Jeff Dowd and the Seattle Seven

Da Stranger · August 25, 2010, 02:51:02 AM

Wikipedia - "Due to the publicity of the trial, the Seattle Liberation Front faced ideological dissension, personality conflicts, and charges of "male chauvinism." In the fall of 1970 SLF sponsored a brief-lived weekly underground newspaper, Sabot, which folded in December after a three-month run amid political infighting among the staff.[16] In late 1971, the SLF was disbanded. Many of the individual SLF members continued to promote diverse social movements, such as Capitol Hill's "Country Doc" Clinic.?[17] Lerner, the founder of SLF, eventually became the editor of the Tikkun, and an advisor to President Clinton and Hillary Clinton. Jeff Dowd went to Hollywood to become a screenwriter and producer. In the film The Big Lebowski (1998), the main character, Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, claims to be one of the Seattle Seven. The character is based on Jeff Dowd, a friend of the Coen Brothers. Jeff Dowd currently runs a business called Jeff Dowd and Associates located in Santa Monica, California where he writes and produces films. Chip Marshall remained active in Washington politics, running for Seattle City Council in 1976 and working as a neighborhood activist in Issaquah."

meekon5 · August 25, 2010, 07:53:13 AM

What are you blathering about?

Da Stranger · August 25, 2010, 09:12:10 AM

You don't know Walter?

Donny, you're out of your element, Dude, the chinaman is not the issue here....

Dowd....the Other Dude, the millionaire.

BikerDude · August 25, 2010, 01:24:00 PM

Johnson?

Da Stranger · August 25, 2010, 01:44:34 PM

Johnson? No, my nam es Karl, ixshpee ex-bert.

DigitalBuddha · August 26, 2010, 10:59:50 PM

Quote from: BikerDude on August 25, 2010, 01:24:00 PM
Johnson?

I need my johnson.

Without me, my johnson is nothing. Without my johnson, I am nothing.

It's a Zen thing. The whole yin and yang thing going on.

brandt · August 27, 2010, 12:09:35 AM

You know Walter, you're right, I can find this other Johnson or Dowd or clams, bones, whatever you call him. And Dbudda the proper nomenclature is.....durn lost my train. It's Lebowski, at Mr Brandt's office. Okay then.

DigitalBuddha · August 27, 2010, 01:26:35 AM

Quote from: brandt on August 27, 2010, 12:09:35 AM
You know Walter, you're right, I can find this other Johnson or Dowd or clams, bones, whatever you call him. And Dbudda the proper nomenclature is.....durn lost my train. It's Lebowski, at Mr Brandt's office. Okay then.

You mean, vagina?

Da Stranger · August 27, 2010, 07:18:50 AM

You know him?

http://www.jeffdowd.com/

And you got to watch this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AppE-lsISU

meekon5 · August 27, 2010, 08:43:18 AM

Quote from: Crane Jackson on August 27, 2010, 07:18:50 AM
You know him?

Crane you not spotted the common thread of the site, the religion?

On a site devoted to a religion based on the Dude you think this is news?

I'd love to say "I did not know that, Dude!"

See the thing is I do have a copy of the Port Huron Statement that the Dude claims to be a signatory of.

Not occurred to you that you may be teaching old Dudes to suck Caucasians?

(that didn't come out as well as I hoped, it was a play on "teaching grandma to suck eggs", but it sort of slid sideways and ended up looking a bit gay, not that being gay is a problem, it's just not the direction I was taking things in, if you know what I mean)

Don't get me wrong it's great that you're finding this stuff but be aware that some of us have actually looked into a couple of these things before.

Da Stranger · August 28, 2010, 07:24:29 AM

QuoteCrane you not spotted the common thread of the site, the religion?

On a site devoted to a religion based on the Dude you think this is news?

I'd love to say "I did not know that, Dude!"

See the thing is I do have a copy of the Port Huron Statement that the Dude claims to be a signatory of.

Not occurred to you that you may be teaching old Dudes to suck Caucasians?

(that didn't come out as well as I hoped, it was a play on "teaching grandma to suck eggs", but it sort of slid sideways and ended up looking a bit gay, not that being gay is a problem, it's just not the direction I was taking things in, if you know what I mean)

Don't get me wrong it's great that you're finding this stuff but be aware that some of us have actually looked into a couple of these things before.

Hahaha, take it easy man, im just posting for all the sinners out there.

QuoteNot occurred to you that you may be teaching old Dudes to suck Caucasians?

Quotebut it sort of slid sideways and ended up looking a bit gay

A bit?

Rev. Gary (revgms) · August 28, 2010, 10:24:06 AM

There is a difference between Lebowskism and Dudeism. I even got to explain the difference to a rather inneresting gentleman.

As another new guy, I can understand Da Strangers enthusiasm, but also as a long time lurker, I understand Meekons frustration, and I know from his other posts he aint trying to sound reactionary. Everybody is cool here, so do a J, have a Kaucasion or meditate on your rug, you are among friends here.

Peace Dudes.

TrapperDude · August 28, 2010, 05:28:47 PM

Serious question from a real n00b: what IS the difference between Lebowskism and Dudeism? Thanks!

Rev. Gary (revgms) · August 28, 2010, 05:58:28 PM

Lebowskism as I understand it, can not be spelled correctly.

No, Dudeism is a spiritual-esque religion based on ancient concepts of abiding, chill'n an' taken er easy. The charactor the Dude for the most part embodied some one living that ideal, in his own way. The movie plays a part in the philosophy but is not viewed as any kind of scripture. It gives a frame work of sorts, and is a source of Dudeistic phrases.

Lebowskism, is more of a fan appreciation kinda thing, such as Trekkie's, they dig the movie and have fun with that. They quote TBL trivia the way a Dudeist would quote the Tao Te Ching, or Dude De Ching, maybe Dharma Pada.

We share the same space on many levels, but there is clear differences. We dig their style, and it seems they dig ours.

That's my take, what's your opinion Dudes?

meekon5 · August 28, 2010, 06:22:19 PM

Quote from: TrapperDude on August 28, 2010, 05:28:47 PM
Serious question from a real n00b: what IS the difference between Lebowskism and Dudeism? Thanks!

The Lebowskist is a devotee of the film "The Big Lebowski", they spend a lot of the time quoting the film (look at the facebook group for instance), but, to quote the zen, they are empty gourds making a lot of noise but little sense.

The Dudeist is trying to follow a path that is a synthesis of Taoism and the Slacker ethic, as exemplified by the example of the character the Dude (Based on Jeff Dowd) from the Coen Brothers film "The Big Lebowski". It is a mystical tradition based on none action (takin her easy), using terminology from the film to convey it's ideas.

A common idea for Dudeists is not so much they are converted to the religion but it is a convenient label by which others (who are bothered about such things) can use to categorise them. In many of the threads discussing why we are Dudeists many of us can be found saying it is the best fit to how we are, and that we were actually Dudeists before we actually knew what the religion is.

oh and Da Stranger try not to take things too seriously. It's difficult to portray thetounge in cheeck attitude when all this is just in text.