Namaste, Salaam, Buenas Dias, Bonjour, and Merhaba to everyone! Welcome to a new week. I hope you are all in a state of positivity and good feelings. Good energy. Good intentions. It is good to feel good, aint it?
We are very blessed to live in a safe, vibrant city. Vancouver is very grown-up, right now. In her Sunday Best, ready to greet all the strangers who will be coming to experience The Olympics. It is increasingly interesting to me, on a sociopolitical level. A real polarization in energy, from the locals. Tres etrange. Very weird.
My lefty pals are all feeling stressed. This is due to the simmering undercurrent of unrest among their peeps. My other pals, many of whom are in retail or in arts or food-industries are hoping the millions of eyeballs will gaze upon their creations, and hoping to gain exposure. Neither side is wrong. Really.
Anticipation+anxiety is imminent.
People are unusually aware of their surroundings.
It is a bit weird….people are stressed.
This is unnecessary, in my humble+possibly naieve opinion. Stress is bad for us. As individuals, and as a community.
We have ENOUGH stress in our lives. Health+family+jobs+housing+finances+on and on.
How do we avoid adding stress? We can’t. Life is just like that. Shit will come up. Obstacles will appear. We are constantly forced to navigate our own lives all the time. Its just “life”.
So, how do we stay “calm” or “centered” or “indifferent” about stresss? What are some tools?
TOOOL!!! Yes. Listen to TOOL. LOL!
Or whatever band. Yes, Lovies, MUSIC transports us. I listen to A LOT of Bhangra, as you know. It makes me veryvery happy. And that usually gives way to being SO happy to hear the music I’m listening to, that it will occur to me that I am lucky to be able to HEAR it at all!!! Lucky and blessed. Om Hare Om.
So, GRATITUDE for my hearing. That sharpens my focus, taking the focus OFF whatever stressor I thought about five minutes before.
Same goes for drinking a cool glass of water (an ancient trick to combat “anger” or “stress”) I drink a glass of cool water an think: “holyfuck! I’m lucky to have clean water!” And GRADITUDE once again wins over stress. Eat a banana? My belly gets happy.
GRATITUDE for available food.
Go for a walk in the safe city. Yup! You guessed it: GRATITUDE for our safety.
You get the picture.
It is my own personal way of life, and that is my journey. Not anyone else’s. So it is with respect that I offer these extremely simple suggestions. :)
Everyone has their own way to de-stress and calm their minds. And, whatever works for you, is what is gonna work for you. So live your Truth.
Feel good. Calm down however you can. It will enhance your experience of the moment, and hopefully, your stress will fade- even if for a little while. And when it comes up again, repeat your de-stressing behaviour, and it will again fade.
Again, and again, and again.
Repeat, repeat, repeat.
Or, you can cover your eyes (see above photo) in the whole “See No Evil” shtick. But that is a temporary solution.
And, no, I will NOT be aquiring a doggie-”calming-cap” for my Nicklas!!!!!!! LOL! His de-stressing techniques are the best of all: go for a walk, have a good poop, drinking fresh water, eat healthy food (that I make for him, remember: I NEVER fed him “dog food” a.k.a. “Horses+pigs hooves” yuk! LOL!) And feeling loved and secure as he lay his head down to sleep. Om Nama Shivaya.
I wish that same feeling for EVERYONE!!!! If ONLY we were DOGS!!!!!!
It makes me feel calmer just to think about having a “dog’s life” because it makes me laugh.
And laughing will definately keep you calm. :)
Which is exactly why I took the photo of the dog calming cap in that NorthVan petstore, in the first place: it made me laugh OUT LOUD!
I hope everyone of you finds laughs and calm energy this week. Well, all the time, actually. Find your center and return to it often. Less stress more laughs. You will make it through anything.
And, of course, listening to Bhangra.
Or Tool.
Most importantly, listen to your HEART. The gratitude is inside it. Listen to what it says.
It will keep you calm.
Blessings and bliss without blinders on,
Love,
Biffy
Xo

Namaste and Sussreekall!! Bonjour all you Beautiful, Perfect People. May you be feeling blissfully hopeful and satisfied. Om Hare Om. Perhaps you are reading this from work? Or school? Or on your hand-gadget?
I have heard this blog doesn’t show up on the igadgets? You KNOW how computer/tech-stoopid I am, personally…but I promise to investigate and get my peeps to solve. :)
I have put this above photograph, of a typical rekkid store shelf (this was in an airport, somewhere…) And I was thrilled to see THE PROMISE among the cds for sale! Thrilled!
But you know, that is simply not how most folks buy music, anymore. I have seen all the changes in my very fortunate, fantastic 20+ years in the biz.
When I started, we sold casettes off the stage! LOL!
When my first rekkid came out, in 1994, it was the first “CD” I had ever put out. Serendipitous times!
Ahhhhh……and the years that passed, the “internet” really “caught on”. LOL!
And that was that. Music became free.
This, of course, was a great opportunity! One’s creations became available for discovery all over the planet- in an instant!!! Amazing, really.
I was veryveryvery lucky to be able to make fans all over the world. I am so fortunate!! So blessed!
I was able to tour and tour and tour to support records that came out in those places!
But you know, there was not too much money to be made (unless you were, say, JLo or Snoop).
I am very lucky I have been able to enjoy a wonderful career. REALLY lucky. And REALLY grateful!!!!!
I had food, had a place to live, had happyfatpigletbabydogs, had toursupport. LUCKYGIRL, MOI!!!!!!
But I just don’t know how a young band, today, could make money or carve out a living, creating their art.
People don’t buy “records” anymore. Even off of the music-for-money sites.
People buy “singles”.
And that’s cool.
But how does a young band eat? How can they tour?
Record companies rarely foot the bill to fly them anywhere, anymore. They have their own problems. How can they even do “development” deals with young bands? Their existing rosters require their promotional attention. It perplexes me.
What do you think?
I’ve never been “in it for the money” as you know, and I am confident MOST bands are not. At the end of the day, artists/bands just want to PLAY FOR YOU.
Its actually quite a beautiful thing.
There are a lot of bands that come through my town. And the shows are usually sold-out…because we want to go see them.
There are a lot of bands who don’t tour.
Or who can’t.
I think I would personally like to make more of an effort to go out (past my bedtime) and see bands. Support them. Encourage them. Enjoy them.
You, too?
I kinda feel bad for bands that are booked in Vancouver during The Olympics because a lot of locals will avoid going downtown due to travel+parking restrictions. Poor bands!
But…if we are creative+patient..we can get down to gigs and not even notice any inconvenience from Olympic fever. Right?
Other than that, there is nothing to stop us!!
I am always interested to hear new stuff.
NEW MUSIC IS INTOXICATING!
And, yes, Lovies, our new secret sideproject rekkid is completed!!!!!!!! (Yep. You will get details, sooooon!!!) And I am curious to see how it shakes out with releasing-timelines.
Musicmusicmusic really is and becomes the soundtracks for our lives! I love that!!!!!!
But as far as touring goes….I will keep you informed as I have some new projects in the works…it is already shaping up to be a busy year. Like a bee buzzing I am ever becoming what I’m supposed to become..
We each are. Fuck! That’s cool!
And I’m still not interested in money-as-reward. Communication is priceless!
And your friendship is pure gold.
Om Nama Shivaya.
Enjoy your weekend!!!!! Eat good food, be kind to your body, and go see a band!!!!!!!!!!
Love energy and positivity to you, as ever..
Love,
Biffy
Xo

Namaste! Buenas Dias! Salaam! Merhaba! Bonjour! And Howdyho to all of you Beautiful Love Monsters!!! Yessireebob: its FEBRUARY!!! Joy! Bliss! CrazyOlympics! HappyLoveyDovey-Valentine’s-Month! Very excited for the LOVEY spirit that overtakes the collective conciousness of the masses. I like Valentine’s Day very much! I’m already plotting my “Be-My-Valentine” actions. Heh,heh.
As you see, today’s photo is of Nicklas and his late wife, Sri Annatasia Louisa MonaLisa Molinare. This photograph displays perfect connection between two sentient beings. They were sooooo connected. It was effortless and easy for them to be in total love every single day they were together. Om Nama Shivaya.
It was as natural and as easy as breathing. There was never confusion or questioning. It just “was”.
Fuck! That is beautiful.
That is basically what people seek. That effortless connection. The mirror of their own soul. The Partner. The Twin Soul. The One.
Interesting to me. I LOVE love. Love it! Live for it!
It is my favoritefavorite concept.
Love energy. The radiation of the heart. Its cool.
Makes me write songs. Songs about seeking+yearning+dreaming for LOVE. Songs about being in LOVE. Songs about loss of LOVE. Its permeated my creative inspiration for my entire life.
And I love just about everything. Sick, I know. LOL!
A lot of my friends are seeking “love” as they are newly or still “single”. The seeking often gets ahold of them and this causes suffering.
But I always say, “that which you are seeking is what’s causing you to seek..”
Cuz its true.
The theory is “when you are NOT looking” that is when LOVE will find you.
Perhaps.
But I prefer to find the LOVE within all experiences and love the thrill of the hunt, the “seek”, the adventure of discovery. Love the journey. And love the place you’re in along the journey. Why not? Why “suffer” and rob yourself of even one single minute of your life? What good does that do?
Nada!
I wish everyone success in their quest for “love” wherever you are in that journey. I wish happiness and satisfaction for you. :)
Write it down. Write a love letter. Even to your “future”, imaginary, wished-for, still-stranger lover. Inspire yourself with your words. Write your TRUTH.
You will learn something new about your own, secret feelings.
Be open. SEEK openness. Be open to anything.
Because, Friends, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
Always. Everyday.
Everyday is an opportunity to LOVE.
May February’s freshness inspire and blanket you.
And remember- your love is already in your heart-waiting to bust-the-fuck out. Let go+let it!
Word.
Om Sai Love! Jai Ma! Shanti, baby!
Peace to you. :)
Love,
Biffy
Xo