On Censorship

Ahhhhh....Censorship.

Lets sit down and ask ourselves why.

There are apparently some things that some of us(mostly children) simply cannot hear,see, or read. Too crude,vulgar or shocking. We may harm some one or some ones children! Seems l alright on the surface doesn't it?

Now most, if not all of us have come to believe that censorship(if even just a little)is needed at some point. What do we censor?

1. Violence

2. Nudity/Sex

3. Course Language/Mature Subject Matter

Why do we censor these things? Its simple.

they're Nasty.

Nasty Nasty Naughty bad bad things!

But then again...That's not really a valid reason is it. Its just a moral judgment. Why is western society condemned to live and breathe within the confines of a few peoples moral code? I'm not sure either.
I think we could do a lot better by educating people about what they see, hear,or read(children mostly because they are usually the excuse people use to censor)instead of cutting it straight out and blocking it from us.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm all for the rating system. Those little boxes you see on the corner of your teli explaining what age group should be watching and warnings at beginnings of programs and so on. But that should be enough shouldn't it? Not really cause some how our kids(we were all one once,and YOU ALL slipped by the warnings to get a peak)see and hear these things.
If our kids see something that is in those three categories I stated above then you have to have a chat with them about it. Its called parenting.
If you don't like what you see on teli,just change the channel or get a refund for your ticket.

You have the power to do these things, so why don't you do them instead of making the artists compromise their work because you were offended.

Some people have said in the past that violent images in games ,movies,T.V. ext or explicit lyrics in music has drove human beings to certain deviant behavior.

Absolute Total Bollocks.

As much as some events in past history lead us to believe the opposite, humans aren't stupid. Well maybe we are just a bit. But most of us aren't as daft as to see some ones head shatter in pixel form and think"Golly , Now I have to see what that REALLY looks like! Josh! Get my nailgun!".
Violent images and lyrics don't kill. Sociopathic behaviour does among a lot of other real reasons.
Its up to you to tell your kids that violence in lyrics ,T.V. , and video games is not the same as in real life. Everything is different in real life.

The funny thing about violence is that we see a lot more of it than sex or nudity.

that's a bit odd.

The human form is beautiful and shouldn't be hidden. Why should it?
Who is it going to harm?
Our Children? They came out naked! I think if people accepted nudity and didn't censor it there would be a lot less peeping toms around don't you think? Maybe not, but that's my opinion.

Don't get me started on sex......shit...too late.

People have been up tight about sex for a very very long time. So why is it wrong to see it? I'm not sure. Its certainly not harmful to children.
If you are a child below the age of six you would probably be more interested in your Barbie doll or Tonka truck rather than a porn or sex scene you saw. If your child is over that age(or any age even) and asks"what's that?"then educate them as I stated above.
Be a parent and explain it to them the best you can for their age. Just like violence,Sex is also different in real life than on the screen.

Make sure to let them know that.

This leads me to language.

People are up tight about words too , and really what's to be up tight about. They are just words after all. They only sound"bad" because we have been scolded our entire childhood and taught that they were the most evil things you can say.

FUCK! CUNT! BITCH! SLUT! ASS! TITS! MOTHERFUCKER! COCKSUCKER! CREVICE! and JOB! ......to name a few(oh you caught the last two weren't"bad" How very clever of you).

Fallow the whole teaching theme....and DON'T BY GOD just tell them not to say the words for no reason. I cunting hated that when I was a kid.
Tell them that most adults won't like you saying them and that they will get in trouble for it. Also tell them what they mean and where these words came from for a start. Educate them in your own way.

These are just some of the alternate methods of dealing with certain censorable issues rather than just...well...censoring them.

Sit back and just think about it. People were in an uproar about Janet Jacksons Tit. Why? Its a Tit! the nipple itself wasn't even showing but look at what a mess we made of it...Claiming things like"My kid was watching that!" and so on. Did that tit poke your kid and rip out his/her eye thought the screen? Not that I've heard about. Did that fleshy milk propeller kill a bunch of people? I'm not absolutely certain but I don't think so.

It was a Breast. AND PEOPLE FEARED IT!!!

IT WAS EVIL!!

It must have been. Its not like our kids used to suck on them for nourishment or anything right? :P

Don't you think that that ordeal was a bit ridiculous? I certainly do and there are sillier examples than this if you look hard enough.

Lets stop being afraid! Fuck Those Cunt Licking Fuck Holes if they don't like it!

This is only my opinion but its what I feel. Its in our hands if we want it to change.

Hunger calls.

Peace oucide!

My Internet Station

Greetings fiends and friends one and all.
This is more an advert than a post but fuck it! Fuck it and let all see the spatter pattern!
I have an internet radio station. It broadcasts a variety of eerie spooky sort of stuff. It is on every Tuesday afternoon and runs non stop till Friday afternoon sometime,depending on how many listeners I have at the time. The list is 58 hours with out repeating a song....And its growing!

How do you find it? I'll tell you!
Go to www.shoutcast.com

In the search box look for"Nightmares,Whispers and Screams" for that is the name of my show. If that doesn't work, in the search box type "Gothic/Industrial" . A list of stations will or should come up...And mine should be there under the name I gave you above. It is a mix of all different kinds of music that I think hits all areas of the macabre and darker realms from Haunting Classical to Dark Metal to Grinding Industrial to Dance/EBM and all in between. There is also a bit of humor from time to time ;)

Take a listen one and all and post here your thoughts if you like.

I'll be hitting the real air waves soon when I get on the local college station,but who knows when that will be,but it does have a link and when I am on I will post it.

...On Fred Astaire

Here is a sample of my overactive and under nourished Imagination.

Enjoy.


...................on Fred Astaire

So about a few hours or so ago I was getting a review from a friend on a song i just made,or remade as it were. The Song was "Puttin on the Ritz" by "Taco" ,origenaly done by Fred Astaire. In giving me his point of view on my version of it I mentioned that i had never heard the Astaire version before. So like a good man he was he sent me the MP3 file over the computer.
So i listened to it while we were discussing my version and it never hit me then...this thought I have. It hit me several hours later when I was listening to it again a couple of times through. The thought was..."Man...I could really kick someone's ass to this song.." Even I knew that this was an extremely odd reaction to something like Fred Astaire but i couldn't help thinking it. As I listened to it again all i could picture was me laying into someone with my fists or some crude blunt object.
I'm not a violent man,and I never was. I mean lets face it everyone at least once has been mad enough in there life to believe they could rip someone in two with a ban saw. But this was different somehow.
It wasn't that I wanted to do violence...but if i ever had to, i know that with Fred Astaires"Puttin on the Ritz" playing in my head i could feed someone their own fucking kidneys!.....With Tongs!
I tried to analyze it then. What is it about this song that makes you want to jump up and down on someone's rib cage? Was it the kettle type drum sounds? Was it the swingin fast paced beat? Was it just the use of the term "Super Duper"? I had no Idea. I couldn't figure it out for the life of me but the song struck a chord in me for carnage.
I know not all of us were made for violent encounters,I have always considered myself one of those people,
but maybe for each of us there is a trigger still. A string that with the right things experienced can be pulled no matter how deep within us. Maybe for me it was Fred Astaire. However peculiar it might have been, I noted the experience and I encourage others to note these things as well. They could be important somewhere along this rocky path we calling living or life.

If Society Was A Boar,I'd Be The Head Tit!

This is my little blog. Hooorah. Break out the biscuits and salamander.

The title of this blog and posting is sometimes how I feel. Utterly Painfully Useless. Whine Whine Bitch Bitch I know but that's why the post is called what it is. Enough Whining.

I'm a professional gimp that is sometimes a writer and sometimes a musician. But I'm always cooler than fifteen ice boxes stuck in the middle of a comet!

Being a professional gimp means I earn disability pay from the government because,(and get ready for this) I am disabled. I'm not dying or insane(altho the later is debatable) and my legs work just fine,the only problem is I can't really see worth a damn,altho I'm far from blind. That being as it may I really don't want to just sit around and take money from tax payers. But as of late that's all I've been doing. Nothing musically nor creatively has been able to escape my mind. But that will change soon,and next year I will be in College to be a radio broadcaster. NEAT HUH!
Well it seems I'm on a rant,but allas I am hungry . So this first post must end for now boring as it is.