Richard Del Connor, The Hippy Coyote moved to Las Vegas in December 2011 to learn Lion Dance.
In 2010, Shaolin Records released PART 1 of the KUNG FU COWBOY series of albums: King Solomon's Temple

AmZen eNEWS July 2012
Official newsletter of American Zen

Official Newsletter of American Zen,  America's First Buddhist Rock Band

Coyote Returns to San Diego After Exodus of 1978

Coyote left San Diego in 1978 after winning the KPRI Battle of the Bands Contest.

Now, Coyote returns to San Diego to see if this is the fertile ground for him to launch the new headquarters of Tai Chi Youth and launch his Buddha Kung Fu classes.

The Shaolin Communications book publishing and distribution company of Richard Del Connor and the music publishing company, Shaolin Music, could operate from anywhere on the planet with a good internet connection.

Shaolin Records also could be located anywhere but requires a recording studio.

With all the relatives, classmates, childhood friends in San Diego, all having relatives and kids also, should provide a fertile city for Buddha Kung Fu and Tai Chi Youth classes. Perhaps even Shaolin Chi Mantis Traditional Buddhist Gongfu and Taijiquan could also find some worthy candidates. With Oceanside to the North and the San Diego Naval Base, and the Mirarmar Air Force... there are a lot of ex-soldiers in San Diego. They come to serve, and stay to live.

As for Coyote? That's the toughest part of this move. Coyote was embraced in Tujunga and Montrose by the few locals who came to know him... but Coyote was never a public figure in either neighborhood. Perhaps if he would have won the Tujunga Poet Laureate title...

According the The Holy Bible, it is hardest for a man to be a Saint or Hero in his home town. Especially since relatives, brothers, sisters, and parents will never revere or adore you. You're just someone they HAD to take care, of now they don't. Most people choose not to care or adopt other people unless the police and government force them to.

Coyote's daughter, Caitlin O'Connor, is a 21-year old incredibly compassionate person who graduates the National Holistic Massage Institute this month. She took her Kung Fu and Tai Chi skills and became a Western healer. She lives with her boyfriend in Northern Los Angeles County. "I'd still like to have her in my life more," says daddy dog Coyote. "She talks about starting a holistic center and hiring me to teach Tai Chi and Qigong there. I talk about having my Kung Fu school somewhere and she could have her own office and massage therapy center there."

Coyote's son, Rory O'Connor, 14, loves to play videogames. As a very young child he displayed amazing artistic skills, as did Caitlin O'Connor also, but he played with computer graphics. "He was more daring and bold than I was!" emphasizes Coyote. "He would figure out artistic brushes and techniques faster than me. He'd click here. Click there. He did crash my computer a few times," chuckles Coyote. "One time I had to reinstall the entire operating system. But I still admire his bravery in searching for artistic techniques."

Rory lives with his mother, Michelle McCarty in Montrose, California. "I need to get settled somewhere," states Coyote. "I need to at least have a home that Rory can come visit or stay at."

With his 40-Year High School Reunion in September, Coyote is hopeful that San Diego will be the best place for him to live for the next decade.

Coyote is giving away some FREE SONGS to herald his triumphant return to San Diego.

"The Pauper" from the The Pauper rock opera by The Rich is one of the songs that won the 1978 KPRI Battle of the Bands Contest.

"Hello Again" by The Rich is one of the songs that was recorded for the Live Radio Show granted to the Battle of the Bands winners.

"Cold Day In Hell" is another of the songs recorded for the KPRI Radio Show by The Rich.

Kung Fu Cowboy:  (The Hippy Coyote)
http://www.KungFuCowboy.com

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- - Odyssey of American Zen: Adventures of the Kung Fu Cowboy - -

Shovelling Dirt and Hanging with the Rhinos

Coyote's brother has a company that installs artificial turf, and putting greens, like at miniature golf courses. This required removing trees, bushes and grass, then creating a shaped landscape of "Road Base," a mixture of gravel and sand. Then a thiner layer of "DG" decomposed granite, then the "carpet," the artifical turf. Interesting business with some beautiful results but, all that work needs to be done by someone.

The demolotion of the landscape is hard work. Removing trees, bushes, and grass...

The installation of the new earth is hard work, shoveling dozens of wheel barrows full of the "road base," and "d. g.'

Then the carpet has to cut, installed and nailed. This was an interesting new concept for Coyote is a Master Carpenter and completed the 4-year United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners "apprenticeship program" in 1978. "In artificial turf installations you don't want to drive the nail in deep like with wood. Otherwise the carpet will have dimples in it. So that was new. Stopping the nail before it sinks in. Oh yeah, and then we have to hide the nails also! We have to pull out any grass under the nail head to purposely camoulflage the nailing. Which was also weird, because I have to nail into gravel. Yeah, gravel. It took me a while to get used to that."

When Coyote finishes all the green carpet installation they put a thousand pounds of sand per 100 square feet. Worse yet, the silica sand is in 100 pound bags. "They are very difficult to pick up and carry," pants our slave pup. "Although I've been doing Kung Fu consistently since 1980, this shovelling involved a few muscles I hadn't used so much." Coyote puffs out his chest. "I'm a little stronger now."

Don't forget: Coyote was already claiming to have built up new shoulder muscles and leg muscles from pushing heavy road cases and building sets for Rhino Staging.

In the movie, Kung Fu Hustle, the first hero was the town's "Coolie" worker. This person was so incredible strong and fast from his hard labors that he was almost invisible when he fought. The translation of "coolie" is: man of great strength from hard work. Coyote Coolie. Coolie Coyote. Coyote The Coolie. Coolie The Coyote. No matter how you say it, our Kung Fu Coyote is now a Kung Fu Coolie.

Web Blog of SHAOLIN RECORDS: - American Zen Buddhist Rock Podcast
http://www.CoyoteRadio.NET

iTUNES has Coyote Radio .NET: American Zen Buddhist Rock Podcast (with FREE ALBUMS heehee)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/coyote-radio-net/id202963354

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-- BUDDHISM NEWS: The Path of Buddha --

Prophet in his Home Town?

Can Buddha Zhen preach in his hometown?

History has statistically proven this to be almost impossible.

People have a need to see their heros in larger-than-life terms. That is why movie stars are celebrated. People want to see them as their movie heros and often knock them off their pedestals if they discover any human faults or weaknesses.

This will be interesting. What will happen?

Will Buddha Zhen be recognized as a Buddhist priest?

Will Buddha Zhen be recognized as a Zen master?

Will Buddha Zhen be recognized as a Kung Fu master?

Will Buddha Zhen be recognized and appreciated for being a Tai Chi master?

Will Buddha Zhen be celebrated and supported by public attendance at his seminars and tournaments?

Will Buddha Zhen be someone that most parents want their kids to go to for learning respect, self-discipline, self-defense, and ethics?

Will Buddha Zhen be an awesome dude who kids want to have as their Kung Fu master?

Will Buddha Zhen's father stop telling him to give up his Kung Fu schools, stop working on his record company, and keep taking as many "day labor" jobs as possible to pay his bills?

Will Buddha Zhen's mother maintain that her oldest son is, "not her son... " and not in her Final Will?

Will Buddha Zhen's brother Dave put his kids in the Tai Chi Youth school as he promised?

Will Buddha Zhen's brother Tom continue to give him shovelling jobs?

Will Buddha Zhen's cousin invite him to their birthday parties and weddings that he has been excluded from for twenty years because his father told them not to.

Will Buddha Zhen find a place to teach?

As you can see, San Diego does have opportunities to offer, but with his family working against him, and already very disappointed in him for being a Mr. Mom instead of a doctor or attorney... San Diego could also be the most difficult place in the world for Buddha Zhen to live.

Buddha Zhen's webpage:
http://www.BuddhaZhen.com

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- - RICHARD DEL CONNOR NEWS: Masonic Kung Fu and Freemasonry - -

Letter of Introduction to La Jolla Masons

Despite the fact that I am in poverty, some of my relatives are very wealthy. They either live in La Jolla, the Beverly Hills of San Diego, or in Del Cerro, another place than only the wealthy can afford.

So Richard Del Connor has sent a letter of introduction to the La Jolla Freemason Lodge. Based upon their website page pronouncing the principles, Richard drafted a "Letter Of Introduction" that was styled and based upon their webpage. "By quoting their ethic, then listing my attributes or activities of that nature--I was able to hopefully impress them. I hope this letter inspires them to want to meet me and have me as a member of their lodge."

Richard Del Connor RECORD PRODUCER WEBSITE: Project 14 = Masonic Kung Fu
http://www.richarddelconnor.com/project14-RDC.html

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Enjoy your journeys elsewhere and here.

Sincerely,
Richard Del Connor
Producer, shaolinRECORDS.com

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cassingle cover:
It's Your Shadow
"It's Your Shadow" and "Coyote in a Graveyard"

subject of songs:  Love in a mental hospital
related screenplay:   Coyote in a Graveyard
related story :  cassingle released 1989 to USA college radio

book cover:
Tao of Taoism - Using the Dao te Ching to Improve...
based upon the writings of Lao Tzu

subject of book: Concepts of Daoism for modern life
related album:   Tai Chi Magic 1
related story :  Typeset while stranded in Las Vegas 2012

book cover:  
Human Values for Success in Family...
Book #1 of 4
based upon the teachings of Confucius

subject of book:  Heirarchy of family and business
related books:  Books #2, #3, #4 of Human Values
related story :  Written in Montrose 2010 "Family Values"

album cover:   photo by The Hippy Coyote
Coyote Radio Tujunga
by THC The Hippy Coyote

music style:  solo acoustic, singer-songwriter
related videos:   Coyote Radio TV cable shows
related story:  RDC = American Hippie Philosopher

book cover:  photo by The Hippy Coyote
Father Earth - Mother Earth is Our Father
by Rachel Connor

subject of book: appreciating the earth, ecology
related book:   It's a Woman's World - Putting men...
related story :  Coyote shot photos during Vision Quest

book cover:  photo by The Hippy Coyote
Buddha Kung Fu Student Manual
by Buddha Zhen Shen-Lang

subject of book:  Buddha Kung Fu beginner program
related album:   Tai Chi Magic 1 by Buddha Zhen
related story :  40-page biography includes The Coyote

album cover: photo by Don Bertolucci
Live in Venice
The Rich

music style: Punk Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
related album:   The Rich-Village Recorder Sessions
related story:  Living in Venice Beach Latino barrio

screenplay cover: original screenplay in pdf
Coyote in a Graveyard
by Richard Del Connor, The Hippy Coyote

story: Runaway girl falls in love in mental hospital
related album:  Coyote in a Graveyard rock opera
related story :  Coyote lived in his van with homeless 1984

book cover:  lyrics & chords
4 Decades of Love
by Richard Del Connor, The Hippy Coyote

subject of book:  40 years of romantic songwriting
related albums:   The Rich, American Zen...
related story :  album created for Freemason fundraiser

book cover: Connor Black Hole Bubble Theory
Origins of Big Bang
and Where Black Holes Lead To

Subject of Book: Black Holes, Universe Expansion
Related Book:   History of Zen from A to Z
Related Story :  RDC = American Philosopher

single song cover: "Proud To Be A Hippie"
American Zen's 5th album - PREMIXES 2011
3rd Degree Master Mason

subject of ep: rough mixes of upcoming album L4-P2
related album:   L4 Pt 2: 3rd Degree Master Mason
related story :  Coyote releases premixes for AmZen fans

book cover:  Masonic Kung Fu - Book 1
Novel about Freemasonry and Kung Fu
Based upon a true story

subject of book:  Freemasonry, Shaolin Kung Fu
related album:   L4 Pt 2: 3rd Degree Master Mason
related story :  Kung Fu kids of Buddha Zhen / Tai Chi Youth

cd cover: LEVEL 4 = Kung Fu Cowboy PART 1
American Zen's 4th album
King Solomon's Temple

subject of album: murder of Master Mason Hiram Abif
related website:   www.KungFuCowboy.com
related story :  Coyote discovers "Masonic Kung Fu"

single release: Christmas Is
seasonal song of: LEVEL 4 = Kung Fu Cowboy
Part 1: King Solomon's Temple by American Zen

Subject: Christmas song written to his daughter
related album:   LEVEL 4 = Kung Fu Cowboy Pt. 1
Related Story :  Coyote was Mr. Mom 1991 to 2011

album website
Kung Fu Cowboy
Parts 1 - 4

subject of website:  Download songs and albums
related albums:   LEVEL 4 = Part 1, 2, 3 and 4
related story :  Visit www.americanZEN.org/LEVEL_4

(temporary?) book cover
Kung Fu Cowboy
FINAL DRAFT

Subject of Book:  Part 1 of KUNG FU COWBOY
Related Album:   LEVEL 4 by American Zen
Related Story :  Splitting the album in half of 36 songs

book cover: handwritten rough draft
Kung Fu Cowboy
ORIGINAL DRAFT

Subject of Book:  Part 1 of KUNG FU COWBOY
Related Album:   LEVEL 4 P1 by American Zen
Related Story :  Splitting the album in half of 36 songs

album cover: Live in Venice
The Rich in 1979 and 1980

subject of album: Life as Punk Rockers in Los Angeles
related book:   Spring Fevers by Richard Del Connor
related story :  Band lived together in Venice barrio

book cover: Tao of Taoism
based upon the writings of Lao Tzu

subject of book: Concepts of Daoism for modern life
related album:   Tai Chi Magic 1
related story :  Typeset while stranded in Las Vegas 2012

book cover:  Masonic Kung Fu - Book 1
based upon the teachings of Confucius

subject of book:  Heirarchy of family and business
related books:  Books #2, #3, #4 of Human Values
related story :  Written in Montrose 2010 "Family Values"

book cover: Connor Black Hole Bubble Theory
Origins of Big Bang
and Where Black Holes Lead To

Subject of Book: Black Holes, Universe Expansion
Related Book:   History of Zen from A to Z
Related Story :  RDC = American Philosopher

single song cover: "Proud To Be A Hippie"
American Zen's 5th album - PREMIXES 2011
3rd Degree Master Mason

subject of ep: rough mixes of upcoming album L4-P2
related album:   L4 Pt 2: 3rd Degree Master Mason
related story :  Coyote releases premixes for AmZen fans

book cover:  Masonic Kung Fu - Book 1
Novel about Freemasonry and Kung Fu
Based upon a true story

subject of book:  Freemasonry, Shaolin Kung Fu
related album:   L4 Pt 2: 3rd Degree Master Mason
related story :  Kung Fu kids of Buddha Zhen / Tai Chi Youth

cd cover: LEVEL 4 = Kung Fu Cowboy PART 1
American Zen's 4th album
King Solomon's Temple

subject of album: murder of Master Mason Hiram Abif
related website:   www.KungFuCowboy.com
related story :  Coyote discovers "Masonic Kung Fu"

book cover: Kung Fu Cowboy Original Draft
handwritten poetry and Kung Fu autobiography
rough draft of book with aged appearance added

Subject: how Coyote became the Kung Fu Cowboy
Related Album:   L4 Pt 2: 3rd Degree Master Mason
Related Story :  Coyote discovers "Masonic Kung Fu"

Christmas single release: Christmas Is
seasonal song from American Zen album:
Kung Fu Cowboy Part 1: King Solomon's Temple

subject of song: Coyote Christmas with Caitlin O'Connor
related album:   LEVEL 4 = Kung Fu Cowboy PART 1
related story :  Coyote inspired with love / hope by daughter

Christmas single release:  A Long Way Home
hit song from American Zen album:
LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind

subject of song: Coyote wants to return to California
related album:   LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind
song lyrics:  Psychedelic Romantic Zen Pup

single release:  All Screwed Up
hit song from American Zen album:
LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind

subject of song: dysfunctional relatives of Coyote
related album:   LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind
song lyrics:  Written during first year of Utah life

book cover: Sid's Place
...life underground in the psychedelic sixties of California
Novel by The Coyote

subject of book: Drug runner chased by hitman 1969
related album:   Temptation
related story :  Coyote exiled from USA 1970 for trafficking

book cover:  Autumn Flavours
First Season of Four Seasons of
The Hippy Coyote's Life

subject of book: Life exists in "seasons" of years
related book:   Season Of Fours compilation
related story :  RDC = American Philosopher Poet