9/24/11

OCCUPY LOS ANGELES

LA Support of Occupy Wall Street - SUN. SEPT 25 - 7pm GA Pershing Square FACEBOOK PAGE-

LET THEM EAT CAKE

FATHER, THE SLEEPER HAS AWAKENED- OCCUPY WALL STREET

OCCUPY WALL STREET

it's finally happening! after 10 or so years of american politicians, leaders, bankers, corporations and "the powers that be" destroying the american middle- class & poor, NYC citizens, (mostly young) are fighting back... OCCUPY WALLSTREET is a grassroots effort to have the public heard once and for all.. we will not take it anymore. there will be push-back. people are feed up. this is only the beginning, the next ANTEBELLUM has begun.....
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HERE IS THE FACEBOOK PAGE- OCCUPY DENVER- Halliburton, anyone? These guys profit off of war and death. And you'll notice one of their P.O. addresses for corporate office is located in Dubai, a tax haven. To sum it up, they support the war on oil fields (terror) and aren't too fond of paying taxes -- although they'll gladly accept YOUR tax payments in the form of no-bid contracts. OCCUPY HALLIBURTON- To break the ice, I name Monsanto. They have monopolized our food supply by genetically modifying crops and patenting "life". This is but the tip of the iceberg for these guys. I invite everyone to post their company of choice and office locations. OCCUPY MONSANTO- join it.. follow it... start a protest in your hometown... LOS ANGELES IS NEXT!

SIGN OF THE TIMES

photo courtesy- Esteban Bartholo Iriarte

WALL STREET TODAY

DISCO MEMORIES

Brainstorm was a disco group formed 1976 in Detroit, Michigan (USA) as a spinter group of 5th Revelation. Members included Renell Gonsalves, Belita Karen Woods, Charles Overton, Jeryl Bright, Larry H. Sims, Gerald Kent, Trenita Womack, E. Lamont Johnson, Willie Wooten Their biggest breakthrough was with "Lovin' Is Really My Game". Here it is in it's entire 12" majestic version. Presented in loving memory. Here is the only copy of Sylvester performed at the legendary 1470 West on May 8th, 1986.

BODY & SOUL

INSTANT LEGEND, COMTEMPORARY CLASSIC~ TONY BENNETT & THE LATE~ AMY WINEHOUSE~ BODY & SOUL

9/23/11

HOLLYWOOD POSTING

photo courtesy- William Jonathon Charles

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photo courtesy- Inwood Daddy

MICKEY ROONEY- HAPPY BDAY!

MICKEY ROONEY IS 91 YEARS OLD TODAY~  
 Mickey Rooney ( September 23, 1920) is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award. Working as a performer since he was a small child, he was a superstar as a teenager for the films in which he played Andy Hardy, and he has had one of the longest careers of any actor, to date spanning almost 90 years. He is the last surviving male star from 1930s Hollywood.

9/22/11

RICK CASTRO- T-SHIRT

they are finally here! just arrived antebellum's very own, limited editon - RICK CASTRO- T-SHIRT called- "HANDS OF PREY. image by me- RICK CASTRO- t-shirt by antebellum artist- JOSE AVENDANO. very limited edition available now- exclusively @ antebellum $45 to order- antebellum@earthlink.net

TONY WARD T-SHIRT

they are finally here! just arrived antebellum's very own, limited editon - TONY WARD T-SHIRT called- MR. WARD. image by me- RICK CASTRO- t-shirt by antebellum artist- JOSE AVENDANO. very limited edition available now- exclusively @ antebellum $45 to order- antebellum@earthlink.net

BUNKER HILL- BACK IN THE DAY

bunker hill- downtown- los angeles- circa- 1945

WHY EAT? YOU'LL BE DEAD SOON

AMERICA IS BECOMING- "THE LAND OF THE CRUEL." leave it to texas to lead the way- Death-row inmates headed to their executions will no longer be able to pick what they’d like for their last meal. Brad Livingston, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, issued this statement in response to concerns from Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire: “I believe Senator Whitmire’s concerns regarding the practice of allowing death row offenders to choose their last meal are valid. Effective immediately, no such accommodations will be made. They will receive the same meal served to other offenders on the unit.” READ MORE-
in memory of-
artwork by- Stany de Huy

SIGN OF THE TIMES

artwork by- Stany de Huy

SAINTS & SINNERS EVITE

PR

9/21/11

CHICK-FIL-A= HOMOPHOBIA

Boycott Hollywood Chick-Fil-A: PROTEST at Store Opening Weekend! Time Saturday, September 24 · 12:00pm - 6:00pm Location 6750 W. Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90028 FACEBOOK EVITE Bring your own signs, banners, and flyers to educate the public of the virulently anti-gay policies and donations of this bigoted corporation. They actively suppress gay rights and the rights of anyone who isn't Right-wing Christianist. A coalition of LGBT people, gay rights organizations, animal rights organizations, and other progressive, fair-minded organizations and people are forming a coalition to protest this store making MILLIONS in OUR community for their bigoted "cause".

SAINTS & SINNERS

antebellum is gearing up for it's anual, "all hallows eve" exhibit the theme this year is - SAINTS & SINNERS please join us opening night ~ OCTOBER 15TH for all the dieties. all black, all white or black & white attire is encouraged for more info- antebellum@earthlink.net
(rick castro & raymond sandoval- saints & sinners- matte fiber print, 2010)

RICK CASTRO'S FIRST COMPOSITION

i've been having this ongoing debate with my bremen, (germany) corespondent- JAN KLESSE. he thinks the Beatles are the best thing since butter, i on the other-hand think they are responsible for the disintegration of music and music writing... if it was not for the Beatles we would not have to deal with the tragic- Walmart-commodities like- madonna, Britney and all that ilk. sometimes our debate can get very heated.. we are both passionately firm in our opinions. to prove to jan that I COULD WRITE LYRICS JUST AS GOOD AS THE BEATLES, i sent him something off the cuff.... much to my dismay he created a song! so here my dear antebellumblog readers i give you- RICK CASTRO & JAN KLEESE's FIRST SONG TOGETHER~ Oui Oui Oui by TheLoin what do you think???? are we the new john & paul of the 21st century!?
(jan kleese- crying on-top john lennon's star- hollywood- photo by me- rick castro, (see my hands in the photo? this is on purpose)

VON GLOEDEN

BARON WILHELM VON GLOEDEN,(September 16, 1856 – February 16, 1931) was a German photographer who worked mainly in Italy. He is mostly known for his pastoral nude studies of Sicilian boys, (specifically taormina) which usually featured props such as wreaths or amphoras suggesting a setting in the Greece or Italy of antiquity. From a modern standpoint, his work is commendable due to his controlled use of lighting as well as the often elegant poses of his models. Innovative use of photographic filters and special body makeup (a mixture of milk, olive oil, and glycerin) to disguise skin blemishes contribute to the artistic perfection of his works. Famous in his own day, his work was subsequently eclipsed for close to a century, only to re-emerge in recent times as "the most important gay visual artist of the pre–World War I era" according to Thomas Waugh.
(Wilhelm von Gloeden in 1891)

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photo of Nick Vujicic from his new book- "Life Without Limits"

CHANGES

photo courtesy- ole thomas- oslo/antebellum corespondent

9/20/11

PIN UP


model & photo- courtesy- henry allen

TEDDY BEAR


Joe Mitchell with Mr Bear- photo & model courtesy- Joe Mitchell

DADT IS OVER


"DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL" (DADT)
was the official United States policy on homosexuals serving in the military from December 21, 1993 to September 20, 2011.

AS OF TODAY- SEPTEMBER 2011- DADT IS OVER!

The policy prohibited military personnel from discriminating against or harassing closeted homosexual or bisexual service members or applicants, while barring openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual persons from military service. The restrictions were mandated by United States federal law



The policy prohibited people who "demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts" from serving in the armed forces of the United States, because their presence "would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability."




The act prohibited any homosexual or bisexual person from disclosing his or her sexual orientation or from speaking about any homosexual relationships, including marriages or other familial attributes, while serving in the United States armed forces.
The act specified that service members who disclose that they are homosexual or engage in homosexual conduct should be separated (discharged) except when a service member's conduct was "for the purpose of avoiding or terminating military service" or when it "would not be in the best interest of the armed forces".

The "don't ask" part of the DADT policy specified that superiors should not initiate investigation of a service member's orientation without witnessing disallowed behaviors, though credible evidence of homosexual behavior could be used initiate an investigation. Unauthorized investigations and harassment of suspected servicemen and women led to an expansion of the policy to "don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue, don't harass."

A congressional bill to repeal DADT was enacted in December 2010, specifying that the policy would remain in place until the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff certified that repeal would not harm military readiness, followed by a 60-day waiting period.



A July 6, 2011 ruling from a federal appeals court barred further enforcement of the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members. President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sent that certification to Congress on July 22, 2011, which set the end of DADT for TODAY- September 20, 2011.



I would like to welcome the military & armed forces to the 21st century.