Kelley Stoltz interviewed

Well folks, one of my favorite musicians, Kelley Stoltz, has been interviewed by one of my favorite sites, Tiny Mix Tapes, so I guess it's mandatory that I make a post out of it. Basically he makes home recordings out of his apartment, which located on top of a run-down laundromat. Check him out.

Mobility

I've never owned a car. I drove my dad's Jeep Cherokee while he was at work and my brother's Honda Civic while he was a freshman at JMU. But other than that, I've never been guranteed a ride anywhere, and it has been pretty frustrating. I just want to have the power to be able to go where I want whevever I want. But this is such a selfish midset. I've never thought in depth about the ecological issues at hand. But the more I overcrowding and subsequent pollution caused by poorly-made vehicles, the less I care about owning one. If I need to get anywhere, emphasis on NEED, then I'm starting to ride my bike. I'm even going to try to ride the public transit for the first time this Sunday. I think it's a little irresponsible on my part to keep asking my friends for rides when the city offers cheap (about $1.50 per ride) trasport for multiple people. I ask that everyone be at least curious about their situation if they have the privilege. People like my good friends Ben Jackson and Conrad Wineland are in different countries where there isn't even nearly an organized of a system of transport for the residents. If anything, at least be curious about what alternatives your area offers.

Also-

Did you know that if every household changed its five most-used lightbulbs to compact fluorescent light bulbs, the country coul take twenty-one coal-fired power plants off-line tomorrow. This would keep one trillion pounds of poisonous gases and soot out of the air we breathe and send to the countries around us. This would also have the same beneficial impact of taking eight million cars off the roads.

Food for thought

There's something about the food we eat that scares me. Processed, chemically-sprayed, force-fed, steroid-treated tissues can't be good for humanity or the environment.

What are some ways to prevent this unhealthy pattern in today's consumer-oriented society?

Is it the coffee we drink, the beef we buy, the industrial farms we support, the vegetables we alter, the ground we kill, the forests we destroy, the money we spend, or the nations we coerce?

What are some things we can do?

College

I think half of the people I know don't want to be in college, yet we still go. We, as in I am included. I just don't think I can justify spending so much money on this.

The Secret Message of Jesus

"What if Jesus' secret message reveals a secret plan? What if he didn't come to start a new religion- but rather came to start a political, social, religious, artistic, economic, intellectual, and spiritual revolution that would give birth to a new world?"

forrealz

Musical Elitism

This relatively new phenomenon is something I've been a part of, unintentionally. Below is an amusing, yet infomative look on what it actually looks like. Check out the rest of my friends at Tiny Mix Tapes. Their opinions are interesting, to say the least.

http://www.tinymixtapes.com/Of-Fandom-and-Isolation