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IT WAS A GOOD IDEA: "LOOSELY ALPHABETICAL DHARMA AND POP-SUB-CULTURE LINKS FROM ALL OVER THE WEB."  UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP UP.

BUT THERE ARE TONS OF LINKS TO SEE HERE, FROM THE START OF THE HORSE UP TO THE END OF 2007.  SOME OF THESE LINKS MAY BE DEAD. THAT HAPPENS.

FIRST ARE THE VERY LAST LINKS OF 2007. SOMEDAY, MAYBE THEY'LL GET FILED.
BUT DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH.

THEN SCROLL PAST THOSE TO SEE ALL THE FILED ENTRIES. THERE'S LIKE A ZILLION, IN QUITE A SURPRISING NUMBER OF POP-/SUB-DHARMA-CULTURE CATEGORIES.

 

 



 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
?

Buddhist art and writing art, writing, theatre

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."

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"

 

Being black and Buddhist being black & buddhist 

"Black Buddha" (not, in fact, Buddhist) 
"
Get Your Meditation On."
Angel GETS IT.
"Guess Who's Coming to Dharma?"
From the Village Voice.
Proud Black Buddhist: "The African and African American Nichiren Shoshu Cultural Buddhist Website."
"Something Has to Change" From the Shambhala Sun.