People are too quick to judge me and the people I know. The youth of today is fucked, there's no doubt about it. We live in an age where music containing lyrics that glorify misogyny and violence is increasingly popular among the impressionable youth. Music that teaches kids it's fun and natural to beat women, treat them like shit and kill other people. How has this example permeated itself amongst the youth of the world today? By associating it with money, of course.
I sometimes think that artists such as 50 Cent are far too quickly condemned however. People condemn their actions and their music, without trying to understand why they consider gang-banging and drive-by shootings permissible. 50 Cent began dealing crack at the age of twelve. This itself is ironic in a way, seeing as his mother was a cocaine dealer, until her death when the rapper was fifteen. It all stopped for him when he was caught dealing in school.
But this isn't about any rapper in particular. It's the culture as a whole. It's a vicious circle: the whites look down on the blacks, making a sweeping generalization, associating them with the rap culture so abundant in modern-day America. This then exacerbates hostilities toward the White community and the circle closes - then starts up again.
When will the segregationist fucktards see that it's no use blaming each other? We need to work together towards a common solution and I am sick and tired of people thinking I'm a naïve, pretentious little shit for trying to promote the message of racial cooperation. It makes me so fucking angry. I'm sick of seeing a world where there is still a race issue. We all live on the same goddamn planet, we all evolved from the same place, so why try to ignore that fact? Caucasian, Black, Asian, whatever. As far as I'm concerned we've all got two eyes, four limbs and a brain. Why not use it instead of giving into the idea that "oh crap, too many immigrants means that we won't be able to preserve the european or american way of life, where we get others to do our work for us!" Hell, without these so-called "illegal immigrants" we wouldn't have people to do the majority of jobs that we need done. You think people enjoy cleaning shit off a floor? No; but they do it anyway, and they stop bitching. So stop bitching and get fucking pro-active about it, you low grade chicken-dicks.
Thank you, come again.
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
Tuesday, 5 February 2008
Musical Philosophy
"Music, for me, is neither something that I create, nor a form of self-expression. All kinds of sounds exist everywhere around us, and my performances solely consist of picking up these sounds, like a radio tuner, and playing them so that people can hear them." -- Kawabata Makoto, founding member of Acid Mothers Temple and subsequent variants.
What is music? What makes it different from other sounds we hear in the course of our daily life? The world has a rhythm, whether you realize it or not. The rattling of a pipe, the ringing in your ears or the incessant banging coming from the little brats upstairs.
The question is; when is a sound actually considered to differentiate from other sounds, when does it become music? when people start listening to it? or maybe when people take an interest in it; gaining pleasure from listening to it?
Personally, I look for the strange, the odd and the out of the ordinary in my music. Bands that try and differ from the other run of the mill groups by truly expressing themselves in their work. For me, Acid Mothers Temple is a prime example of such a band, because their music doesn't consist of a ordinary ' get 'r' done ' recording session. From listening to their albums, with songs such as "La Le Lo", the listener is immediately assaulted by almost a dozen different layers of sound, each one playing a slightly different effect on the brain. I sit here listening to it for the seventh time in two days, and it still all sounds new to me, because my brain can't get a grip on the music, and I have to work to understand it.
And that's the magic of experimental music, while on the outside it may seem like half an hour of constant noise assaulting the eardrums, your brain is constantly working, examining the different algorithms hidden in the sound and trying to interpret them into a meaning that you can understand. While I don't believe in Moon cycles, the Zodiac and Spiritual Journeys, I believe that this music can provoke an intellectual journey, and helps to expand your mind and your underlying level of consciousness, so that you can better understand the rhythm of the world. You don't need mind-altering drugs for this, if a certain type of music can replace said drugs, then you're sorted. Fuck LSD, fuck pot, fuck all of it. If you're looking for something to alter your state of mind try goddamn music!
From listening to such music, I feel better about myself, and I've gathered my own personal meaning from it. This meaning evolves each time I listen to it, and it is never the same for two different people.
Mediocre rock bands such as Avenged Sevenfold, Dragonforce and various other acronymical tightwad cock-rockers that shall remain un-named do play music... but they have so much potential that is going wasted. They're not trying to make their audience work to understand their music, they simply want them to stand around waving lighters in the air. They may be succesful, but they're so goddamn puerile.
What is music? What makes it different from other sounds we hear in the course of our daily life? The world has a rhythm, whether you realize it or not. The rattling of a pipe, the ringing in your ears or the incessant banging coming from the little brats upstairs.
The question is; when is a sound actually considered to differentiate from other sounds, when does it become music? when people start listening to it? or maybe when people take an interest in it; gaining pleasure from listening to it?
Personally, I look for the strange, the odd and the out of the ordinary in my music. Bands that try and differ from the other run of the mill groups by truly expressing themselves in their work. For me, Acid Mothers Temple is a prime example of such a band, because their music doesn't consist of a ordinary ' get 'r' done ' recording session. From listening to their albums, with songs such as "La Le Lo", the listener is immediately assaulted by almost a dozen different layers of sound, each one playing a slightly different effect on the brain. I sit here listening to it for the seventh time in two days, and it still all sounds new to me, because my brain can't get a grip on the music, and I have to work to understand it.
And that's the magic of experimental music, while on the outside it may seem like half an hour of constant noise assaulting the eardrums, your brain is constantly working, examining the different algorithms hidden in the sound and trying to interpret them into a meaning that you can understand. While I don't believe in Moon cycles, the Zodiac and Spiritual Journeys, I believe that this music can provoke an intellectual journey, and helps to expand your mind and your underlying level of consciousness, so that you can better understand the rhythm of the world. You don't need mind-altering drugs for this, if a certain type of music can replace said drugs, then you're sorted. Fuck LSD, fuck pot, fuck all of it. If you're looking for something to alter your state of mind try goddamn music!
From listening to such music, I feel better about myself, and I've gathered my own personal meaning from it. This meaning evolves each time I listen to it, and it is never the same for two different people.
Mediocre rock bands such as Avenged Sevenfold, Dragonforce and various other acronymical tightwad cock-rockers that shall remain un-named do play music... but they have so much potential that is going wasted. They're not trying to make their audience work to understand their music, they simply want them to stand around waving lighters in the air. They may be succesful, but they're so goddamn puerile.
Monday, 4 February 2008
What if... Wikipedia Ruled the World?
Wikipedia has become one of the most used websites in the world. People worldwide use it to look up certain information covering a wide array of subjects from anal rape in prisons to Martha Stewart.
Because of the sheer amount of visitors the 'pedia, the owners decided to run for President in the latest campaign elections. Here's a look at what life would be like if they won.
1. You would need indisputable proof to back up your statements
Wikipedia is well known for encouraging factual veracity. When writing or editing an article, users are encouraged to provide as many sources as possible. You would think that these sources could be anything, from a sole issue of Teen Beat magazine to some guy you met on the bus. But apparently not.
If Wikipedia became rulers of the world's foremost superpower, they could enforce this rule in real life. No longer would people be able to say that "The war in Iraq isn't about oil", citing Fox News as a reference. As we all know, Fox News isn't actual news, so it doesn't constitute as a valid source.
We can expect prison sentences galore for abuse of this requirement.
2. Telling lies would constitute a capital offense, punishable by death
I would vote for Wikipedia on the basis of this law. Imagine meeting someone on the Internet, being told they were an attractive 18 year old girl, only to find out upon meeting them that they are the people responsible for Goatse.cx . Well, no more.
3. Wikipedia keep tabs on American citizens (later changed to Ameripedians)
You can try to run, you can try to hide but Wikipedia will find you and they will hunt you do... oh, wait. They'll just keep tabs on you, making sure you update your life story twenty-four seven. That's right, you'll have to keep absolutely everyone updated on how soul-shatteringly boring your life is.
4. Censorship is in full swingWikipedia prides itself on the neutrality of it's articles. When applied to real life, morons would no longer be able to spout their mouth out at how good The Backstreet Boys are, or how Mel Gibson isn't actually all that bad.
In consequence, you wouldn't be able to state how your life is "the worst life in the world". Go cry, emo kid. Or throw yourself off a bridge, whichever is easiest.
Because of the sheer amount of visitors the 'pedia, the owners decided to run for President in the latest campaign elections. Here's a look at what life would be like if they won.
1. You would need indisputable proof to back up your statements
Wikipedia is well known for encouraging factual veracity. When writing or editing an article, users are encouraged to provide as many sources as possible. You would think that these sources could be anything, from a sole issue of Teen Beat magazine to some guy you met on the bus. But apparently not.
If Wikipedia became rulers of the world's foremost superpower, they could enforce this rule in real life. No longer would people be able to say that "The war in Iraq isn't about oil", citing Fox News as a reference. As we all know, Fox News isn't actual news, so it doesn't constitute as a valid source.
We can expect prison sentences galore for abuse of this requirement.
2. Telling lies would constitute a capital offense, punishable by death
I would vote for Wikipedia on the basis of this law. Imagine meeting someone on the Internet, being told they were an attractive 18 year old girl, only to find out upon meeting them that they are the people responsible for Goatse.cx . Well, no more.
3. Wikipedia keep tabs on American citizens (later changed to Ameripedians)
You can try to run, you can try to hide but Wikipedia will find you and they will hunt you do... oh, wait. They'll just keep tabs on you, making sure you update your life story twenty-four seven. That's right, you'll have to keep absolutely everyone updated on how soul-shatteringly boring your life is.
4. Censorship is in full swingWikipedia prides itself on the neutrality of it's articles. When applied to real life, morons would no longer be able to spout their mouth out at how good The Backstreet Boys are, or how Mel Gibson isn't actually all that bad.
In consequence, you wouldn't be able to state how your life is "the worst life in the world". Go cry, emo kid. Or throw yourself off a bridge, whichever is easiest.
5. Wikipedia know your future, present and past
Since they will become the new dictators of the world, you can expect them to dictate how your life is going to turn out. Sleep tight.
Since they will become the new dictators of the world, you can expect them to dictate how your life is going to turn out. Sleep tight.
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