Nothing is Real

This world is a playground
where children pretend to have shops.

Sometimes when they wrestle,
it may look like sex,
but none of it is real.

They exchange imaginary money.
Night comes, and they go home tired
with nothing in their hands.

("Discipline" Rumi)

The Virtue Trap

Spirituality has often been misused as a route to an unloving solitude, a stance where we proclaim ourselves above our human nature. This spiritual superiority is really only one more form of denial. For an artist, virtue can be deadly. The urge toward respectability and maturity can be stultifying, even fatal.

(Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way)

The Truest Devotion

I was wrong. God has revealed to me
that there are no rules for worship.

Say whatever and however your loving tells you to.
Your sweet blasphemy is the truest devotion.
Through you a whole world is freed.

Loosen your tongue
and don't worry what comes out.
It is all light of the spirit.

(Rumi)

This is definitely going into the gospel of the Evangenitals.

5 More College Stations Spinning the Evangenitals!

The Evangenitals got radio play on five MORE wise and wonderful college stations this week. How 'bout hitting them up to say THANKS FOR THE GENITALS and request a song or two?

KSAU - Nacogdoches, TX
http://ping.fm/GuEb7
Request Line: (936) 468-4000

WMVL - Purchase, NY
http://wmvlradio.com/
Request Line: (914) 323-3204

WPKN - Bridgeport, CT
http://www.wpkn.org/wp/
Request Line: (203) 336-9756

KBGA - Missoula, MT
http://www.kbga.org/
Request Line: (406) 243-6226

WCBN - Ann Arbor, MI
http://www.wcbn.org/
Request Line: (734) 763-3535

We're asking folks to request all of their favorite tracks off of the newest Evangenitals EP (http://ping.fm/MfBJ8)

*Hello
*Hard Luck
*Work Song
*Home
*So Sweet
*Bad Town
*I'm Sad

ALL GOOD CHOICES! :-)

And don't forget you can hit up all the OTHER stations playing the Evangenitals, listed here:
http://ping.fm/kQTFG

Thanks for all your help turning the whole world on to the Evangenitals!

Love,
Us

Call to Action - One Ring to Unite them All

In honor of our upcoming show at WORLDFEST (LA's largest Earth Day celebration) we'd like to ask your help with some Evangenitals World Domination -- via the AIRWAVES!!

Some wise and wonderful radio stations out there have seen the light and started to spin tracks from the newest Evangenitals album, the self-titled "Evangenitals" EP. Luckily, I have already gone through the insanely laborious task of finding all the websites and request lines of a bunch of stations currently playing Evangenitals tunes in order to make it as easy as possible for YOU to give them a call/email and request that some MORE of our music be played. Your help with this mission would mean the world to us, and truly help to get our music out there into the world.

What song should you request?

Your favorites, of course! "Hard Luck" and "Hello" have been getting a lot of action, as have "Bad Town", "Work Song", and "I'm Sad"... but hey, don't let that stop you from requesting "So Sweet" or "Home"... we think they should all be heard, and they are ALL radio friendly!

Which stations should you call?

We'd love it if you called ALL of them! Don't feel limited to those in your area... they all have websites, online streaming, and can be listened to from ANYWHERE... so reach out and touch 'em, and feel your power as we rise through the charts!

Charts??

Yes, CHARTS! To up the EXCITEMENT FACTOR... we actually appeared on our very first RADIO CHART last week! Check it out! (Click here) Debuting at #72 in California, we moved up to #63 in our 2nd week, now we're back down to #70 this week, still topping such illustrious names as Bob Dylan, Buck Owens, and Lucinda Williams. Yowzers! And the college charts (CMJ) are counting the numbers SOON, so if you get on it, we could debut high on there! Let's do this! 

So if you make a few phone calls, we may be able to see that number leap a little higher, and perhaps we can reach our longtime goal of someday being #3 WORLDWIDE! :-)

The Mission:

1. Choose a Station

2. Call 'em (or email)

3. Request a Song

4. Repeat

Let us know how it goes! Seriously, PLEASE let us know if you're participating. It took me forever to put this list together with all the numbers and such, so it really feels good when you actually write back. :-)

Adventure awaits!

Request #	State	City	Station	Web
(803)576-WUSC (9872)	SC	Columbia	WUSC	http://wusc.sc.edu/
(615) 322-ROCK (7625)	TN	Nashville	WRVU	http://www.wrvu.org/
	MA	Springfield	WTCC	http://www.wtccfm.org/
(207) 725-3250	ME	Brunswick	WBOR	http://wbor.org/
618-536-2361	IL	Carbondale	WIDB	http://www.widb.salukilan.com/
585-210-8897	NY	Rochester	WITR	http://witr.rit.edu/
608.342.1291	WI	Platteville	WSUP	http://www.uwplatt.edu/org/wsup/
210-486-KSYM (5796)	TX	San Antonio	KSYM	http://www.alamo.edu/sac/ksym/index.htm
570-422-3133	PA	East Stroudsburg	WESS	http://www.esu.edu/wess
	FL	Tallahassee	WVFS	http://www.wvfs.fsu.edu/
303.964.5396	CO	Denver	KRCX	http://www.krcx.org/
212-564-4611	NY	New York City	M3 Radio	http://www.m3radio.com/
715-682-1342	WI	Ashland	WRNC	http://www.wrnclp.org/
407-646-2915	FL	Winter Park	WPRK	http://tars.rollins.edu/wprk/
512-245-3485	TX	San Marcos	KTSW	http://ktsw.txstate.edu/
919.860.0881	NC	Raleigh	WKNC	http://wknc.org/
203-392-5353	CT	New Haven	WSIN	http://radio.southernct.edu/
414-277-7247	WI	Milwaukee	WMSE	http://www.wmse.org/
484-664-3456	PA	Allentown	WMUH	http://www.muhlenberg.edu/wmuh/
(229) 333-5661	GA	Augusta	WVVS	http://www.valdosta.edu/vsu/stuorg/V91/
607-777-2137	NY	Binghamton	WHRW	http://www.whrwfm.org/
949-824-5824	CA	Irvine	KUCI	http://www.kuci.uci.edu/
305-284-5784	FL	Coral Gables	WVUM	http://wvum.org/
	KS	Lawrence	KJHK	http://www.kjhk.org/
919.962.8989	NC	Chapel Hill	WXYC	http://www.wxyc.org/
	NJ	New Brunswick	WRSU	http://wrsu.rutgers.edu/index.php
318-869-5296	LA	Shreveport	KSCL	http://www.centenary.edu/kscl/
804.828.1057	VA	Richmond	WVCW	http://wvcw.org/
713-348-ktru (5878)	TX	Houston	KTRU	http://www.ktru.org/
(888) 303-9748	RI	Kingston	WRIU	http://www.wriu.org/
970-728-4333	CO	Telluride	KOTO	http://www.koto.org/
800-285-2895	OR	Eugene	KRVM	http://www.krvm.org/
	NJ	Belmar	The Penguin Rocks	http://www.thepenguinrocks.com
866-971-WHFC (9432)	MD	BelAir	WHFC	http://www.whfc911.org/
352-313-3100	FL	Gainesville	WHHZ	http://www.1005thebuzz.com/
	AL	Auburn	Wildman Steve	http://www.wildmansteve.com/
843-626-7300	SC	Myrtle Beach	WKZQ	http://www.wkzq.net/
	VA	Virginia Beach	WRRW	http://www.wyou.fm/
(970) 963-0139	CO	Carbondale	KDNK	http://www.kdnk.org/
	CA	Santa Rosa	No Pigeonholes	http://www.kkup.com/donc.html
	PA	Bethlehem	WDIY	http://www.wdiyfm.org/

Sick day. Feeling fragile. Having a masshed potato picnic in my front yard. :-)

Free Stickers! (and almost free stickers)

Since we are aware of the fact that not everyone can attend an Evangenitals show...

(where you can get our shiny new Evangenitals stickers for FREE)

... we thought we'd offer some stickers to EVERYONE for ALMOST free!!! :-)

So... for a limited time, and for the low, low shipping & handling charge of just TWO DOLLARS ($2!!!!) we will send a few stickers to you.

And that means YOU!!!! Wherever you are!!!

Or you could just come to a show... like the one at Winston's this Thursday night (April 22nd)... and pick some up.

If not, you can Paypal $2 to "info@evangenitals.com" or send $2 to:

The Evangenitals
PO Box 70318
Pasadena, CA 91107

And we'll send you a few of our amazing new stickers.

How's that for (almost) free love? :-)

xoxo
Juli & the Evangenitals
www.evangenitals.com

Advice to Young Artists

The life of an artist is inspired, self sufficient and independent (unrelated to society).
The direction of attention of an artist is towards mind in order to be aware of inspiration.
Following inspiration life unfolds free of any influence.
Finally the artist recognizes himself in the work and is happy and contented. Nothing else will satisfy him.
An artist's life is an unconventional life. It leads away from the example of the past.
It struggles painfully against its own conditioning. It appears to rebel but in reality it is an inspired way of life.

- Agnes Martin

Giving the Finger

"As to salvation and all that... The greatest teachers, the true healers, I would say, have always insisted that they can only point the way. The Buddha went so far as to say: "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."

The great ones do not set up offices, charge fees, give lectures, or write books. Wisdom is silent, and the most effective propaganda for truth is the force of personal example. The great ones attract disciples, lesser figures whose mission it is to preach and teach. These are the gospelers who, unequal to the highest task, spend their lives converting others. The great ones are indifferent, in the profoundest sense. They don't ask you to believe: they electrify you by their behavior. They are the awakeners. What you do with your life is only of concern to you, they seem to say. In short, their only purpose here on earth is to inspire. And what more can one ask of a human being than that?"

- Henry Miller, Sexus

Jesus Christ for Sweet Sixteen

This is a formula for major trauma: http://ping.fm/GU7uq

Evangenitals "Evangenitals EP"

Evangenitals "Evangenitals EP"

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$1 to Haiti for every CD sold at CDBaby.com

Now is a really good time to buy some new music at CDBaby.com.

Starting on January 25th and continuing for 2 weeks, CD Baby will donate $1 toward Haitian earthquake relief for every CD and album download sold.

Here's some of my top picks on CDBaby right now, and a really awesome way to donate $10 to Haiti, and get some great music in the mix:

Evangenitals (of course)
http://ping.fm/raS9v
Old Californio:
http://ping.fm/kwtL9
Cynthia Hopkins:
http://ping.fm/2dS9f
Diablo Dimes:
http://ping.fm/BYSYM
Pushin' Rope:
http://ping.fm/dUfyo
Izzy Cox:
http://ping.fm/jjrSN
Henry Bermudez Trio:
http://ping.fm/W9NF9
Leslie and the Badgers:
http://ping.fm/9Qwsr
Trainwreck:
http://ping.fm/wlufk
Antioquia:
http://ping.fm/AG9iv

**
From CDBaby President Brian Felson:

The earthquake and its aftermath in Haiti have touched all of our lives. Many in the CD Baby family have already contributed as individuals, but we wanted to do more to help the victims of the horrible earthquake tragedy.

Starting on Monday, January 25th and continuing for two weeks, we will donate $1 of our cut from every CD sale through our website, and $1 from every download sale over $8.99 on our site, to the American Red Cross and to Mercy Corps, a Portland-based relief organization with a large presence in Haiti. With your help, we hope to raise tens of thousands of dollars.

I also urge you to make your own direct donation if you haven’t done so yet. Together, we can make a difference. Please click below to make your tax deductible donation right now.

– Mercy Corps donation form:
http://ping.fm/LmfRK
– American Red Cross donation form:
http://ping.fm/u0TLI
– Or text “Haiti” to 90999 and a $10 donation will be charged to your phone bill.

On behalf of all CD Baby employees, I thank you for helping out during this time of great human tragedy in Haiti.

Sincerely,
Brian Felson

**

Music, love, & healing,
Juli Crockett & the Evangenitals

Emptiness

Essence is emptiness. Everything else, accidental.
Emptiness brings peace to loving. Everything else, disease.
In this world of trickery
emptiness is what your soul wants.
- Rumi

Ralph's

So I went to Ralph's and what did I think? Well, I'll tell ya -- I thought, "what if I got a job here?" and there was a new guy, and he showed up to bag my groceries and his buddy was working the next aisle (bag boys, man, you know what I mean) and he said, "how long you been working here" and he said "just today" and they were all happy, man. Yeah, they were so happy. To find themselves. Working. At the same Ralph's. In Valencia.

Love and Toast

I love toast. It's one of my favorite treats. Whether it's just vegan butter & jam, or sunflower seed butter & jelly, or toast dipped in hot soup, or up on the side of my salad... I love it.

What I don't love is when I forget I'm making toast, and end up with a couple of hard-ass pieces of cardboard that I'm too guilty to throw away.

Sunofabitch.

Ah, well.

Listen to this: http://ping.fm/Yqh9e (the song called TOAST)

Evangenitals on Facebook

Myspace, Facebook, Twitter... and remember Friendster & Tribe??

It's all still pretty confusing to me. However, I am doing my best to figure it out, streamline, strategize, and not barrage anyone with too many emails and posts and pokes and tweaks and twitters from too many directions at once.

It seems I'm spending more time on the Evangenitals Facebook FAN PAGE these days, though, so if you're NOT a member of the Evangenitals Facebook PAGE yet, I highly suggest joining that bad boy now:

http://ping.fm/A2amq

Especially RIGHT NOW... cuz I'm about to send out a free mp3 belated xmas present to all of our Facebook PAGE fans.

So join now and get yer loving & yer loot!

xoxo
Juli of the Genitals
http://ping.fm/rUzXa
http://ping.fm/ODDFr

schizophrenia

Zui-Gan called out to himself every day, "Master."

Then he answered himself, "Yes, sir."

And then he added, "Become sober."

Again he answered, "Yes, sir."

"And after that," he continued, "do not be deceived by others."

"Yes, sir; yes, sir," he replied.

--Mu-Mon-Kwan.

Interplay

There is a movement underway. All sorts of isolated individuals asserting their accidental individuality in the face of evolutionary necessity, as some wise man once said. It's a crazy little posse we've got forming. Growing in numbers. United in a feeling that can't even be put into words but we signify it by pointing to the banner flying with the L-O-V-E in big 'ol letters made of that gooey stuff that is pumpin' through your guts moments after taking your eyes off the one you're really feeeeeeeeeeeeeeelin' it for, at that moment, whomever they may be, on that day, at that time, in that instant.

The story has been told many times of how I once fell in love with a man riding a bike up a steep hill on a hot day, simply for the effort he was exerting. For the love of his effort. The effortless, too, hath a glowing space in my heart. Yes. Love the effortless, But shit in my shoes, do I ever love effort! Right effort. Right thought. Right practice. In a world without right and wrong? How completely audacious!

Each man is responsible for his own soul, and each to his own, as they say. However – and this is a most fascinating point when one considers it as one should – there is an interplay. An uncontrollable interplay.

It is hard for me to make a sentence go in any one direction lately. Luckily, at least, when reading (in the English language, and a few others I’ve encountered) we move our eyes from left to right, top to bottom, and follow the phrase withersoever it goes. (some poets and word-artists and linguists and fartists have had some other ideas) however, the instinct of the masses remains. The hoi polloi, in general, in the Americas, reads LEFT to RIGHT.

Compare. When listening to another speak -- save for flights of fancy, blank spots, possible drug interference and intentional or unintentional ignoring -- we listen as we live, in real time, experiencing linearity, following the narrative, abstract though the subject matter may be, withersoever it leads. We listen, much like we read. I, personally, both listen and read, and, speaking from my own experience, since that is all I truly have any authority to speak from, can assuredly say that I listen much like I read.

There is an interplay – yet, within it, there is a need for an isolated thought process. A personal inventiveness, which can be viewed as an interaction with the other (though there be no other) be it a person, book, sound, image, or hallucination. Regardless, there is the need for times of quiet in one’s own (common) mind.

Also, we must allot sufficient time for the mutually adventurous to spend time together and create. To breed and compose. Interact. Discuss. Plan. Reflect. The interplay is everything. The one looking at itself as two (or more). Experiencing itself as two (or more).

There is no explaining what has not yet happened to someone who has not yet experienced it.

It is very difficult to merely exist. Practically impossible.

And now, Oh My Lord Don Quixote, all I ask on this night like any other night is the courage to follow, withersoever thou leadest my aching frame; to heed the call of adventure, wheneversoever it heralds, and to love, my dear sweet holy idiot, to love. To cultivate the unconditional giving of self to thy children and plebeians. Thy hoodlums and wackos. Thy dejected, rejected, snotty and shitfaced. Oh lord, sweet lord, daddy of the sugars, momma of the fuckers, sister of the lovesick, brother of the bigness, cousin of the unconscious, uncle of the uglynasties, friend of the faithless, lover of all things just as they are and however they may want to be... give it up. Give it up to us like a 5am jackpot after a long night of pullin' dry on the one armed bandit.

I can see it. It's already happening. It's as ridiculous and pathetic and gorgeous as it can be. The love is raining down, everywhere I'm looking. The sky is falling and it's about time. The rain is helping it all soak in.

Love,
Juli

something to (not) think about

You are asked -- temporarily, of course -- to lay aside all of your philosophical, religious, and political opinions, and to become almost like an infant, knowing nothing. Nothing, that is, except what you actually hear, see, feel, and smell. Take it that you are not going anywhere but here, and that there never was, is, or will be any other time than now. Simply be aware of what actually *is* without giving it names and without judging is, for you are now feeling out reality itself instead of ideas and opinions *about* it. There is no point in trying to suppress the babble of words and ideas that goes on in most adult brains, so if it won't stop, let it go on as it will, and listen to it as if it were the sound of traffic or the clucking of hens.

Let you ears hear whatever they want to hear; let your eyes see whatever they want to see; let your mind think whatever it wants to think; let your lungs breathe in their own rhythm. Do not expect any special result, for in this wordless and idealess state, where can there be past or future, and where any notion of purpose? Stop, look, and listen... and stay there awhile before you go on.

- Alan Watts, Tao: The Watercourse Way

Link to Text: http://ping.fm/GVMHQ

a nice reminder

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”