The VMA's in Three Minutes

I learned all I needed to know about this year's VMA's by watching that three minute clip. No need to watch two hours or however long that sheep dip is. Bunch of self-congratulating fools, half of whom use auto tune.

I'm not one of those stodgy old farts who hates all music that isn't from my youth. I like a lot of music that was made before I was born, and I keep an open mind an an open ear when it comes to new music. There is a lot of new music that I like.

Most of it isn't on the VMA's.

~DJ Wicked Wanda~

From the Stuff Nobody Gives A Crap about Files: Hollywood TV

The Hollywood TV channel is devoted to capturing famous and semi-famous people doing Stuff Nobody Gives a Crap About.

When I was younger, I supposed that Hollywood gossip was harmless enough. In my middle years, I've actually come to see it as quite harmful. It's mean-spirited, invasive, and tends to encourage nasty behavior towards other people in everyday life. 

The above is simply a waste of time. Why should anyone care if this woman can't find her valet ticket, besides her?

~DJ Hell's Belle~

Sad But True Live 1992

Metallica is great live, and this is a pretty damn good video. I hope I don't mess it up for anyone by going on a little rant.

Maybe it's because I'm a father of daughters and I truly hope I taught my daughters to respect themselves and believe that they are worthy of respect. I know we all do silly stuff now and then, I hung plenty of moons in my time when I was younger. So maybe for some of the ladies who do it, flashing their boobs is just for a laugh. But somehow it doesn't seem that way.

I'm not saying that someone who flashes her boobs at a concert is "slutty" or anything like that, I don't know her character and neither can anyone else just based on this one action. I know this isn't the reaction most men have when seeing a woman flashing her goods, but when I see it, it sort of makes me sad that they think they have to do this. 

Perhaps some of them are trying to get backstage for a little fun, if this is their goal maybe that helps them accomplish it. But I imagine that's not really the case most of the time. I think many of them kind of feel like they have to, like it's expected.

Guys, a woman does not owe it to you to show you her breasts in a concert setting, and if she refuses, you don't have the right to call her names. Women, you don't owe it to anyone to flash your breasts. You came there to enjoy the music, you weren't hired as a stripper. If you don't want to do it, don't do it, and don't feel like you're a "prude" or "uncool" for refusing.

I once heard this exchange at a show, and I thought it was great.

Guy: "Show me your tits."

Woman: "Show me your dick."

He didn't. 

What's sauce for the goose and all.

Anyway, the sound quality is great on this video, and for some of you the fact that there is boob flashing may make you like it even better, although for others of you that may be a turn-off. For me it's neutral, other than the implications that women are always supposed to be on display. 

~DJ Seth~

Prentice and Tuttle First LP

Here is a wonderful rarity! This is a record made by folk musicians Prentice and Tuttle in 1970.

Perhaps the name isn't familiar to you. It isn't to many people. I love this music, although I was only perhaps a year old when this was made. 

Here is Stephen Tuttle's web page.

Their second LP, Every Loving Day, can be bought in CD form here. There is also a link on Ezhevika Fields, a blog which is dedicated to finding and sharing lesser known music.

A little about me, since this is my first post here and you are probably wondering what a "Porn Baboon" is. I created the profile when I was trying to break into adult affiliate marketing. I no longer am involved in that line of work, but the profile is fun, so I kept it. Also, my sister and my cousin and I, who were involved in the affiliate marketing adventure together, met some of the very cool Team Netherworld people during that time. I love that we have been asked to be part of this team!

My real name is Pol. My nickname is Poe because I have always enjoyed writing poetry and stories. I am Vietnamese-American, born in 1969. I work in various areas such as construction and handyman work and also some caregiving work, anything I can to pay the bills. It's hard for me to hold down a job with specific hours because of my mental health issues. I have been lucky to be able to freelance.

I love all sorts of music, but my passion is stuff from the 60's and 70's, particularly psychedelic rock, prog rock, and folk rock. This is possibly because my father loved this sort of music and collected many rare albums along the way. When I was young, we would go to festivals. He still enjoys festivals, but with his health these days, we are not able to go as frequently.

I would like to leave some thoughts for my friends with larger bodies who have struggled with eating disorders. I know I have never had this issue, and so you may think I have no room to speak, but I hope you will hear me. The myriad of problems attributed to big people and used as an excuse to treat you with scorn by rude people who do not know better are suffered by my father, a tiny Vietnamese man. 

My father stands barely five foot seven. He weighs barely 120 pounds. He has adult onset (type 2) diabetes. He has heart problems. He has painful joint problems. His blood pressure is high. 

He only likes to eat a few certain things, such as fish, fruit, certain vegetables, and rice. He rarely eats sweets except for the occasional almond cookie. His favorite sweet treat is figs or dates. If I bring home fig newtons, he eats a couple of those after dinner. He loves to drink green tea at every meal.

Where some people have trouble lowering weight, he has trouble keeping his weight up. Sadly, he is also beginning to show signs of cognition loss. He is not a well man.

My point here is I know how some of you have struggled, being belittled for something which is not so much in your control, although it is fashionable to make you think your body is all your fault. 

From what I have observed, people are as they are. Some of us cannot gain weight if we try. I am one of these. Others cannot lose weight no matter what they try, including some rather unhealthy methods such as using stimulant drugs and herbs, and certainly making themselves unhappy through deprivation and hating themselves.

These thoughts have some personal concern to me, as my sister has suffered with eating disorders due to a fear of being ridiculed for tending to be plump. 

Life is too short for such things as hating one's body. I know you might think me a hypocrite saying this, considering that I do not have a "problem" body. However, looking at my father, I wonder if I am looking in a mirror at problems I may have in 20 years.

Let us not worry about such things as having a perfect body, which is impossible. Let us enjoy sharing our favorite music and other passions, and let us love and be kind to each other.

~DJ Poe~

Dark Subject Matter in Mainstream Culture: Thoughts by Codera

Codera discusses why people seem to be accepting of dark subject matter in visual media but can't seem to accept it in music.

I'm lazy, so I'll cut and paste my reply!

I'm trying to picture One Direction performing a Cannibal Corpse song, and it made me pee myself laughing!

I'm old enough to be your mother--possibly pushing old enough to be your grandmother. I remember the old Satanic Panic of the 1980s. Heavy metal music was going to send us all to hell! People were burning records. It was ridiculous.

I have a theory that perhaps the imagery in movies and such makes it easier for people to say "this isn't real," whereas the lyrics to a song trigger different parts of the brain. I've studied just enough psychology to make me dangerous! ;-)

Maybe when a person hears a song with disturbing subject matter it makes them think. It might trigger something inside them, and they can't reconcile it by looking at a picture and saying "I know that's not real." So perhaps they'd prefer to listen to light, poppy stuff because it doesn't make them think so much. It's just an idea that came to mind.

Cannibal Corpse isn't really my cup of tea, and I'm not too much for gore in movies either. I prefer my doom and gloom to be a bit more cerebral. I like Satyricon and Immortal, and I prefer a movie like "Let the Right One In" over "Saw."

On the lighter side (at my age, I'm not ashamed to admit that I have one) I like the Vampire Diaries. Musically, my lighter side prefers the Bee Gees to Lady GaGa. I told you I was old!

I enjoyed your thought-provoking discussion. It's always inspiring to find people of any age who know how to use their gray matter!

Peace.

 

I'd like to suggest that you all take a minute to check out Codera's video and subscribe to his channel. He's a smart young man who actually uses his mind. That may be a dangerous thing! ;-)

 

~DJ Dolly~

It's Not. But it Can Be.

We don't express political opinions here too often, but your KHEL 666 Krew (all U.S. citizens) feel that this sums up our opinion very well.
Just my two cents. Instead of embarrassing ourselves with "reality" shows, why not have programs promoting the works of the actual common person, revealing the struggles of the actual common person? Instead of spectacle, why not celebrate the regular, hardworking person? Why not bring awareness and sympathy to the plights of people who live with various physical and mental illnesses, including the fact that the disability payments they get don't even cover the cost of housing, let alone food and medication?
Instead of ridiculing common looking people, particularly fat people, for not upholding the standard of so called beauty, why not teach respect for people of all races and sizes, all genders including intersexed and transgender? Why not celebrate one another's strengths and uphold one another in our areas of weakness?
There have been a lot of improvements in race politics, but racism still exists. There have been improvements in treatment of women on one hand, but on the other hand it has come to a point where women are so sexualized that no matter our personal accomplishments, if we don't fit the qualifications of "sexy" while doing whatever it is we do, we are seen as losers.
Our children are growing up with the message that to be successful, you have to act like a petulant two year old in order to get attention, and you have to appear to be ready for sex at all times. However, if you are a promiscuous woman, you're a slut. On the other hand, if you're a promiscuous man, go you. Being monogamous is "lame." If you happen to be fat, woe betide you for even existing in the first place.
Everything that was mentioned in the video is right on target. Plus, we need to stop outsourcing our employment and manufacturing to other countries.
This truly could be one of the greatest countries in the world, but all the "rah rah, USA" propaganda isn't going to make it that way. Only right and proper action which is concerned with the well-being of all citizens will make it that way. Only kindness rather than stigma will make it that way.

Peace.

DJ Blooming Psycho

Sound still Broken

Hello KHEL 666 Krew! I know it's my turn on deck, but the sound is still broken on the work computer, which is where I do most of my "broadcasting" from for the KHEL 666 blog and Facebook page. Apologies, hopefully the situation can be remedied soon. In the meantime I still have some rants, and if all goes well, a new chapter of A Princess of Xiumiqa.

Getting Experimental

KHEL 666 Kiddies, I'm on an Experimental kick lately. Do join us on our blog or Facebook page, if you wish. Look for a rant in 3...2...1... It's coming right up!