Ohm Shanthi: Trevor Hall

Chill It's Trevor
Photo: Emory Hall

TREVOR HALL

COMES FULL CIRCLE WITH HIS NEW RELEASE

KALA

THE THIRD AND FINAL CHAPTER IN HIS THREE ALBUM SERIES

TAPING PBS SHOW ON TOUR JUNE 16^TH AT WORLD CAFÉ IN WILMINGTON, DE

PERFORMING IN DEEPAK CHOPRA’S GLOBAL MEDITATION FOR COMPASSION ON JULY 11^TH IN CARLSBAD, CA

Ohm...Ohm...Ohm...It's Trevor Hall... 

TREVOR HALL has announced the release of his upcoming album KALA on August 21, 2015. Written in Hawaii and recorded in L.A., KALA marks the final chapter in a trilogy that chronicles Trevor’s spiritual and musical journey over the past few years.  KALA, which means ‘time’ in Sanskrit, embodies the very essence of time, permeating in each of the album’s tracks.

Trevor explains, “A year ago, my grandmother said to me…‘Isn’t time such a wonderful gift?’…….That was the seed. That was the beginning … ‘Time.’ …For as long as I can remember, time was something that I looked upon negatively. It was always a burden, a pressure, a restriction. It was something that I was always running out of, something that I couldn’t grasp. I constantly encumbered myself with the impossible task of figuring everything out right now. I mean, we’re running out of time, aren’t we? Look around you … Our daily lives are ruled by time. Everyone is in a rush. Everyone is trying to get things done before time runs out. We are bound by it, frustrated with it, and often angry at it.

When my grandmother looked up to me from her wheel chair on that golden afternoon, something happened. I didn’t know it then, but that one remark would stick with me for weeks and months to come. Slowly, but inevitably, her words would unravel the weighted tassels of time that I had continually allowed myself to be fettered by. In time, time changed its face.

Thus … KALA was born.

‘Kala’ is the Sanskrit word for ‘time.’ In contrast to my inherited understanding of time, many Eastern cultures of our world understand and treat time for its eternal nature. It is spoken of in its relationship to space and to growth. It fosters wisdom and right understanding. It is the womb of all creation - from which we all came, and to which we will all return to. There is no beginning, and there is no end.

This album mirrors my journey with time….my journey to surrender more deeply to it. KALA is about time the healer, time the teacher, time the friend, and all the lessons within. My hope and prayer is that these songs and stories help inspire us to look at this journey of life in all its vastness rather than its limitation.”

TREVOR HALL’S musical trilogy began with the 2014 release of CHAPTER OF THE FOREST, born during a yearlong sabbatical in which Hall returned to his beloved India, Nepal, Vermont, and Maine. His journey continued with his most recent EP UNPACK YOUR MEMORIES, a collection including some of Hall’s most personal tracks recorded on his laptop solely by him.   

Hall is currently in the midst of his summer tour which will include two special performances. He will be featured on Emmy Award winning PBS show On Tour that will be taped at World Café Live in Wilmington, Delaware on June 16^th. The program will air in the fall. The On Tour series is recorded live on location at local venues in and around Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. It airs on PBS station WHYY-TV. On July 11^th, Trevor will be the featured performer in Deepak Chopra’s 2^nd annual Global Meditation for Compassion at the Deepak Chopra Center in Carlsbad, CA. The event will be streamed live in English and Spanish. For more information on this event visit https://chopracentermeditation.com/globalmeditation

Full list of tour dates below with new fall dates to be announced shortly. For updates visit www.trevorhallmusic.com and www.smarturl.it/thtour .

2015 Summer & Fall Tour Dates

6-15-2015            Bay Shore, NY – Boulton Center (Special Event)

6-16-2015            Wilmington, DE – World Café Live Delaware (taping PBS series On Tour)
6-17-2015            Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
6-18-2015            Portland, ME – Port City Music Hall
6-20-2015            Stratton, VT – Wanderlust
6-21-2015            Stratton, VT – Wanderlust

6-24-2015            Alexandria, VA – Birchmere Music Hall
6-26-2015            Rothbury, MI – Electric Forest Festival
6-27-2015            Chicago, IL – Lincoln

6-28-2015            Minneapolis, MN – Cabooze

6-30-2015            Cleveland, OH – Music Box
7-01-2015            Cleveland, OH – Music Box
7-03-2015            Toronto, Canada – Lee’s Palace

7-11-2015            Carlsbad, CA – Deepak Chopra Global Meditation for Compassion Event

7-14-2015            Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
7-15-2015            Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom – Sold Out
7-16-2015            San Juan Capistrano, CA – The Coach House

7-17-2015            Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst
7-18-2015            Lake Tahoe, CA – Wanderlust Festival

7-19-2015            Lake Tahoe, CA – Wanderlust

8-01-2015            Bridgeport, CT – Gathering of the Vibes
8-04-2015            Missoula, MT – Top Hat

8-05-2015            Bozeman, MT – Filling Station
8-06-2015            Jackson Hole, WY – Pink Gerter

8-07-2015            Park City, UT – Park City Live
8-09-2015            Loveland, CO – Arise Music Festival

8-11-2015            Kansas City, MO – The Riot Room

8-13-2015            Birmingham, AL – WorkPlay Theatre

8-14-2015            Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
8-15-2015            Charleston, SC – Music Farm

8-16-2015            Charlotte, NC – The Visulite Theatre

9-01-2015            Hilton Head, SC – Rooftop Bar at Poseidon

9-03-2015            Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
9-05-2015            Floyd, VA – Floyd Yoga Jam
9-06-2015            Myrtle Beach, SC – The Boathouse

9-12-2015            Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom

9-13-2015            Joshua Tree, CA – BhakiFest

9-17-2015            Portland, OR – Star Theater
9-18-2015            Seattle, WA – The Showbox
9-19-2015            Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret

9-22-2015            Billings, MT – Pub Station

Website: www.trevorhallmusic.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trevorhall

Twitter: https://twitter.com/trevorhallmusic

Instagram: http://instagram.com/trevorhallmusic

Youtube: http://youtube.com/trevorhallmusic

Tour dates: www.smarturl.it/thtour   

No Brainer: Magic Mike XXL

Time For Some "Magic" at Los Angeles Pride

It's the marketing no brainer of the year. Yes, there was a Magic Mike XXL float in the Los Angeles Pride Parade.

Stars Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer & Adam Rodriguez were on it accompanied by some shirtless ripped guys shaking their money makers.

Oh, and I was there and I saw it all with my own two eyes.

Brilliant idea not to mention fun!

Feel the magic at: http://www.magicmikemovie.com/

Because I'm Punk, That's Why

Trespassers Premiere New Video ("Thereafter") on Alternative Press; 'Rival Glass' EP Out Now on Spartan Records No "Trespassers" Hello followers, you may have realized I harbor a secret that is not in keeping with the conventions of society. "Yes" it's true, I love punk rock and am now introducing you to the "Trespassers." What are you gonna do?! Sue me MotherF#@kers?! Syracuse, NY's Trespassers are premiering a new video for their latest single "Thereafter" on Alternative Press. The track appears on their 'Rival Glass' EP which was released in late-February and is available now at iTunes and the Spartan Records store. What others are saying about Trespassers 'Rival Glass': "...it's clear that the band has the chops to go the mile. Distorted, grungy and very accessible. "- Punknews "For fans of Balance and Composure and the like."- Absolutepunk "...a bloody enjoyable listen. Robust, powerful and packed with subtle hooks, it’s the sort of EP that leaves you eager for more....showcases Trespassers at their serrated, jagged best."- Alreadyheard Upcoming Shows: Jun 16 Yardstock III Shickshinny, PA Jul 17 Bug Jar Rochester, NY Jul 25 Bistro de Paris Montreal, Canada Jul 26 Pauls House Ottawa, Canada Trespassers: Matt Wojtanik- Vocals Matt Travers- Guitar/Vocals Alec LaBounty- Drums Nick Hotaling- Bass Ryan Dugan- Guitar Facebook Spartan Records

That's So Raven

Rave-Symone on The View

While The View is a show I avoid at all costs I do love Ms. Raven-Symone for a myriad of reasons. 

Having caught her on the show by happenstance (it's what they had on TV in the waiting room) I may now tune in once in a while to check her thoughts out. She has brings a sparkle to the show that has sorely been lacking for years and I really respect her opinions and intelligence, Raven is bad ass!

And if she gets her way on her request to have Caitlyn Jenner on the show you KNOW I will be glued to the TV for that one!

Here is what she has to say on the subject -

Source E! News:

"I think Caitlyn Jenner is a very brave woman," the 29-year-old TV personality told E! News. "I think she has done a lot of things that will inspire many other people in the world to journey down their truth path...and I'm sure she would love us!"

That's so Raven, and I love her for it!

Raven Rules at: 
https://www.facebook.com/ravensymone
https://twitter.com/ravensymone

Killing Jimmy Hoffa

Killing Jimmy Hoffa comes to DVD July 21st The real story of the Teamsters boss told through exclusive interviews, news footage, and photographs  Remember the saga of Jimmy Hoffa? I do...he is one of the most prolific figures in American History. So much so that there was a 1992 movie starring Jack Nicholson directed by Danny DeVito simply called: "Hoffa" Fascinating stuff...

Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance and probable murder is one of the great crimes of the century. Despite a massive Federal investigation spanning 4 decades and hundreds of suspects, only the general contours of the crime are known. In the American mythology Hoffa is both hero and villain; a self-made man who ran the nation's largest union and was so beloved by the rank and file Teamsters he represented that they supported him as union president while he was under indictment and even in prison. Hoffa also moved in the highest circles of organized crime. Among his closest friends and business partners were members of the national Mafia commission, men he was forced to align with during the violent and chaotic early days of union building when corporations deployed armed goons and police to attack workers in the street, and unions battled each other to control the workforce.  Hoffa's chief nemesis was US attorney general Robert F. Kennedy, and the two men developed a deep hatred for each other. In the long aftermath of President F. John Kennedy's assassination Jimmy Hoffa's name swirled in the aether of conspiracy theories, and his close Mafia associates Carlos Marcello and Santos Trafficante are at the center of the most plausible theories about Kennedy's death. The two men Hoffa thought he was going to meet on the day of his disappearance have the most ironclad alibis of any suspects in the case. All the FBI's other leads came from informants and unreliable witnesses. In the years after the case the FBI has dug up farms, investigated waste dumps, and debriefed numerous Mafia turncoats that purported to have information on Hoffa's death, but they all turned out to be ephemeral. The only physical evidence is a single piece of Hoffa's hair found in Mafia enforcer Tony Giacalone's son's car. Frank Sheeran, a Teamster ally and Mafia enforcer, made the claim that he personally killed Hoffa in a house in Detroit and his story became a national best seller. But the veracity of Sheeran's story is undermined by his previous attempts to get a book deal centered around the claim that Richard Nixon had Hoffa killed, and his use of a forged document purportedly signed by Hoffa that validated his story.  "Killing Jimmy Hoffa" covers the life and times of Hoffa and explore all the theories about his disappearance. In analyzing the suspects we will take a tour of America's 20th criminal landscape and see how the Hoffa hit was the final act in the nearly 50 year reign of La Cosa Nostra as a shadow government that wielded chilling power and control over America. Finally, we will unveil a previously unknown, and the most likely, account of the events of July 30th, 1975, the day James Riddle Hoffa vanished. Jimmy Hoffa was a Shakespearean character. One of the last of the self-made American men to rise out of the working class, he was born fighting. To seize and maintain the power he so obviously craved Hoffa had to embrace the corruption of the world he inhabited. Corrupt businesses, corrupt politicians, and the very essence of corruption: La Cosa Nostra. He was a Caesar surrounded by many Brutus'. He lived to see his great nemesis, the golden boy Robert F. Kennedy, die before him, but also lost his greatest possession-the Teamsters union itself. In the ultimate insult, whoever killed him got away with it; Hoffa's soul forever un-avenged. Why do we still think about him? It must be that he reminds us of something about America, he reminds us that it wasn't always so easy, that it wasn't always so slick and clean. We know that he is dead, but the important question is: Who Killed Jimmy Hoffa? The cast of characters in the saga of Jimmy Hoffa is quite a menagerie. His peers were the most powerful men in America, on both sides of the law. The Kennedy brothers, Mafia strongmen like Detroit's Giacalone brothers and the murderous Carmine Galante, hard-nosed union men, CIA spies, and the captains of American industry. Hoffa was at the center of such a complex web of relationships, plots, and conspiracies that eventually he could no longer manage them and found himself taking a ride that he would never return from. At the height of his fame, his face was more recognizable than a movie star, he was more loved than Mickey Mantle. Just as the Kennedy's were the Golden Boys of the aspiring classes, of the college students , James Hoffa was the Golden Boy of the all those Americans who worked for a living, even if he was just as flawed as Jack and Bobby. The Hoffa hit was the last great flexing of Mafia power on a national scale. While the government didn't charge anybody, all the prime suspects received significant prison sentences soon after, unlike in the assassination of JFK, where they got away fairly cleanly. Starting in the late 80's many of the top Mafia chiefs were sent to prison for lengthy terms, and their ability to pull off crimes right in the public eye diminished. What we saw was an end to a period of extreme corruption in the American economic, political, and social systems that began during Prohibition. The era of assassinations, Watergate, etc. Corrupt politicians, corrupt police, corrupt leaders. Hoffa was a man of his times. Hoffa's disappearance was the capstone of 15 years of psychic trauma and shocking events that started with JFK's assassination and continued through the murders of MLK , RFK, and Watergate.

Miley Cyrus & Bubba Sue: Use Your Voice!

We're Happy Hippies: Miley Cyrus & Bubba Sue
Photo: Paola Kudacki

"I was doing a show two nights ago," she said, "and I was wearing butterfly nipple pasties and butterfly wings. I'm standing there with my t---s out, dressed like a butterfly. How the f--- is that fair? How am I so lucky?" - Miley Cyrus, Paper Magazine

Miley Cyrus is a great singer and a fearless human being!

She got naked with her pig Bubba Sue for the cover of Paper Magazine to draw attention to her Happy Hippie Foundation, which is focused on helping homeless and LGBT youth to encourage them to "use their voice!" Like she does.

Cyrus realizes how lucky she has it and gives 110% to everything she does, she rulz!

C'mon get Happy Hippie at: http://www.happyhippies.org/

You Are My Sweet Baby: Love Song For Jeffrey Dahmer

Dudley Saunders

Dudley Saunders latest is disturbing, haunting & beautiful....

Since nobody extrapolates on their own creations better than Dudley here is what he has to say about it:

Here is the seventh lyric video from IN THESE BOXES (and also the album THE EMERGENCY LANE).  

The unusual thing is that I removed the song title for IN THESE BOXES, which made it more of a straightforward S&M love song (depending on how straightforward you feel an S&M love song can be). So it was an interesting bit of artistic re-purposing.  

Here's the text from the performance, which nods lightly toward Dahmer without tipping into serial murder, keeping it in the sphere of perverse romance:
 

"This memory was murdered.  This life was a secret.  It did not require drugs to be released.  He was transformed, as a hero should be in a proper story.  He found happiness.  The happiness was so upsetting that much care was taken to blot out any memory of it.   To ravel the story so it’s pattern could not be seen.  But his happiness had been here, in that Detroit basement that was soundproof."

Prepare yourself and watch the video after the jump.

It's Time For Dudley at:

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