DEVIANT Has Finally Arrived!

After waiting for over two months, plagued with delay after delay, my new cds have FINALLY arrived! They look great, they sound great and I've already sold a few. Now comes the hard part though. This next month will be a very hectic one. I'll have to put my press kits together, make up a press and media plan, try to get in store signings, book my cd release gigs (already have one scheduled in NYC on Jan. 3!), get a new website launched, put together a street team, get reviews (good ones, hopefully), AND lo and behold, I'm gonna write a novel. Yikes. I'm tired just thinking about it all! It's very exciting though. I hope people like this CD as much as I do ... I guess time will tell. I have a few songs still up on www.myspace.com/iamsaturn just until my website is redone. If you listen and you like and you have to have the whole cd, just click here and I'll get one in the mail 2 U.

Peace & chickengrease!

I'm Going to Write a Bad Novel

Oh who knows, maybe it will be a good novel. There's something called National Novel Writing Month and I found out about it via many posts on blogexplosion (if you have a blog and are not a part of blogexplosion, you're missing out. Sign up for it here now. And it's free too.) Anyhoo, the challenge is to write a complete novel in the month of November. It has to be 50,000 words. They stress on their website that it's about quantity, not quality, which I have to tell you is a relief. I used 2 write a lot in college. I wrote a novel, several screenplays and short stories and even won some awards, so I guess I was pretty good. But since I've graduated, the only thing I've written is music. And I've always said I wanted to write again, I just haven't found the time. Well, to be honest, I don't know where I'll find the time to do this novel challenge, or even what the hell I'll write about, but it actually sounds like fun. I might even set up a separate blog to do it so that I can publish it online as I write. Would anyone read it if I did that though? Does anyone actually read this blog besides my cohorts on blogexplosion? LOL.

If you're reading this and U want to read my novel as I write it, let me know and I'll set up a separate blog. Otherwise, I'm keeping it to myself. I really should stop with these masturbatory urges of mine!

Ta!
Writersblockhead

I'M F*#!ED

I hate cops. Not all cops. Just the smug ones who it seems have nothing better to do than give me driving citations. Whenever my friends get pulled over, they get warnings. Me? No matter what it is, I get the ticket. This morning I got a ticket for "failure to stop for a school bus." Ok, at least it's not for speeding I say to myself. And to be honest with u, what fucking school bus? I never saw a school bus! Maybe that wasn't the wisest thing 2 tell the officer. So, I'm thinking to myself, this can't be as bad as a speeding ticket. I'll just pay the fine and be done with it. Then he comes back with such horrible news that my mouth drops agape and my eyes well with tears. "That will be $275 and 3 points. And you can go to court in Essex if U want." And then he smiled that smug smile at me while my whole world is crumbling apart. 3 fucking points?!? I pay $240 a month in insurance now with NO points! I may as well have been cited for a DUI! How many points is that? And then he says I can go to court in Essex. Please. 4 those who don't know, I think the KKK still has a headquarters tucked away somewhere in Essex, so there is no way I'm going to court there! AND 2 make matters worse, I'm already on probation before judgement for my last speeding violation (ok, I was going 43 miles an hour in a 30. WTF) So, I have this huge fine I can't pay, 3 points to make my insurance even more unaffordable, possibe total of 5 points if they grab the two from the earlier ticket and all for what? 4 a phantom fucking schoolbus that could have only been 3 lanes over on a major 4 lane road with two lanes going opposite ways. So, like the title of this post says, basically ...

I'm fucked.

Saturn Returns

In honor of my 28th birthday today, I'm posting a little astrological info about the Return of Saturn. Seems I'm entering that phase of life where everything will change. That could be a good thing or a bad thing. Lots of famous people have died during this first transition, like Otis Redding. I think the Return will be good fortune 4 me though. Positive things are already happening all around me.

Saturn, the grim reaper, rules the responsibilities, restrictions and limitations we are apt to encounter, and the lessons we must learn in life. He does not deny or diminish imagination, inspiration, spirituality, or good fortune, but he does demand that these things be given structure and meaning. The karmic lessons we have come to experience and overcome in this lifetime are expressed by Saturn, the karmic initiator of the zodiac. He spends around two and a half years in each sign, taking about twenty-nine years on his journey through all the signs. The Saturn Return Each twenty-nine years naturally presents us with the challenge to rise to new levels of awareness, or face the consequences of having failed to gain the wisdom required so to do. When Saturn in the heavens returns to the zodiacal degree where he was placed in your birth chart, you are said to be experiencing your Saturn Return. This only happens once every 29 years, so at around age 28-30, 57-59 (and if you live long enough) 86-88 you have what astrologers call a Saturn Return. This signifies a time of transition, from one life-phase to the next. The first Saturn return (around age 28-30) marks the transition from the Phase of Youth to the Phase of Maturity; the second from the Phase of Maturity to the Phase of Wisdom. The last one, if reached, seems usually to mark the transition either to the next world or else back to a second childhood! As the Saturn return approaches, often our lives seem to speed up, as if hurrying to clear out old baggage from the past, to lighten the load for the next stage. Important things that either finalize old issues, or prepare the ground for new developments tend to occur with increasing frequency. Relationships and major life-decisions are often the focal points for this clearing out of karmic baggage.

I don't live my life by astrology or anything, but I find it extremely interesting nonetheless.

"looking 4 a saviour in a city full of fools"

More on Simpson

So, I was reading my daily dose of IMDB this morning, and they had quoted Ashlee slamming lip-synching prior to her Saturday Night Not-so-Live incident:

The blunder has been all the more embarrassing for Simpson, because she recently expressed her disapproval of lip-syncing in an interview with Lucky magazine, explaining, "I'm totally against it and offended by it. I'm going to let my real talent show, not just stand there and dance around. Personally, I'd never lip- sync. It's just not me."

Hmm, guess she feels like a bit of a wanker now, doesn't she?

Ashlee Simpson listens to Eminem and "Just Loses It"

Now, I've heard of a f*#! up on TV before (Nipplegate anyone?), but 2 actually throw a tantrum and leave the stage?? I got this from Indiemusician.com:

Ashlee Simpson on Saturday Night Live
When exposed, blame the band. At least that's what Ashlee Simpson thinks.
For those of you who don't know...
A couple of days ago, Saturday Night Live audience heard her voice — singing the wrong song — while she held a microphone at her waist. She looked confused, danced around, and finally walked off stage as the band kept playing.
Her record company blamed a computer glitch and she blamed her band.
But don't just take my word for it. Watch it yourself via one of the links below...
View Ashlee Simpson on SNL.
Ashlee Simpson on Saturday Night Live (mirror site)
Ok, um, Ashlee dear? I have 3 Whitney Houston inspired words 4 U: CRACK IS WHACK! Stop smoking it, you're much too young and haven't attained the diva status yet. And 2 the record execs who blamed it on a computer glitch - just because you're smoking dope doesn't mean we are! Now if you want a pro who WON'T walk off the stage just because they forgot the words or didn't know which song they were singing, look no further! U've come 2 the right place! Just deposit a million dollars into my bank account and don't think about asking for my masters and we have a deal! :-)

"diva in a training bra!"

Preview New Songs on My Space!

OK, I've finally made a page on MySpace.com! You can add yourself to my friend list or just listen to some songs off my upcoming CD "Deviant". Go take a listen here and tell me what u think.

Kittencaboodles!

CYBERSEX

Just got this story about a new technology that will allow u to actually have sex via a computer... no, seriously. I've done the online hook up thing, but this? Come on!

A new computer gadget enables someone to apply direct physical stimulation sexually to another person over the Internet, thus advancing "cybersex" far beyond its previous limitation of mere words and pictures. According to a September report on Wired.com, the vibrating "Sinulator," with wireless receiver, can be activated remotely at different speeds and force by a spouse or anyone else who uses the device's password at Sinulator's Web site, and that manipulation can be done not only by keyboard and mouse, but by a male placing the Sinulator's transmitting sleeve ("Interactive Fleshlight") over his penis and thrusting at his (or the recipient's) preferred speed and force. "Thus," summarized the Wired writer, "a man can be thrusting in Cleveland while a woman is penetrated in Seattle." [Wired.com, 9-24-04]

I don't know about u, but this all seems pretty twisted 2 me. It must be part of a conspiracy to turn us all into robots devoid of human connectivy, emotion, and compassion - cyber drones of society. There's a song in there somewhere, I know it.

Personally, I'll take a hot guy (or girl 4 that matter!) in my lap over an electronic device for my penis any day of the week! ESPECIALLY that hot ass guy from the concert last night in Annapolis who was wearing that pink shirt. Where oh where did my angel disappear to in the purplish night ... leaving a trail of deflated gay boy hearts in his dust as he sped off in his big-mama-style mini-van?

ain't nuttin' like the real thing, babeee!

The Right Path

In regards to my last entry, personal crisis averted. I exude postivity. I'm on the right path and there must be a purpose. I'm gonna make it!

Kisses xoxoxox

Crossroads

So, I just got off the phone with a music consulting company trying to sell me their services which I really do desperately need. The only thing is they cost about $8000 just for a year of service. I already know there's no way in Hell I can afford that. But the call basically made me feel like shit. I've been down this road before ... questioning why I'm doing this. What in the hell motivates me to pursue success in a field where success is so elusive and at times seemingly unattainable? Am I just setting myself up for failure and more heartbreak?

Since September of 2001 when I first started this journey I've invested over $13,000 into making music a career. I've probably only made $1000 from it, so I'm looking at a $12,000 loss so far ... and what do I have to show for it? 2 cds. A mailing list of only 220 with only about 50 or so people on there who could give a rat's ass about my music. A spattering of people here and there who know who I am and like what I do. A lot of sleepless nights and restless days spent writing, recording, singing, planning, reading, researching, networking, travelling, desiring, rehearsing, agonizing over making the right decision and not the wrong ones, and the worst part, agonizing over whether or not the music I'm making is even good enough 4 anyone 2 dig. Mmmm, that's about it. I should be so much farther along than I am right now, yet somehow, I still feel as if I'm at the threshold, like whatever I do NOW, within the next year, is going to overwhelmingly affect the outcome of the rest of my life. Saturn returns for me this year ... I'll be 28 next week.

So, here I stand at the proverbial crossroads. I can continue on this path or take the other path and turn away from music, stay in a job that makes my mind numb and my artistic sensibilities dry up and shrivel like a prune and find another completely different direction for my life. I already know what choice I will make. I've always known. 4 me it's never really been a choice. I had a vision of what my life would be like when I was 12. And at 24, I had a sudden internal "push" to make that vision a reality. I don't know why or where it came from, only that I have to succeed. I have to succeed or die trying. God help me.

Getting 2 know ...

Ok, so I'm reposting this because I'm having a "dull" day and am not very interesting at the moment. Plus, I got zero responses last time! Come on, guys and gals, this is a great way 2 find out just who reads this lil' crazy blog of mine and find about "U" . It'sa very cool little survery that I found on this blog. Fill out the survey and paste it under comments when u say 'hi" or "piss off" or wuteva is u feel like saying. It'll be fun!

1. Tell me something obvious about you. I'm an independent music artist. Visit http://www.iamsaturn.com.
2. Tell me something about you that many don't know. I used to want to design rollercoasters and theme parks for a living. This was before I found out I could craft a melody and pen a tune.
3. What is your biggest fear? Losing that person who is closest to my heart.
4. Do you normally go the safe route or take the short cut? Short cut.
5. Name one thing you want that you can't buy with money. True love.
6. What is your most treasured possession? My writings - my songs, screenplays and books.
8. Tell me something sexual about you that I don't know. I was a virgin until I was 24.
9. Tell me something sexual about you that everyone knows. Everyone?! I haven't slept with everyone ... yet. :-)
10. What is your favorite lie to tell? That I'm 22 going on 23. :-)
11. Name something you've done once that you can't wait to do again. Something or someone? (Matt, yes, I still think about U.) Umm, this is a tough one. Star in a movie?
12. Are you the jealous type? Only in matters of the heart ... if I ever find a boyfriend, he's gonna have to be mine all mine. In other things, not at all.
13. What is the one person, place or thing you can't say no to? I can always say no.
14. What is the nicest thing someone has ever done for you? Threw me a surprise party. And it was really a surprise!
15. If you could do something crazy right now, what would it be? Quit my job, find a lover who fills me with glee and travel the world together ... absolutely penniless and depending only on our charm and guile to get us by.
16. When was the last time you cried? When I watched the movie "Latter Days". I bawled my eyes out ... three times! That scene where he walks into the restaurant, sees him standing there and drops the tray, I absolutely lost it.
17. When was the last time you felt so good that nothing else mattered? The last time I went out drinking. :-)
18. Do you feel comfortable in public with no shirt on? Sure.
19. Name something embarrassing you did while being drunk. I asked some poor random fella at a bar, who at the time I thought was just a slice of heaven, if I could bury my face in his ***.
20. If you post this in your journal would you like me to answer it? No, I want you to fill it out and post it!

"Deviance is relative."

US Judge Says We Should Have More Orgies!

His name is Antonin Scalia. He's ultra-freak conservative Republican, a favourite of our twit President and the hunting partner of Dick. (Cheney that is) He's against abortion. He doesn't like gays. And he wants to uphold anti-sodomy laws. BUT this pillar of moral ambiguity says this: "I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged."

What the #$*!

This is the logic we have on the Supreme Court. Well, it's a lot better than most of the things that have come out of Dubbyah's mouth I suppose. U gotta love a man who will stare you straight in your face and say he "never said something" when it's a matter of public record that he did like Mr. Bush. At least Scalia owns up to his freaky comments.

Caligula anyone?

The thought of an orgy has never been AS unexy as it is at this very moment. Eww.

Please vote! And if you're black and live in Florida, well ... call your relatives in other states and have them vote 4 u since theirs might actually count.

That's this unpolitical sex-whore's rant 4 the day. Ta, kiddies!

In the Buff

Ok, so u may not guess it by some of my more "provocative" songs, but I'm actually quite conservative and really kind of shy about my body. That's why it's really puzzling to me that I have a nude photo shoot tomorrow! It really just kind of happened out of the blue. I was talking with this really cool photographer (who is also really hot by the way) about my press kit photo. We missed connections and I ended up doing the press kit photo with someone else because it was time sensitive. Then he we started to talking about a project he was doing for a gallery exhibit and it was nudes. He asked and I eventually said yes after I talked to him about it and saw some of his work. He's really quite good and I know they will be tasteful, but still I'm a little apprehensive. What if they come back 2 haunt me at some point? I think I'm just gonna lay down the law tomorrow and say "no dick shots!" Then I should be ok ... right? I can also use some of the pics we shoot for my website and stuff, so that's cool. Do u think I made the right decision?

SIGNS

So, I was just thinking this morning how my broke ass could attain a little wealth in the next few years and it dawned on me ... why don't I invest in something? (not like my music career which hasn't spawned a return yet, but something real, like in the stock market). And what do I read not a few minutes later? An article telling me that PlanetOut, a site that I'm very familiar with, has just gone public! Now, if that's not a gay sign, honey, I dont' know what is. The only problem I have now is ... how do I buy shares? Is there a website? Do I need a broker? Fact is, I don't know shit about it. Looks like this Lucy has some homework to do!

If U have any knowledge about this, please ... share the wealth! I'll give u a big wet cyber kiss.

Toodle'n'tantrum.

The $2 Empire

Wow, first blog explosion and now this! The $2 Empire is for those of U who blog like me and would like to earn a little extra cash. Very cool. Check it out here!

Super Stefani

So, I hardly ever watch MTV anymore because it has just gotten to be so ridiculous, BUT I happened to catch yesterday's episode of Making the Video with Gwen Stefani. It was for her new video "What You Waiting For" (which you can view at Launch) This is the first time I got excited about a major label artist release since ... well, Prince way back in March! I LOVE Gwen Stefani and have been anticipating her solo project for a long time. The video was SPECTACULAR and the song (produced by the ubiqitous Farrell) has an absolutely righteous groove. This is going to be a big hit. Remember the feeling you got when you counted down the days to an artist's release and went to the record store the day it dropped and then rushed home (or to your car) to unwrap and it play it and fall absolutely head over heels in love with it? Well, this is the feeling I'm getting 4 Gwen. I hope she doesn't disappoint, but from what I've seen and heard so far, I can hardly wait.

Now, are any of you kiddies excited about my new cd, "Deviant", that I self produced and am self releasing? U should be, cuz it's HOT!! I'm very excited about it. Join my mailing list (sign up form to the right there) to be kept in the loop. In the meantime, you can listen to my lead single "Art" from the upcoming disk. Tell me what u think!

"What u Waiting 4?"

Bubbie vs. the GOP

I've not really gotten in the middle of the political arena with any of these blogs (suffice it to say I'll vote for just about anyone to get that idiot Bush out of office!), but this cartoon video was just to funny to pass up. Courtesy of NJDC Victory Fund. Enjoy!

"I'm 2 busy 2 work! That's what I hire people 4!"

Faith & the N.R.I. Hero

One of my favorite blogspots is without at doubt the N.R.I. Hero. He posted this conversation between a student and a professor concerning God. I liked it so much I had to repost it here. Be sure to visit his site too! Always a good read!

I don't know what everyone believes, but I know God is constantly working miracles in my life. I may not be religious but I'm certainly a believer.

INTERESTING CONVERSATION
An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty.He asks one of his new students to stand.....
Prof: So you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Prof: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Prof: Is God all-powerful?
Student: Yes.
Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm?
Student: (Student is silent.)
Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?
Student: Yes.
Prof: Is Satan good?
Student: No.
Prof: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From...God...
Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.
Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student: Yes.
Prof: So who created evil?
Student: (Student does not answer.)
Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?Student: Yes, sir.Prof: So, who created them?
Student: (Student has no answer.)
Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.
Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student: No , sir.
Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?
Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?S
tudent: Yes.
Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.
Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Prof: Yes.
Student: And is there such a thing as cold?
Prof: Yes.
Student: No sir. There isn't.
Prof: (The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just theabsence of it.
Prof: (There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)
Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?
Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light....But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?
Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do
Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
Prof: (The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)
Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavour, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
Prof: (The class is in uproar.)S
tudent: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?
Prof: (The class breaks out into laughter.)
Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it?.....No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
Prof: (The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable.)
Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.
Student: That is it sir.. The link between man & God is FAITH. That is all that keeps things moving & alive.


Amen!

Habit is Deadening

That's a quote (if my memory serves) from "Waiting for Godot." I saw a couple of friends in a production of this famous Beckett play yesterday and even though I must admit to not being the biggest fan of absurdist theatre, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Aside from laughing my ass off (they were both very endearing in their roles) the play actually offered up some really simple truths about life and the way relate to other people. Just one of the things I took away from it was when one character said habit is deadening. How very true that is. It's so easy to get stuck in the cogs of life and then blink and realized 50 years have passed you by. Life is short. Live it now and live it to the fullest. Something we hear all the time, but how often do we take it to heart?

On a slightly related topic, here is really interesting read on another's blog about the amount of money we make and happiness and being fulfilled. Oprah had something to say on it, and if she says it, I believe it! :-)

"Shall we go?"

"Yes. Let's go."

They do not move.

Hunt for the perfect Venue

Well, last night my search 4 the perfect venue to hold my kick ass cd release party continued. After watching opening night of an absolutely amazing tour-de-force performance at Mobtown Players' production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, I rolled downtown thinking I would check out the Vault. There was a big cd release party happening there. This was to be my fourth outing this week in a local music venue. The only problem was once I got there I had to roll around the block 50 times looking for parking, there was construction going on everywhere and the only solution I had was to pay $10 to park in the garage. Now, I only wanted to check the bands and venue out for a couple of hours ... and I had to pay $10? That's the problem I'm finding with a lot of venues ... the parking situation sucks ass! How can I lure people into coming to see a show if they have no place to park or have to pay something ridiculous like $10?! I think maybe I'm going to stop looking in the city and start looking in the county ... or maybe the $10 isn't a big deal to most people ... just my broke ass. In any case, I missed the show, missed seeing the Vault and really didn't feel bad about it. I have 2 words for them ... "validated parking".

"I've got an Angry Inch!"

FAGORAMA!

That's right ... fagorama is the only word I can think of to describe MANdonna, the all male Madonna tribute band. When I first read about this on Indiemusican.com, I laughed my ass off because it just seemed so inappropriately appropriate. I, being a big-fag-homo-Madonna-lover myself, have to ask myself the question ... if this group MANdonna, came to my town, would I actually go to their show? The answer of course is, ONLY if they let me get on stage and sing with them!

...cuz I am a material girl!

They Told Me So

Well, 4 all the naysayers who said I would never make any money doing music (and so far they've been right!), I guess this article proves their point. Looks like CD sales ain't where the money is. If I wanna make it in the music biz I gotta be like J-Lo and have a perfume line, a clothes line, a movie career, and do the booty bounce from man to man and have an oh so interesting lovelife to whip the media into a vapid frenzy. Hmmmm, I think I'll start with the booty bounce.

Wiggles from the poom - poom room.

Liberating Animals

Saw an awesome band last night at The Funk Box and wanted to share them with U. They're called Animal Liberation Orchestra and they jammed so soulfully good and bizarre. They did a couple of songs called Monkey and Shapeshifter (I think) that had me running 2 buy their CD. Unfortunately, the new cd with those 2 songs on it isn't out yet, but it will be soon. U can go check them out on their website though and download some of their stuff. Tell me what u think!

Kittencaboodles!

ps. My fave band of the moment is Incubus! Loving it loving loving it! Especially track 6 on A Crow Left of the Murder.

Big Brother

Congress passes bill to make spyware illegal.
This is great news, but now I wonder ... who's going to stop the government from spying on us?

Prince has new "Controversy"

Prince has been stirring up a lot of controversy with his latest music video "Cinnamon Girl". It depicts a young Arab girl (played by Keisha Castle-Hughes from the movie "Whale Rider") and how peoples' perception of her change after the incidents of 9/11. Personally, I think it's a terrific video and has a really good message. I mean, it's not like racial profiling doesn't happen in this country ... it happens every day. People's opinions are varying wildly about this video though. Some find it extremely offensive, some find it challenging and thought provoking and some are saying it's a sick stunt that Prince is pulling to garner publicity (ok, like he really needs to garner publicity, I think a number one tour and a nearly double platinum album this year has given him all the publicity he needs!) U can listen to an interview with Keisha's spokesman Mike Chunn here about her decision to appear in the video. Watch the video and tell me what you think. It would be interesting to hear other opinions.

Piggy Spunk

Just when I thought I'd heard and seen it all, something still can set my mouth agape. I'm pretty liberal (by the way, register 2 vote if u haven't ... you're running out of time!!) , but still it astounds me the new lows that television and film will sometimes stoop to. This just in from the imdb:

Pig Masturbation Scene Arouses U.K. Audience
A storm of criticism has arisen in Britain over a 10-minute sequence of the Channel 5 reality series The Farm, in which one of the show's participants was seen masturbating a pig, then collecting about 3/4 of a pint of semen in a flask to be used for inseminating sows. The show's participant was Rebecca Loos, soccer star David Beckham's alleged ex-lover. Today's Guardian newspaper cited some typical viewer reaction: "It was just vile. It was probably the worst thing I have seen on TV. I just couldn't believe it was on television." Another: "Are there not laws against this kind of thing." The channel said that it was merely depicting a normal part of life on a farm.

A normal part of life? Does that shit really happen on a farm? If so, we don't need 2 see it! What were they thinking?? And yet I'll get flack 4 being a big homo!

So, if u had a choice would u rather see 2 men kissing or some farm girl jacking a pig off and collecting the spunk. YUCK!

That's my rant 4 the week, kiddies.

I feel motivated 2 make positive changes 2day.

Cheerio!

Have U had your plus sign today?

So, I'm still trying to get the hang of this blog thing. Should I keep it conversational, should I be personal, should I just stick to telling jokes and silly stories? What do you think?

Well, after much deliberation I've decided to just write about whatever comes into my little head. And today I'd like to talk about Positivity. (U know that Prince song, "Positivity?" It's on Lovesexy, check it out!)

This week a lot of not so great things have happened:

We lost the house we were going to buy. Now I'll be homeless with all my stuff on storage. My current roommate thinks I should peddle my ass to make more money to make ends meet. I always knew he was a ho, but I didn't think he was a pimp, too!

My CD order has been DELAYED YET AGAIN!! This time it's an issue with the master disk. grrr.... what else is gonna happen with this project? Oh yeah,

my choreographer quit on me last night. I understand her reasons, but it's awful nonetheless. She understood my vision for the show, we were on the same page and everything and now I have to find someone who will work for not a lot of money cuz my ass is still broke and still try to put something together by January.

Oh, and I didn't get a promotion at work. Must have been that little comment I "thought" i made in confidence to a co-worker ... something along the lines of "... if I'm still working here when I'm 30, fucking shoot me!" Yeah, I don't think they liked that too much.

But U know, all and all, even though all this shit is happening, I'm remaining amazingly optimistic. It must have something to do with 2NMC and my amazing new MASTERMIND group! By the way, I added a link to Rick Cusick's blog ... it's a lot better than mine, believe me! He is pop/rock legend in the making with an amazingly soulful voice (especially for a white boy! :-) )

I performed at Mojo's open mic on Monday ... for the bartender, the soundman and one other person. I didn't care that it was empty, I performed anyway, and I'm glad I did! That one other person really liked what he heard and saw and is going to be on the lookout for new gigs for me! So, what David Hooper said was true ... always give your performance your all because you NEVER know who's watching!

Also did Organic Soul last night, only they can't play tracks so I couldn't do an original. I sang a song by my hero, Prince, instead, with their magnificent backing band. If you haven't been to Organic Soul Tuesdays, you are really missing out! U must get down there one week and experience all of this amazing talent that's here in Baltimore!

I think I'm going to Fletcher's tonight if I'm anybody is free. I'm still searching for the perfect place for my cd release.

And tomorrow I'm headed to the Funk Box to check out a couple of band and a cd release there.

I have nothing but plus signs in my life in the face of all adversity! That's my new motto!

Chimichangas, kids!

Saturn.