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LOOSELY ALPHABETICAL DHARMA AND POP-SUB-CULTURE LINKS FROM ALL OVER THE WEB.
THE LAST LINKS OF 2007
> TIME on Burma: only number 6, huh?
> The "gold plated Buddhist cell phone for monks"
> What happens when you cross the Buddha with the Michelin man?
> The mighty band Mission of Burma to play Boston-area show for -- what else? -- Burma!
> Cool: cartoonist Joe Matt is a Buddhist
> Noah Levine's Falling Fruit interview: brought to you in part by The Horse
> Rapping monks, nuns hit the catwalk to promote Buddhism
> Business Week: DharmaCrafts' Dyan Eagles (4th entry)
> NY Times: "Mindful" scrubbing and vacuuming
> Guardian (UK): Buddhist retreat for caregivers
> Dalai Lama to invade China? Well, in Chris Elliott's mind, he is.
> "Courtney Love: Chanting Buddhist" (via Huffington Post)
> Burma: "the international outcry has faded. . ."
> Where do politics and Buddhism instersect? The American Prospect talks to Ethan Nichtern.
> Dalai Lama: My successor could be a woman
> Right on! The Buddhist Military Sangha
> Brad Warner & Genpo Roshi: Warner takes off the gloves. (See second paragraph.)
Question: What does it mean when Dharma teachers are talking this way about each other?
> Competition for our Dharma-Burger?
> Dig the Global Oneness Project
> Film buffs: check out Fight Club: An Exploration of Buddhism
> Ethan Nichtern: "The Dharma is Always Political" So: Is it?
> This "Zen Master of the Internet" says his "'Zen Master' shtick is not shtick at all." Oh, really?
> The mighty Than Geoff on "Strength Training for the Mind"
> A short interview with musician "Green TaRA"
> Coming to NY: Evan Brenner's Buddha play
> Comix fans: check out The Green Lama. (More about him here.)
And check out this Spider-Man comic at the Dharma-Burger Drive-Thru
> Also check out Tara, the Buddhist superheroine (another Spider-Man connection!)
> Hacker koans?!?
> Buddhist Geeks on the hot topic: "What happens to the Dharma when the Boomers Die Out?"
. . . and click here to read the Horse's article on Buddhist Boomers
> Newsweek on meditation: "What the Beatles Gave Science"
> Mike Giant's Buddha poster
> Check out Don't Forget Burma! (Kinda like our Burma is Important Project, but definitely bigger.)
> Body Vows! NPR on Thailand's Dharma-tattoo tradition
> Wall Street Journal: Meditation Rewires the Brain
> Wall Street Journal: Clark Strand on Boomer Buddhists
> The (very cool) abstract art of Kongtrul Jigme Namgyel
> Did you know: porn-star Herschel Savage is a Buddhist?
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 art, writing, theatre
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Alyce Santoro: The star of the Horse's first full-length interview: here | or, here
Andre Slob: Frequent and funny Shambhala Sun cartoonist.
Andy Goldsworthy in TIME: He's never said he's
a Buddhist, but he sure could be.
Awake - Art & Buddhism: here
Meet performance poet Ed Bok Lee
"'Buddha' [the play] reaches nirvana"
Brush Mind / The Art of Kaz Tanahashi: here
"Buddhaloupist" author Sandra Cisneros: here | and here
Christopher Moore: His book, A Dirty Job, is a killer.
Dharma Dog: here
Explore Art: This amazing site brings Buddhist art to life in a whole new way.
Gregg Chadwick: Chadwick is one amazing painter.
Hazaad.com: here
Jan-Ru Wan: Stunning Buddhist art, all in thread and fabric.
Jesse Alick, a "queer, out-positive African American Buddhist playwright," interviewed
John Giorno: Audio files from the self-described "proto-punk gay Tibetan
Buddhist poet."
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Kelli Bickman: A great artist who you've seen here.
Artist Kenji Harada: "guided by the Buddhist idea that emptiness is everything eternal."
Leonard Cohen's Book of Longing: here
Miranda July: a Buddhist connection?
Padmadelic: "Music | Art | Buddhism"
Roi James: here
Sacred Skull: Indie artists.
The art of the Sad Monk
Sanford Biggers: here
A new (2007) Sanford Biggers show
Spalding Gray: here. The man was a giant. The Patron Saint of Worst Horses.
What Web: The "online adjunct" of What Book!? Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop.
Visions of Enlightenment: Nice Buddhist Art glossary from the Pacific Asia Museum.
Richard X. Zawitz: "Zen sculptor"
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 blogs & personal sites
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A great blog's look at "Zen" green tea liqueur (and more).
We love this Buddhist-friendly activist blog.
Autobot Matrix Journal: here
Buddha Cab: here
The Buddha is My DJ: here
We love this Buddhist-friendly activist blog.
Cafe Philos: here
Big Red Buddha's Buddhasphere: Chairman Miso's list of Buddhist blogs is a great reource.
The 2007 Blogisattva Award winners are here. Good stuff.
The Dharma of Star Wars blog, (StarWars.com)
Dreaming of Danzan Ravjaa, "An American Buddhist monk in & out of Mongolia: Religion, Culture, History, & Birdlife".
Living Tonglin: here
Moonpointer: Nice, smart site.
Monkey Mind: from James Ishmael Ford, UU minister and Zen master. He's well plugged-in.
My Zen Life: here
ok smile: here
Ottmar Liebert: here
Read Philip Ryan. He's got his finger on the pulse -- and man, can he write!
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Precious Metal, the blog: from Horse friend/contributor Nate DeMontigny.
Presentation Zen: here
"some short poems": poems, Dharma-inflected and not. And, short!
Reduce. Reuse. Reincarnate! Altoids prayer wheels and pocket shrines.
Susan Piver's blog (NY Times bestseller and Horse contributor) Relaunched in July 07.
TMCG: here
The Buddhist Blog: here
The Worst Horse's blog, "Dharma-Burger Drive-Thru"
Tricycle's blogs: here
Tyson Williams: here
Barry Graham's Urban Monk
"Wanna-Be Buddhist:" here.
Zen Unbound's Blogmandu: here
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 dharma tattoos
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Buddha Needle tattooing (Thailand): here
Buddhist tattoos on Flickr: here and here
E-Sangha discussion of Buddhism & tattoos: here.
Inked Blog's Buddhist Tattoos Overview: here
Inked Buddhist tattoo stories: 1 2
A new Horse favorite: InkEssential
A Dharma tattoo, in Vice's Do's and Don'ts. Buttons shall be pushed.
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Vice asks: "Why the fuck did you get a tattoo of the Dalai Lama?"
GREAT tattoo site and blog: YOSO
See also: The Horse's articles on Buddhist tattoos: "Body Vows" - Part One | Part Two | Part Three
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