Sharing is Caring

steal this film ii is an insightful exploration into the war on peer-to-peer sharing. the film goes deeper that the status quo representation of "intellectual property piracy" debate into the heart of the real issue at hand: media owners discouraging & attempting to end the dissemination & production of new media & information.
steal this film ii is a million times more interesting & watchable than its predecessor. the film breaks down the history of copying & sharing from gutenberg's printing press, to the resistance of sheet music writers to the advent of recorded music, to the current beef over sharing mp3's & downloading movies.
in the end its all about creativity & our natural, human instinct to share with each other. this piece is only 45 minutes long so its not too time consuming especially considering how enlightening it is. open your mind & take the time to arm yourself in the war on do-it-yourself production & sharing...which i always think of as being synonymous with caring!)

growth & development

Kanye West - Love Lockdown from Chester Ebona on Vimeo.
now i'm definitely not the hippest cat & i'm not really upon what's happening in popular music nowadays, but this brother kanye west never disappoints when it comes to injecting creativity & innovation in his music & videos. i'm not even sure if he's still making his own music anymore, but even if he isn't you have to admit that the music he is using is always on the cusp of brilliance...in fact a few months ago i was thinking about starting a rumor that kanye wanted me to produce his next album because i was actually born & raised chicago & my sound is reminiscent of the kind of ultra groovy electronic music that his boys daft punk make, but i don't use samples so mr. west wouldn't have to spend half his recording budget on clearing them...nonetheless yesterday my friend rebecca put me up on this video from kanye which is one of his freshest & the entire package illustrates huge artistic growth.

MUHSINAH

The Global Economic Meltdown

yessur, its rough all over the world...even our erudite european counterparts are feeling the burn. check out this episode of democracy now from wednesday october 8th 2008 to get the low down on the global economic slow down



warning the song in the second break is absolutely awful...perhaps they should use some blackdaylight music instead!)

Art Break

i thought it would be a good idea to take another small break from talking about the fall of babylon & get a inspirational & share some designs from a few of my favorite contemporary artists...i love damien hirst's brazen baller-holic style & that he's cultivated this public persona as an effeminate dick [like many popular white male artists]. i also love that he cut out the middleman & sold an entire collection back in september for $198 million directly to the wealthy [tired of investing in an uncertain stock market] & pocketed all of the earning himself instead of splitting it with a gallery. its kind of like how radiohead released their album independently earlier this year with a pick your price gimmick that was heralded as a hugely innovative stroke of genius. the truth of the matter is that once you're as large as hirst or radiohead you'd be a fool not to do it yourself...it would only be incredible if an truly independent artist such as myself did so well.
when people see some of my visual work they automatically assume that pollock is the main influence on my abstract organic style, but in fact its clyfford still & the rest of the cool jazz influenced post WWII cats that really captivated my imagination. mr. daylight is all about extravagant minimalism!
& as far as jeff koons is concerned his shiny, superficially, sensual work has always been incredibly interesting to me because of the social commentary on materialism being an enormous component of modern life. koons' work is so tongue & cheek & on the nose (& 2 more face based analogies that i can't think of right now) that on the surface it may seem difficult to read too much into it, but i see that as the point. (for some) modern life is deceptively perfect. the wealthy have tons of emotional issues that poor folks like me don't really appreciate...koons reminds us that keeping up appearances is always what's up.

1 of my favorite things

attack of the show on the unfortunately gen y named g4 network is the best talk/variety show on television! i've been watching it for years hoping that the chemistry between regular hosts olivia munn & kevin pereira to really gel & it definitely has....even the replacement hosts chris hardwick [of singled out & online nerdom fame] & allison haislip hold it down quite thoroughly.
admittedly atos is infinitely more interesting & entertaining than call for help which if i'm not mistaken used to air in the same time slot back before the network allegedly got hip & ditched the tech tv name in favor of something that has more 2k+ fanboy appeal.
it took a while for olivia to let her guard down, but now that she has damn near everyone on the show is equally comfortable being crazy as hell on national television...even the precosious & unreasonably sexy layla kayleigh appears to be more comfortable rolling with the live basic cable punches.
it would have been infinitely more interesting to see a co-ed, low budget [big on creativity], ubber current show like atos replace conan's late night show when he takes over the tonight show next year...instead of just handing it to some questionably popular, hacky, somewhere between has-been & never was "comedian" like jimmy fallon. but i digress because if there's one thing that television has taught me its that creativity is definitely not king & anything even remotely interesting is either never gonna make it to air or make it past the 2nd or 3rd season [see arrested development].
i just felt the need to gush about attack of the show because i've been watching it almost daily for the past month+...& also because the horus set blog seems to need a lil break from heavy topics. so if you get g4 give atos a chance. its on monday - friday @ 6p & the replay airs @ 12a [all times central]. & if u can't afford an arm & a leg each month for entertainment clips are also available on hulu & veoh...so check it out when u can. atos is literally the only live daily show i even attempt to be interested in aside from democracy now which if you've ever talked to me or read this blog before is the only news source i trust & whole-heartedly endorse.

Economic Terrorism

the way today's economic situation is being presented to the american people is nothing short of economic terrorism. the "debate" is framed as though its $700 billion to wall street as quickly as possible with as little oversight & accountability as possible or the sky will fall & there are no alternatives. for some additional insight into the consequences of the bailout please enjoy this episode of democracy now from thursday october 2nd.