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Dark rock of stone rAGE    Cutting edge axes of we-evil      Notre Dame chiseled guileful gargoyles        Grotesque anti-hero demonic worship manifesto Bronze rAGE sweating loathsome bullets   Double-barreled shotgun loaded with self-hatred      Warped reflections cast gunmetal aspersions        Masking faceless brooding schizoid loner Pumping iron rAGE of disillusionment   Dashed expectations bloating molten veins [...]

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This week we have launched a re-design of Listen & Be Heard Weekly. You may not notice that much difference graphically, but thanks in large part to the help given us by Allison Pilapil, we now have most of the site working with a back-end database. Many of the tasks which Allison and I have [...]

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I would like to welcome you to another week of self- discovery and universal understanding. You start your forecast week of major transit on Wednesday when the Sun, your source of vitality and light at 24° Leo will trine Pluto, the planet of regeneration and soul evolution at 24° Sagittarius. The energy expressed from this [...]

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New comment on your post #1459 “Remembering Bob Braye by babatunde lea“ Author : Ralph LaCharity hi, Martha.. Please remind the folks that from 10AM til 10PM on Sunday, 22 April 07, there will be a Celebration for Bob’s spirit, with his family and friends, musicians and poets, at the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music, [...]

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One of my father’s many trades¬?growing up in the Lodz getto¬?was as book binder. Not that he was a great lover of buying finely bound books; (it was better to check them out at the library.) I’ve more then made up for his lack of interest. You could tell Tim James, owner of Taurus¬?Bookbindery in¬? [...]

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¬? I¬?once was told and have since stolen the phrase “Photoshop is my¬?Bitch.” But after going to the new show at¬?the Fetterly Gallery that opened¬?last Saturday with a reception, and runs through June 16, I have learned humility. I guess it is because with my knowledge, I know¬?how complicated and layered (Photoshop pun?)¬?most of the [...]

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Let me start with Desfrutas! Which means enjoy your food. That is how Puerto Ricans give salutations to our family around the Island or on the mainland, USA. With each recipe we will all taste the Cultures of the world. Since Caribbean aromas fill my home, I will share the Puerto Rican dishes I grew [...]

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The film Grindhouse is a collaboration between Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. The format is unusual in that the movie is actually a double feature, including ‘trailers’ for several other features allegedly coming soon to a theater near you. After an initial trailer for an effort that includes Danny Trejo as a vengeful hitman and [...]

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Bette’s Oceanview Diner 1807 Fourth Street Berkeley, CA 94710 510 644-3230 866 972-6879 Monday ?Äì Friday 6:30 a.m. ?Äì 2:30 Saturday & Sunday 6:30 a.m. ?Äì 4 p.m. Bette’s Oceanview Diner takes traditional diner cuisine to new heights. The traditional egg breakfasts and grilled sandwiches are all here, but everything is fresh, seasoned correctly and [...]

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Napa College is presenting Wendy Wasserstein’s Uncommon Women and Others until 22 April. The play was written as Wasserstein’s Masters’s Thesis project for Yale School of Drama in 1977. Wasserstein, who died on January 20, 2006 at the age of 55, has been described as a “chronicler of women’s identity crises.” Uncommon Women and Others [...]

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“Let It Be” by The Beatles I received an e-mail from Jason Peri (reviewed in Volume 2, Issue 43 of Listen & Be Heard and available for viewing in the website’s archives) on April 10 with the following message: “It was 37 years ago today that Paul McCartney announced the breakup of The Beatles. A [...]

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In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) the season of spring is associated with the Wood element, the Liver organ, the color green, the attribute of wind and the emotion of anger. This is the season we associate with the beginning of growth. Though it?Äôs easy to see the association with wind and the color green, it [...]

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