Get The Most

Get The Most -Positive Hardcore Youth Crew from seattle. One of the best bands in the whole freaking world right now.

Here are some pictures of them from The LegitimateBros Fest back in the fall of 2007.

goto:
www.Legitimatebros.com for more info and to download their demo.

My Visit with the Dali Lama

The title of this blog is a tad misleading. I did not have a personal visit with his Holiness the 14th Dali Lama, but I was a part of the crowd today at Seattle Seahawk's Quest Field, where the Dali Lama enlightened us with his presence. Being in the presence of a real Holy man is helpful in itself. The subtle vibrations of such an enlightened being helps transform us by its unconscious communion with our spirit.

I have been on the spiritual path to enlightenment for a long time. My roots to eastern philosophy can be traced back to my childhood. By the time I was 5 years old I would sing Hari Krishna and dance around in a circle, my parents must have thought I was out of my mind. Growing up in a small town in CT, I never came across any Hari Krishna's and I doubt I saw it on my families black and white, 3 channel 1977 TV. Somehow I was born with an affinity for Hinduism and Buddhism.

As a pre-teen and teenager I never thought about sex, or I hardly did anyway. Less than my peers and that is for sure. Even when my best friend, who I wanted to go out with since 2nd grade, asked me if I wanted to fool around, to his dismay I said "no". Even though years later I regretted it when I wanted him to take me to the prom and he said "no".

My reason for saying no did not have to do with fear. It had to do with my disinterest in anything animalistic. I wanted something higher. I craved something higher and it was this reason I got into drugs. At least I had the sex and food part down.

Today was not my first time being in the presence of a real holy man. I have been to an ashram in India where my soul was torn apart and put back together again all in 10 days. I have studied with spiritual teachers in the back woods of CT and have met spiritual masters that only a few people have been privileged to meet. I know a lot about myself, the spirit world and things most people will never know because they are not ready yet to know these things.

Most people do not know these things about me. I have not come out as some sort of teacher myself because I am no where near being pure enough to teach. Most teachers today are false prophets only because they are not ready yet to be teachers. Bad teachers create bad students. It happened to me and because it happened to me, I am very careful about ever playing with the notion of becoming some kind of spiritual teacher in this lifetime. I would not want to mess up someones life like a bad teacher I had did to me.

Seeing the Dali Lama was my first time in the presence of a master since 2000 and it felt great. I felt my spirit stretch out and spreads its wings. Now I know what they mean by Yoga of the spirit. Some of the things he said in his short speech I took down in my notebook. The following is what I compiled.

"This Century is a century of dialogue."

"We must have a non-violent approach to life"

"Today's world not like the 19th and 20th centuries. No more we and they. War is becoming out of date."

"You must face your problems with determination and vision."

"Elimination of all nuclear weapons as a first step and then a restriction on arms is needed."

"Will power is needed for actual disarmament."

"Compassion through education, cultivate understanding."

"Have emotional compassion and warm heartedness."

"There is something lacking in modern education-the teaching of inner values."

"Have Positive Concern and a Compassionate attitude. Infinite compassion, a state of being."

"Taking care of others is ultimately for your benefit. Your future is dependent on others."

"Have wise selfishness rather than foolish selfishness."
"Conviction brings transformation."

"The Children are the future."

"Be in a state of preparation for a better society, a better future."

"This century will be happier, keep optimistic attitude, keep determination. That is key factor."

"The meaning of compassion is realized through action."

The Dali Lama is a great man. Today was a dream come true for me. I expect great things from myself, like I always have. There was a time for me when I was lost in the darkness but through that time I hung onto my spiritual ideals. I spent my time in good company, which means I mostly stayed alone, during my dark times. Even now I would rather hang out by myself than people who would just like to drag me down with their negativity.

To bring this blog to a close I would like to say- do unto others as you'd have done to you. Live by that. If you treat people like shit. Look in the mirror because you are shitting on yourself.

Thanks for reading.
-
kimpunkrock

All Quiet on the Western Front

Watch Lewis Milestone's Oscar winning WWI drama here:

http://www.archive.org/details/AllQuietOnTheWesternFront

The Carrier---East Coast Hardcore

The Carrier live in Queens New York January 2008. This was a crucial show. Besides The Carrier the other bands on the line up were: Hostage Calm, Fired Up, Pool Party and one more local NY band.

The Carrier are one of the best bands to come out the last few years in the Hardcore scene. They are releasing a 7 inch soon on Deathwish Records. Besides that the band has released a CD on Rock Vegas Records titled One Year Later, a 3 song 7 inch on Words of War Records and a demo.

Be sure to check out their myspace page http://www.myspace.com/thecarrierhc
for upcoming shows and merch info. For fans of Hardcore, punk and metal.

Embrace the End

Embrace the End is a kick ass Heavy Hardcore band. To listen to their new album check out the player below. These guys are playing in seattle on April 13th at El Corazon.



http://www.myspace.com/embracetheend

Collection of my paintings

You can view more paintings at the link above in the title of this blog.

cheers
kim

Hostage Calm--Connecticut Hardcore

Hostage Calm is one of the best bands CT has to offer. Though officially they are a hardcore band, people into other genres would be into them. The band got together in the summer of 2007 after the break up of At All Costs. At All Costs was a very unique and special band featuring the same lineup as Hostage Calm but with some added horn players. It was one of the only bands I ever heard that played true hardcore with horns added in. Ska is the genre that most people think of when you put punkrock and horn together. At All Costs were not a ska band. They were doing something completely new and different with hardcore. It is a shame they ended just as they were getting wide spread recognition. But that is also what makes them even more special and what fuels the fire in Hostage Calm.

Hostage Calm has released one of the best demos of 2007. They play a sweet mix of hardcore, punkrock and pop punk with emotionally and spiritually charged political lyrics. 2008 will bring the release of Hostage Calm's first record on Redscroll Records, a local CT label and record store. Above are a series of pictures I took at a show in New York City the 4th of January 2008. Be sure to check out their myspace page to download their demo. The At All Costs demo is also up for download at http://www.myspace.com/atallcostsct.

http://www.myspace.com/hostagecalmct

Past Life Regression

I have always had dreams as a kid that led me to believe at an early age that I had been on the planet before in a different body. Most of my dreams were about World War 1 and World War 2. I had also had dreams about shooting up heroin as a little kid and this was way before I even knew what heroin or any drug was. Whenever someone hears the truth about anything in general, a feeling wells up inside of you and for some reason you know it to be true. Well this is how I felt when i realized that my dreams had to do with past lives. Those 2 words were like the bells of truth being rung throughout my body.

This is a painting of my spirit, what I look like when I am not in a body.


The original drawing of my spirit was done by a spiritual master. This painting is my rendition of his drawing of my spirit. Notice my aura is purple, light blue and orange.

I am working on a bunch of books and scripts based on my past lives. Of course in some of it I will be taking artistic liberties with content but the basic principal and story will be based on my truth as I see it.

I look forward to sharing them with the world.

If you have cable TV and particularly the channel Turner Classic Movies (TCM), there is a mini-documentary about me that is running in between the movies that they show for the entire month of November. After November, the piece will run a few times a month for as long as the channel exists. Hopefully someday I can put the video up on here. If you have that channel, please look for it.

Until next time, be good to yourselves and each other cuz karma is a bitch!

one love-
kimpunkrock

LegitimateBros.com Hardcore Fest Remixed

Bands are In Stride, Go it Alone, Get the Most and Circles (ex-blue monday).

LegitimateBros.com Hardcore Fest

Here are the pictures from the Legitimatebros.com hardcore festival featuring Go it Alone, Shook Ones, Get the Most, Circles, In Stride and more. Click on title of blog to go to pictures.