young man’s grandfather would hopefully be, if he could find his body and bury him with dignity.

JUAN GONZALEZ: Amy—

AMY GOODMAN: These are the scenes of Haiti.

JUAN GONZALEZ: Amy, I’d like to ask you, it’s been now almost exactly a week since the quake. What about the living? There are about a hundred—there’s 130,000 people in Léogâne. Are they getting water? Are they getting any kind of assistance to be able to stay alive?

AMY GOODMAN: They are getting almost no help. We went from one family to another, and they said, continually, their lives are in the hands of God. The UN itself made the statement about security. And we wanted to know what was it they were referring to. We walk freely from one place to another. The people desperate, but certainly peaceful.

You know, Juan, what it looks like, where people are, they have formed—and it’s remarkable. As Sister Mary Finnick said to us, where—in Port-au-Prince at a place called Matthew 25, it was a hospitality house that has now become a house of hospitality for over a thousand people on the soccer field next door. There are camps, refugee camps, all over. In Léogâne, some are smaller, some are larger. We would look behind cars, and people had erected with sheets and with anything that could protect them from the sun. You would look inside, and there would be many women, children, men laying on sheets on the ground—if they were lucky, they had been able to drag out mattresses—on chairs, on car seats. And they’re there, wherever you go. And in the main plaza, you have more than a thousand people who are gathered. And all they ask for, they ask for food, they ask for water. They ask for search and rescue equipment, although, of course, at this point it is hard to imagine that people could survive.

But, you know, Juan, sometimes they can. As we went through the airport on Sunday, a woman was being brought in—people are brought in on doors, carried in by sheets. You’ll see sometimes, if you’re lucky, the—a woman was being put on a plane to Miami, and we asked where had she come from. And they said, from the Caribe market, you know, a shopping place in Port-au-Prince. She had just been pulled out on Saturday morning. That’s Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. She was surrounded by her sisters, and she was being put on a plane. She is one of the lucky ones.

The stories of people hearing the moaning, day after day—their babies, their mothers, their fathers, their grandparents. They are simply asking for the support of a civilized world. And to be told that the UN is concerned about security before they’ll give aid, this is what is of grave concern to people.

You know, it’s interesting. I asked the mayor of Léogâne—I asked the mayor what he would think—what he thought first of President Obama calling on President Bush and President Clinton, the three of them standing side by side, saying they wanted to show the face of unity, past and present presidents, that they were together in this effort to help save Haiti. I asked Mayor Santos of Léogâne, what would he think of President Aristide returning home? He has spoken, you know, from South Africa. He has spoken and said he wants to come back. The Aristide Foundation is providing medical care and working with doctors here in Haiti, but the First Family from 2004 wants to return. What did he think of President Aristide standing, like Bush, Clinton and Obama did, with President Préval in a face of unity, in bringing hope to the people? And even he, who would not necessarily have supported Aristide in the past, Mayor Santos, said it would be a sign of hope to have that unified front, that people are looking for some help.

And when I said, you know, President Obama, talking about how he would save Haiti, I think what we have witnessed here—for example, at Matthew 25 in Delmas in Port-au-Prince—that’s a neighborhood. And Matthew 25, this hospitality house, is actually taking off on the adage Matthew 25: “Whatsoever you do unto the least of my brothers and sisters, you do unto me.” The people who are working around the clock here, what they have shown us, in talking with the Haitians here, is not—I think we’re talking about anarchy of the government, but incredible communal strength of the community. These refugee camps, these smaller and larger camps that number in the thousands, they are organized communities. At night they’ll put rocks across the street. If you didn’t know these communities, you’d say, “What’s going on here? Right? Are these, you know, anarchists? Are they violent? Are they menacing?” They are protecting their communities and those within. And they don’t want those from outside to come in, especially at night. It’s remarkably organized at the local level, among neighborhoods, people helping each other.

That’s what Sister Mary Finnick talked about. She said, when aid workers, when all the big journalists finally get here, they’ll be talking about the riots, because people are so desperate after a week. What do you think will happen if you bring out a pallet and there are so many more people than the food that’s being provided? She said, “But what’s not told is, in these first days, when the people showed all of their remarkable Haitian courage, courage and strength, and helped each other through these desperate times.” Sharif and I—

JUAN GONZALEZ: Amy—

AMY GOODMAN: Yes.

JUAN GONZALEZ: Amy, the issue that you raised about people who are needing medical care, unfortunately, the US government is not providing very many visas for people to leave for medical care in the United States. The most badly hurt people, who obviously are not going to be able to get the kind of medical care they need in the—in Haiti right now. Possibly even the Dominican Republic is heavily taxed right now as a result of taking in many injured. But I’d like to ask, Danny, your reaction, what you’re hearing from Amy’s report?

DANNY GLOVER: Well, I’m not surprised. I’m certainly dismayed. I’ve been a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNICEF and the UNICEF family for more than twelve years. And I think it’s disgusting, in the way in which the United Nations has approached this. I think they’ve allowed this country to dictate the playing field and what’s happening in Haiti—this country, the United States.

And I think that the selection of both Clinton and both of Bush is disappointing. Both of them had some hand in the current democratization of Haiti, had some hand in the kind of neoliberal policies that have governed the development of Haiti over the last two decades. Some hand, they’ve both had in that. So I’m dismayed at this. And why not have called in President Carter, someone who is familiar with the ideals around humanitarian help?

So I think that, that like I said before, what is so clear is that what we see now, in some sense, is a picture not only of the short-term response to what has happened in Haiti, but perhaps what we’ll see in terms of the long-range response. And that’s what we have to be—as citizens, we have to be concerned about.

We have to understand that this resiliency, this resiliency and power and this strength that the Haitian people have garnished up themselves, is nothing that’s mystique. It doesn’t come out of some place else. It comes from the courage that they’ve exhibited over the last 500 years, or the 200 years since their independence.

We have to find a way in which we find a way here, as progressives and people of consciousness, to support Haitian people, to support them developing. They’ve already set aside and began to develop their systems of protection and honoring their past and honoring themselves. They’ve already set aside that. Now it’s our role to play as citizens here and demand accountability, demand that we find—we demand that we have to find out where that money is going, why those supplies have not gotten to those people in the places like Léogâne, Jacmel and every other place, and why they haven’t gotten it there. It’s a week after.

JUAN GONZALEZ: Well, Danny Glover, actor and activist, I want to thank you for being with us…

Danny Glover is actor, director, producer, and activist. He is chairman of the board of TransAfrica Forum and executive producer of a new documentary Soundtrack for a Revolution.

Danny Glover is an acclaimed actor, director, producer and longtime friend of Haiti. His directorial debut, Toussaint, focused on the life of François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, a former slave who became one of the fathers of Haiti’s independence from France in 1804.

 

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Kill Paradise

Denver, Colorado’s own Nick Cocozzella of Kill Paradise is telling all about how the music of Kill Paradise has grown, new expieriences and hopes for Kill Paradise.

Interviewer: Kathleen Vasco

Describe what Kill Paradise is all about in one sentence’s

Cocozzella: It’s like eating an orange colored apple and then feeling that you may have just found your new favorite flavor!

How were the shows on the EZ bronz tour?

Cocozzella: They were Perfect! Everyone that came to the shows came to have a great time. All the bands on the tour were great. It was good to finally tour with our best friends that we grew up with in Breathe Carolina!

Was there any particular favorite show on the tour?

Cocozzella: Hmm… well they were all great!! It’s so hard to pick a favorite, it’s like picking your favorite child. However, I was really surprised with how crazy the fans were Houston TX. Also the day are CD came out we played Grand Rapids Michigan, that was nuts. There were a lot of people and everyone went crazy. I’ll never forget that!

Say you had the chance to collaborate with any artist, who would it
be and why?

Cocozzella: Oh wow, that’s another hard question. I would love to work with so many artists. Right now I think working with Kenny from The Starting Line would be very cool. He is such a great songwriter and having his perspective mashed with mine on a song would be very interesting!

What is your favorite song to perform live personally?

Cocozzella: I really enjoy playing Radio Arcade. That song has so much going on musically, it is really fun to play. Also I get to rap during, so that is fun!

What song do you think the crowds at shows reacts to with the most
energy?

Cocozzella: Definitely RCNK Remix. It has a lot of emotion and energy behind the music and the lyrics. I think the audience feels that when we play it. Sometimes I get so into that song, I go into the crowd to sing with them!

How do you feel your music has changed/grown from Pictures to The
Effect. Then to The Second Effect?

Cocozzella: When I released Pictures I was just kind of just experimenting with recording arts. I had no idea how to independently record or produce. I knew how to compose and write songs, but no clue how to engineer them. “The Effect” was my hardest attempt to write, record, master and produce all by myself. Then, to independently release it. All of it was a great learning experience!

What was the your goal/idea when creating “The Second Effect”?

Cocozzella: To put together a great CD! It has songs from “The Effect” and 6 new songs. It was my first label release so I wanted it to be packed with great music!

10) For Bamboozle Left, what can be expected for your set? Will there be older or new songs performed?

Cocozzella: Just a great time! You will smile I promise! I will be playing pretty much every song off of “The Second Effect”

Has there been any crazy/ first time experiences that have happened
on tour? If so, what experiences has there been?

Cocozzella: Tour is a great time. There have been so many crazy times. On the “Crunk Kids” tour, we went to Canada and that was really neat! I had never been there before so it was great to see something different. The kids there are incredible and just love to have good time!! In some places in Canada they speak French! That was really neat to see.

Is there a message you want to get across through the music you create?

Cocozzella: Well… the whole point of Kill Paradise is to kill the idea of
perfection, and to just be you. I see so many kids these days trying so
hard to be perfect, which is impassable. We are not your ordinary pop
group and don’t mind acting like dorks on stage! We just hope we can put a smile on your face when you listen to us!

If you weren’t involved in music, what do you think you would be
doing?

Cocozzella: I graduated from college with a degree in video production and art, so maybe something along those lines. However, I could not imagine a life where I was not doing something musical.

How is the Colorado music scene pertaining to your music project?

Cocozzella: The local music scene here is incredible. It’s really neat because in Colorado it seem like every musician knows each other. It’s bizarre but really cool! The fans here are so devoted. It’s really humbling.

How does it feel to perform with one of your closest friends Bryce
during your set?

Cocozzella: It adds so much! The energy is completely different
from when it was just me. He really completes Kill Paradise! I’m blessed
to have him apart of this!

Is there anything else you would like to say that hasn’t been stated
already?

Cocozzella: Well to my fans, thank you so much for your support and kindness over theyears. You are all truly a pleasure to have in my life! I’m so glad you like my music as much as I do! Thanks!!!

Kathleen and Chelsea would like to thank James from Kerosene Media and Nick Cocozzella for making this interview possible. To find out more about Kill Paradise, go and visit his myspace

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Some tips in a row.

‘The Intenders of the Highest Good’ is a great ‘organization’ who have brought intentions to an art form. On their site you can (among other things) subscribe to 44 empowering email’s, who are all fantastic. There are Intenders Circles around half of the world now and Tony Burroughs gives lectures whereof at least one is on youtube. (I’ll place the videos at the bottom of this article )   Today Eva Gregory does a free telecall ‘Your Personal Cosmic Connection to Source’. You can subscribe here, also for the replay. Eva is a wonderful woman, a great example and a beautiful channel. Together with Jeanna Gabellini she does lots of courses and teleclasses. Intergral Enlightenment started a series too. ‘Awakening the Impulse to Evolve’. I found their first series very enlightening. The first replay is here.   Last a replay of the first ‘Conscious Parenting’ radio show of Rhonda Ryder with Kristin Morelli. The show’s replay is here.   Plenty of choices again today. All people who place spirituality and ‘inner being’ with two feet down to earth.          

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Meet @SteveNewlinJr

Name: Reverend Steven Newlin

Since you seem to keep busy being a religious zealot, what brought you to Twitter to spend your spare time?:

First off, I am not a “zealot” in the negative connotation you spit from your sinful mouth and God knows where that mouth has been… If I am a Zealot, it would be in the traditional meaning based in Biblical history. A Zealot was a member of a fanatical sect arising in Judea during the first century and militantly opposed the Roman domination of Palestine. Much the same as I militantly oppose the liberal based, vampire loving, hedonistic movement that is threatening the foundations of righteousness and the survival of Humanity!

As for Twitter, my estranged wife @SarahNewlin told me about it. I can only assume she heard about it from some of the young male recruits at LODI, pillow-talk not doubt. Anyway, I looked into it and it appeared to be a way to spread God’s Word through a social networking venue. I monitored, or is the term “lurked”, on Twitter for a short while. I found it to be a cyber version of Sodom and Gomorrah. The foul language, sexual innuendos and copious numbers of Nocturnal Parasites “tweeting” through the night begged for the healing words of Jesus.

My mouth, Rev? Excuse me? I am a Belle, a lady, not some fangbanger! Speaking of which, I heard @VampireBill say that @SarahNewlin invited him into your home, can’t say I blame her. AT.ALL. Have you upped your security at the homestead since then?:

You say that you heard @SarahNewlin invited @VampireBill into my home. I can assure you that was a lie! She may have invited every stray “horndog” young man within 100 miles, but not a vampire! In fact, if she had invited a vampire inside do you not think that I would already be dead, drained of every drop of my blood? As you can see I am very much alive.

Vampires can not be trusted; they lie as easily as a politician. They tell you what you want to hear or glamor the weak-minded into submission.

Security doesn’t seem like your strong suit. Neither does henchmen. They seem to be killed while in your employ. Did the authorities ever discover what happened to @RobinHarsh?:

As for my Heads of Security, you are correct I have not had much luck with them. The life expectancy of my Head of Security has been the same as that of a fangbanger! The police have not found any trace of @RobinHarsh, they have ruled him missing presumed dead. He was a creepy guy! Oh sure he had boyish charm but to be honest I think he liked the ladies a bit too much!

I am currently seeking a new Head of Security. If you know of anyone please forward their information to me. We have a great health, dental and vision benefits plan, but unfortunately we can no longer offer life insurance.

You’ve been separated from your wife for a few months now. Any chance of you rekindling your marital flame or perhaps a date with @_Amanda_Jayne?:

Jesus teaches us to turn the other cheek and so I have. I trusted @SarahNewlin a second time and she was in cahoots with those Stackhouse fangbangers and brought vampires into our Fellowship. Many good people were hurt that night. I have run out of cheeks to be slapped, well that is unless I drop my pants! As for @_Amanda_Jayne I have not heard from her much since the night @SarahNewlin brought the vampires to attack us. @_Amanda_Jayne was so brave in the face of those demons, but I think I may have seen the last of her (sigh).

Being a Belle, I probably shouldn’t say this, but you are one of the funniest men on Twitter. Is there anyone who makes you laugh?:

What? I’m funny? What do you mean by that? I am not trying to be funny! I’m fighting a war here to save Humanity from the Nocturnal Parasites! Don’t you understand that these Demons from Hell are destroying our friends and families? Oooooh, nice shoes! What are they Jimmy Choos? *smirk*(I think the Rev has been lurking @smeykunz’s stream)

And now for a question or two for the man behind the mask…..

Do you identify with the character of Steve Newlin at all?:

I do identify with the romantic notion of his quixotic approach to addressing the issues he believes in.  However, I by no means see things as purely good or purely evil as he sees them.

Why did you really come to Twitter? It couldn’t have been to kill Vampires.:

Well, you want to know about “the man behind the Newlin mask”, he is a husband that works all day and just wants dinner. My wife was on Twitter as @SarahNewlin in June, spending all her time tweeting or lurking the TB RPers. So, in an effort to spend time with my wife… @SteveNewlinJr was born. If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Still no dinner though, I’m very hungry….

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