King Kong - Zappa (Blogging from A-Z Challenge April 2014)

'King Kong'...it has a special place in my heart, especially this video (see link below). It encapsules the feeling of the time, and of this time, the way the music industry controls what people listen to. It is also a great piece of music. I like the old Mothers, not so polished as the later bands, but they have a club band charm, seeing as that's where they played to make money. It's a shame that people with money have to control things they don't understand or give a shit about.
Here it is, 'King Kong' (or a version of many)...:-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ond09u9bekA

We are NOT intelligent

It seems as a human race we are still not intelligent, after thousands of years of so called 'civilisation'.
We are still self-centred, power obsessed creatures who will devour anything which gets in our way to get what we want, even if it means the destruction of our own home. We are not even able to create a good fresh entertaining TV show/style of music/movie/book, everything is a rehash of what came before...but that's just it.
The truths are...
1. Education is not centralised schooling
2. God is not organised religion
3. Truth is not written history
4. The Media is not a community
We are one of many biological creatures on a spiralling mass of rock and gas which in itself is spiralling around a radioactive mass of energy which is also spiralling towards/around a force which the entire universe spirals around. We are all spiralling bodies, our days are not linear, we are never in the same place, the same time, the same frame of mind. It is forever changing.
But we still destroy the planet, kill each other, slander each other, take from each other, mass the money.
What good is that?
Is there an alternative?
Become aware of yourself.
My writing can help. 'Man by tree', 'Bethlehem Fiasco', 'Rage', 'Manna-X'...but especially 'How to build a castle in 7 easy steps'...which is coming soon.

Joe's Garage!! (Blogging from A-Z Challenge)

'J' has to be "Joe's Garage"! There can be no other!
This was the first Zappa album I ever heard and I remember listening to it for weeks almost nonstop (yes, my life was like that...not any more)! The story, the songs, the minute detail, the editing, the playing, the laughing of 'The Central Scrutinizer'...a perfect concept album based on the music industry. If you've ever been in a band, this is the album to listen to and hopefully you will laugh. If you're disgusted by this album, I think it's time you should look in the mirror...
Here is this MASTERPIECE on youtube...!! (unless you're in the UK...WAIT...you're British? you have money, well, at least 4 times more than me...go out and buy this one :-))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSz3M9fb_Z4

Over 500 downloads of DS + DS2 combined :-)

Yes, 'Dani's Shorts' has been out for almost 8 months and has had 300+ downloads, while 'Dani's Shorts 2' has been out for only 2 months and has almost 200!
For me, this is an achievement :-)
I've also resubmitted 'How to build a castle in 7 easy steps' and working on the Camp Nanowrimo Challenge....as well as doing the 'Blogging from A-Z Challenge April 2014'.
For the Camp Nanowrimo, I'm writing a short Detective Brad Shaw story based on an old idea which I couldn't seem to work out but now I can! I'd like it to be 15,000 words or more, at the 8,000 stage so far.
But...I feel a little in the wilderness...no new reviews, nothing much happening, a few more hits on this blog, a few more free downloads...what is this? 'Poor me'? No, just feel a little downtrodden...BUT I'm still writing :-)
Watch this space for the Annual Iron Writer Tournament!!! Coming soon!

It Just might be a One Shot deal (Waka Jawaka) - (Blogging from A - Z Challenge)

 

 Yep, 'I' is 'It Just might be a One Shot deal' from "Waka Jawaka".
At first I thought this was about record deals, then one-night stands, now life. Such a great song!
There is no past, there is no future, there is only the now. Sure, we all have a past, we learn from it, and sure, we're all going somewhere, but it hasn't happened yet. Use the now to get there.
And use the now to hear this song on youtube :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3expVNVi6Gw
WARNING: If you live in the UK, copyright issues may not allow you hear this, so go find someone to play it for ya :-) (hehe)

Hots Rats - Zappa (Blogging from A-Z Challenge April 2014)

 

 'H' can only be....


'Hot Rats'! This was the second instrumental album from Zappa but the first I listened to. I wondered where the hell he'd been, and why wasn't he more well-known. Then I realised that it was the record companies who 'owned' the public's ears and minds, and that there was a whole load of fantastic music that you never get to hear. For example, Zappa. Not about drugs, not about silly lyrics, Zappa was seriously having fun!
Here's 'Hot Rats', all of it :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKWNVXwlAk4

Politicians cheat you - OFFICIAL

Some people's votes are more equal than others. You have the same number of votes, one, but if you don't vote for the overall winner in your area, your vote means nothing, it is lost, gone.
In Hungary, the election used to be a 2-level deal, the 1st round was to vote for who wins in your area, the 2nd round was to vote for the party. The 2nd was based on 'Proportional Representation' (PR) but was only a minor part of the whole system. Now, the 2nd round was abolished as soon as Fidesz got in last time, the EU frowned on it, but there is still a little bit of Proportional Representation in deciding the final number of seats for a party, don't know how... BUT...let's have a look at the votes and seats of the 2014 Hungarian election...plus a few other figures..

Party	No, of seats (%)	% of seats	% of total votes	No. of seats based	Difference
				on Votes (Prop Rep)
Fidesz-KDNP	133	67%	44.49%	89	-44
MSZP-Egyutt (etc)	38	19%	25.91%	52	+14
Jobbik	23	12%	20.67%	41	+18
LMP	5	3%	5.24%	10	+5

There were also 4.69% of votes for other parties, that's 7 seats!
Munkaspart, A Haza Nem Elado and SMS would each get 1 seat each, with the other 4 seats left over for the other 11 parties to squabble over.

Proportional Representation represents the votes of a country's citizens, no other system does. ..read on....

John Cleese once did a video on Proportional Representation many years back...
Here it is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSUKMa1cYHk - shorter one here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtbfG_eKlZg)...
In the UK in 1983, the Liberals got almost the same % of votes as Labour, but got 1/10th of the seats.

Back then, I thought it was logical to use Proportional Representation, seeing as the system used was and now still is based on the old 'Rotten Borough' system from the 19th century, but now I see the REAL point!

Without Proportional Representation, if you don't vote for the winner, your vote doesn't count. Your opinion doesn't count towards the running of your country. By ignoring Proportional Representation, Politicians are not only cheating voters out of their votes, they are also CHEATING their citizens out of their opinions and rights as citizens.
Politicians are meant to be working for the citizens, politicians are meant to be servants to the citizens ...without Proportional Representation, Politicians are working for themselves, citizens are servants to them.

Get rid of the 'Rotten Borough' system and politicians might start to represent the views and opinions of their citizens.