There are three Mad haPPy shows coming up:

Sunday, Feb 19th at our house with Dear Rabbit [...]]]> We were all so excited with the Grand Re-Opening of Open Books. There were tons of people in and out and they sold nearly a thousand dollars worth of merchandise, which is a lot for Open Books.

There are three Mad haPPy shows coming up:

Sunday, Feb 19th at our house with Dear Rabbit (a friend of Paleo), who is on tour from somewhere.

Tuesday, Feb 19th Mad haPPy Mike iLL show at Dragon’s Den in NOLA – Fat Tuesday, baby.

Saturday, March 10th – Mad haPPy Kids Show at End of the Line Cafe here in Pensacola. 2PM

Alabama shows in April as well as a small tour to North Carolina.

The event goes from [...]]]> We are very excited at, after near extinction, and thanks to the great work and dedication of their  wonderful volunteers, Open Books is re-opening in a new space (much closer to down town) and Mad haPPy (and friends) will be performing at the Grand Opening event at on Saturday February 4th.

The event goes from Noon till night and Mad haPPy perform at 5PM, followed by Tupelo Honey.

On another note, Mike iLL was on the cover of the Pensacola News Journal in coverage of the Pensacola Solutions Projects local action or Occupy The Courts to raise awareness about the injustice and danger of the 2010 Supreme Court ruling in Peoples United vs. the FEC.

As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that [...]]]> As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.

As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.

They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage.

They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses.

They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the color of one’s skin, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.

They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization.

They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel treatment of countless animals, and actively hide these practices.

They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay and safer working conditions.

They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education, which is itself a human right.

They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut workers’ healthcare and pay.

They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the culpability or responsibility.

They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for ways to get them out of contracts in regards to health insurance.

They have sold our privacy as a commodity.

They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press. They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of profit.

They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce.

They have donated large sums of money to politicians, who are responsible for regulating them.

They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil.

They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save people’s lives or provide relief in order to protect investments that have already turned a substantial profit.

They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive ingredients in pursuit of profit.

They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media.

They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt.

They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad. They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas.

They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government contracts. *

To the people of the world,

We, the New York City General Assembly occupying Wall Street in Liberty Square, urge you to assert your power.

Exercise your right to peaceably assemble; occupy public space; create a process to address the problems we face, and generate solutions accessible to everyone.

To all communities that take action and form groups in the spirit of direct democracy, we offer support, documentation, and all of the resources at our disposal.

Join us and make your voices heard!

*These grievances are not all-inclusive.

Figured there’s probably not that many Mike and Rivka or Rivka and Mike’s with [...]]]> At this youth festival we were doing a music workshop at, one of the young teenagers said, “friend me on facebook”. An order which elicited the response, “friend me on facebook”. Well how do I find you? “Google Mike and Rivka.”

Figured there’s probably not that many Mike and Rivka or Rivka and Mike’s with a presence, as a pair, on the internet and lo and behold, two of the top ten results are someone’s Mad haPPy gallery on the photo-centric Flikr social networking site and the Mad haPPy page on a platform called MySpace, which is slowly dying of bloating and self-importance.

So the actual purpose of this article is to make sure that all the data collection and retention portals, and information pack-rats are aware that Rivka and Mike also known as Mike and Rivka or even Rivka and Mike iLL and occasionally Rivka and Mike Kilmer are members of Mad haPPy and Mike, Rivka and Rinah. But let me not dilute the issue by adding a daughter to the equation. Or is the entity of Rivka and Mike actually giving way to the triad or Rinah, Rivka and Mike?

Rivka is the Hebrew name that means fighting god, which may mean a god who fights or the act of resisting the will of God. Rebecca is the English derivation of the name. Mike is an abbreviate version of Michael, which also comes from Hebrew and refers to the archangel Michael who leads an army of one hundred angels. Mike iLL is a workoholic who’s number is four, the number of a life of work, and who’s life card according to tarot is the Emperor, a sexually troubled ego-tripper who’s sharp mind and wit enable him to organize people toward the creation of great and wonderful things. King Mike. The card of this particular Rivka is the Hierophant, who steals the skirt of the priestess and codifies her ritual magic, in other words puts it in writing and calls it law. The book is useful but we all must be careful not to ever think we’ve found an instruction manual for the living of life, so that we don’t make the mistake of forsaking our own hearts for the pages.

So if you’re looking for a Jew and a recovering Catholic who are a pair with an act and an organization called Mad haPPy and who like to be naked as often as possible, clothed with the sun and moon, and who’s names are Rivka and Mike, AKA Rivka (not Rizka, Rifka or Riuka) and Mike iLL and who have a daughter named Rinah Kilmer, you’ve come to the right place, at least if you’re looking on the internet. And thanks for looking.

Saturday,July 16th Club TSI 333 E. Bay St. Jacksonville,FL 32202-2908 (904) 424-3531 www.clubtsi.com [...]]]> Getting ready to play the DayGlo part at the New Improved, ALL AGES Club TSI in Jacksonville this Saturday, followed by a week long music workshop we’re running at a Youth Festival at Sunsport Resort. We’re focusing on music from Ghana.

Saturday,July 16th
Club TSI
333 E. Bay St.
Jacksonville,FL 32202-2908
(904) 424-3531
www.clubtsi.com
DAYGLO PARTY –ALL AGES

Today they had some good tomato juice [...]]]> As you may know we’ve gotten pretty into fermentation in our kitchen through the book, Nourishing Traditions. Beet Kvas is a drink made by cutting up raw beats and combining them with whey, salt and water and letting it ferment in a sealed jar for a few days.

Today they had some good tomato juice for sale at the Co-op and we are all about some Beet Kvas Mary’s; Virgin for now, but some vodka is sounding pretty yummy. For spices we just threw in a little cayenne and lemon juice. Yum.