Re: [-empyre-] introducing week 4

--empyre- soft-skinned space-- dear all we encourage all participants to stay with us actively for the remainder of this month's discussion on ISIS, Terror, Performance --- and wish to thank, especially, our guests last week and all those from the empyre community

[-empyre-] Wood, what calms (if one has the luxury of calming)

--empyre- soft-skinned space-- Wood! (what saves me, occupies the space of anguish: the tending and playing of music, the physicality of wood. wooden instruments need a kind of stewardship; they're organic, they open other (sonic) registers, they restore balance,

Re: [-empyre-] Wood, what calms (if one has the luxury of calming)

--empyre- soft-skinned space-- good wood oud. thanks, Simon ___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://empyre.library.cornell.edu

Re: [-empyre-] The Market from Here // Kuki

--empyre- soft-skinned space-- thanks to Alan for sending us his music and his evocations of the calming, restorative power of sound, wood, and wind or string instruments. I listened to this while also remembering what you cited to us earlier, Alan, namely a

Re: [-empyre-] The Market from Here // Kuki

--empyre- soft-skinned space-- The square can be a tool to remember to mourn and to celebrate. The movement I belong, Women in Black, www.womeninblack.org, started in Israel 1988, http://womeninblack.org/vigils-arround-the-world/europa/israel/ as a demonstration against

Re: [-empyre-] Wood, what calms (if one has the luxury of calming)

--empyre- soft-skinned space--Good healing! On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 4:40 PM, simon s...@clear.net.nz wrote: --empyre- soft-skinned space-- good wood oud. thanks, Simon ___ empyre forum

Re: [-empyre-] Wood, what calms (if one has the luxury of calming)

--empyre- soft-skinned space-- Thank you, Alan, for these gifts of fall color and music from singing wood. Such things really matter! CS On 11/24/2014 4:26 PM, Alan Sondheim wrote: --empyre- soft-skinned space-- Wood! (what saves

[-empyre-] Cyberwar against St Louis / Ferguson

--empyre- soft-skinned space-- See images below: A Missouri grand jury has decided not to indict Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson [www.cnn.com] in the August 9 shooting death of Michael Brown, prosecutor Robert McCulloch said Monday. The incident became a

Re: [-empyre-] Cyberwar against St Louis / Ferguson

--empyre- soft-skinned space-- Ferguson is going to burn down, that's for sure. And the grand joury should be conscient and take their responsability about what is going to happen. That's the kind of arrogant behaviour who make people angry, frustrated and violent. Ana

Re: [-empyre-] Cyberwar against St Louis / Ferguson

--empyre- soft-skinned space-- I agree with you but I don't think the grand jury was arrogant; the deliberation went on for two days and I think everyone is scared as hell. That said, the police are out of control here, there are so many goddamn guns on the street

Re: [-empyre-] Cyberwar against St Louis / Ferguson

--empyre- soft-skinned space--But it was what I wanted to adress the arrogance of a system which feel itself as above any judgement and carry on making people unhappy and frustrated. Why is the US endemic violent? Again compare Isis beheadings with Columbine killed

Re: [-empyre-] Cyberwar against St Louis / Ferguson

--empyre- soft-skinned space-- On Tue, 25 Nov 2014, Ana Valdes wrote: But it was what I wanted to adress the arrogance of a system which feel itself as above any judgement and carry on making people unhappy and frustrated. Why is the US endemic violent? Again