Spider-Man http://mindbenderlovesyou.com/home.cfm Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:15:00 GMT http://bandzoogle.com I'm back like I never left you :) <3 http://mindbenderlovesyou.com/home.cfm?feature=2000211&postid=2994074 It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you... without a fresh new idea to accept you :) But if you want to catch up to Mindbender's life, peep me on the latest hot new digital crack that everyone been smokin' on every day... you know the one!!! <a target="_new" href="http://www.facebook.com/MindbenderSupremeLove?ref=hl">MINDBENDER SUPREME ON FACEBOOK! also, this wonderful thing happened recently, and I can't thank Nardwuar enough for it :) <a target="_new" href="http://nardwuar.com/rad/2012/11/nardwuar-vs-sean-lennon-flying-lotus/">MINDBENDER MUSIC ON NARDWUAR! DOOT DOOT!!!!<a target="_new" href="http://nardwuar.com/rad/2012/11/nardwuar-vs-sean-lennon-flying-lotus/"> I also did an interview with Maestro Fresh Wes for Toronto Is Awesome! This is another dream come true, word up! <a target="_new" href="http://www.torontoisawesome.com/the-reverb-series/the-reverb-volume-7-maestro-fresh-wes-invincible-visionary/">MINDBENDER INTERVIEW WITH MAESTRO FRESH WES!!!<a target="_new" href="http://www.torontoisawesome.com/the-reverb-series/the-reverb-volume-7-maestro-fresh-wes-invincible-visionary/"> And I got a new manager! Frank of Souled Out Ent. is the man that I'm gonna make world history with! He gave me the album title &quot;Relationship Therapy&quot;... which will be like an album version of this:&nbsp; The Deepest Confession of Mindbender (so far): For the past few months, I wondered why I'm more unlucky in finding love and sex in Toronto than karma and logic says I should be. People say I'm a very kind person (and they are 99.1% right). No women have publicly confessed to hating my guts (I'm sure some do, though! LOL!) And I've been a respectful gentleman and a pretty dedicated friend to all the ladies in my life. (Except that girl Christine in Grade 3 who kicked me in the balls. WE HAD TO FIGHT, LOL!) Besides her, I go to sleep at night feeling pretty secure that I have been very lovely to women, and that I'm part of the solution, not the problem with men in the insane world of relationships today. So WHY has it been so difficult for Addi to find someone to be with? I *finally* realized it yesterday: IT IS BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THE SAME ~VALUES~ AS MOST OF THE WOMEN IN TORONTO. NOT SEXUALLY -OR- SPIRITUALLY. The value system of your regular Toronto woman is sooo FAR apart from my heart, mind and soul, that there is almost NO way we will connect, even if we are attracted to each other. Most Toronto women value showing patience over sharing passion (and if both patience and passion is irrational, most choose irrational patience... aka FEAR.) Most Toronto women value the traditional dating structure over exploring spontaneous intimacy adventures. Most Toronto women justify their fears and reinforce their mistrust more than they justify their love and reinforce their hope. Most Toronto women would rather not risk anything emotionally to maintain the neutrality they are lost in, rather than make a decision -today- to offer someone a new part of their heart. And I realize that my values are more like a love-obsessed celebrity, a free-spirited entertainer, even an erotic film star, more than your average Toronto man. I love freedom and fearlessness, and honestly, how many Toronto women do you see on a daily basis that you can say are living free and fearless? Exactly. I don't mean to stereotype Toronto women. EVERYONE is capable of growing the very moment they choose to evolve their mind and/or heart. And I am so sincere about doing this Relationship Therapy work while I'm alive on earth, and living in Toronto has taught me SO MUCH ABOUT FEAR, AND HOW PEOPLE HERE VALUE -FEAR- OVER ~LOVE~. But: The more you fear, the more you can be afraid of. The more you love, the more you things you can be lovely to. I try to start new relationships EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE. I meet people all the time. I say &quot;Hi! Nice to meet you!&quot; And then share thoughts and energy. I often say &quot;let's continue this connection&quot;. And almost EVERY DAY I encounter a woman who decides to embrace fear over hope, or even chemistry and attraction. So I'm going to make ART of of the FEAR of WOMEN from now on! I have been making art out of the love of women for a long time, but for every rejection, every unreturned text, every disrespectful denial of my honesty, every fear-filled failure on her part, I will create something beautiful with it. Every day I will use Toronto women's love or Toronto women's fear as my muse, my tools and my truth. A song, a story, a drawing, a poem, a confessional short movie. Something. Anything! I'm going to capture all the fear I can, and compare it to all the Love I am. The working title for the project this will be on is &quot;Relationship Therapy&quot;, and it's going to be the most personal, confessional, revealing, and sexual music I've made so far! So now that I know what most Toronto women value the most, I'm going to invest in the hope that we can find some common ground and connect. Maybe we have entirely different amounts of courage and maybe we have drastically different dreams... but if we both love Wu-Tang Clan or classic cartoons or walks in Nature, then we have a chance to create something special! ***It's taken me many years, but I finally know that a relationship only stays together for as long as the people in it are honest about being connected by the same values in life and love.*** Now who will Toronto bring into my heart today? :) love, Adhimu I also wrote this:&nbsp; Remove TWO things from &quot;porn&quot;, and ALL sex becomes sacred. TO HELP HEAL THE IDEA OF SEX, A PERSON MUST DESTROY: 1) All the shame/blame/guilt around two (or more) people having consensual, safe, healthy, body-satisfying sex. It's mostly a transaction of energy, but sex has the highest investment value out of all of life's necessary transactions/exchanges. Giving is a must. 2) All the power/control/abuse manipulations and disrespectful moments in the sex, that are not explicitly desired or requested. Power abuse is the primary negative force taking the bliss from the joy of sex. Empowering people to allow themselves to inspire their fantasies to constantly remain intimate with their reality, as their heart and mind wants to feel, is the most amazing ability in life. ~Remove all the self-shame or blame of others around the act of seeing sex or being sexual, and balance the power given and taken during the sexuality exchange between two (or more) people, and... all that is left when the sex is done is a beautiful moment for the birth of a memory. No regrets, just honesty and happiness. &hearts; and this: This is how FAR I believe we are from our potential power: &quot;Egyptologists who know how sexual the high priestesses were, just cannot believe that a queen would have sex with anyone other than her husband-- like the good Jewish Queens of the Bible. They seem to think that Cleopatra, who had sex with 100 Roman noblemen in one night, was unusual. The fact is, ALL priestesses, queens or otherwise had sex with thousands of men. In ancient cultures with matriarch religions, sex was considered something ennobling and uplifting. Sex could take you closer to the Gods rather than alienate you from god.&quot; &hearts; Time to make history. Thank you for your patience, understanding and devotion. THERE IS NOTHING IN THE UNIVERSE STRONGER THAN AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME.&nbsp; LOVE, MINDBENDER SUPREME Hell no, I can't slow down! It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you... without a fresh new idea to accept you :) But if you want to catch up to Mindbender's life,

peep me on the latest hot new digital crack that everyone been smokin' on every day... you know the one!!!

MINDBENDER SUPREME ON FACEBOOK!

also, this wonderful thing happened recently, and I can't thank Nardwuar enough for it :)

MINDBENDER MUSIC ON NARDWUAR! DOOT DOOT!!!!

I also did an interview with Maestro Fresh Wes for Toronto Is Awesome! This is another dream come true, word up!

MINDBENDER INTERVIEW WITH MAESTRO FRESH WES!!!

And I got a new manager! Frank of Souled Out Ent. is the man that I'm gonna make world history with! He gave me the album title "Relationship Therapy"... which will be like
an album version of this: 

The Deepest Confession of Mindbender (so far):

For the past few months, I wondered why I'm more unlucky in finding love and sex in Toronto than karma and logic says I should be. People say I'm a very kind person

(and they are 99.1% right). No women have publicly confessed to hating my guts (I'm sure some do, though! LOL!) And I've been a respectful gentleman and a pretty

dedicated friend to all the ladies in my life. (Except that girl Christine in Grade 3 who kicked me in the balls. WE HAD TO FIGHT, LOL!) Besides her, I go to sleep at night

feeling pretty secure that I have been very lovely to women, and that I'm part of the solution, not the problem with men in the insane world of relationships today.

So WHY has it been so difficult for Addi to find someone to be with?

I *finally* realized it yesterday: IT IS BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THE SAME ~VALUES~ AS MOST OF THE WOMEN IN TORONTO. NOT SEXUALLY -OR- SPIRITUALLY.

The value system of your regular Toronto woman is sooo FAR apart from my heart, mind and soul, that there is almost NO way we will connect, even if we are attracted to

each other. Most Toronto women value showing patience over sharing passion (and if both patience and passion is irrational, most choose irrational patience... aka FEAR.)

Most Toronto women value the traditional dating structure over exploring spontaneous intimacy adventures. Most Toronto women justify their fears and reinforce their

mistrust more than they justify their love and reinforce their hope. Most Toronto women would rather not risk anything emotionally to maintain the neutrality they are lost in,

rather than make a decision -today- to offer someone a new part of their heart. And I realize that my values are more like a love-obsessed celebrity, a free-spirited

entertainer, even an erotic film star, more than your average Toronto man. I love freedom and fearlessness, and honestly, how many Toronto women do you see on a daily

basis that you can say are living free and fearless?

Exactly.

I don't mean to stereotype Toronto women. EVERYONE is capable of growing the very moment they choose to evolve their mind and/or heart. And I am so sincere about

doing this Relationship Therapy work while I'm alive on earth, and living in Toronto has taught me SO MUCH ABOUT FEAR, AND HOW PEOPLE HERE VALUE -FEAR-

OVER ~LOVE~.

But:

The more you fear, the more you can be afraid of.

The more you love, the more you things you can be lovely to.

I try to start new relationships EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE.

I meet people all the time. I say "Hi! Nice to meet you!" And then share thoughts and energy. I often say "let's continue this connection". And almost EVERY DAY I encounter
a woman who decides to embrace fear over hope, or even chemistry and attraction.

So I'm going to make ART of of the FEAR of WOMEN from now on!

I have been making art out of the love of women for a long time, but for every rejection, every unreturned text, every disrespectful denial of my honesty, every fear-filled

failure on her part, I will create something beautiful with it. Every day I will use Toronto women's love or Toronto women's fear as my muse, my tools and my truth.

A song, a story, a drawing, a poem, a confessional short movie.

Something. Anything! I'm going to capture all the fear I can, and compare it to all the Love I am.

The working title for the project this will be on is "Relationship Therapy", and it's going to be the most personal, confessional, revealing, and sexual music I've made so far!

So now that I know what most Toronto women value the most, I'm going to invest in the hope that we can find some common ground and connect. Maybe we have entirely

different amounts of courage and maybe we have drastically different dreams... but if we both love Wu-Tang Clan or classic cartoons or walks in Nature, then we have a

chance to create something special!

***It's taken me many years, but I finally know that a relationship only stays together for as long as the people in it are honest about being connected by the same values in
life and love.***

Now who will Toronto bring into my heart today? :)

love, Adhimu

I also wrote this: 

Remove TWO things from "porn", and ALL sex becomes sacred.

TO HELP HEAL THE IDEA OF SEX, A PERSON MUST DESTROY:

1) All the shame/blame/guilt around two (or more) people having consensual, safe, healthy, body-satisfying sex. It's mostly a transaction of energy, but sex has the highest

investment value out of all of life's necessary transactions/exchanges. Giving is a must.

2) All the power/control/abuse manipulations and disrespectful moments in the sex, that are not explicitly desired or requested. Power abuse is the primary negative force

taking the bliss from the joy of sex. Empowering people to allow themselves to inspire their fantasies to constantly remain intimate with their reality, as their heart and mind

wants to feel, is the most amazing ability in life.

~Remove all the self-shame or blame of others around the act of seeing sex or being sexual, and balance the power given and taken during the sexuality exchange

between two (or more) people, and... all that is left when the sex is done is a beautiful moment for the birth of a memory. No regrets, just honesty and happiness. ♥

and this:

This is how FAR I believe we are from our potential power:

"Egyptologists who know how sexual the high priestesses were, just cannot believe that a queen would have sex with anyone other than her husband-- like the good Jewish

Queens of the Bible. They seem to think that Cleopatra, who had sex with 100 Roman noblemen in one night, was unusual. The fact is, ALL priestesses, queens or

otherwise had sex with thousands of men. In ancient cultures with matriarch religions, sex was considered something ennobling and uplifting. Sex could take you closer to

the Gods rather than alienate you from god." ♥

Time to make history. Thank you for your patience, understanding and devotion.

THERE IS NOTHING IN THE UNIVERSE STRONGER THAN AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME. 

LOVE,

MINDBENDER SUPREME

Toronto Kings
Hell no, I can't slow down!]]> Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:15:00 GMT 1E6DD61C23B97FE4185E59B56F50B521 I'M AWESOME, MOTHERFUCKERS! ~MINDBENDER LOVES YOU ALL!~ http://mindbenderlovesyou.com/home.cfm?feature=2000211&postid=1978097 <a target="_new" href="http://mindbendersupreme.bandcamp.com/track/im-awesome">I'M AWESOME! <a target="_new" href="http://mindbendersupreme.bandcamp.com/track/im-awesome">THE CRAZIEST MINDBENDER SONG OF ALL TIME IS HERE FOR YOU!!! DOWNLOAD IT HERE AND NOW: <a target="_new" href="http://mindbendersupreme.bandcamp.com/track/im-awesome">http://mindbendersupreme.bandcamp.com/track/im-awesome I'M AWESOME - THE FAN VIDEO! The most motherfuckin' awesome Mindbender Supreme song of all time is now here! But we're taking this awesomeness to the next level, and we need YOU to help us do it! All you have to do is send us the most awesome moment you've ever seen or captured on YouTube, so we can make the craziest fuckin' artist/fan collaboration video of all time!! We are going to turn your video clips into a masterpiece of madness, and it won't be as awesome as it can be without YOU! So go find something awesome (nothing too violent, please) and send it in. After 3 weeks, we are going to take the most amazing pieces of your videos and blow your fuckin head off like awwww shit! FAQ: Submission deadline for all videos is on May 4th, when we begin selecting videos. We will be selecting the best pictures, images, and all-around most awesome shit as much as possible. This is a non-profit, community-based collaborative work, reflected by a creative commons license, therefore there will be no monetary compensation for any video contribution. There is nothing more valuable than being a part of some awesome art. And if yours is not selected, please don't be sad. We still think you're awesome! <a target="_new" href="http://www.mindbenderlovesyou.com">www.mindbenderlovesyou.com xoxo
I'M AWESOME!

THE CRAZIEST MINDBENDER SONG OF ALL TIME IS HERE FOR YOU!!!


DOWNLOAD IT HERE AND NOW:

http://mindbendersupreme.bandcamp.com/track/im-awesome


I'M AWESOME - THE FAN VIDEO!
The most motherfuckin' awesome Mindbender Supreme song of all time is now here! But we're taking this awesomeness to the next level, and we need YOU to help us do it! All you have to do is send us the most awesome moment you've ever seen or captured on YouTube, so we can make the craziest fuckin' artist/fan collaboration video of all time!! We are going to turn your video clips into a masterpiece of madness, and it won't be as awesome as it can be without YOU! So go find something awesome (nothing too violent, please) and send it in. After 3 weeks, we are going to take the most amazing pieces of your videos and blow your fuckin head off like awwww shit!

FAQ:
Submission deadline for all videos is on May 4th, when we begin selecting videos. We will be selecting the best pictures, images, and all-around most awesome shit as much as possible. This is a non-profit, community-based collaborative work, reflected by a creative commons license, therefore there will be no monetary compensation for any video contribution. There is nothing more valuable than being a part of some awesome art. And if yours is not selected, please don't be sad. We still think you're awesome!

www.mindbenderlovesyou.com

xoxo]]> Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:30:00 GMT 53FA38B59BF8530BD0396EDC9384E947 JAY-Z, YOU JUST LOST ONE. http://mindbenderlovesyou.com/home.cfm?feature=2000211&postid=1588540 I didn't like that &quot;Fred Hampton&quot; line since the first time I heard it. <a href="http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.17855/title.fred-hampton-jr-responds-to-jay-zs-verse-on-murder-to-the-excellence" target="_new">SMARTEN UP, SHAWN LOVE, MINDBENDER SMARTEN UP, SHAWN
LOVE,
MINDBENDER
]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:39:27 GMT 7E338E3EF692C538107961D537601F83 Un Common Legend :) http://mindbenderlovesyou.com/home.cfm?feature=2000211&postid=1585799 I need to<a href="http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/singles/id.17958/title.common-f-john-legend-the-believer" target="_new"> BELIEVE. Cause right now, I'm just pissed off at emptiness. Peace and love, somehow Mindbender BELIEVE.
Cause right now, I'm just pissed off at emptiness.
Peace and love, somehow
Mindbender
]]> Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:31:52 GMT 571C8F49AB82DFDD9EDD90C5612BD1EE A LESSON FROM BASHAR http://mindbenderlovesyou.com/home.cfm?feature=2000211&postid=1582077 So is the road to heaven is paved with bad intentions? :) ~ love, Mindbender :)
~
love,
Mindbender
]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:58:57 GMT 08343A15498AEEE9863B0E84EBF124D9 No More Mr. Fucking Nice Guy, Vol. 3: Romantic Mindfuck Decapitation http://mindbenderlovesyou.com/home.cfm?feature=2000211&postid=1568021 <a href="http://mindbendersupreme.bandcamp.com/album/no-more-mr-fucking-nice-guy-vol-3-romantic-mindfuck-decapitation" target="_new">http://mindbendersupreme.bandcamp.com/album/no-more-mr-fucking-nice-guy-vol-3-romantic-mindfuck-decapitation IT'S READY. YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT NOW :) LOVE, MINDBENDER http://mindbendersupreme.bandcamp.com/album/no-more-mr-fucking-nice-guy-vol-3-romantic-mindfuck-decapitation



IT'S READY.
YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT NOW :)
LOVE,
MINDBENDER

]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:36:54 GMT FA02CC170197DDC56A192305239D4AE0 problem solving. http://mindbenderlovesyou.com/home.cfm?feature=2000211&postid=1553107 Thank you to everyone who came out in Hamilton! It was wonderful! Video to come soon. The mixtape is being prepared. Last minute adjustments. Thank you for your patience! LOVE, Mindbender The mixtape is being prepared. Last minute adjustments.
Thank you for your patience!
LOVE,
Mindbender
]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:34:50 GMT FCCD6CA8CA2DD02882AA07D5603AC51E I JUST SAW 'WATCH THE THRONE' SHOW... FOR THE SECOND TIME :) http://mindbenderlovesyou.com/home.cfm?feature=2000211&postid=1544006 THE ONLY SONG THESE KINGS DID -NOT- PERFORM: ~ A SHAME. CAUSE THE SHOW WAS PRETTY DAMN GOOD. EXCEPT FOR WHEN THEY ENDED THE SHOW OFF BY DOING 'N!GGAS IN PARIS' ~FIVE TIMES~ wtf STILL, I LOVE YOU GUYS AND CAN'T WAIT TO LINK WITH YOU ONE DAY! LOVE, MINDBENDER P.S. MAD LOVE TO GERALD AND KALMPLEX AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO I SAW THERE!!! BLACK EXCELLENCE. ~
A SHAME. CAUSE THE SHOW WAS PRETTY DAMN GOOD.
EXCEPT FOR WHEN THEY ENDED THE SHOW OFF BY DOING 'N!GGAS IN PARIS' ~FIVE TIMES~ wtf
STILL, I LOVE YOU GUYS AND CAN'T WAIT TO LINK WITH YOU ONE DAY!
LOVE,
MINDBENDER

P.S. MAD LOVE TO GERALD AND KALMPLEX AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO I SAW THERE!!!
BLACK EXCELLENCE.
]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:00:47 GMT 42E724C64F389BEA4D63DAE81E5E51B0 Leaders of the New School. http://mindbenderlovesyou.com/home.cfm?feature=2000211&postid=1525205 except... this: ~~ LOVE THAT NEVER QUITS... EVEN WHEN IT KNOWS IT CAN DO BETTER TOMORROW. MINDBENDER
~~
LOVE THAT NEVER QUITS... EVEN WHEN IT KNOWS IT CAN DO BETTER TOMORROW.
MINDBENDER
]]> Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:11:52 GMT DECD2CA20A713AE2886D95AD194A25E8 i need to escape the day http://mindbenderlovesyou.com/home.cfm?feature=2000211&postid=1515742 not that happy today. justice didn't come in the mail. i thought it was going to. it didn't. time to escape existence for a bit. FTW don't ask me for shit. time to transform. ~ no more mr. fucking nice guy. LOVE, MINDBENDER justice didn't come in the mail.
i thought it was going to.
it didn't.
time to escape existence for a bit.
FTW don't ask me for shit.
time to transform.
~
no more mr. fucking nice guy.
LOVE,
MINDBENDER
]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:01:59 GMT AADE21E058C5EB2AA38AE31A0269A4C1 OCCUPY TORONTO? NEW YORK? NOPE, IT'S THE OCCUPYING EVIL LAW INVASION NOW http://mindbenderlovesyou.com/home.cfm?feature=2000211&postid=1505876 I LOVE ELLIOTT SMITH, AND THIS IS TOO BEAUTIFUL NOT TO SHARE. ~ I'M TIRED OF SMOKING WEED AND TOBACCO. I NEED TO GET INTOXICATED OFF LOVE AND TRUTH. APPARENTLY, THEY ARE SMASHING UP 'OCCUPY TORONTO' RIGHT NOW. HMMMM, WE'LL SEE HOW FAR THAT GOES. LOVE, MINDBENDER PROBABLY A GOOD TIME TO SHARE THIS: <a href="http://hulkshare.com/oy04a0et63bd" target="_new">IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE: THE MARTYR MORE LOVE, YOTMB ~
I'M TIRED OF SMOKING WEED AND TOBACCO.
I NEED TO GET INTOXICATED OFF LOVE AND TRUTH.
APPARENTLY, THEY ARE SMASHING UP 'OCCUPY TORONTO' RIGHT NOW.
HMMMM, WE'LL SEE HOW FAR THAT GOES.

LOVE,
MINDBENDER

PROBABLY A GOOD TIME TO SHARE THIS:
IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE: THE MARTYR

MORE LOVE,
YOTMB
]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:31:23 GMT 39BF9527FF8CA649DD8E143061D52CEC DAN-E-O. PROMISE. KAMAU. MINDBENDER. TORONTO. WHAT! http://mindbenderlovesyou.com/home.cfm?feature=2000211&postid=1501437 Peep Dan-E-O's mini-movie! Word up to the multi-talented hip hop heads out there, we can do anything we put our minds to! ~ and then this: Wednesday, November 16th @ Toby's Famous Eatery, 411 College St. (East of Bathurst)! FREE ADMISSION! Music by DJ Law! Giveaways! Video Screening! Presented by EasPark Productions &amp; Urbnet Records. Buy &quot;Ghetto&quot; on iTunes:<a href="http:// http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/ghetto-single/id477488770" target="_new"> http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/ghetto-single/id477488770 CANADIAN HIP HOP FOREVER ~ <a href="http://www.torontostandard.com/culture-design/ian-kamau-is-saving-toronto-and-your-soul%E2%80%94one-song-at-a-time" target="_new">AND KAMAU. KNOW ABOUT IAN. mindbender loves you, LOVE
~
and then this:
Wednesday, November 16th @ Toby's Famous Eatery, 411 College St. (East of Bathurst)! FREE ADMISSION! Music by DJ Law! Giveaways! Video Screening! Presented by EasPark Productions & Urbnet Records.
Buy "Ghetto" on iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/ghetto-single/id477488770
CANADIAN HIP HOP FOREVER
~
AND KAMAU. KNOW ABOUT IAN.
mindbender loves you,
LOVE
]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:14:35 GMT 5712EC6294DDC113BFEDA46D4C2CF7C7 MY FIRST KOTD BATTLE IS HERE! WATCH THE VIDEO NOW! http://mindbenderlovesyou.com/home.cfm?feature=2000211&postid=1498241 PEACE TO MISTA CONSPIRACY, CONSPIRACY, ORGANIK, PVP, AVI, REV, GULLY, KNAMELIS, MYSTIQUE, OZ, HFK, GRIMACE, SOUL KHAN, TANYA O, SYCO AND PO RICH! AND PEACE TO YOU FOR WATCHING! ~ mindbender loves you! :) &quot;I'm an elevated revolutionary...&quot; xoxo PEACE TO MISTA CONSPIRACY, CONSPIRACY, ORGANIK, PVP, AVI, REV, GULLY, KNAMELIS, MYSTIQUE, OZ, HFK, GRIMACE, SOUL KHAN, TANYA O, SYCO AND PO RICH!
AND PEACE TO YOU FOR WATCHING! ~
mindbender loves you!
:)

"I'm an elevated revolutionary..."
xoxo
]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:08:35 GMT 1FE5BDDFF68CB51FD83699EFB6434A49 LOVE NEVER LEAVES FOREVER. PEACE TO HEAVY D! http://mindbenderlovesyou.com/home.cfm?feature=2000211&postid=1493794 <a href="http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/singles/id.17634/title.dj-quik-heavy-mr-big-stuff-heavy-d-tribute" target="_new">HEAVY D TRIBUTE BY DJ QUIK! a bad and good way to return. Tomorrow, THE UNIVERSE EVOLVES DRASTICALLY. MINDBENDER'S DEBUT KOTD BATTLE AND MINDBENDER'S HALLOWEEN SHOW OPENING FOR REDMAN! Love, Mindbender HEAVY D TRIBUTE BY DJ QUIK!
a bad and good way to return.

Tomorrow, THE UNIVERSE EVOLVES DRASTICALLY. MINDBENDER'S DEBUT KOTD BATTLE AND MINDBENDER'S HALLOWEEN SHOW OPENING FOR REDMAN!



Love,
Mindbender
]]> Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:34:41 GMT 3FF1ADED2AF4BBECDD2B9D530EE14976 OCCUPY TORONTO! http://mindbenderlovesyou.com/home.cfm?feature=2000211&postid=1408209 OCCUPY WALL STREET JUST CAME TO TORONTO, AND I HAD FUN THERE. PEACE TO SHIVANA!!! ALSO, PEACE TO NAOMI KLEIN. YOU ROCK. Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now Tuesday 11 October 2011 by: Naomi Klein, The Nation | Op-Ed <a target="_new" href="http://www.truth-out.org/occupy-wall-street-most-important-thing-world-now/1318340232">Naomi Klein leading an open forum on Thursday, October 6, Day 21 of Occupy Wall Street. I was honored to be invited to speak at Occupy Wall Street on Thursday night. Since amplification is (disgracefully) banned, and everything I say will have to be repeated by hundreds of people so others can hear (a&thinsp;k&thinsp;a &ldquo;the human microphone&rdquo;), what I actually say at Liberty Plaza will have to be very short. With that in mind, here is the longer, uncut version of the speech. I love you. And I didn&rsquo;t just say that so that hundreds of you would shout &ldquo;I love you&rdquo; back, though that is obviously a bonus feature of the human microphone. Say unto others what you would have them say unto you, only way louder. Yesterday, one of the speakers at the labor rally said: &ldquo;We found each other.&rdquo; That sentiment captures the beauty of what is being created here. A wide-open space (as well as an idea so big it can&rsquo;t be contained by any space) for all the people who want a better world to find each other. We are so grateful. If there is one thing I know, it is that the 1 percent loves a crisis. When people are panicked and desperate and no one seems to know what to do, that is the ideal time to push through their wish list of pro-corporate policies: privatizing education and social security, slashing public services, getting rid of the last constraints on corporate power. Amidst the economic crisis, this is happening the world over. And there is only one thing that can block this tactic, and fortunately, it&rsquo;s a very big thing: the 99 percent. And that 99 percent is taking to the streets from Madison to Madrid to say &ldquo;No. We will not pay for your crisis.&rdquo; That slogan began in Italy in 2008. It ricocheted to Greece and France and Ireland and finally it has made its way to the square mile where the crisis began. &ldquo;Why are they protesting?&rdquo; ask the baffled pundits on TV. Meanwhile, the rest of the world asks: &ldquo;What took you so long?&rdquo; &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been wondering when you were going to show up.&rdquo; And most of all: &ldquo;Welcome.&rdquo; Many people have drawn parallels between Occupy Wall Street and the so-called anti-globalization protests that came to world attention in Seattle in 1999. That was the last time a global, youth-led, decentralized movement took direct aim at corporate power. And I am proud to have been part of what we called &ldquo;the movement of movements.&rdquo; But there are important differences too. For instance, we chose summits as our targets: the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund, the G8. Summits are transient by their nature, they only last a week. That made us transient too. We&rsquo;d appear, grab world headlines, then disappear. And in the frenzy of hyper patriotism and militarism that followed the 9/11 attacks, it was easy to sweep us away completely, at least in North America. Occupy Wall Street, on the other hand, has chosen a fixed target. And you have put no end date on your presence here. This is wise. Only when you stay put can you grow roots. This is crucial. It is a fact of the information age that too many movements spring up like beautiful flowers but quickly die off. It&rsquo;s because they don&rsquo;t have roots. And they don&rsquo;t have long term plans for how they are going to sustain themselves. So when storms come, they get washed away. Being horizontal and deeply democratic is wonderful. But these principles are compatible with the hard work of building structures and institutions that are sturdy enough to weather the storms ahead. I have great faith that this will happen. Something else this movement is doing right: You have committed yourselves to non-violence. You have refused to give the media the images of broken windows and street fights it craves so desperately. And that tremendous discipline has meant that, again and again, the story has been the disgraceful and unprovoked police brutality. Which we saw more of just last night. Meanwhile, support for this movement grows and grows. More wisdom. But the biggest difference a decade makes is that in 1999, we were taking on capitalism at the peak of a frenzied economic boom. Unemployment was low, stock portfolios were bulging. The media was drunk on easy money. Back then it was all about start-ups, not shutdowns. We pointed out that the deregulation behind the frenzy came at a price. It was damaging to labor standards. It was damaging to environmental standards. Corporations were becoming more powerful than governments and that was damaging to our democracies. But to be honest with you, while the good times rolled, taking on an economic system based on greed was a tough sell, at least in rich countries. Ten years later, it seems as if there aren&rsquo;t any more rich countries. Just a whole lot of rich people. People who got rich looting the public wealth and exhausting natural resources around the world. The point is, today everyone can see that the system is deeply unjust and careening out of control. Unfettered greed has trashed the global economy. And it is trashing the natural world as well. We are overfishing our oceans, polluting our water with fracking and deepwater drilling, turning to the dirtiest forms of energy on the planet, like the Alberta tar sands. And the atmosphere cannot absorb the amount of carbon we are putting into it, creating dangerous warming. The new normal is serial disasters: economic and ecological. These are the facts on the ground. They are so blatant, so obvious, that it is a lot easier to connect with the public than it was in 1999, and to build the movement quickly. We all know, or at least sense, that the world is upside down: we act as if there is no end to what is actually finite&mdash;fossil fuels and the atmospheric space to absorb their emissions. And we act as if there are strict and immovable limits to what is actually bountiful&mdash;the financial resources to build the kind of society we need. The task of our time is to turn this around: to challenge this false scarcity. To insist that we can afford to build a decent, inclusive society&mdash;while at the same time, respect the real limits to what the earth can take. What climate change means is that we have to do this on a deadline. This time our movement cannot get distracted, divided, burned out or swept away by events. This time we have to succeed. And I&rsquo;m not talking about regulating the banks and increasing taxes on the rich, though that&rsquo;s important. I am talking about changing the underlying values that govern our society. That is hard to fit into a single media-friendly demand, and it&rsquo;s also hard to figure out how to do it. But it is no less urgent for being difficult. That is what I see happening in this square. In the way you are feeding each other, keeping each other warm, sharing information freely and proving health care, meditation classes and empowerment training. My favorite sign here says, &ldquo;I care about you.&rdquo; In a culture that trains people to avoid each other&rsquo;s gaze, to say, &ldquo;Let them die,&rdquo; that is a deeply radical statement. A few final thoughts. In this great struggle, here are some things that don&rsquo;t matter. * What we wear. * Whether we shake our fists or make peace signs. * Whether we can fit our dreams for a better world into a media soundbite. And here are a few things that do matter. * Our courage. * Our moral compass. * How we treat each other. We have picked a fight with the most powerful economic and political forces on the planet. That&rsquo;s frightening. And as this movement grows from strength to strength, it will get more frightening. Always be aware that there will be a temptation to shift to smaller targets&mdash;like, say, the person sitting next to you at this meeting. After all, that is a battle that&rsquo;s easier to win. Don&rsquo;t give in to the temptation. I&rsquo;m not saying don&rsquo;t call each other on shit. But this time, let&rsquo;s treat each other as if we plan to work side by side in struggle for many, many years to come. Because the task before will demand nothing less. Let&rsquo;s treat this beautiful movement as if it is most important thing in the world. Because it is. It really is. Editor&rsquo;s Note: Naomi&rsquo;s speech also appeared in Saturday&rsquo;s edition of the Occupied Wall Street Journal. This story originally appeared in The Nation. Copyright &copy; 2011 The Nation &ndash; distributed by Agence Global. CHECK THIS: I GOT MORE TO SHARE... JUST GETTING MY TOOLS SHARPENED. PATIENCE AND PERSISTENCE. LOVE, MINDBENDER ALSO, PEACE TO NAOMI KLEIN. YOU ROCK.

Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now
Tuesday 11 October 2011
by: Naomi Klein, The Nation | Op-Ed

Naomi Klein leading an open forum on Thursday, October 6, Day 21 of Occupy Wall Street.

I was honored to be invited to speak at Occupy Wall Street on Thursday night. Since amplification is (disgracefully) banned, and everything I say will have to be repeated by hundreds of people so others can hear (a k a “the human microphone”), what I actually say at Liberty Plaza will have to be very short. With that in mind, here is the longer, uncut version of the speech.

I love you.

And I didn’t just say that so that hundreds of you would shout “I love you” back, though that is obviously a bonus feature of the human microphone. Say unto others what you would have them say unto you, only way louder.

Yesterday, one of the speakers at the labor rally said: “We found each other.” That sentiment captures the beauty of what is being created here. A wide-open space (as well as an idea so big it can’t be contained by any space) for all the people who want a better world to find each other. We are so grateful.

If there is one thing I know, it is that the 1 percent loves a crisis. When people are panicked and desperate and no one seems to know what to do, that is the ideal time to push through their wish list of pro-corporate policies: privatizing education and social security, slashing public services, getting rid of the last constraints on corporate power. Amidst the economic crisis, this is happening the world over.

And there is only one thing that can block this tactic, and fortunately, it’s a very big thing: the 99 percent. And that 99 percent is taking to the streets from Madison to Madrid to say “No. We will not pay for your crisis.”

That slogan began in Italy in 2008. It ricocheted to Greece and France and Ireland and finally it has made its way to the square mile where the crisis began.

“Why are they protesting?” ask the baffled pundits on TV. Meanwhile, the rest of the world asks: “What took you so long?” “We’ve been wondering when you were going to show up.” And most of all: “Welcome.”

Many people have drawn parallels between Occupy Wall Street and the so-called anti-globalization protests that came to world attention in Seattle in 1999. That was the last time a global, youth-led, decentralized movement took direct aim at corporate power. And I am proud to have been part of what we called “the movement of movements.”

But there are important differences too. For instance, we chose summits as our targets: the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund, the G8. Summits are transient by their nature, they only last a week. That made us transient too. We’d appear, grab world headlines, then disappear. And in the frenzy of hyper patriotism and militarism that followed the 9/11 attacks, it was easy to sweep us away completely, at least in North America.

Occupy Wall Street, on the other hand, has chosen a fixed target. And you have put no end date on your presence here. This is wise. Only when you stay put can you grow roots. This is crucial. It is a fact of the information age that too many movements spring up like beautiful flowers but quickly die off. It’s because they don’t have roots. And they don’t have long term plans for how they are going to sustain themselves. So when storms come, they get washed away.

Being horizontal and deeply democratic is wonderful. But these principles are compatible with the hard work of building structures and institutions that are sturdy enough to weather the storms ahead. I have great faith that this will happen.

Something else this movement is doing right: You have committed yourselves to non-violence. You have refused to give the media the images of broken windows and street fights it craves so desperately. And that tremendous discipline has meant that, again and again, the story has been the disgraceful and unprovoked police brutality. Which we saw more of just last night. Meanwhile, support for this movement grows and grows. More wisdom.

But the biggest difference a decade makes is that in 1999, we were taking on capitalism at the peak of a frenzied economic boom. Unemployment was low, stock portfolios were bulging. The media was drunk on easy money. Back then it was all about start-ups, not shutdowns.

We pointed out that the deregulation behind the frenzy came at a price. It was damaging to labor standards. It was damaging to environmental standards. Corporations were becoming more powerful than governments and that was damaging to our democracies. But to be honest with you, while the good times rolled, taking on an economic system based on greed was a tough sell, at least in rich countries.

Ten years later, it seems as if there aren’t any more rich countries. Just a whole lot of rich people. People who got rich looting the public wealth and exhausting natural resources around the world.

The point is, today everyone can see that the system is deeply unjust and careening out of control. Unfettered greed has trashed the global economy. And it is trashing the natural world as well. We are overfishing our oceans, polluting our water with fracking and deepwater drilling, turning to the dirtiest forms of energy on the planet, like the Alberta tar sands. And the atmosphere cannot absorb the amount of carbon we are putting into it, creating dangerous warming. The new normal is serial disasters: economic and ecological.

These are the facts on the ground. They are so blatant, so obvious, that it is a lot easier to connect with the public than it was in 1999, and to build the movement quickly.

We all know, or at least sense, that the world is upside down: we act as if there is no end to what is actually finite—fossil fuels and the atmospheric space to absorb their emissions. And we act as if there are strict and immovable limits to what is actually bountiful—the financial resources to build the kind of society we need.

The task of our time is to turn this around: to challenge this false scarcity. To insist that we can afford to build a decent, inclusive society—while at the same time, respect the real limits to what the earth can take.

What climate change means is that we have to do this on a deadline. This time our movement cannot get distracted, divided, burned out or swept away by events. This time we have to succeed. And I’m not talking about regulating the banks and increasing taxes on the rich, though that’s important.

I am talking about changing the underlying values that govern our society. That is hard to fit into a single media-friendly demand, and it’s also hard to figure out how to do it. But it is no less urgent for being difficult.

That is what I see happening in this square. In the way you are feeding each other, keeping each other warm, sharing information freely and proving health care, meditation classes and empowerment training. My favorite sign here says, “I care about you.” In a culture that trains people to avoid each other’s gaze, to say, “Let them die,” that is a deeply radical statement.

A few final thoughts. In this great struggle, here are some things that don’t matter.

* What we wear.
*

Whether we shake our fists or make peace signs.
* Whether we can fit our dreams for a better world into a media soundbite.

And here are a few things that do matter.

* Our courage.
* Our moral compass.
* How we treat each other.

We have picked a fight with the most powerful economic and political forces on the planet. That’s frightening. And as this movement grows from strength to strength, it will get more frightening. Always be aware that there will be a temptation to shift to smaller targets—like, say, the person sitting next to you at this meeting. After all, that is a battle that’s easier to win.

Don’t give in to the temptation. I’m not saying don’t call each other on shit. But this time, let’s treat each other as if we plan to work side by side in struggle for many, many years to come. Because the task before will demand nothing less.

Let’s treat this beautiful movement as if it is most important thing in the world. Because it is. It really is.

Editor’s Note: Naomi’s speech also appeared in Saturday’s edition of the Occupied Wall Street Journal.
This story originally appeared in The Nation.
Copyright © 2011 The Nation – distributed by Agence Global.

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