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“Another light was always shining, if one had the faith to see it.”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

photo via bsreport

For the first time in history, the graffiti on the wall has more power than the building. With the ability to connect and unify through the internet and mobile devices, we are seeing a massive in change in the landscape. Ordinary people, who prior to the internet had no outlet, have now been given a voice, as well as an ability to mobilize that voice like never before, which in turn has created a shift in power. Here’s the warning for all those in power from here on out: you can build a building but the graffiti on its walls will determine its fate.

photos via wooden designer

“Free men and free women are dangerous creatures. We choose as we wish and live as we choose.”

- Sean Carasso

photos via www.gwpda.org

I was watching the show “How To Make It In America,” in which the main characters, Ben and Cam, are trying to start a denim line. They end up going to the John Varvatos headquarters for advice, where the head of denim there tells the duo that before they even start, they should stop. That they shouldn’t even try. That even he, with ten years experience and financial backers, couldn’t do it successfully.

Sound familiar? I’ve been playing music since I was 11 years old and I have heard these kind of comments and questions my whole life. “You know this kind of thing is hard? Nearly impossible, right?”  I’m starting to think that these kind of comments have a function: they separate the wheat from the chaff, the ones who continue despite the odds and the one who don’t.

Photo via dethjunkie

“Show me any runner and ask him how he got so strong and fast and he will tell you, ‘I’ve suffered.’ Show me any civilization and ask them how they got so strong and powerful and they will tell you they suffered. Any civilization that it makes it their point to avoid suffering is past their prime”

- Jon Foreman

Ideas that spread through groups of people are far more powerful than ideas delivered at an individual. – Seth Godin

Really rad video. One of my favorite bloggers/thinkers, Derek Sivers, challenges the status quo of thoughts on leadership and suggests that the first follower is the most crucial component in a movement because it’s the first follower that transforms a lone nut into a leader.

If you’re hanging around Venice tomorrow evening, come hang out with us. I’m opening for a bluesman/singer/guitar player I really respect – Jason Diaz. Check his stuff out here

Tuesday, February 9 @ 8:30  -  $5

Air Conditioned Supper Club, 625 Lincoln Blvd, Venice, CA 90291