[ITSALLABOUTMEMAN] Re: Make Music Not War: Stand with Us on September 21st

 

Thank you for all the good work that you do. I notice from the string of icons across the bottom of your email that you have a presence on Facebook. I hope you will consider establishing a presence also at https://mewe.com/..

Facebook is an evil and stupid organization that has disable my account after 12 years of happy and trouble free participation on my part. I regret the work I did building a world wide network of friends and musicians, and making Facebook a congenial meeting place for them.

They have plenty of other problems, they are being hauled before the US Congress, and I'm shortly going to contact my Senator and advise Facebook be split up or turned into a public utility.  I doubt that I will have much impact, but millions of people are alarmed by their abuses of power (I overheard two people talking about it in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles today). 

It is a possibility that Facebook will join MySpace, Friendster, Orkut and others in the social media graveyard. It seems wise to not have all one's eggs in one basket. I was forced out of their basket (not deplorable enough for them I guess) - I don't expect you to leave Facebook on my say so, but it would be great if you would make a second home at MeWe, I've set up residency there, we could be neighbors!

On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 9:06 AM Musicians Without Borders <info@musicianswithoutborders.org> wrote:

September 21st is the International Day of Peace, but what about the other 364 days?

Beyond Peace One Day September 21st is the International Day of Peace. The UN General Assembly dedicates this day to "strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples", but we cannot help but ask: What about the other 364 days? Today, 2 billion people live in fragile and conflict-affected states. Of these, 1 out of 4 are children. We use our skills and talents to stand with those affected by war, and change the mentality that allows war to continue.  Music helps people affected by war rediscover connection. Music raises the voices of the unheard. Music is our collective voice for social justice and peace. Music is a stepping stone toward lasting social change. On this day, and every day, join us in opposing war and stand with us for peace - through music.  Show Your Support & Donate Today Watch #MakeMusicNotWar * Are you a music workshop leader, teacher or music therapist? * Do you want to take your practice to the next level? There's still time to apply and join our Training of Trainers course in October. The deadline is September 30th, so make sure to sign up today! APPLY HERE Interview: Ana Petanovska, High Frequency We talked to Ana Petanovska about her first experience at the 2018 Band Camp & singing with High Frequency. read more >> Community Music Leaders Graduate Congratulations to the new team of Community Music Leaders in Rwanda! Twenty two new leaders graduated on September 2nd. read more >> Palestine: Paying Attention to Details Our Palestine Community Music Program Manager, on the connection between attention to detail and effective training. read more >> JOIN US ON SEPTEMBER 29TH AT THE WIEKENT TOLSHUISTUIN Come discover the Tolhuistuin on the 29th of September as they open their doors to the public for 24 hours. Situated in Amsterdam North, the Tolhuistuin is a vibrant cultural center and also happens to be where our office is located! Offering a variety of activities from the 29-30th of September, the program will also include a free body percussion workshop for children, from MWB trainer and percussionist, Sherwin Kirindongo. Join us as we celebrate the day with food, music, art & more. See you there!   CLICK HERE FOR PROGRAM & TICKETS Copyright © 2018 Musicians Without Borders, All rights reserved You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website www.musicianswithoutborders.org Our mailing address is: Musicians Without Borders Tolhuisweg 1 1031 CL Amsterdam The Netherlands unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

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[ITSALLABOUTMEMAN] Re: Relative Race - Season 5

 

I don't really get this. the person is supposed to race around and contact 10 relatives?  but it says I'm like a 4th - 6th cousin. I see we supposedly have about 20 4th - 6th cousins in common. None of those names mean anything to me.  What if it turns out we aren't related? how would we even know if we is or we isn't?

How long will he stay in my area?  Will he stay in our house?  Does he like dogs?  Is he allergic to cats?

What if I'm in Seattle or Brazil when he's supposed to meet me? What happens then? 

Thank you for your help with my various questions.

Sincerely,

Matt Love,

Cousin At Large

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[ITSALLABOUTMEMAN] Guitarist/Vocalist ready to jam with non-weirdos!

 

Hey Ronnie

if any weirdos, old guys or young guys who aren't ageist assholes contact you by mistake, will you send them my direction?  I'm looking for open-minded fun-loving musicians who don't feel awkward around people who are interested in playing interesting music, not the same old stuff people have been doing the last half century.

https://annarbor.craigslist.org/muc/d/guitarist-vocalist-ready-to/6542323884.html

Hey - I'm Ronnie. I'm a 31 year old guitarist/vocalist in Ann Arbor. I've been playing music since 1994. I've got a ton of gear and have been in and out of bands for years. I'm looking to join up with a group or start something new. I'm down for rhythm / lead guitar, and singing as well. Anything is cool with me!

My influences range from Big Star, The Beatles, and Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers... to Jawbreaker, Dinosaur Jr, and The Replacements.

I'd like to jam with other dudes around my age. Jamming with a bunch of old dudes or young guys would just be awkward. So let's save ourselves from that!

Here's a song from my last band to give you an idea of where I'm at: https://theroaringjuniors.bandcamp.com/track/we-cant-all-be-girls-scouts-millie

Send me an email if you'd like to get together and rock!

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[ITSALLABOUTMEMAN] Re: Connect with world musicians (and me!) at SXSW

 

Hey Ron,

It is great you are doing this. I hope you can give a couple minutes of your time to give me some feedback on a project of my own.  I would be very grateful.

Just as many politicians (primarily of the Republican persuasion) continue to fan fears about our friends to the nation's south, other politicians (primarily but not exclusively of the Democratic persuasion) are pushing a New McCarthyism fanning fear of our friends to the East. If previous propaganda wars against people the deciders select as enemies (many of them previously friends or subordinates) such as Noriega, Marcos, Saddam, Gadaffi, et al are any predictor of the future (and what better predictor of the future do we have than the past?) the real war is soon to follow.  These are mad for war against Russia.

My response to Russiagate seems sadly feeble, but it is within my skill set. I want to collaborate with some Russian musicians on some music. I have a project going with some folks in Brazil: https://soundcloud.com/the-waiters-948227981. I met these folks accidently (online, long before social networks), and the ongoing collaboration is friendship-based. I hope my Russian collaborators will become friends, but I hope to go about this with a certain degree of intentionality.

To be part of a real person-to-person citizen's peace initiative.. I am not expressing support or opposition for the Russian government, and not expecting a collaborator to be pro-or-anti Russia or US… I just want to do what I can to ease these stupid tensions with people that are so much like us, and have done nothing against us.

I have this one guy… https://semyon321.bandcamp.com/ he really is a Russian troll! He somehow managed to spam zillions of people with promos for his music. It pissed a lot of people off, but I contacted him. He is apolitical. He says he doesn't believe in governments or the media, he believes in people. I said that should be the first song right there. I don't know much about hip hop though, so I don't know if it's going to go anywhere. I am looking for others, usually 1 out of 100 of these long distance collabs work out for me, a lot of work before the music can even start.

Do you know any Russian musicians? Anybody you can spread the word to, anybody you can send my direction? Any suggestions about where I can go (you want to send me somewhere nice, I hope). I would appreciate it. (also looking for musicians from other places that support the goal, but obviously I need Russians to make it work!). If you would share my project with your subscribers that would be golden, but I don't want to ask for too much.

Sincerely,

Matt

On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 3:59 PM, Ron Kadish <ron@rockpaperscissors.biz> wrote:

Hi there,

Next week at SXSW I will be leading a session to focus on building bridges within our world music community. While politicians continue to debate the upsides of closing borders to "others," we know that open borders bring people together.

The meetup is on March 15th, 12:30p-1:30p at the Austin Convention Center, Austin Suite.

Get the full details here: schedule.sxsw.com/2018/events/PP71461

And if you won't be there (or even if you will!) be sure to check out our new and improved North American World Music Directory. We really went all out with this one, so please check it out and let me know what you think. ebook.rockpaperscissors.biz/worldmusicdirectory

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[ITSALLABOUTMEMAN] Re: Journalism saves lives

 

That's a heartwarming story, but think about all the needless deaths you have caused along the way you have caused by your strict adherence to the propaganda message that the government and corporations have tasked you with delivering to a hapless population.

Imagine the lives that might have been spared in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Ukraine, had you been practicing actual journalism instead of advancing propaganda.

I remember one night hearing the BBC on an NPR station when they were talking to a journalist who was serving as a stringer for the BBC in Tunisia. He was a local guy, not one of the plummy voices liars that dominate the "public" airwaves across the English speaking world. Everything he said was in start contrast to everything else we ever heard on the "public" media - that Gaddaffi was highly regarded in the region, that he had been a force of progress for many years, that he offered an alternative to colonialism to the region, and that it was going to be catastrophic if he was overthrown. Everything he said proved to be true, and everything else heard on "public" media from the paid "public" liars turned out to be false.

And you know, when I heard that one voice of reason, that one voice telling the truth, that one voice of somebody that actually lived in the region and had to live with the consequences of the the actions of the imperialist deciders, I said to myself, "well, we're never going to hear from him again."

And of course I was right. It had been a terrible error to allow somebody on the air who was not reinforcing the propaganda message, the lies of Gaddaffi's supposedly imminent ethnic cleansing. Now we have real ethnic cleansing in the region, refugees and slavery.  Why don't you proudly step up and claim your fair share of the credit for what is going on in Libya.

Or Myanmar and the ethnic cleansing there?  You breathlessly repeated the state propaganda about Aung San Suu Kyi. Any reasonable person by now knows that anybody the neoliberal ruling class selects for leadership is going to be problematic, but that isn't NPR's concern. Who cares if the darling of the western media is overseeing ethnic cleansing?  History is for losers.

When you covered the remarkable events when Victoria Nuland revealed that the US had spent $5 billion to overthrow the elected government of Ukraine, you focused on her vulgarity, and missed the real story - the contempt the deciders in Washington have for sovereignty in Europe and the Ukraine. Now Ukraine is run by Nazis and thugs, and plagued by civil war (that your bosses say is being fomented by Russia, a charge you repeat without dissent 100% of the time.)  So much for saving lives, NPR?

It just goes on and on and on. You are out of touch with what is going on out here in the real world.  You think because you have a cultlike listenership of poorly informed dittoheads who think they are more sophisticated than the next person because they listen to NPR (never mind that NPR is now more Stan Lee than John Ciardi) that nobody sees your flaws or can articulate them. There are a few of us.  I am in favor of lives being saved. I favor breaking up the public media network and allowing control to revert back to local stakeholders. I don't expect it will help much,but it's bound to help a little.

Thank you for your time, I expect you'll be inviting me to join a citizen's oversight board any day now.

Ha ha!

Your friend

Matt

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