Free Henry! Set to Release "Ethereal Gust" Nov. 25

Click this link to download the new single for free

Ethereal Gust, the highly anticipated follow-up album to Free Henry!’s Summers On Neptune, brings the band back to their roots, performing their CD Release Show at Mr. Goodbar, 1110 Elmwood Ave. on Friday, November 25, 2011 at 10:30PM.

“We are very excited to stamp Mister Goodbar as our CD release venue. It has clearly been the hub of our success in Buffalo! The release of our best work ever, the dominating 2 year studio project that is…Ethereal Gust” said front man Bob Buckley.

The album title, Ethereal Gust, describes the poetic imagination that went into creating this 10 track collection that developed over the past few years. “Ethereal Gust, is unlike our first studio album.

“We’re always trying to go in new directions”, explained bass guitarist Derek Presti. “We said going into this project that our focus would be to create a piece that showcases each band member’s depth and uniqueness.”

The band shifted gears challenging themselves to reach for new heights as writers, musicians and performers. The album was recorded at GCR Audio, collaborating with audio engineer Jay Zubricky. The featured single, ‘Ocean Growth’, opens with a riveting and mesmerizing rhythmic pulsation and takes the listener into a hypnotic flow capturing the bands vibrant spirit which is signature to this distinctive quartet’s sound.

The albums funk song, ‘Layin' It Down’ features one of Buffalo’s finest and most sought after musicians, DJ Cutler. Cutler provides a foundation of percussive elements that fit hand in glove with Free Henry!'s live funk flavor. His unique sampling brings magic to the entire track, while hinting to the political and social issues that afflict our day-to-day present lives.

“This was a first-ever collaboration for us. Cutler's depth paired with Free Henry!'s crafty songwriting makes for a powerful track", said guitarist Alex Foote.

Free Henry! is Bob Buckley (vocals/guitar), Alex Foote (vocals/guitar), Derek Presti (bass guitar) and Pat Mannella (drums). Gigging regularly on the Buffalo circuit, the band has shared the stage with Soulive, Rusted Root, Foreigner, Barenaked Ladies, 54-40, Blues Traveler and The Guess Who at various music festivals and venues throughout the Northeast.

This year they won Niagara Falls USA Hard Rock Café’s Battle of the Bands and headlined Artpark’s stage kicking off the 2011 summer concert series.

Visit the WEBSITE and YOU TUBE for a complete viewing of Promotion relating to the album.

Additional information, interviews, contact:

716-400-0084

Info@FHBmanagement.com

Free Henry!

MIC 2011: Two Day Music Conference Nov 11-12

GREAT THINGS ON TAP FOR MIC 2011

MIC is an annual, two-day networking event bringing together cutting-edge artists, groundbreaking bands, professional musicians and original music of all genres alongside today’s leading music industry leaders.  

Speakers:

Matt Ramone: Son of famed music producer Phil Ramone, Matt is heading up the newly formed Phil Ramone Music Management company. 

Harvey Leeds:  After a long career with Epic Records, Sony Music and Live Nation, Harvey an Syracuse University Alum is still active in the Music Industry signing new talent.    

Moses Avalon:  Author, one of the top music business experts in the country.

Avalon’s top selling music industry references, "Million Dollar Mistakes" and "Confessions of a Record Producer" continue to be required reading in over 50 music business courses around the world including the music business programs at UCLA, Loyola, and NYU. 

Martin Atkins:  the definition of entrepreneurial activity in cultural arts. Three decades in the music business spans across genres, borders and industries.  

Experience in nearly every aspect of record production and promotion has given Martin a unique perspective not only on where the music industry is currently, but where it is going in the future. 

Peter Spellman:   author of "The Musician's Internet: Online Strategies for Success in the Music Industry" and "The Self-Promoting Musician: Strategies for Independent Music Success" are used by music entrepreneurs in over twenty countries. Peter is Director of Career Development at Berklee College of Music, Boston.

In addition to these career changing speakers, panels will be offered with entertainment attorneys, producers, venue managers, club owners and media.  

MIC is a launching ground for intellectual and creative networking to nurture career growth and contribute to building professional relationships.  

By day, fuse with managers, labels, promoters, press, internet media outlets, fellow artists and other top music industry professionals. Build business interest and relationships at the MIC Trade Show.

Educate and explore at MIC panel discussions, presenting a forum for topics that will assist you in learning about aspects of the music industry including: publishing, record deals, booking, licensing your music for TV and film, new technologies, social networking, radio airplay, marketing and promotion.

Who:  Anyone interested in learning more about the music industry.   

Area High School students interested in a career in the Music Industry are invited to attend for free. Have your High School contact Debbie Foley 315-247-1718.

When:  OnCenter Convention Center (800 S. State Street), November 11 and 12.  Live performances scheduled throughout downtown Syracuse all weekend. Final band schedule TBA.    
 

Selected artists will receive badges/wristbands to attend MIC on sale now at MIC Website

More info: 

Liz Nowak
lnowak@micnys.com 

Ph: 315-727-5693

Conveniently located in the heart of New York state, Syracuse is the region's major metropolitan center at the crossroads of Interstate 81 and the New York State Thruway. 

The Convention Center in the Oncenter Complex will play host to scores of MIC attendees, as well as multiple stages where you may catch the excitement of the best live music from artists around the United States and Canada.

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Invitation to Dhurna for Missing Persons: Nov. 1, 2011

Dear Sir / Madam:

You are cordially invited to a sit-in protest [Dhurna] for the release of Missing Persons of Pakistan, people and families who exist in devastation and torture. Kindly play your role to restore Justice and Rule of Law and to stop illegal abductions still going on in the name of the "War on Terror."

Stand for justice!

Venue: D "Chowk" Parade Ground, Islamabad
Date: 1st of November 2011, Tuesday
Time: 11.00 am

For Details:

K.Asif: Media Coordinator DHRPK: 0331-5135242
Almas Raja: SMS coordinator DHRPK: 0344-5523414
Ijaz Qureshi: Office DHRPK: 051-55116834

Amina Masood Janjua

Chairperson, Defence of Human Rights

Office:  +92-515112093      
DHR :40-C/1 Nagi Road Westridge-1
Rawalpindi, Pakistan

WEBSITE

Facebook

You Tube

Twitter

Press: 

• Frontline World: PBS
• PBS.Org
• Amnesty International.Org
• Amnesty Pakistan.Org
• Cage Prisoners.Org
• The News.Com
• Andy Worthington UK
• Declan Walsh The Guardian UK
• Amnesty USA
• Amnesty Canada
• Live audio interview with Amina Masood Janjua:
• Part I
• Part II  

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" 

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr 

in a letter from Birmingham Jail, 1963. 

Sincerely,

Amina Masood Janjua, [DHRPK]
Members of DHRPK
Families of Missing Persons

On this day, Oct 24, 1929: Black Thursday

On this day in 1929, the U.S. Stock Market crashed. The day became known as "Black Thursday." Around 13 million stocks were sold off in one day. By the next Tuesday, the market had lost almost 26 billion dollars of value. Banks failed, individual investors lost their savings, and the Great Depression began in America.

 

Support The Breast Cancer Network of WNY: Oct 16

Support The Breast Cancer Network of WNY: Oct 16

Lifetime Memories Photography and Serenity Salon, Spa 'n more present: PINCS [Proponents In Networking for Cancer Survivors] a network of local business women that assist breast cancer survivors and families in finding various avenues of help and support in Western New York.

Founded by Christine Wallace [Lifetime Memories Photography] and Jennifer Mutton [Serenity Salon, Spa 'n more], PINCS is holding this event at Monsignor Nash Knights of Columbus [261 South Legion Drive, South Buffalo]  October 16, 2011 at 1pm.

This fundraiser includes a fashion show, "En Vogue for the V", as well as a wellness expo.

Local designers DMattliano, Hamburg Boutique and Monroe's Place, a Hamburg-based Boutique, will be present along with breast cancer survivors educating the public on their experience. 
 

Tickets are $20, include light refreshments, door prizes, and entertainment, There will be basket raffles, 50/50 and a chance to win a queen size mattress and box spring donated by City Mattress. 
All proceeds benefit The Breast Cancer Network of Western New York. 


Tickets are available at Serenity Salon, Spa 'n more [1100 Southwestern Blvd, West Seneca], Monroe's Place [182 Lake St, Hamburg] and online: www.pincs.org.  

Info regarding support, vendor, endorsement, or joining PINCS can be found by contacting: 

Christine Wallace: 716-848-9328 
Jennifer Mutton: 716- 863-7450 
WEBSITE.  

To donate to breast cancer wellness through PayPal:

Click Here

Support the circle of life. Help create a lifetime of memories.

# # #

Christine M. Wallace
Lifetime Memories Photography
christine@lifetimememorieswny.com

716-848-9328

PINCS.ORG
[Proponents in Networking For Cancer Survivors]

Occupy Buffalo [Oct 1 - Oct 8]

"We hold these truths to be self-evident,
that all men are created equal." 

- United States Declaration of Independence

• On September 17th, men and women of all races, backgrounds, political and religious beliefs, began to organize in nonviolent protest. These men and women represent the 99% with the goal of ending the greed and corruption of the wealthiest 1% of America.  

• Occupy Buffalo is in solidarity with and support of Occupy Together.Org and Occupy Wall Street.Org

Occupy Buffalo

Twitter
Facebook 
Website 
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You Tube
Coverage Oct 1 - Oct 8  
Video WNY Media 



ON IRC:  

IRC SERVER: irc.indymedia.org  

channels: #occupybuffalo  #occupywallstreet

[download MIRC: http://www.mirc.com]

TOGETHER is a hub for all of the events springing up across the country in solidarity with Occupy Wall St  

• Occupy Wall Street is a leaderless resistance movement which began as a call to action from Adbusters, a Canadian-based anti-consumerist organization.

• The original projections for the protest were to be between 20,000–90,000 participants. However, when only a little over a thousand protestors showed up the first day, it was labeled a bust. 

• In the days to follow, more and more people have joined the protestors as they spend day and night in Liberty Square. 

“The beauty of this new formula, and what makes this novel tactic exciting, is its pragmatic simplicity: we talk to each other in various physical gatherings and virtual people’s assemblies, we zero in on what our one demand will be, a demand that awakens the imagination and, if achieved, would propel us toward the radical democracy of the future, and then we go out and seize a square of singular symbolic significance and put our asses on the line to make it happen.” - as stated by Occupy Wall Street

"We will only grow stronger in our solidarity
and we will be heard, not just in New York, 
but in echoes across this nation." 

- OccupyTogether.Org

"In every facet of this movement, we are only beginning."

-OccupyTogether.Org 

Occupy Buffalo

"We hold these truths to be self-evident,
that all men are created equal." 

- United States Declaration of Independence

• On September 17th, men and women of all races, backgrounds, political and religious beliefs, began to organize in nonviolent protest. These men and women represent the 99% with the goal of ending the greed and corruption of the wealthiest 1% of America.  

• Occupy Buffalo is in solidarity with and support of Occupy Together.Org and Occupy Wall Street.Org

Occupy Buffalo

Twitter
Facebook 
Website




ON IRC:  

IRC SERVER: irc.indymedia.org  

channels: #occupybuffalo  #occupywallstreet

[download MIRC: http://www.mirc.com]

TOGETHER is a hub for all of the events springing up across the country in solidarity with Occupy Wall St  

• Occupy Wall Street is a leaderless resistance movement which began as a call to action from Adbusters, a Canadian-based anti-consumerist organization.

• The original projections for the protest were to be between 20,000–90,000 participants. However, when only a little over a thousand protestors showed up the first day, it was labeled a bust. 

• In the days to follow, more and more people have joined the protestors as they spend day and night in Liberty Square. 

“The beauty of this new formula, and what makes this novel tactic exciting, is its pragmatic simplicity: we talk to each other in various physical gatherings and virtual people’s assemblies, we zero in on what our one demand will be, a demand that awakens the imagination and, if achieved, would propel us toward the radical democracy of the future, and then we go out and seize a square of singular symbolic significance and put our asses on the line to make it happen.” - as stated by Occupy Wall Street

"We will only grow stronger in our solidarity
and we will be heard, not just in New York, 
but in echoes across this nation." 

- OccupyTogether.Org

"In every facet of this movement, we are only beginning."

-OccupyTogether.Org 

9/11: This Is Nothing New

 

[This is just a post regarding where the 9/11 article I wrote has been published.]

Kabul, Afghanistan Press.Org

WGRZ Channel 2 News 

Harlem World New York City 

The News Tribe UK 

My phone rang. I was told to turn on the TV. I stared in horror at the screen as a plane flew directly into the 2nd tower of The World Trade Center. I thought: How is this possible in America, let alone New York City, the most populous city in the U.S, the largest metropolitan area in the world?

All I knew is that people were dying.

After 9/11, every available person volunteered to assist NYC ranging from the health care field, firefighters, police force, and everyday people. The attitude in America was one of solidarity. No one fought about religion and politics. Diversity in race, financial status or sexual gender was not an issue. People stood together.  Not apart.

What followed as a result, was and still is, global mass hysteria.

*    *    *

"Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times."  - Machiavelli

1941: Pearl Harbor

• Pearl Harbor Naval Base was attacked by 353 Japanese fighters in 2 crushing waves. 2,402 men were killed with 1,282 wounded.
• Pearl Harbor led the U.S. into World War II. The intention behind the attack on Pearl Harbor was for Japan to conquer Southeast Asia without interference.
• 1942: Japanese Americans and Japanese were brought to camps called "War Relocation Camps."  There were 3 types: Civilian Assembly Centers [temporary], Relocation Centers [internment] and Detention Camps [people of interest to the government.]
• 1945: The United States bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan killing 80,000 people under President Truman's Executive Order 9981. To date, this is the only use of nuclear weapons during war.
• 1988: Congress passed legislation and President Ronald Reagan signed, apologizing for the internment of Japanese on behalf of the U.S. government.

*    *    *

1979: Afghanistan

• During the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, the U.S., Saudi Arabia, UK, Pakistan, Israel, Taiwan, Indonesia and China all offered "unofficial" military and/or financial support [Operation Cyclone] to the people in the struggle. The USSR supported the government of Afghanistan against the Afghan people and Arab- Afghan volunteers. Soviet occupation had an opposite effect. It did not pacify the people, it gave them power in strength and number.
• Foreigners wished to be a part of this global movement including a young Saudi named Osama bin Laden. 
• 1985: National Security Decision Directive 166: The CIA and ISI pressured Afghan militants to attack government strongholds. The CIA began programs for training militants in techniques such as car bombs, assassinations, and cross border raids into the USSR.  Pakistan's ISI and SSG, U.S. Special Forces and British Air, supported the training. 
• 1989: The Geneva accords allowed for withdrawal and Soviet troops left Afghanistan. US President Carter stated: the Soviet incursion was "the most serious threat to peace since the Second World War."

*    *    *

Osama bin Laden

• [wealthy Saudi bin Laden family] believed in the need for fighting for injustices against Muslims by the U.S. and other non-Muslim states, to eliminate the state of Israel and to force the U. S. from the Middle East. What may have began as a resistance movement, turned into a strategy against the USSR and the U.S. to lure them into long wars in Muslim countries. 
• Osama attracted large numbers of people in the struggle who would never surrender. bin Laden believed this would lead to economic collapse of a nation. bin Laden was a part of Operation Cyclone [where young men were trained by several nations on terrorism] during the Soviet-Afghan War.

Al-Qaeda

• [The Base] is a global military group initially formed as a resistance movement, that turned into global extremist groups with various disconnected movements. Al-Qaeda's network was built from the bottom up, eventually with bin Laden as Commander and al-Zawahiri as Deputy until Osama's death. The number of well trained militants inside and people supporting the group is unknown.
• The latter goal of "Al-Qaeda" was to weaken America by involving the nation in too many engagements, collapsing political stability, resulting in economic downfall.
• 2001: U.S. forces recover a videotape from a house in Jalalabad, Afghanistan with bin Laden speaking to al-Harbi [Saudi Nationalist] admitting to having foreknowledge of the attacks. Al Jazeera broadcast Bin Laden stating, "I stress that I have not carried out this act, which appears to have been carried out by individuals with their own motivation." 
• 2001: 2nd Bin Laden video released stating: "Terrorism against America deserves to be praised because it was a response to injustice, aimed at forcing America to stop its support for Israel, which kills our people", yet bin Laden never admitted responsibility.
• 2004: Before U.S. Presidential elections, bin Laden said he had personally directed his followers to attack the World Trade Center. 
• 2006: Al Jazeera shows bin Laden making preparations for the attacks.

*    *    *

Pre 9/11 

• 6 WTC housed the U.S. Customs Service and Commodities Exchange. Beneath was the NYC mass transit subway system and Port Authority. The Two Towers were in the heart of NYC's financial district.
• The North Tower was designed for housing telecommunications: all NYC television and radio broadcasters.
• The 7 structures of the WTC consisted of: The State of NY, financial firms of Wall Street, Morgan Stanley, Aon Corporation, Salomon Brothers, Cantor Fitzgerald, and the Port Authority.
• Underneath the WTC, one of the world's largest gold depositories was stored, owned by commercial banks.
• The Port Authority leased the WTC to a private entity, Silverstein [$3.22 billion] that added the WTC to the city's tax rolls and private funds for Port Authority projects. 

*    *    *

September 11, 2001

• Two American Airlines 767 jets crashed into the Twin Towers of The World Trade Center in New York City. The South Tower burned for almost an hour, collapsing, followed by the North Tower.
• American Airlines Flight 77 flew into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
• American Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. The supposed target: The Capitol or The White House. 
• 1,344 people were trapped. 700 people were killed instantly.
• People made their way toward the roof but the doors were locked.
• 200 people fell or jumped to their deaths.
• 411 emergency workers died as they rescued people.
• All the deaths were civilians, except for 55 military personnel at the Pentagon.
• The medical examiner's office collected 10,000 unidentified bone and tissue fragments that can't be matched. 1,122 of the victims remained unidentified.
• The death toll was estimated over 6,000.

*    *    *

Post 9/11

• President Bush's approval rating soared to 90% before 2002 elections and the U.S government began the "Global War on Terror" targeting the government named culprit, "Al-Qaeda."
• Hate crimes against Muslims and Southeast Asians ensued: verbal abuse, attacks on mosques, religious buildings [including Hindu temples], assaults on people, and in some instances, murder.  Anyone perceived to be "Middle Eastern" were victims.
• One month after the attacks, the U.S led a coalition of "international forces" to attempt to remove the Taliban for training [see Operation Cyclone] of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.
• Pakistani authorities provided the U.S. with access to military bases, arresting and handing the U.S. over 600 "suspected" Al-Qaeda members.  

*    *    *

Guantanamo and Bagram

• The U.S. set up "Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp" to hold inmates they defined as "illegal enemy combatants" currently holding 172 prisoners in Cuba.
• 2600 men are still being held indefinitely in Afghanistan at Bagram Air Base.
• During the Bush Administration, Bagram prison held up to 650 prisoners. Since the Obama Administration, the number has doubled.
• The Dept. of Homeland Security was formed. Congress passed "The Patriot Act" that allows law enforcement to invade the privacy of its citizens.

*    *    *

 The U.S. never formally indicted bin Laden for the 9/11 attacks.

Bin Laden was killed by American forces in Abbotabad, Pakistan.

In the end, tens of thousands of people were killed.

To think critically, one must study history, politics, culture, tradition, and socio-economic structures of nations. There are no absolutes, the only truth apparent regarding 9/11, is that many nations had roles in all events preceding and post 9/11. None of these events were in the interests of the citizens of each nation.

We must attempt, in the very least, to discern the reasons behind each action. We must stop judging one another based upon the actions of our governments. We must think rationally in order to understand what has, is and will occur in our world.

*    *    *

"Terrorism has no face, no race, no religion, no culture nor nation." 

- Susan Marie

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© Susan Marie
September 9, 2011

Wake Up World: My dream for humanity [I Need YOU]

Voting starts in November, for now see below:

 

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Let's Change the World!

Peace,

Susan Marie

UN: OHCHR: Internet As Mainstream Media: Freedom of Expression

September 2011

More than two decades on, the Committee seeks to give practical application to freedom of opinion and expression in the radically altered media landscape which has the internet and mobile communications centre-stage.

Describing “a global network to exchange ideas and opinions that does not necessarily rely on the traditional mass media”, the Committee says “States parties should take all necessary steps to foster the independence of these new media and to ensure access.”

Any restrictions that might be applied to websites, blogs or any other internet-based networks or support systems should be limited, the Committee says, to content only and should not be applied to entire sites and systems.

In the context of permissible restrictions generally, the Committee recommends extreme caution and provides many examples of situations where the urge to restrict freedom of expression should be resisted.  There are no circumstances which justify limiting freedom of opinion, the Committee notes in its revised General Comment.

Lawmakers, judges, prosecutors, lawyers, human rights defenders, journalists and others will turn to the General Comment for guidance on the scope and practical applications of the rights to freedom of opinion and expression.    

In the  International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which sets out the right to freedom of expression, only two situations are described which justify its limitation: respect of the rights or reputations of others and protection of national security or of public order, or of public health or morals. The Covenant also prohibits advocacy of religious hatred.

The Committee notes that the Convention places a particularly high value on uninhibited debate concerning political figures and public institutions.  Laws which prohibit or restrict criticism of important people and institutions are cause for concern the Committee says.  

“The mere fact that forms of expression are considered to be insulting to a public figure is not sufficient to justify the imposition of penalties… all public figures, including those exercising the highest political authority such as heads of state and government, are legitimately subject to criticism and political opposition.”  The same should apply to institutions such as the army.

Committee member, Michael O’Flaherty says, “The main point of the general comment and of the Committee adopting it is that freedom of expression is at the heart of the entire human rights system.”

“That means,” he says, “we have to put up with a lot of speech that we don’t like."

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Palais Wilson
52 rue des Pâquis
CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland.