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Local performers in the Charleston/Huntington area of West Virginia, we are looking for bands and other performers to play a huge peace rally/charity concert in late august. It will likely be kicking off a multi-genre, multi venue tour to end in mid to late fall. If you are interested in being a part of one or more of the shows, contact @Ace Entertainment Records, 304-208-5638, for more information, please limit phone calls to M-F Noon - 5.

Mike Wills
A&R Rep
Owner, @Ace Entertainment Records

Holly crap another peace rally. Wake up! No such thing!
Rally for liberty, Rally for justice, Hell rally for sex. You will not find peace in man. Unless you consider the lack of war due to being a slave "peace".

Not sure how many psychotropic drugs you were on when writing that post, but the last line makes NO sense what-so-ever. I feel sorry for you though, if you think there is no such thing as peace, your life must be pretty miserable.

Read history moron. No peace. That simple. Feel sorry for yourself your living a lie.

San has a point bout the 'No peace exists' part. I guess you can't open everyone's eyes, eh?
Good luck finding the performers.

No need for the name-calling, sans.

I agree that it's been proven so far to be a pipe dream, that whole peace thing. But I still let others try as they will wiitout the nasty labels, man. Sorry, had to call you out on that.

Peace rallies have always had good music, anyway, so go for it!

For me, I'd be happy to go & play, just to have that venue. I might even play a lil peacey song myself, but I'd never make a habit out of it.

Aw come on give peace a chance.

"Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity" - George Carlin

Negotiating between two CIVIL parties is always preferable to violence. But people that blow themselves up on purpose are not very civil. There is no negotiating with extremism. One extreme, sadly, can only be neutralized with another, greater extreme.

We all understand that peace protesters, for the most part, are well meaning. But they are juvenile in their understanding of reality, where experience with violent extremists are concerned.

It's pretty much this difference...

A parent and child are hiking through the woods, and a bear comes out of nowhere. The adult would take defensive action immediately. The child might want to go over and pet the pretty furry animal.

Same bear.

Two different views of it.

Which is realistic?

Craig you reminded me of this little story someone sent me.

In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University.

On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully.

He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.

Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.

Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant. Peter summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs and slammed his stupid ass against the railing, killing him instantly.


Probably wasn't the same elephant.



This is for all who send me those annoying heart-warming stories.

This may sound like a stupid question, but since it's a charity event, am I expected to play for free? That's at least a three hour trip to make without even the benefit of gas money....just curious...

Another stupid question: I am STILL laughing about that whole elephant story...does that make me a bad person?

Craig Maxim wrote:Negotiating between two CIVIL parties is always preferable to violence. But people that blow themselves up on purpose are not very civil. There is no negotiating with extremism. One extreme, sadly, can only be neutralized with another, greater extreme.

We all understand that peace protesters, for the most part, are well meaning. But they are juvenile in their understanding of reality, where experience with violent extremists are concerned.

It's pretty much this difference...

A parent and child are hiking through the woods, and a bear comes out of nowhere. The adult would take defensive action immediately. The child might want to go over and pet the pretty furry animal.

Same bear.

Two different views of it.

Which is realistic?

I think understanding and admitting that you (we) may be the root cause of that extremism is relevant to solving it. Going in with guns blazing only seems to fuel the hatred and grow the numbers of extremists. Look at "al-queda in iraq" .. a term which was wholly untrue prior to our invasion.

I'm not saying that we should negotiate with terrorists, but perhaps the solution lies somewhere between "appeasing" and "destroying" our 'enemies'.

You be correct Philby. My apology. It serves no point to degrade someone with whom I disagree. Some men have and always will attempt
to subjugate his brother. That is why I say justice, liberty, and VICTORY!
All the bad guys are not just going to lay down their arms and join the group hug. They must be delt with in the only currency they understand.
Strength.

WELL SAID SAN MAN!!!!! ...

And I must be dealt with through the only currency I understand...U.S. greenbacks...

Again, is this a paying gig?