The Burning Alchemist

JOURNEY TO THE FLAMES

A documentary covering 10 Years of Burning Man. We are trying to post as much video as we can up on our facebook page.

For one week every year, 50,000 people gather in the Black Rock desert to build a temporary city of art.

Founded as an experiment in radical self-expression, Burning Man is like no other place on earth. The ground rules are simple: no commerce, leave no trace, no spectators - participants only. You bring what you need to survive and you bring your gift of participation and art.

Black Rock City, as it is called, has everything you would expect in a real city: a post office, airport, radio stations, newspapers, police, fire and medical.

JOURNEY TO THE FLAMES was directed by Doug Jacobson, who follows a group of friends as they head off to the desert. Experience 10 years of amazing Burning Man art. Take a ride into the madness and discover a world of art, sexuality, music and fire... lots of fire.

okay, yeah I am an Anime geek.  I got hooked on this series when I was watching it on its first run in the 1980's.

Robotech

Macross Saga

Robotech Masters (aka Southern Cross)

New Generation

The Sentinels (not available in a clean show feed, only in fan ripped feeds)

and the latest, released in 2008: The Shadow Chronicles

An new faire in Irvine, at Irvine Lake, near the old Crossroads Orange/Irvine faire site, comming in March

Into A New World Renaissance and Fantasy Faire

I'll try and give an event review after I've seen how it does.

I first saw this at Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation at the Museum of Modern Art in La Jolla, CA.  And it's been happily burned into my memory ever since. (yes, I do know that I'm a sick puppy)

A recent conversation triggered a memory of a lyric from a song that dove me a bit crazy because I could manage to remember most of that single line of the song, and I was pretty sure of who sang it, what movie it was in and part of the character's name, but not the song title or the rest of the lyrics.  It was a memory that I knew was there but was tantalizingly out of reach.  So like any good geek, I Googled it and resolve the problem.

It was "Fixing a Hole" sung by George Burns as Mr. Kite in the 1978 movie production of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.  Critically panned and a financial flop, it's still a good cult classic, and one that I thought that I'd share.

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 1)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 2)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 3)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 4)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 5)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 6)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 7)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 8)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 9)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 10)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 11)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 12)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 13)

This was passed on to me by a friend a long time ago and I just ran across it agin and felt that I should post it for all to see.

Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio

"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me.. It is the most-requested column I've ever written.

My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:

1. Life isn't fair,but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone...

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret,you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful,beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words'In five years, will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's,we'd grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

42. The best is yet to come.

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.