Music Connects Us.
I will never, and I do mean never, mention Nickelback.
So a few years ago when the members of STP decided to hire Richard Patrick of Filter and call the band Army of Anyone, I thought well ok, this is something a little different and I liked it. Scott Weiland was no longer with the group so they changed the name. Much like Scott joining the less than impressive Velvet Revolver.
But oh how things have changed. If anyone deserves to keep the name Stone Temple Pilots, it is Scott Weiland. While the band is great, Scott’s voice is what separated the band from the herd. Adding the guy from Linkin Park and passing it off as the same band who once wrote “Wicked Garden”, “Dead & Bloated”, “Sex Type Thing” among many others is an insult to the hardcore, long time fans. Out of respect, the band should change the name because what they’re doing now could put a stain on that name forever and it doesn’t deserve that.
In the mundane world, we deal with difficult people almost of a daily basis. Whether they’re classmates, co-workers, bosses, neighbors, or random people - difficult people are everywhere! As Buddhist, we should know how to deal with such people and how to control ourselves. Yes, dealing with…
I need a daily reminder of this.
They’re trying to make me cry!
Yahoo’s gonna tell our secrets! Tumblr was a safe place!
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yourfaceisgluedtoabuildingonfire:
“The Mars Volta and John were outside waiting for the van and just out of the blue my niece came to me and told me: ” I know what to say to John” and I asked her what? and she said “I love your music very much” (up until that moment she hadn’t spoken to him, she was very shy..)… and I said that it was ok, but I didn’t believe she was for real… but thank god I was mistaken!
She went to him and said :”John?”… he turned around and when he saw her he bent like in the picture… and then she told him “I love your music very much” and John started to reply to her but she didn’t understand him (she couldn’t speak in english at that time!! she only knew how to say those words!!)…. so I explained to him the situation and so he did the most beautiful thing I have seen… he took her by the arm and said with words and gestures “YOU (he pointed at her) MADE ME (he pointed at him) HAPPY (with his fingers “drew” a smile on his lips)-The story behind this picture, told by Silvina (photographer)
This is the most adorable story I’ve ever heard and this picture is one of my favourites :)
Great story.
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There once was a young boy with a very bad temper. The boy’s father wanted to teach him a lesson, so he gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper he must hammer a nail into their wooden fence.
On the first day of this lesson, the little boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. He was really mad!
Over the course of the next few weeks, the little boy began to control his temper, so the number of nails that were hammered into the fence dramatically decreased.
It wasn’t long before the little boy discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Then, the day finally came when the little boy didn’t lose his temper even once, and he became so proud of himself, he couldn’t wait to tell his father.
Pleased, his father suggested that he now pull out one nail for each day that he could hold his temper.
Several weeks went by and the day finally came when the young boy was able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
Very gently, the father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence.
“You have done very well, my son,” he smiled, “but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same.”
The little boy listened carefully as his father continued to speak.
“When you say things in anger, they leave permanent scars just like these. And no matter how many times you say you’re sorry, the wounds will still be there.”
The meanings behind this is so profound. So true and so real. Things you do or say can’t be taken back, at least not completely. There will always be scars, physically or mentally or both. Parenting done right.
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I wasn’t going to. But then GIR.
Fuck I hope this is real
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