<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165215055524961459</id><updated>2011-11-27T20:06:04.922-05:00</updated><category term='black sabbath'/><category term='first cousins'/><category term='present'/><category term='army'/><category term='live'/><category term='cuckoos nest'/><category term='poppy'/><category term='mighty fuzz young'/><category term='now'/><category term='troops'/><category term='military'/><category term='nyc'/><category term='kill'/><category term='opium'/><category term='marines'/><category term='studio'/><category term='recording'/><category term='drugs'/><category term='war'/><category term='taliban'/><category term='illseed'/><category term='life'/><category term='money'/><title type='text'>Gustapo's Manifesto</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/165215055524961459/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Gustapo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14524418642729798904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7kiUr5modvo/SdENOmdtQdI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ADyoo2WAfTw/S220/Gustapo+001.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165215055524961459.post-1537556821260112270</id><published>2009-04-30T19:02:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T19:56:53.755-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opium'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taliban'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='military'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kill'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drugs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='army'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='troops'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poppy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='black sabbath'/><title type='text'>WarPigs</title><summary type='text'>So i noticed this picture in the new york times while waiting in line at the grocery store. Poppy plants in bloom in the foreground and our soldiers marching in from the background. i noticed the image before reading the paragraph below describing how the military has decided to patrol and destroy the poppy fields in an attempt to nullify the opium trade. i continue to read on and as it turns out</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/feeds/1537556821260112270/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/2009/04/warpigs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/165215055524961459/posts/default/1537556821260112270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/165215055524961459/posts/default/1537556821260112270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/2009/04/warpigs.html' title='WarPigs'/><author><name>Gustapo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14524418642729798904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7kiUr5modvo/SdENOmdtQdI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ADyoo2WAfTw/S220/Gustapo+001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165215055524961459.post-8187211785680162187</id><published>2009-04-28T16:10:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-28T17:50:19.147-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nyc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mighty fuzz young'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recording'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='studio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='first cousins'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cuckoos nest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illseed'/><title type='text'>Keeping it moving....</title><summary type='text'>Been a busy week.. the warm weather moved into NYC early and everyone is catching the music bug. Seems like this past week everyone is calling to book studio time in the CuckoosNest. I never set out to own a studio. but the past 6 years seem to have flown by and ultimately here i am. Started out as small analog set-up pieced together with random equipment i had accumulated over the years. I just </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/feeds/8187211785680162187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/2009/04/keeping-it-moving.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/165215055524961459/posts/default/8187211785680162187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/165215055524961459/posts/default/8187211785680162187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/2009/04/keeping-it-moving.html' title='Keeping it moving....'/><author><name>Gustapo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14524418642729798904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7kiUr5modvo/SdENOmdtQdI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ADyoo2WAfTw/S220/Gustapo+001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165215055524961459.post-1751221842503121855</id><published>2009-04-17T17:16:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-18T21:34:36.707-04:00</updated><title type='text'>All in A Days Work</title><summary type='text'>So I'm flying in the smallest jet I've ever been in. Courtesy American Eagle. 1 hour flight to Cleveland. 3 seats wide and normal carryon bags must be checked in. The over head storage is about as big as a glove compartment in an SUV. I understand not many people travel to Cleveland Ohio but this is like traveling in a Pontiac fiero. 1 flight attendant who I am sure was appointed because of his </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/feeds/1751221842503121855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/2009/04/all-in-days-work.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/165215055524961459/posts/default/1751221842503121855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/165215055524961459/posts/default/1751221842503121855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/2009/04/all-in-days-work.html' title='All in A Days Work'/><author><name>Gustapo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14524418642729798904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7kiUr5modvo/SdENOmdtQdI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ADyoo2WAfTw/S220/Gustapo+001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165215055524961459.post-205067484451831688</id><published>2009-04-17T00:09:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-17T01:37:18.935-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='present'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='live'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='now'/><title type='text'>Life is now</title><summary type='text'>no better time than the present. hesitation is your enemy, procrastination is poison. we carry our experience of yesterday and create our vision for tomorrow, yet the only thing that matters is where we are, here and now. what are you doing? are you where you want to be? or is where you want to be always a destination in the distance? personally i have set goals, some of which i have achieved and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/feeds/205067484451831688/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/2009/04/life-is-now.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/165215055524961459/posts/default/205067484451831688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/165215055524961459/posts/default/205067484451831688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/2009/04/life-is-now.html' title='Life is now'/><author><name>Gustapo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14524418642729798904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7kiUr5modvo/SdENOmdtQdI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ADyoo2WAfTw/S220/Gustapo+001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165215055524961459.post-271069835904410468</id><published>2009-04-15T00:08:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-15T16:34:56.985-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Politics as usual</title><summary type='text'>Ive been watching a few different blogs over the past months.. and without pointing out various sites, i am beginning to see repetition in the posts and content. these sites once heralded for individuality and creative concepts are slowly digressing from what started out as independent provoking portals. maybe its the advertising money that I'm seeing some of these blogs tap into, or maybe its </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/feeds/271069835904410468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/2009/04/politics-as-usual.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/165215055524961459/posts/default/271069835904410468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/165215055524961459/posts/default/271069835904410468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/2009/04/politics-as-usual.html' title='Politics as usual'/><author><name>Gustapo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14524418642729798904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7kiUr5modvo/SdENOmdtQdI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ADyoo2WAfTw/S220/Gustapo+001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165215055524961459.post-5839701410889572105</id><published>2009-04-11T01:48:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-11T02:02:54.345-04:00</updated><title type='text'>When opportunity knocks</title><summary type='text'>What i have come to learn is that windows of opportunity open randomly and action needs to be taken immediately because those windows close quickly. hesitation is not an option. you can plan for your entire life for just one moment to arrive, but failure to act when the opportunity presents itself may render a life's work meaningless. Why wait? </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/feeds/5839701410889572105/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/2009/04/when-opportunity-knocks.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/165215055524961459/posts/default/5839701410889572105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/165215055524961459/posts/default/5839701410889572105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/2009/04/when-opportunity-knocks.html' title='When opportunity knocks'/><author><name>Gustapo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14524418642729798904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7kiUr5modvo/SdENOmdtQdI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ADyoo2WAfTw/S220/Gustapo+001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165215055524961459.post-1451932898672428598</id><published>2009-04-09T22:49:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-09T23:50:18.167-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Get.Up.Stop.Think.Aim.Pop.Off (a new beginning)</title><summary type='text'>Ok. so i have decided to take this blog bit seriously. i mean i have fooled around with the notion of blogging on myspace and a few other social networks but i never really considered the potential of what this medium offered. Some have told me the blog would be the death of print. some of the same people have also told me the digital download and streaming media would be the death of the compact</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/feeds/1451932898672428598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/2009/04/getupstopthinkaimpopoff-new-beginning.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/165215055524961459/posts/default/1451932898672428598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/165215055524961459/posts/default/1451932898672428598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gustaposmanifesto.blogspot.com/2009/04/getupstopthinkaimpopoff-new-beginning.html' title='Get.Up.Stop.Think.Aim.Pop.Off (a new beginning)'/><author><name>Gustapo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14524418642729798904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7kiUr5modvo/SdENOmdtQdI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ADyoo2WAfTw/S220/Gustapo+001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
