I figured out how hard some of the real talented musicians have to struggle to keep their music alive. I'm quite sure there's a million other genres and sub genres that suffer, but look at people like Jeff Loomis, Mike Portnoy, Chris Adler, Rustey Cooley, and people like that. They are genuinely happy with the type of fans they have and don't ask for anything else. Mike Portnoy even sells bootlegs and pirated copies of his own band and side projects even though he's been hailed as the greatest progressive metal drummer. I mean, he's got like 20 awards for drumming and he's still so down to earth(in a way, he still makes fun of other drummers). Chris Adler didn't have enough money during production of his latest album with Lamb of God. He couldn't afford to repair his car or buy a new one, so he quit smoking and started using his bike to get to the studio. Now that's dedication. Jeff Loomis and Rustey Cooley are just guitarist that I think have a lot of skill but aren't getting what they deserve. I don't blame anyone (i just blame MTV). I don't really like guitarists that much, but I know these guys deserve a lot more than just hardcore fans and a few million dollars.
While all this is happening, people like ... well lets not point fingers, but a lot of 'artists' nowadays just play very recycled stuff. I don't mind simple music, or music that you don't need to think to listen to. But a lot of them get other people to write music, lyrics and produce their albums. They end up singing about unimportant and insignificant things. Most of the time its ok, because we need balance in the world between shallow and deep music. But MTV is force feeding often really freaking lousy music that soon becomes a hit because everyone is playing it. All in all, MTV is a poison Godmachine. Why? Lets break that down. (remember I'm not crazy, just extremely bored).
Ok, Poison, MTV, obviously poisons. They aren't evil(good and evil is relative to individuals), they just want to exploit music for money. Who can blame them? We all need money. And people do weird things to get money. But what I mean by poison, is that it falsifies what music should and can be. Music shouldn't be limited to verse, chorus, break. It can be anything. Jazz has its own style of writing, but how many Jazz bands do you see on MTV? Off course MTV would say, "Thats not what people want to hear". But it is MTV themselves who is choosing the most marketable, profitable music to be made mainstream, packaged and sold.
2nd Keyword, God. God meaning they have absolute power. In many peoples eyes MTV never goes wrong. Whatever music is on, thats whats 'cool'. The moment MTV releases a single or something, every radio station and other music television station plays it. How god like is that??
3rd keyword, Machine. MTV, isn't a one man band. It is kept in motion by an industry. An industry that started off as an artistic one, but now has been made into a commercial one. Never before in the history of mankind have 'artists' been this famous or rich. There is very little drive for real music anymore. Many artists release, or are asked to release music for nothing but money. That is why there is a constant stream of new artists, new music, new videos. To keep the gears of the industry in constant motion.
I do not think anyone should stop watching MTV though. I still watch it because I think that the evolution of the clown is complete. They are called rappers now. And thats my source of entertainment.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
Utopia
Ever since civilization began some thousands of years ago, mankind has tried over and over to achieve 'perfection', but has failed each and every time. This is because we will never find the perfect source to base our perfection. To base perfection on nature is almost absurd. Most modern civilizations live on the silent code that they are always a step above nature. When I say that, I mean natural societies such as schools of fishes, flocks of birds and stuff like that. So technically, we can only copy and 'improve' on these natural societies as humans are well, different.
So what else can we base our Utopia upon? Religion? They've tried, in fact some still trying but will eventually fail when something like the renaissance era occurs. Religion traps people in a thought cage. When one is bound by religion, every thought is judged by god and every action has a significant a equal consequence in the afterlife, or on your karma. So that would lead people to be 'good' right? Of course! When you are threatened by something you cannot control like religion or god, you must conform. But this will lead to the holocaust of thought. Just like what happened in Europe in the dark ages. And thought suppression is hard for people to deal with. Well some people at least. In conclusion, religion cannot be what we base the perfect society upon because we need people who can work outside the box, people who can question the orthodox and move against the flow without fear. Otherwise, we will never advance.
Could we base our perfect society on science? Hell no! Science and the advancement of technology are the most destructive forces when put in human hands. Almost every thing that science produces/discovers/invents is only morally neutral before placed in the responsibility of humans. Yes, science does cure many things, but ultimately, it leads to destruction. Cars, weapons, technological breakthroughs, synthetics, and such have lead to the degradation of the Earth. And these were all products of science. The MAIN reason why science can never be used as a basis for a perfect society is because science is based on not having ethics. For example, a dedicated scientist who is not constrained by the rules of religion, law, and ETHICS would most likely do experiments against peoples will and such. So science is definitely out.
A perfect blend of all the elements? Guess what? Thats whats happening right now! So an equal blend where one element looks after the other would sound like a win win situation. Maybe it all depends on how you look at it. After all, nature is still being destroyed, science isn't satisfied with the boundaries that have been placed, and religion isn't very happy with the way people are now. But all of them are getting their slice of the pie. In the end, Utopia will always be unique to each person. One might argue that we should go back to our roots, but thats impossible, not with the thousands of years of evolution of civilization that it took for us to reach this point. And when any of these elements try to outdo another, we have disaster.
When nature wants its voice to be heard, we have cyclones, disease outbreaks, earthquakes and such. When religion wants to dominate, holy wars, crusades, holocausts, jihads, and stuff like that break out. And when science unleashes its terror, we have atomic bombs, nuclear winter, biological weapons, etc. These 'element' disasters are uncontrollable and will definitely occur once in a while to bring balance. If we still want anything close to a perfect world, there must be compromise. A perfect balance (which is somehow still going to bring the apocalypse in 2012), where 'good' and 'evil' acts coexist, where destruction and creation are in harmony. Impossible....
So what else can we base our Utopia upon? Religion? They've tried, in fact some still trying but will eventually fail when something like the renaissance era occurs. Religion traps people in a thought cage. When one is bound by religion, every thought is judged by god and every action has a significant a equal consequence in the afterlife, or on your karma. So that would lead people to be 'good' right? Of course! When you are threatened by something you cannot control like religion or god, you must conform. But this will lead to the holocaust of thought. Just like what happened in Europe in the dark ages. And thought suppression is hard for people to deal with. Well some people at least. In conclusion, religion cannot be what we base the perfect society upon because we need people who can work outside the box, people who can question the orthodox and move against the flow without fear. Otherwise, we will never advance.
Could we base our perfect society on science? Hell no! Science and the advancement of technology are the most destructive forces when put in human hands. Almost every thing that science produces/discovers/invents is only morally neutral before placed in the responsibility of humans. Yes, science does cure many things, but ultimately, it leads to destruction. Cars, weapons, technological breakthroughs, synthetics, and such have lead to the degradation of the Earth. And these were all products of science. The MAIN reason why science can never be used as a basis for a perfect society is because science is based on not having ethics. For example, a dedicated scientist who is not constrained by the rules of religion, law, and ETHICS would most likely do experiments against peoples will and such. So science is definitely out.
A perfect blend of all the elements? Guess what? Thats whats happening right now! So an equal blend where one element looks after the other would sound like a win win situation. Maybe it all depends on how you look at it. After all, nature is still being destroyed, science isn't satisfied with the boundaries that have been placed, and religion isn't very happy with the way people are now. But all of them are getting their slice of the pie. In the end, Utopia will always be unique to each person. One might argue that we should go back to our roots, but thats impossible, not with the thousands of years of evolution of civilization that it took for us to reach this point. And when any of these elements try to outdo another, we have disaster.
When nature wants its voice to be heard, we have cyclones, disease outbreaks, earthquakes and such. When religion wants to dominate, holy wars, crusades, holocausts, jihads, and stuff like that break out. And when science unleashes its terror, we have atomic bombs, nuclear winter, biological weapons, etc. These 'element' disasters are uncontrollable and will definitely occur once in a while to bring balance. If we still want anything close to a perfect world, there must be compromise. A perfect balance (which is somehow still going to bring the apocalypse in 2012), where 'good' and 'evil' acts coexist, where destruction and creation are in harmony. Impossible....
The Mayans
The Mayans were awesome bunch of people. And they we're extremely smart too. They had technology and culture more advanced than anything else when they first began. But their history still remains, largely, a mystery. From what archaeologists could gather, the Mayan ideograms depicted the Mayan gods teaching them many skills such as irrigation, farming and astrology. Based on the fact that before civilizations like the Mayans, such as Babylonian and Sumerian civilizations, mankind was scattered, but much like apes and chimps, humans had small social groups. So how did civilization just pop out in a matter of years. Humankind went from discovering fire to building pyramids in a few hundred years.
This has led many skeptics to believe that we were visited by aliens many thousands of years ago. These aliens thought were thought to be the gods that were depicted in the Mayan ideograms. Think about that. Could it be that the Gods of the ancient civilizations were actually aliens that came to our planet, sowed the seeds and now wait to harvest them. Could it be that the reason the Mayan calender ends on 21st December 2012 is because they were told by their 'gods' that that would be when their time would come. Where their 'gods' would come to claim their prise.
Personally I do not believe in aliens, or more accurately said, I do not believe in the aliens that have been 'invented' by man. Maybe aliens do not have physical form. They could be a sentient force that sweeps across the universe. Or maybe even a non sentient organism such as a microorganism or virus that travels through space. Think about that too. Viruses are almost literally 'dead' in their crystalline form, but once in an organism, they become alive. They cannot reproduce but they can occupy a cell and multiply using that cells DNA code. Or something like that. Which is very weird an unnatural. It could very much be called 'alien' as no other organism displays similar characteristics.
Go back to the question at hand. What did the Mayans mean when their calender only went on to 2012. Most archaeologists agree that the Mayans believed that their Sun God, Quetzalcoatl, would return and engulf the world. Maybe thats not exactly what will happen. Let us explore the astronomic point of view. We can concur that the Mayans were either taught or talented in the field of astronomy. Back then, their high priests could predict eclipses of the sun and moon without any technology. And there is a myth that certain people, most notably Nostradamus, can gaze into the future by staring deeply into the stars (will discuss Nostradamus' later). So could the Mayans have predicted an asteroid or meteor or even a comet colliding with earth. If it did, that could spell the end of the human age, just as the dinosaur age had ended. A lot of freaky shit happens with our sun. And it could be something likened to a massive solar flare might wipe out every living thing in the Milky Way with intense radiation. Who knows. Until my next vision/revelation.
This has led many skeptics to believe that we were visited by aliens many thousands of years ago. These aliens thought were thought to be the gods that were depicted in the Mayan ideograms. Think about that. Could it be that the Gods of the ancient civilizations were actually aliens that came to our planet, sowed the seeds and now wait to harvest them. Could it be that the reason the Mayan calender ends on 21st December 2012 is because they were told by their 'gods' that that would be when their time would come. Where their 'gods' would come to claim their prise.
Personally I do not believe in aliens, or more accurately said, I do not believe in the aliens that have been 'invented' by man. Maybe aliens do not have physical form. They could be a sentient force that sweeps across the universe. Or maybe even a non sentient organism such as a microorganism or virus that travels through space. Think about that too. Viruses are almost literally 'dead' in their crystalline form, but once in an organism, they become alive. They cannot reproduce but they can occupy a cell and multiply using that cells DNA code. Or something like that. Which is very weird an unnatural. It could very much be called 'alien' as no other organism displays similar characteristics.
Go back to the question at hand. What did the Mayans mean when their calender only went on to 2012. Most archaeologists agree that the Mayans believed that their Sun God, Quetzalcoatl, would return and engulf the world. Maybe thats not exactly what will happen. Let us explore the astronomic point of view. We can concur that the Mayans were either taught or talented in the field of astronomy. Back then, their high priests could predict eclipses of the sun and moon without any technology. And there is a myth that certain people, most notably Nostradamus, can gaze into the future by staring deeply into the stars (will discuss Nostradamus' later). So could the Mayans have predicted an asteroid or meteor or even a comet colliding with earth. If it did, that could spell the end of the human age, just as the dinosaur age had ended. A lot of freaky shit happens with our sun. And it could be something likened to a massive solar flare might wipe out every living thing in the Milky Way with intense radiation. Who knows. Until my next vision/revelation.
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