If 1967 gave us the 'Summer of Love', 1968 brought the confrontations in
Chicago and the assassinations of Kennedy and King. By ‘69 things were
starting to feel very dangerous. If the Revolution was going to happen it
wasn't going to be without a little violence. The status quo was not about
to give up without a fight. 
Volunteers is the rock album for The Revolution That Never Was. In many
ways it's as relevant today as it was 40 years ago. That Revolution may not
have succeeded, but Grace Slick (pictured here in a photograph  I took of
her in 1969) and the Jefferson Airplane certainly did. Of all their albums, 'Volunteers' political stance overshadows the rest of their albums and one
of those songs "We Can Be Together” contains a lyric that's eerily as
relevant today as it was then. 

"All your private property is target for your enemy.. And your enemy is greed." 

If that isn't a warning for Conservative America, then I don't know what is.
This  album is an unrecognized timeless masterpiece that I still get the  chills playing, preferably as loud as possible.

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May/09

To help remind Americans of the true meaning of Memorial Day, the "National Moment of Remembrance" resolution was passed on Dec 2000. This resolution asks that all Americans " Voluntarily and informally observe in their own way a Moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence to commemorate the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war”  

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April/09

Since Christ rose from the dead, the power of love has been stronger than that of hatred. This is the certainty of the Church and is the reason for its joy which, during the night of the Easter vigil, is manifested in the singing off the Exultet. This is the third symbol of the "vigil of all vigils," together with the fire and water, and all of them are "manifested" in the resurrection. This photograph, taken at sunrise on New Years Day, symbolizes the lighting of the new fire and the living water.