brodiefosterhubbard:

“I want to talk a little bit about extremism in American politics today… I’m not entirely against it.”

The picture above is Dr. Joel Olson, author of The Abolition of White Democracy, speaking in December 2010 in Sedona, Arizona, giving a lecture entitled Extremism and American Politics: Abolitionists, Jihadis, and Tea Parties.

Today at brodiehubbard.com, a few words about the passing of Dr. Joel Olson… zinester, punk rocker, anti-racist activist, political science professor, and one of the nicest and smartest guys I ever met.

(Click the link for more.)

-BFH

SHAKEYTOWNRADIO.COM EXCLUSIVE: Gene and Brodie claim no responsibility for this lost, one-hour long, July 4th, 2010 episode to be entertaining. This a low quality, raw feed of the audio recorded this day, mic malfunctions and boring ethics talk and all.

Erinn Williams (erinnwilliams.com) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist with a background in opera and a passion for raw, vegan food. When she’s not touring the world with her beautiful music, she makes a living as a chocolatier with her Rawkin’ Raw Chocolates (rawenergyandlife.com). On this episode, Erinn, Gene, and Brodie chat about her various careers, growing up in Missoula, Montana, contemplating the gypsy lifestyle in Europe, and looking over our shoulders for the top secret premium video feed we’re sure this podcast has hidden somewhere. Also, Erinn treats us to a live performance. 

(photos via @JAMVeganBakery)

Do you understand that cake pops are manna sent from heaven?

So do the right thing and give unto the gods. JAM Vegan Bakery (as in Jesse and Mallori) are raising money on Kickstarter for a food truck. 

If you are working right now, if you appreciate vegan dessert, and if you got some extra scratch, put a little towards these folks.

-BFH

jenkirkman:

Some of the comments in this article bum me out. I hate this macho attitude towards meat. And I hate this attitude that singers and other artists should shut up and not be political or socio-political. 

‎Jen Kirkman with a few words on vegetarianism and the right - nay, the duty - of artists to speak up on what they believe in.

-BFH

missadventuresofelisamarie:

Kevin McCallister is one of my favorite charachtersever created. I love his antics, striped sweater, girlish scream, and talk boy. Classic fuckin’ movie.

I’ve only spent a rare few minutes in Elisa’s company, but her husband John (of Golden Rule Tattoo in Phoenix) is a friend of mine from way back (we used to have an awesome hardcore band - don’t believe John when he uses words like “horrible” to describe it). I was delighted to find out that Elisa has a webcomic that you can follow on tumblr. I hope you’ll join me in reading it and I hope that John and Elisa can join Gene and I on the podcast someday.

-BFH

PRO:
Less expensive and more nutrients than other vegan brands.

CON:
Makes your house smell like there’s a gas leak.

quarrygirl.com, my favorite L.A. vegan blog, reports that Pizza Guru, a pizza place in Santa Barbara which specialized in vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options, is under investigation for laundering money on behalf of a marijuana dispensary (which itself was selling marijuana beyond the legal confines of the Compassionate Use Act).

I’m no square. In fact, both Gene and I have previously discussed how we’re perfectly fine with legalizing pot (you can drink booze and light up cancer sticks, after all… just impose the same taxes, age restrictions, and regulations against driving under the influence, and we’re good to go!). But, c’mon, the law hasn’t quite caught up to the rest of society yet, so in the meantime, don’t act a fool!

Besides, they were asking to get busted, and so are you, if…

• instead of a jolly Italian man named “Pepe” tossing dough in your kitchen, a nervous dude called “Skinny” is recalibrating scales
• instead of calling a pizza guy for delivery, customers have to meet a corner boy to pick up their order
• sizes available: large, medium, and “one-hitter”
• when people order hot wings, instead of including wet naps, you provide rolling papers
• there’s not a video arcade for the kids, but there is an area with a laser show set to Pink Floyd songs
• you tell people you run a “pizza JOINT” (then wink, and nudge them)
• you blast Peter Tosh over the PA
• that’s not REALLY oregano in the baggie
• the word “guru” is in your business name
• employee of the month: Woody Harrelson

-BFH