Sad, but True. And also, kind of funny.

STAND Fast

Today is STAND Fast!
This is it: a day when people all over the world will be giving up luxury items and with the money they saved, giving it STAND Fast. Three dollars will protect one Darfuri woman from being raped for a month. Five dollars will protect a whole family in Eastern Burma. What better way to celebrate Beedle the Bard coming out tomorrow than by participating an event as part of a Dumbledore's Army for the real world?! For questions please email http://us.mc555.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=standfast@thehpalliance.org
Oftentimes, it feels like a huge barrier separates us and those who are most vulnerable. Let's treat such a barrier as if it were no more than the barrier at Platform Nine and Three Quarters when Wizards tread before it. Let's walk through that barrier and connect with people across the world who need our support. People who need to know that their plight is being witnessed. And that we won't stop fighting for them.
Let us send our love through this barrier today and fund the protection of these people's lives. Please give today at thehpalliance.org/civilianprotection
Also, if you buy a copy of the Wizard Rock comp Jingle Spells today all the proceeds are going to STAND Fast.
Click here if you want to listen to the podcasts on STAND Fast. Click here to watch a video on what others are giving up.
Thank you so deeply. Let's renew our spirits and the spirit of this world. Let's do what we can for STAND Fast. Thank you and may the Fawkes Be With You,
Andrew SlackHarry Potter Alliance

My New Car...

...Who Has No Name
I bought a car this weekend - GAH!! I am so excited, so proud of myself, and so terrified. Bye bye, money... but my Saturn rocks. I haven't named it yet, though. It is white, but I think it has the spirit of a green car... I'm not getting a vibe about it's gender though. I kind of want to name it Hunter, but sports can be so fickle - knowing my luck, Pence will get traded... "my last car" was a Crown Victoria, and I wasn't sure on the gender vibe, so I named it Victor Victoria (I know, I'm so clever) and usually called it Vivi. I must give this more though. I have already made small efforts to make it my own. I added a scarf around the rear-view mirror. I need to put my magnetic Save Darfur ribbon on there somewhere. Anyways, huzzah for me! Wish me luck, and pray for me - I'm already a nervous driver, and now I'm driving my life savings...

Working Class Hero

Great Music, Great Cause

Over fifty artists have Come Together to make an incredible album of John Lennon covers. It's called Instant Karma and you can pre-order it now online. The proceeds go to the Save Darfur mission efforts, a very noble cause. Here is the song and artist list:

Instant Karma[1] ...U2
#9 Dream[1] ...R.E.M.
Mother[1] ...Christina Aguilera
Give Peace A Chance[1] ...Aerosmith with Sierra Leone Refuge All-Stars
Cold Turkey[1] ...Lenny Kravitz
Whatever Gets You Through the Night[1] ...Los Lonely Boys
I'm Losing You[1] ...Corinne Bailey Rae
Gimme Some Truth[1] ...Jakob Dylan Feat. Dhani Harrison
Oh, My Love[1] ...Jackson Browne
Imagine[1] ...Avril Lavigne
Nobody Told Me[1] ...Big & Rich
Jealous Guy[1] ...Youssou N'Dour
Working Class Hero[2] ...Green Day
Power to the People[2] ...Black Eyed Peas
Imagine[2] ...Jack Johnson
Beautiful Boy[2] ...Ben Harper
Isolation[2] ...Snow Patrol
Watching the Wheels[2] ...Matisyahu
Grow Old With Me[2] ...Postal Service
Gimme Me Some Truth[2] ...Jaguares
(Just Like) Starting Over[2] ...The Flaming Lips
God[2] ...Jack's Mannequin feat. Mick Fleetwood
Real Love[2] ...Regina Spektor

The music is likely to be incredible, and cause is more than worthwhile, either of which alone should be enough to make you buy it. When you combine the two it's just gravy...

http://store.wbr.com/store/product.asp?upc=093624997153&sys=wbr