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In a fictional quote attributed to a fictional character, Jack McDevitt has Gregory MacAllister write:
Faith is conviction without evidence, and sometimes even in the face of contrary evidence. In some quarters, this quality is perceived as a virtue.
-- Jack McDevitt, Odyssey (2006) Ch. 12
The McAllister character is being deliberately provocative here, but this version of "faith" is one widely bruited, mostly by people who don't think they have one. A contrary view comes from Christoph Cardinal Schönborn of Vienna, who stated in one of his lectures:
A blind faith, one that would simply demand a leap into the utter void of uncertainty, would be no human faith. If belief in the Creator were totally without insight, without any understanding of what such entails, then it would likewise be inhuman. Quite rightly, the Church has always rejected "fideism" -- that very sort of blind faith.
-- Christoph Cardinal Schönborn,
"Creation and Evolution: To the Debate as It Stands"
(First Catechetical Lecture for 2005/2006: Oct. 2, 2005, St. Stephan's Cathedral, Vienna)
But faith, of course, is simply the latinate version of "trust" or "truth." To keep faith simply means to trust someone or something. To trust the "evidence," for example. Usually, evidence gathered by someone else far away and reported by some third party medium. Unless we have our own particle accelerator in the basement -- TOF does not -- we must have faith in the folks at CERN or some other lab when they report, not the facts, but their interpretation of those facts. Even for first-hand facts, we must have faith that our senses are for the most part trustworthy. Of course, the extreme skeptic, perhaps fearing that You Know Who is lurking at the end of a syllogism, will quickly point out that there are cases where this is not the case. There are. But if it is usually not the case, the whole basis for our faith in natural science collapses; so these folks ought to be more cautious regarding the arguments they deploy.
Conviction in the face of evidence has many noble, historical examples:
Galileo maintained his belief in heliocentrism despite the lack of stellar parallax, headwinds, Coriolis effects, etc.
Maxwell and his followers maintained their faith that magnetism was caused by electricity despite the falsifying existence of permanent (i.e., non-electro-) magnets.
Darwin stood true to his belief in natural selection even though any new beneficial trait would be diluted out of the population within a few generations. Most of the blending of paternal and maternal traits in the first few generations would be with individuals that did not have the trait.
In the end, their faiths were justified because it turned out that the evidences did not mean what their contemporaries thought they meant. A fact is not self-demonstrating; it must be interpreted in the light of a theory. "Theory determines what can be observed," Einstein told Heisenberg, who said the remark changed his life. The lack of stellar parallax falsified the distance to the stars estimated from their apparent disk sizes, not heliocentrism as such. The electron gave permanent magnets a hidden electrical aspect. Gregor Mendel's genetics saved the Darwinian bacon when it was rediscovered: inheritance is digital, not analog.
So much for 'falsification.'
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Did Wellington win at Waterloo? Or did Blücher?
Or did Napoleon lose, which is not the same thing?
It is odd how often those who preach the supremacy of empirical "facts" abandon that stance when they stray beyond the confines of their own particular training, and rely instead on fables and ideologies. Biologists may talk nonsense about physics; medical doctors may bollix up the law. History is especially prone to this. The non-professional will approach matters historical often with a preconceived theory involving stereotypes and reified abstractions. He is prone to generalize from specific anecdotes -- and at times even the anecdote isn't what he thinks it is.
Historical events grow simplified over time. Accounts are shortened, complexities sloughed off, analogous figures fused, traditions "abraded into anecdotes." Real people become culture heroes: archetypical beings performing iconic deeds (Vansina 1985). In oral societies, this horizon typically lies at eighty years in the past, perhaps three generations. In literate societies, the horizon may lie at three hundred years. Professionals often know better, but in the popular imagination, events older than three centuries take on the legendary status of "origin time." These legends of the past often enthrall people committed to an Idea.
A recent example comes from the ever-delightful Jerry Coyne, once seen here denying that he had a mind, who recently wrote a blog post entitled: Did Christianity (and other religions) promote the rise of science? He writes:
Of course most of you will answer "No way!", and I do, too, but accommodationists and science-friendly believers make this argument often.
The denizens of Dr. Coyne's commbox immediately fell to, telling one another how bright they were and lofting disparagement at the humanities and other notscience. Curiously, two of the "accommodationists" mentioned -- Davies and Whitehead -- are physicists (TOF has a copy of Whitehead's Principles of Relativity to hand) and physicists have sometimes been known to pat biologists patronizingly on the head.
That blog post elicited a response by Alex B. Berezow and James Hannam: Coyne's Twisted History of Science and Religion, taking Dr. Coyne to task for his stereotyped understanding of the complexities of history.
Historians have long realized that the great conflict between science and religion is a myth. But it continues to be an article of faith among the New Atheists. In contrast to his views on evolution, Dr. Coyne thinks that he can ignore the evidence from history and disregard the settled view of experts in the field.
Commentators in that comm box grew distraught, naturally; but there was more of a debate than one normally finds over on Dr. Coyne's site. Let us explore the question Dr. Coyne raises.
See the following posts for details (links to be added)
Question I. Whether Christianity promoted the rise of science
Article 1. Whether there was a scientific revolution
Article 2. Whether the scientific revolution was exclusively Western
Article 3. Whether Christianity enabled the rise of science in the West
Labels: history, science marches on
Basil Stag Hare November 3, 2013 at 10:43 PM
I'm excited for these!
"Theory determines what can be observed"... Wow!
Anonymous November 4, 2013 at 10:45 AM
My extremely superficial take (as someone who got his BA in History of Science):
1. Yes
jmhenry November 4, 2013 at 11:19 AM
Commentators in that comm box grew distraught, naturally.
The worst thing is these people pride themselves on not being ensnared by myth, and yet Coyne's post is a long list of nothing but self-flattering myths. It would funny it weren't so tragically sad.
They worship science as a god. They don't actually study the history of it. I could recommend they read James Hannam, Toby Huff, David C. Lindberg, Edward Grant and others, but why bother? They have their comfy little myth and that's that. They are just as bad any fundamentalist.
Xena Catolica November 4, 2013 at 4:54 PM
Now, if you could just combine this topic with "The Wreck" by juxtaposition for humorous effect...
R A November 6, 2013 at 8:35 AM
This is an intelligent and scholarly blog. I feel like the bastard child of a genius here.
*originis
Hans Georg Lundahl November 9, 2013 at 9:19 AM
The Church has not rejected blind faith. It has rejected the theory that blind faith is all we can have. And Schönborn is as useless a Scholastic as he is a Dogmatist.
As a Viennese and a Catholic I am deeply concerned about this Schönborn thing being called Cardinal over there. Since his father was a freemason, he should not have been allowed into the clergy. He was, but he has not really made up for the disadvantage that should have blocked him.
Now, the supposed condemnation of blind faith, where the Church has a condemnation of Fideistic theory of Faith, along with the popularised identification between Creationism and blind faith allows him to condemn Creationism by a sleight of hand. He is deeply dishonest.
The lack of stellar parallax falsified the distance to the stars estimated from their apparent disk sizes, not heliocentrism as such.
Does, possibly, negative parallax falsify Heliocentrism as such?
At least the discovery of so called parallax did not falsify Geocentrism.
Since, with angelic movers for each star and planet, but not for earth, "parallax" can be a proper movement of the star, and therefore neither a sign of Earth's supposed orbit, nor a sufficient trigonometric information for calculating the distance.
Instead of "one known side, two known angles" Geocentrism reduces the movement to one known angle, no known distance.
Joseph November 10, 2013 at 2:42 PM
According to John W. Campbell, Islam invented science. (I don't know if that includes psionics or the Dean drive.)
Hans Georg Lundahl November 11, 2013 at 7:15 AM
It can be stated in defense of that, that Western Scholasticism started off as an offshot of Islamic and Byzantine learning.
However, behind all three we have the Greeks, and we have them filtered through Catholic-Orthodox and Islamic Monotheism.
j mct November 11, 2013 at 4:35 PM
Just one quibble with your analysis, about the 300 years for a legend in modern times while in oral cultures 80 years seems to be the number. Per Galileo, the legend says he proved the earth spins on it's axis and revolves around the sun scientifically, or more correctly empirically. That's obvious hogwash as noted above. This legend must wait a while to get going for the reason that it cannot really get started while there are still scientists running around trying to come up with empirical evidence for the earth spinning on it's axis. This particular myth dates to the late 19th century, or close to 80 years after scientists had stopped looking for the empirical proof the legend says Galileo found, because they'd found it, which could be about as soon as it could get going.
I'd like to add that some of the same sort created the 'Pius XII was a Nazi sympathizer' myth too and that one didn't wait 80 years. If motivated enough, I guess one need wait 80 years.
TheOFloinn November 11, 2013 at 4:45 PM
The actual interval may vary among cultures. The mythologizing of Galileo some three centuries after the fact is independent of whether he was successful. It was the 19th century, celebrating itself, that conjured up the legend. We can actually spot mythmaking in process as regards Roland the paladin of Charlemagne, as we note the entry in the contemporary Annales Regni Francorum, in the within-the-lifetimes Vita Karoli Magni, to Le Chanson de Roland three centuries later.
close to 80 years after scientists had stopped looking for the empirical proof the legend says Galileo found, because they'd found it,
As noted : they had not.
Not a wine critic November 19, 2013 at 2:36 PM
NCSE's blog posted this admiring piece on Albertus Magnus today:
http://ncse.com/blog/2013/11/albert-great-foundations-science-0015182
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May 3, 2021 knottyfarm animals, fundies, gay marriage, homophobia, homosexuality, Jill Rodrigues, Josh Duggar, Lois Smart, meaningful songs, Mormonism, musical object lessons, Nurie Keller, religious nuts, sex, The Police, Wrapped Around Your Finger 12 Comments
This morning, as I was waking up and checking out Facebook, I saw that someone in the Duggar Family News group had shared a few screenshots of Jill Rodrigues and her family singing a song called "Come On Down to the Farm". I had never heard of the song before, but the author of the post commented that it's a song about how animals procreate, used as an object lesson as to why gay marriage and homosexuality, in general, ought to be forbidden. I was kind of struck by the photos of Jill and her brood. They were clearly happy, mouths agape as they played and sang the song with much gusto. Here are a few screenshots:
I'm not sure who wrote this now. Based on the lyrics down below, it was done by Rick Wingerter, but Jill says it was done by Jerry and Carrie someone or other. You can watch the video I linked above and hear the credits.
Since they seemed to be so enthusiastic about singing this number, I decided to look it up on YouTube. Below are the lyrics:
Charming lyrics, huh? I guess, based on this musical object lesson, marriage is ONLY about making babies.
If you'd rather hear a slightly more professional version of the musical object lesson, check out this video with Rick Wingerter performing it.
It's a catchy tune. I warn you…
Music can be a very powerful and effective teacher. It can be a lot easier to listen to a lesson delivered in a well-crafted and played song, especially if there's fun involved. I'm not sure if the Rodrigues kids enjoyed playing this number, although they seem to have been well-trained to follow their mom's lead. One thing I did notice as Jill was playing is that she sort of casts her eyes sideways at her daughter playing the fiddle. It could be because of the lighting or camera angle, but to me, she actually looks like she's shooting her a warning glare. And then, at about the 5:30 mark in the video, the smallest girl kicks the family dog, who no doubt was in pain listening to the very enthusiastic, high volume squawking. I think the Rodrigues family is marginally better at playing instruments than singing.
As for the "musical object lesson" they're teaching, I have a couple of observations. Now, I've actually spent a lot of time in barns and on farms. I've seen all kinds of interesting sexual behavior involving animals. I've seen geldings mount mares, even though they've been castrated and shouldn't be interested in sex. I've seen male and female dogs humping each other or dogs that are the same sex as they are, mainly to establish dominance, even if they don't have sex parts. And since animals lack a concept of marriage, and a lot of them are going to eventually be slaughtered and eaten, anyway, I'm not sure I would take object lessons from observing them on a farm. In any case, I don't think I would take a lesson from farm animals about human sexuality. Animals aren't capable of the same level of thinking that humans are… or, at least most humans. I'm kind of having my doubts about Jill Rodrigues.
I wonder what she thinks about people who are infertile? Should they not get married because they aren't capable of making babies? Is marriage really only about having and raising children? And if people can't have children, do they serve a purpose, in her view? She's probably never thought about it… but then, she doesn't seem to respect that not everyone believes in God, or even just her interpretation of God. In her simple world view, everyone on Earth should be following the Bible according to white Christians from the United States. Forget about any other religious books or traditions. Forget about other cultures and mores. We should just believe in the Christianity Jill and her ilk do. Seems very boring and limited to me. No thanks.
Lately, I've noticed I've been getting a lot of hits on my posts about Jill's daughter, Nurie. Nurie, you may recall, is Jill's eldest daughter. She is married to Nathan Keller, who is Anna Keller Duggar's brother. That means Josh Duggar is Nurie's brother-in-law. I remember that Jill Rodrigues was very excited that Nurie was marrying a Keller, and it seemed to be because that meant her family would have a link with the Duggars. I wonder how she feels about that now. I think Jill should sing a song about the evils of child pornography. That would be a more effective musical object lesson than a song about how "wrong" she thinks gay marriage and liberal views are. Moreover, as "unnatural" as Jill thinks homosexuality is, I would submit that viewing child pornography is even more so. Why isn't she singing a song about her daughter's brother-in-law's perversions? If she did that, then I might be more impressed.
Nurie, by the way, is currently pregnant, and is due in the fall sometime. Her unborn baby is going to be a cousin to the Josh Duggar clan. I know this because Jill posted a video about it, probably a few minutes after Nurie conceived. And while I don't follow her myself, Jill Rodrigues gets a lot of traffic in the Duggar Family News group. That's really the only reason I know anything about her or her family.
Anyway… I think Jill is wrong about homosexuality and homosexuals. Having read so many tragic stories on the Recovery from Mormonism messageboard about people who have been affected by homosexuals trying to live like heterosexuals, I can't agree that people should simply pair up with someone of the opposite sex if they aren't attracted. For most people, marriage is difficult, particularly if there are children involved. I know there are a lot of people who have been taught by their religious customs that they must live a "straight" life, even if they aren't straight. So they suppress those natural feelings they have, marry someone who doesn't share their sexual orientation, and proceed to have a marriage that isn't as loving as it could be.
Some people do marry for practical and business reasons, and I have no issue with that as long as both parties are aware and agree. But I also know that sometimes homosexuals marry heterosexuals because they're afraid of offending God; they want a family; or they can't face disappointing their families and the fallout that can come from that. They go through the motions of the marriage. Maybe they'll be strong enough not to cheat, but they'll never be truly satisfied. And the spouse might be wondering the whole time what he or she did "wrong", when the spouse just isn't that into them.
Some time ago, I wrote a post about Lois Smart. Lois Smart, you might know, is Elizabeth Smart's mother. She has six children with her ex husband, Ed Smart, who was very visible on television when Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her home at age 14. On the surface, they looked like a picture perfect family. But all along, Ed was hiding a secret. He's gay. And in the Mormon faith, a woman needs to be sealed to a temple worthy man to take her "through the veil" and into the Celestial Kingdom after they're both dead. Imagine how Lois felt when she found out her husband of many years, the father of her children, was gay, and hiding that secret for so many years. As a believing Mormon, Lois is now left without a "temple worthy" husband.
While I personally don't agree with Mormonism or its tenets, I can see how this revelation would be hard for Lois Smart. Because she presumably married her husband thinking they would be together forever. Now that Ed has come out, that dream may be dead. Now, Lois Smart could presumably remarry. She might find a temple worthy LDS man who will marry her and, with her connections, I have no doubt she could get a temple divorce without too much issue. Lois Smart is probably considered Mormon royalty of sorts. But her situation is just one of many facing religious people who don't believe that people should be with those who interest and attract them.
I think it's time that religious people evolved. Life is difficult enough as it is. People who are capable of consenting should be allowed to choose the right partner for themselves… or they should be free to choose NO partner, if that's what makes them happy. Jill Rodrigues and her ilk should focus on their own lives and do away with the musical object lessons that do more harm than good… not to mention hurt the ears of anyone with an appreciation for music. One tip I would pass on to her is that singing and playing louder doesn't equate to singing and playing better.
Moving on to the next musical object lesson.
This next bit is going to be shorter and a lot vaguer, mainly because I can't get into specifics at this point in time. But this subject does kind of have to do with musical object lessons and getting meaning from songs. It's particularly relevant in this situation, because object lessons in the forms of music and/or children's literature are favorite props used by the people I vaguely allude to in this cryptic passage. Bear with me.
Over breakfast this morning, Bill and I were talking about a major decision he recently made that could possibly rock some worlds. At some point in the following weeks, things could get somewhat dramatic. On the other hand, it's also possible that they won't. We're now at the stage at which we're watching, waiting, and speculating about what could be coming in the very near future. It's kind of like dropping a lit match in a forest. What happens next? Will the match quickly burn out and do no harm? Or will there be a raging and destructive forest fire? Time will tell. Either way, changes have already begun.
As we were talking, the song "Wrapped Around Your Finger" by The Police popped into my head. Here's a video and the lyrics:
This song is brilliant… it's loaded with symbolism and subtle, yet eloquent messages.
You consider me the young apprentice
Caught between the Scylla and Charibdes
Hypnotized by you if I should linger
Staring at the ring around your finger
I have only come here seeking knowledge
Things they would not teach me of in college
I can see the destiny you sold turned into a shining band of gold
I'll be wrapped around your finger
Mephistopheles is not your name
I know what you're up to just the same
I will listen hard to your tuition
You will see it come to its fruition
Devil and the deep blue sea behind me
Vanish in the air you'll never find me
I will turn your face to alabaster
When you'll find your servant is your master
You'll be wrapped around my finger
As Bill was talking about this big decision he made and his subsequent action, I was suddenly reminded of the bridge of "Wrapped Around Your Finger":
The decision that Bill made a few days ago is a very long time in coming. There was a time when he really wanted to take action, but felt he couldn't. He was restrained by doubts, fears, and worrying about potential consequences. Even today, he's a little worried about the chain of events he'd set into motion and the possible fallout. But then I reminded him that the things that held him back in the past no longer apply. He's not very accessible anymore… he's not as vulnerable as he used to be… and pretty soon, someone is likely going to find out that their former servant(s) are now about to "own" them.
Even if that lit match in the forest burns out with no apparent consequences, I know that the reality is, things have forever changed. The roles have switched. The dynamics are different. I picture a face turning to alabaster– pale and frozen– when the realization hits them that they have seen their "tuition come to fruition", as Sting puts it. Or… perhaps in less elegant terms…
Someone is about to get served. Whether or not it will be "on", remains to be seen.


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One particularly glorious day, before the official start of spring, a group of us, old friends and new, gathered at one of the most spectacular locations, to shoot some photos for my lookbook (more on that, later). Located way high in a Malibu Canyon, Windcliff Ranch boasts varied terrain, with sweeping canyon, valley, mountain and ocean views. Awesome, is an understatement. Breathtaking comes close. See for yourself.
Our hostess was my dear friend Valerie Lefranc and was luck would have it, her daughter Adele, was back home for a spell, so that was an extra added treat! Born in the south of France, Valerie lived in few other right places at the right time -we met in NYC in the late 1900's! This canyon has been home for the better part of 20+ years. She is a great steward of this vast landscape, nurturing every square inch, every blade of grass, every rock and rubble, highlighting views and secret nooks, sharing all it's beauty with all who have the honor of visiting.
A model, then stylist, Valerie has turned her creative hands to jewelry-making. While supplies last, look for her choice coveted pieces at In The Field, in Ojai.
To be continued…oh, and did I mention, you too can have your own Windcliff Ranch get away experience?
so looking forward to the Echo park Craft Fair this weekend!
as always, another wonderful variety of makers and offerings and food treats too. be sure to pick up this and many other gorgeous posters by claire neheim of plant planet. for some pre-game background and to whet your appetite, check out some artist interviews here and click on the names here, to learn more about who makes what.
chris darrow is (in my circles) the emperor of the inland empire; an axis of the claremont folk music community and prolific member of one of it's most renowned artistic families. no documentary about the late 60's -70's so-cal music scene (20 feet from stardom, pbs' troubadour, bbc's laurel canyon, and more) is complete with out some choice chris commentary. generous and inspiring, chris is a multi-hyphenate: multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, session musician, member of several seminal southern california bands (kaleidoscope, nitty gritty dirt band to name just 2) and photographer.
this weekend i went to a reception to celebrate his show, Vanishing West, a selection of his photographs of signage and facades, the kind we take for granted until we look out our car window and see less and less of them, of these days. there are tons more photos in his archive that he intends to compile into a book.
cd, looking forward to that!
thank you yo and danielle king for a wonderful, creative and meditative afternoon.
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Views From Below: The underground Ghanaian music scene
· 12 months ago ·8 min read
"Underground dierr it's like saying kanzo. Use upcoming artiste."– Kwame Yesu, Ghanaian rapper
Every huge artiste has to come from somewhere. The legends we know today all had to break out from what is collectively known as the underground scene. Call it the stepping-stone to fame or a never-ending National Service period before you achieve full-blown Ghanaian artiste status, the underground music scene remains a scrambling yet thriving hub for young talents all looking towards the ultimate goal: "to blow." For Bully, a singer who has just been in the industry for about 17 months, blowing is relative. It is not just about going viral. It's about being able to pursue her art the way she wants to, with no financial restrictions to hold her back from pushing her works to her audience.
"Ending up as a mainstream artiste is just a plus. All you need to do is find your target audience and conquer them". –Bully
Kwame Yesu holds the more common notion behind blowing: Making money, living the life, and not worrying about being broke.
"Blowing is when I can put my mama in a G Wagon and boast of mansions. I am in for the cash, to be honest. The fame is a plus. You can't save fame in the bank you know? But right now, for now, I just need the fame to spark the money engine."-Kwame Yesu
SO WHAT DOES THE UNDERGROUND MUSIC SCENE REALLY LOOK LIKE?
The underground entertainment scene comes across as a sea of artistes, all clamoring to be seen but Kwame Yesu insists that there are several factions and alliances.
"It's lowkey a competition. Some circles have heavy links so they are doing quite well but this does not affect the music-making process for others who don't have these links. If I reach out to a rapper in some other circle for a verse and I don't get it, I just complete the song or put someone else on."
However, MC Nel, a recording artiste, MC, and DJ insists that, in as much as it's a big field of upcoming acts, everyone remains approachable and willing to lend a helping hand if need be:
"I don't know if unity is the word to describe the entertainment industry. But, if we need to pull something off, we approach each other. I'm yet to see an instance where someone is beefing another. Everyone is actually quite accessible."
Though factions exist, it seems focusing on your crew and being open to collaborations is the way to go, even if not everyone shares the same sentiment. In an industry where talent is easily snuffed out by a frustrating and informal environment, artistes need a good support system, and one of the best-said systems can be your fellow acts who want to see you succeed.
THE ART AND BUSINESS BEHIND BEING AN UPCOMING ACT
Being underground is difficult and for those of us merely consuming the music, we may not see it entirely but the scene is a lot of work. There is a constant need to work thrice as hard as everyone else or risk getting lost in the sea of talent. It's an endless cycle of proving yourself, churning out excellent content, learning and unlearning a bunch of things, and praying for a miracle and that the right people find your sound or what MC Nel describes as "believing in yourself and inshallah". As someone involved in different aspects of the entertainment industry, he describes the process for upcoming DJs as being very similar to that of being an upcoming artiste but… a slightly harder version.
"With DJ-ing, you need to put in twice the effort. You constantly have to prove yourself over and over again because there are more people who can replicate what you are doing so you need to go in harder. You can't always find your niche just being an artiste "- MC Nel
There is a lot of hard work in the struggle and it's not unusual to see some people fall off along the line. The stress coupled with not having enough funds to keep pushing your craft can be damn near depressing which is why artists like Bully suggest that having a solid team and maintaining a mind for business should be the priority for artistes especially those making music that is not considered mainstream.
Bully cited young Ghanaian musician, BRYAN THE MENSAH and Nigerian superstar, Mr. Eazi as examples of artistes who understand the business of music.
"Give BRYAN THE MENSAH a few years and he'll be one of the biggest in the music business"
Kojo Manuel, an MC known for moving crowds at the biggest concerts in Ghana agrees with this. As a renowned MC and radio presenter at YFM, a Ghanaian radio station known for breaking the hottest emerging music, Manuel has encountered his share of upcoming artistes.
"Upcoming artistes need to understand that the most important thing about making music and blowing is centered on your talent and understanding the business of things and not following the gimmicks from established artistes who set bad examples: The beef culture, fake lifestyle and clout chasing"
"Those things work sometimes but it's not always sustainable. You need a perfect balance. Your talent and your understanding of the business is what is important"-Kojo Manuel
Is this sustainable? We know that there is no exact formula to blowing however, knowing the business and working hard seems to be a great starting point. Regardless, there's one thing every artist needs in order to 'blow' and that is support. This includes support from a steady and growing fanbase alongside a number of key actors such as blogs, journalists, A&Rs, hosts, influencers, DJs, and curators, etc. After all, how would underground artistes break out or 'blow' without the support of their fans and major industry players?
SUPPORT IN THE UNDERGROUND MUSIC SCENE
Support in this scene rests heavily on key players in the industry, aside from the fans and the expectation that they patronize your music and share your craft. From music and culture blogs who were traditionally the gatekeepers of the mainstream world of music to event organizers expected to allocate slots for upcoming acts, DJs responsible for introducing great talents to people through their setlists, and more; all these tastemakers make up a critical mass of support that can propel any underground artiste into the limelight.
Often, you hear artists complain about not receiving enough support, and others expected to provide this support referring to some of them as entitled. According to Hotor, a well-known voice within the GH music scene and creator of Scripts and Sounds, an annual event that serves as a platform for poets and upcoming musicians, the phenomenon of entitled artistes is a given. Despite having her fair share of bad experiences with certain artists, she does not let the actions of a few clouds her efforts to push the culture.
"No one owes you anything. No one owes you his or her support. If you get it, cool. If you have to pay to get it too…cool. Just do you, watch your circle and pray to what you believe in charle"-Hotor
Kojo Manuel on the other hand felt the need to explain to upcoming artistes that the support is not just there for the taking. The fact that he has some power to help you does not mean he has to offer it just because you are a "struggling artiste".
"Most of these underground artistes are so entitled. They approach me all the time and when I lay out what the steps and structure is, for them to follow, they get offended and think you don't want to help them because they aren't popular enough"
"I love to see upcoming artistes grow. I support when I can but what artistes need to understand is that we (radio and TV personalities) also have a task to put out and promote good content. Music is a product."-Kojo Manuel
MC Nel's roles have brought him into contact with his fair share of "entitled artists" but this is also what has helped him as an artiste allowing him to use some of those experiences to make informed decisions when it comes to his art.
"Everyone's running a business and it makes sense that they'd only go for what makes them make steady money. They (media houses and the like) also have an audience to feed. What needs to be done as an artiste is to observe and understand the entertainment industry and the different aspects in it and how they all work. Observe, learn and use your knowledge of it all to your advantage"- MC Nel
SO HOW CAN ARTISTES KEEP BEING PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR WORK WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT "BLOWING?"
With a huge pool of different, talented artistes each doing their thing, the underground music scene is a never-ending waterfall of new acts adding up to an already concerned group of artistes not "graduating" fast enough into the mainstream.
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Not everyone can go mainstream, not everyone will get his or her music played in every corner in Ghana. Not everyone can become famous. But, it's likely that putting structures in place to help artistes make money to invest back into their craft is a viable option.
"Upcoming artistes are like interests. I don't think you can structure that. What we need is a structure in the industry so that anyone who wants to make music seriously knows that -ok my hard work, coupled with other things I'm supposed to do will pay off"–MC Nel
"I think artistes are struggling now because we don't really have proper structures in place. If we can get basic structures where artistes can easily monetize their craft and get paid royalties, everyone can just focus on putting out their music"–Hotor
"Support when you can, be open to new things, and BUY artiste's music. The Music Association needs to put in better structures in place and royalties, contracts and terms should be taken more seriously"–Bully
"Right now we all just want the fame to spark the money engine but if you can make money from being an underground artiste without necessarily waiting to be famous, then that's good. Cos then, you'd be making money and investing it back into your craft."–Kwame Yesu
One thing everyone agrees on in the meantime, is to work hard, be consistent and focus on making your fans content with your product because as Kojo Manuel so eloquently put it "If your product is good and you turn me into a fan, I will buy and share your music, unasked."
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J E Moore 11-12
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Mr Finn Lambert(10) 11-8
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Sam Twiston-Davies 11-9b
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(Photo by Mitchell Brown, digitalBURG) The staff of the Dublin Social Club is, from left, Kody Miller, Terra Walker, Tony Madrid and Adam Warner.
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By MITCHELL BROWN
(WARRENSBURG, Mo, digitalBURG) – There's a new social club downtown, the Dublin Social Club, but don't expect to find pints of Guinness or lectures on Celtic history.
Instead, expect to find tattooists who are dedicated to tattoo culture.
The Dublin Social Club, owned by Tony Madrid, opened Thursday at 126 N. Holden St.
The shop's name pays homage to an era of tattooing when tattooing was illegal in places like New York City, and tattoo shops operated under the moniker of "social clubs." The name is also a nod to the Shamrock Social Club, a tattoo shop in Madrid's hometown of Los Angeles.
Madrid has been tattooing in Warrensburg for almost a decade, starting at The Zone Tattoo and Body Piercing in 2004.
But Madrid was tattooing in Colorado before moving to Missouri. He said he came here because there were too many tattoo shops in Colorado. Madrid eventually left the Zone and opened up Living Art Tattoo in 2007 along East Pine Street, not far from his new shop.
Madrid said during the seven years he worked in southern Colorado, the number of tattoo shops went from four to 32.
"That would be the equivalent of 11 here," he said.
Business in Warrensburg has been good for Madrid. He said Warrensburg is anomalous in that business doesn't dry up in the winter. He said many of the tattoo artists he knows in Colorado experience a decrease in business during the winter months.
New clientele frequently arrive here thanks to the University of Central Missouri and Whiteman Air Force Base.
"You get a fresh batch of freshmen, and they all come with that high school graduation money," Madrid said.
Madrid said he closed Living Art and opened Dublin Social Club because the new location is more visible and has more of a connection to downtown.
Adam Warner, tattooist at the Dublin Social Club, said an advantage of working in a small town is that you get to know more people. That makes it easier to build a clientele base.
On multiple levels, ranging from the shop's decor to the name, the Dublin Social Club is Madrid's vision.
When entering his new shop, what's missing is tattoo flash on the walls. Tattoo flash is the common, typical designs that line the walls of most tattoo shops. These include images of Chinese characters, patriotic symbols, and pinup type artwork that a customer chooses, and the tattoo artist replicates.
Terra Walker, tattooist at the Dublin Social Club, who formerly worked at Living Art, and a recent UCM alumna, said the lack of tattoo flash on the walls encourages custom work.
Madrid said he got rid of the tattoo flash to help discourage spur-of-the-moment tattoos and to cut down on doing the same tattoo.
"In a college town, you'll get 20 to 30 butterflies a week," Madrid said. "Butterflies pay the bills, but they're not very satisfying."
Madrid said he has a diverse clientele, which he attributes to an increased acceptance of tattoos. Madrid said tattooing is not so underground or shunned anymore.
However, he said reality TV shows about tattooing, like "LA Ink" and "Miami Ink," have negatively impacted the industry.
"Those guys made it look like it was the coolest thing on the planet to tattoo, and they portrayed a lifestyle like you were a rock star or you were rich because you tattooed or just the world was your oyster if you tattooed, and that's not the case," Madrid said.
He said these reality shows served to erode tattoo culture as it once was – a base of people who respect and revere tattooing as an art form.
"There used to be a respect amongst artists," Madrid said. "There used to be an unwritten code that everyone followed. And that all disappeared when everyone picked up a tattoo machine and thought they could tattoo."
Madrid is in favor of stricter regulations on the tattooing industry. He said such measures could weed out those who want to mimic the glamorized version of the industry portrayed on reality shows.
"Anyone who has a love for this industry will not cry about regulations," Madrid said.
Although Madrid stays busy, he said there is a lack of tattoo culture in Warrensburg. He said one of his aims with the new shop is to change that. Madrid said those who are truly into tattoo culture see it as more than just a fad.
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The company is aware of some initiatives of starting platforms aiming at automatic input of cash receipts as well. But, similar to the early stage development of e-invoicing, a shared open standard is needed to get commitment and market adoption. To be able to develop cash receipts exchange by transferring data automatically without printing and manual input the company is convinced an open source, non-profit shared digital standard for transferring data is needed to connect cash registers or intermediate organizations and accountancy software systems.
Therefore the company is looking for companies interested in developing this open source standard together and expertise of all kind of organisations like companies, universities, inventors and research institutes. The proposed type of collaboration is a research cooperation agreement but the company is also open for other types of future cooperation.
This technology request is an innovation challenge and is published on an open innovation platform until 25th of November 2018. If an organization expresses interest in cooperation with this firm before that date, it will be guided towards this open innovation platform on which one can get in touch via a chat function with the company. Mind that posts on this platform are not confidential. Beside open discussions on the platform, sharing of confidential information will be made possible on demand. After that, the firm will select the SMEs with whom they would like to cooperate in the development of a solution.
- companies able to develop this standard.
- Specific area of activity of the partner: In the first phase the company is looking for partners in the supply chain who see gain in making their clients life easier by smooth data transfer of cash receipts to their clients accountancy software. These partners could be large companies like fuel stations, restaurants or B2B supermarkets where entrepreneurs buy products. But also suppliers of business or financial software are invited for their reaction.
The partners who want to invest in joint development of an open standard are asked for their input and participation in for example round table discussions. The expectation is that this long-term process results in shared commitment, implementation and market adoption of a new standard, similar to the development of e-invoicing.


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Q: My files are never opening? Whenever I try to make a program based on files, my program is never able to open the file itself.
It always ends up executing the part of the program in the "else" part. Is it because my file might not be in the same directory? If so, how do I find the location of my file? Here's the code. I just wanted to check if its working fine or not by inputting and outputting the strings using the concept of files.
int main()
{
char str1[20], str2[20];
FILE *pFile;
pFile = fopen("Rocket.txt", "r+");

if (pFile != NULL) {
    while (feof(pFile)) {
        cout << "Enter String 1: " << endl;
        fgets(str1, 20, pFile);
        cout << "Enter String 2: " << endl;
        fgets(str2, 20, pFile);

        cout << "The Strings input are: " << endl;
        fputs(str1, pFile);
        fputs(str2, pFile);

    }

}
else {
    cout << "File not opened." << endl;
}

A: 1) "How do I find the location of my file?"

*

*right-click on your file

*properties->Details->Folder path  or

*properties->General->Location

For example if it was C:\Users\user\Desktop then the location you write is c:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\Rocket.txt
2) In your code, I found two bugs
Notice that in the "while condition" you should write (feof(pFile)==0) or (!feof(pFile)) because it should continue reading from file until it reaches the end of file and feof(pFile) == 1.
"puts" writes at the end of the file. So when the file marker is not at the end of the file, it doesn't write on it, unless your initial file has just 37 characters. So it's not a good idea to use "puts" in this program. Instead , you can use cout to check out values of str1 and str2.

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Three Naxals surrender in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district
12 January 2021, 4:51 pm ·1-min read
Raipur, Jan 12 (PTI) Three Naxals, allegedly involved in the killing of a local journalist in 2013, surrendered before security forces in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bijapur district on Tuesday, an official said.
The cadres, who were active in Basaguda-Jagargunda area committee of Maoists, turned themselves in before CRPF and police officials, citing disappointment with the 'hollow' Maoist ideology and atrocities committed by senior cadres of the outlawed outfit, the official said.
The surrendered ultras were identified as Alam Bamo (24), deputy commander of the action team of Maoists, Modiam Sundar (27), a member of the same squad, and Madkam Motu (28), a member of the supply team, he said.
The trio had allegedly been involved in several attacks on security forces, including an IED blast on Basaguda-Sarkeguda route, in which two security personnel were killed in 2012, he said.
They were also involved in killing Sai Reddy, a Bijapur-based reporter of a Hindi daily, in Basaguda in December, 2013, the official added.
The surrendered ultras were given an assistance of Rs 10,000 each, and other facilities as per the government's surrender and rehabilitation policy will also be provided to them, he added. PTI TKP ARU ARU