Am I The Only Person The Internet Seems Intent On Forcing Pornography On?

Notice: This image is being used on YouTube to advertise an audio company

Remember: I've been wrongly accused - and punished - for spreading nudity on Facebook

 

Benghazi Leader Capture Bursts The Conspiracy Theory & Exposes Who Crazy Conspiracy Theorists Really Are

In America few get held accountable when they're wrong.

The right's conspiracy theorists "screwed the pooch" again:

"The New York Times reported yesterday that Katallah 'told other Libyans in private conversations during the night of the attack that he was moved to attack the diplomatic mission to take revenge for an insult to Islam in an American-made online video.'"

White people's ignorance can be so wrong.

Now - did America need the nonsense we got from the right - after we'd been attacked? The wasted time and money? The undermining attack on Obama's administration? Hillary Clinton? The paranoia they tried to spread? The fact nothing even remotely credible was treated as such? 

If I'm not mistaken, I think Ann Althouse fell for this one, too, BEFORE she started dismissing as a "smear" the observation (obvious to anyone else) that Scott Walker cultivates racism:

Whites became monsters because no one else has the power to stop them.

Her wing nut readership might be affecting her lately.

Evidence shows stopping white people is in their best interests.

It ain't easy - hanging our guts out there - that's for sure,...

Women, Gays, And Weak White Boys (Ruin Everything)

He knows it's not fair whites give him Rap awards over blacks because he talked about gays 

The acceptance of this loser says more, about the generosity of black folks, than the open-mindedness (and talent, or lack thereof) of whites - but nobody rewards blacks for that:

 Don’t Hate Macklemore Because He’s White

Hate him because his music is terrible.

This is rap for people who don’t like rap that makes them feel proud of themselves for not liking rap, and for buying Macklemore albums, and as such it moves from bad music into immoral, bleached-out hucksterism, the undying legacies of Paul Whiteman and Pat Boone. At least the Stones and Zeppelin never claimed they were healing the blues as they were stealing from it.

Until whites decide to deal, this whole ugly set-up is totally gay:



  Not that black men can expect our supposedly "oppressed" friends to say or do anything - when they decide to run over us,…

 

We Do Not Know Our Family Names Or What Country We Are From (But We Won't Be Forgetting This Soon)

This is the "normal" world whites want me to stop "whining" about - even as they continue to behave like this:

“When Cheerios came out with an ad with a black father, white mother, and mixed-race child, the comments on YouTube were so vulgar and discriminatory, YouTube shut off the comments section.”

This photo's the racial history whites want me to accept instead,...

 

The Crack Emcee's Got A YouTube Channel For Music

I've been told my internet connection will shut off today, but I'll keep adding to it when I can: 

Conservatives will probably want to hear We Men Now,… 

 

Saving America: Waaay More Complicated Than It Looks

When she's kidnapped just to be tortured, is this not poetry? Rev up The Internet Meme Machine:

“I knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into a black man's arms!"

I'ma start searching YouTube for "The Yardstick Of Martin King's Dream...."

 

How Hippies Really "Go Green" (I Asked Frank Zappa)

Althouse says "some people find the humor inappropriate" over at Metafilter. "Some people" don't get that they're weird, which brings up an issue I'm dealing with at the moment: 

I'm feeling forced to abandon releasing an album - that I think is good, and a minor, but still important historical footnote - and all because of copyright law's creative (and especially financial) intrusion into how sampling was used when the tracks were originally made. 

Basically, I don't understand why someone can take a video of The Beach Boys, lay tracks of themselves goofing over it to reflect something new about the culture, and then put it on YouTube without getting into trouble - but there are restrictions on what another guy can do.

And mind you, I'm on the side of the guy who made this video - it's great.

Trying to get people to understand art (and utilizing technology, the process of making it, even today) is like trying to explain nuclear fission to retards. 

If you ask me, the very same artists who glorified in rejecting the culture (and destroying the country) now want to protect themselves from new artists - intent on reflecting what was created - because we can't have that, can we? The gigantic holes in the Baby Boomer's thinking shouldn't be exposed until they're dead, should it? Good Lord, look around: 

 Either hippies frame a discussion or it's almost not allowed to happen. 

 "Some people find the humor inappropriate" - yeah, I bet:

Oh, Daddy-O, how soon they forget,...

 

The Second Undressed Post (I Feel So Naked)

Come on, you knew this already, didn't you?

The Church of Scientology has been using social networks such as Facebook and SchülerVZ to gain young German followers, prompting intelligence officials to ramp up surveillance on the controversial group, a media report said this week.

Investigators in the populous western state of North Rhine-Westphalia are concerned that the faith, viewed by many in Germany as a dangerous cult, has orchestrated a targeted campaign to recruit children and teens, the WAZ media group reported on Tuesday.

Scientologists have been using platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and its German equivalents StudiVZ and SchülerVZ, blogs and forums to post videos with titles such as “Youth for human rights,” and “Say no to drugs, say yes to life,” WAZ said.

Young people searching online for information on drugs or human rights quickly land on Scientology sites, which provide a glossy presentation of the organization without revealing exactly what it is, they added.

Viewers are quickly encouraged to sign up for its online groups, which provides Scientology leaders with a means of direct contact to spread their message.

I love the line "without revealing exactly what it is". Because - when someone's looking for political information or on a search for "spiritual" truth - deceiving them before they know what's happening to them should ALWAYS be the first plan of attack. That defines "honesty", don't you know. I've also got a related question for teens and parents:

Why are young people looking up information on human rights? Shouldn't they be searching for stuff on Rap Groups and eyeliner? What the fuck is going on out there? Young people are NOT old enough to be telling adults how to run the world, as evidenced by the election of Barack Obama, so why are they looking it up? Young people (and quite a few adults) are only mature enough to be cutting my fucking lawn and trying to learn how to say "Bio-tch" correctly.

Please make a note of it, before your little pumpkin or princess finds themselves being pimped for a lifetime by L. Ron's minions.

Obnoxilicious

Ahh, the online music business. What can I say, except I knew something wasn't right, right from the beginning?



It looks like, on top of all the other crap that's out there, we've now made (what many say is) "the worst song in America" into a bonafide hit - and, practically overnight, netted little ol' Rebecca Black a million dollars:

Black’s tune comes courtesy of Ark Music Factory, a so called record label that churns out tween pop for a couple thousand bucks a tune. Co-founded by Patrice Wilson and Clarence Jey, the L.A. based company courts young teenage singers and “signs” them to short, vanity recording projects. Jey reportedly is the lyrical genius behind “Friday.” According to The Daily Beast, Black’s mother forked over $2,000 for two songs written by Ark Music Factory’s team and one video, the now infamous “Friday.”

It would seem that the investment paid off, many times over. Although the YouTube/Google party line on video ad revenue is vague (“There are no guarantees under the YouTube Partner agreement about how much you will be paid.”) some digging turns up speculation on potential profits. TechCrunch’s Erick Schonfeld reported today on Google and YouTube’s revenue figures. Looking at 2010’s actual numbers, the site makes about $1 per thousand page views. For videos running ads as part of the revenue sharing program, that revenue is then split between YouTube and the content creator. Content creators, or partners, take 68% of the profit. At 30,000,000 views, that lands Black and Ark Music Factory $20,000 – a 1000% return on investment. That number matches the figure reported by Damian Kulash Jr., the lead singer of indie pop band OK Go, who have made a name for themselves via viral videos.

The revenue doesn’t stop there, though. Where Google has had a notoriously tough time monetizing YouTube content, Apple’s iTunes has had significantly fewer problems. Since hitting the online music store last Monday, “Friday” has amassed a staggering number of downloads, reportedly topping 2 million; the song currently sits at #45 on the iTunes Top Singles chart. According to 101 Distribution, an independent music distributor, iTunes pays out $.70 per single download in the United States. That’s a much juicier check for Black and Ark Music Factory; even if the numbers are exaggerated, the intake from “Friday” could top $1 million. What’s more, Black is planning to release an acoustic version of the song to disprove speculation that her voice is reliant on AutoTune. Cha-ching!

...Like it or not, there’s probably more to come from Rebecca Black and Ark Music Factory.

And that last sentence is the point of this post:

As Sir Bob Geldof and Bon Jovi (of all people) have recently pointed out, the internet has not only wrecked the music industry, but music itself.

Of course, you can't get many to admit it. The writer at the Bon Jovi link, above, claims he's "never listened to so much amazing and diverse music in my life", but then starts promoting what headphones he bought before mentioning a generic and mediocre Euro-style Trance artist - DJ Tiesto - without wondering A) what he's missing or B) whether he's got any taste to begin with.

Let's consider this guy is right, that DJ Tiesto is brilliant and the music world is fine (I know - it's a stretch - but bear with me) why is the first comment I found at Tiesto's link this?

I find it sad that the highest rated comment here is about Justin Bieber. Why the fuck do people care so much about him? If you don't like him fine, neither do I but don't post stuff about him on a Tiesto video. Just listen to music you enjoy assholes.

I'll tell you why:

Because there's something other than music appreciation going on here, folks.

Prior to the advent of the internet, America was known world-wide for consistently good Pop music - across all genres - but now there are literally millions of great artists and musicians, starving, ecause of how the internet's notoriously immature gee-gaw factor warps the business of music, so we're now making millions for aural disasters and novelty tracks, and dooming ourselves to more of the same. That's the situation we're in.

And considering that's the case, despite the occasional one-hit-wonder, or overnight success story, is it any surprise that sales have gone through the floor overall, too?

YouTube Is Wrong (And Better Make It Right)