.....you'll hear the 'under-lingo' and you'll diagnose the person next to you right away!

Bay Area Icarus was revived last summer, and we are officially full of surging, irreverent life.   We held our first event on Valentine's Day--Mad Love.  We had an open mic, a skilled MC, a cabaret of musicians and poets, and the evening skyrocketed to a close with the Brass Liberation Orchestra.

If you were there, you know.  If not, read on!  Almost as good. :)

Here, if this works, is the infamous John Trudell speaking about being crazy and using our creative intelligence to escape the ways our minds are colonized. Deep and inspiring for those of us easily overwhelmed and uncertain about where to head now that we're starting to see the realities of our own situations! Enjoy!

Two black and white drawings I made a few years ago seeking to demystify a way in which people are fooled time and again.

Check out this neat index of political cartoons I found today while browsing a site I've long enjoyed!

Critical response to the last blog entry.

a critical analysis of Fox's TV show Mental