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Post by supermoonface on Jun 22, 2016 16:20:27 GMT 1
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Post by supermoonface on Jun 21, 2016 4:23:15 GMT 1
Then no - I don't think Lauryn Hill is involved in pushing an evil agenda.
Just as a random aside does anyone know the answer the following:
If you owe a record company a set number of albums and you produce that many albums but the company does not release them do the unreleased albums count towards your total?
At what point does the production of an album get you a tick of the tally?
Plus what is the status of the various rights of limbo albums ?
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Post by supermoonface on Jun 20, 2016 18:53:46 GMT 1
You could maybe even do it without cloning by mapping the brains of smarty pants are recreating them electronically
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Post by supermoonface on Jun 20, 2016 18:51:47 GMT 1
if I could clone people I wouldn't bother with actors etc I would obtain the genetic material for brain boxes like Einstein, Stephen Hawkins, Ghandi etc and raise them in a trueman show like compound to be my own personal think tank. In fact why stop at one of each I could have a room of of Einsteins !
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Post by supermoonface on Jun 20, 2016 18:39:47 GMT 1
I liked it - this company has some awesome designs. Clones ? Really ? It's not even imaginative - identical twins and triplets induced on purpose by IVF and stolen and implanted in different woman, raised in secret to copy replace or frame any individual that gets into a key position - now that's a conspiracy theory. It's also technically possible and much cheaper than clones. It is of course complete rubbish - would make a good book though.
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Post by supermoonface on Jun 20, 2016 16:29:59 GMT 1
The Illuminati (plural of Latin illuminatus, "enlightened") is a name given to several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically, the name usually refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on May 1, 1776. The society's goals were to oppose superstition, obscurantism, religious influence over public life and abuses of state power. "The order of the day," they wrote in their general statutes, "is to put an end to the machinations of the purveyors of injustice, to control them without dominating them."
Taken from Wikipeadia
Sounds good to me. Note the word oppose as in an opposing or balancing force.
Also note without dominating - thus ensuring you do not become that which you fought against.
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Post by supermoonface on Jun 20, 2016 15:57:34 GMT 1
You do know the history of the real illuminati and what they stood for right ? Not this pop culture conspiracy version that people get crazy on
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Post by supermoonface on Jun 13, 2016 2:41:37 GMT 1
Just to be clear - I don't believe she said anything of the sort.
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Post by supermoonface on Jun 9, 2016 17:58:27 GMT 1
Maybe Ms Hill described it best as simply "love without fear"
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Post by supermoonface on Jun 9, 2016 17:49:18 GMT 1
No comment on the kids. I am 34
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Post by supermoonface on Jun 9, 2016 17:28:08 GMT 1
Even if she did make this comment the context is often overlooked.
If contained within a broader discussion about changing your music and image to appeal to a mainstream white audience or not make white people feel uncomfortable then it is even understandable.
You can imagine a record exec saying "ooh I don't know about this "if I ruled the world song" it sounds a bit too pro black. We don't want to upset white people who misconstrue pride in and addressing issues relating to your own race as a threat. We need those white dollars - don't do that song!"
You could see the argument going "I don't care if we loose money this is important to me I want to make songs for people like me"
"But these white dollars pay for kids food and fund your charities, if we loose the dollars less for your charities"
After enough back and forth enter the interviewer who asks "so how do you feel about white people and your music"
Now knowing exactly where this conversation is going having had it a hundred times before in frustration and perhaps flippantly but mostly for expedience to shut down the emphatic statement is uttered. Imagine internal monologue - for fucks sake am sick of this bullshit.
What's always missing is the accusation that black people will starve if you don't sell records to white people.
Having had that argument used on you so many times I can understand how you would flip and effectively state - I don't care if a 1000 black kids starve I will not remove positive messages from my music that apply only to my own race.
Wonder if India Arie got the same shit for Brown Skin
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Post by supermoonface on May 30, 2016 5:41:00 GMT 1
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Post by supermoonface on May 29, 2016 20:10:44 GMT 1
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Post by supermoonface on May 29, 2016 17:17:38 GMT 1
Not to get too much into conspiracies but the "I got life" video has been blocked in the uk due to potential sample clearance issues. Is it blocked in any other countries? Could this be why that video never came out?
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Post by supermoonface on May 12, 2016 11:34:45 GMT 1
Maybe it would be illuminating if Lauryn were to experience the effect the current dynamic has on audience members. She could put on a disuguise and walk among the audience at a show or better yet attend a show that approximates the experience her audience has. To flip it around let's think about what kind of audience member would be required to still be open and receptive to the actual music as things stand. We shall call our hypothetical audience member Bob. Bob has been a Lauryn Hill fan for years. He loved the Fugees, loved miseducation and Unplugged and has spent hours scouring the Internet for unrealised tracks. Bob loves the new arrangements and actually prefers them to the simpler recordings. When Bob buys a ticket to Lauryn Hill show he knows he is not buying a ticket to see a faithful reproduction of album tracks - he doesn't know what form the songs will take and this excites him. Bob knows that the artist may be late and that this may kill the energy of the crowd. Bob knows the artist may cancel but will travel anyway. When Bob knows his ticket he understands it is like buying a lottery ticket rather than a typical concert ticket and is cool with this. Bob does not mind waiting at a venue with an increasingly hostile atmosphere and finds like minded people to pass the time. By the time the artist arrives Bob is still open and receptive to complicated unfamiliar arrangements and ready to give his energy up. I would guess that the people like Bob are a very small percentage of any audience If Lauryn wanted to produce an experience for the few then fair enough but she seems to want to produce an experience for the many. However much you wish it were different the many are not like Bob. I hope the desire to produce for the many is not simply economically based.
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