Whereas, breakbeats have been the missing link connecting the diasporic
community to its drum woven past
Whereas the quantised drum has allowed the whirling mathematicians to
calculate the ever changing distance between rock and stardom.
Whereas the velocity of the spinning vinyl, cross-faded, spun backwards, and
re-released at the same given moment of recorded history , yet at a
different moment in time's continuum has allowed history to catch up with
the present.

We do hereby declare reality unkempt by the changing standards of dialogue.
Statements, such as, "keep it real", especially when punctuating or
anticipating modes of ultra-violence inflicted psychologically or physically
or depicting an unchanging rule of events will hence forth be seen as
retro-active and not representative of the individually determined is.

Furthermore, as determined by the collective consciousness of this state of
being and the lessened distance between thought patterns and their secular
manifestations, the role of men as listening receptacles is to be increased
by a number no less than 70 percent of the current enlisted as vocal
aggressors.

Motherfuckers better realize, now is the time to self-actualize
We have found evidence that hip hops standard 85 rpm when increased by a
number as least half the rate of it's standard or decreased at ¾ of it's
speed may be a determining factor in heightening consciousness.

Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the
unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.

Equate rhyme with reason, Sun with season

Our cyclical relationship to phenomenon has encouraged scholars to erase the
centers of periods, thus symbolizing the non-linear character of cause and
effect
Reject mediocrity!

Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which as been given
for you to understand.
The current standard is the equivalent of an adolescent restricted to the
diet of an infant.
The rapidly changing body would acquire dysfunctional and deformative
symptoms and could not properly mature on a diet of apple sauce and crushed
pears
Light years are interchangeable with years of living in darkness.
The role of darkness is not to be seen as, or equated with, Ignorance, but
with the unknown, and the mysteries of the unseen.

Thus, in the name of:
ROBESON, GOD'S SON, HURSTON, AHKENATON, HATHSHEPUT, BLACKFOOT, HELEN,
LENNON, KHALO, KALI, THE THREE MARIAS, TARA, LILITHE, LOURDE, WHITMAN,
BALDWIN, GINSBERG, KAUFMAN, LUMUMBA, GHANDI, GIBRAN, SHABAZZ,
SIDDHARTHA,
MEDUSA, GUEVARA, GUARDSIEFF, RAND, WRIGHT, BANNEKER, TUBMAN, HAMER,
HOLIDAY,
DAVIS, COLTRANE, MORRISON, JOPLIN, DUBOIS, CLARKE, SHAKESPEARE,
RACHMNINOV,
ELLINGTON, CARTER, GAYE, HATHOWAY, HENDRIX, KUTL, DICKERSON, RIPPERTON,
MARY, ISIS, THERESA, PLATH, RUMI, FELLINI, MICHAUX, NOSTRADAMUS, NEFERTITI,
LA ROCK, SHIVA, GANESHA, YEMAJA, OSHUN, OBATALA, OGUN, KENNEDY, KING,
FOUR
LITTLE GIRLS, HIROSHIMA, NAGASAKI, KELLER, BIKO, PERONE, MARLEY, COSBY,
SHAKUR, THOSE STILL AFLAMED, AND THE COUNTLESS UNNAMED

We claim the present as the pre-sent, as the hereafter.
We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun.
We are not afraid of the darkness, we trust that the moon shall guide us.
We are determining the future at this very moment.
We now know that the heart is the philosophers' stone
Our music is our alchemy
We stand as the manifested equivalent of 3 buckets of water and a hand full
of minerals, thus realizing that those very buckets turned upside down
supply the percussion factor of forever.
If you must count to keep the beat then count.
Find you mantra and awaken your subconscious.
Curve you circles counterclockwise
Use your cipher to decipher, Coded Language, man made laws.
Climb waterfalls and trees, commune with nature, snakes and bees.
Let your children name themselves and claim themselves as the new day for
today we are determined to be the channelers of these changing frequencies
into songs, paintings, writings, dance, drama, photography, carpentry,
crafts, love, and love.
We enlist every instrument: Acoustic, electronic.
Every so-called race, gender, and sexual preference.
Every per-son as beings of sound to acknowledge their responsibility to
uplift the consciousness of the entire fucking World.
Any utterance will be un-aimed, will be disclaimed - two rappers slain
Any utterance will be un-aimed, will be disclaimed - two rappers slain

Who am I kidding...I'm a bottom feeder too! Congratulations!!!!! edit, (Pardon the horrible, horrible pun...)

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
I appreciate you senitments, critttter, and am complimented by your perspicaciousness as to my character, but I take it as a reflection more of our community than our culture. Plus, I'm a vote whore like everybody else.

Squinky must do more poses for us!

Kindest regards,

Schmawy

In reply to this comment by critttter:
Dear Schmawy,
You have my deepest sympathy that ' Tossing The Salad' is your #2 video, surely destined to be #1. I will always remember you for so much more, the lovely railroad panaramas, the fervid elephant discourse, and of course, the tragedy of the Elvis impersonator. I assume you have walked away in disgust, but, you know what they say about assumptions...I will keep a little flame of hope burning that you, Schmawy, are completely capable of rising above all the salad tossing, and sift for a new day. Hear,Hear.

I appreciate you senitments, critttter, and am complimented by your perspicaciousness as to my character, but I take it as a reflection more of our community than our culture. Plus, I'm a vote whore like everybody else.

Squinky must do more poses for us!

Kindest regards,

Schmawy

In reply to this comment by critttter:
Dear Schmawy,
You have my deepest sympathy that ' Tossing The Salad' is your #2 video, surely destined to be #1. I will always remember you for so much more, the lovely railroad panaramas, the fervid elephant discourse, and of course, the tragedy of the Elvis impersonator. I assume you have walked away in disgust, but, you know what they say about assumptions...I will keep a little flame of hope burning that you, Schmawy, are completely capable of rising above all the salad tossing, and sift for a new day. Hear,Hear.

Dear Schmawy,
You have my deepest sympathy that ' Tossing The Salad' is your #2 video, surely destined to be #1. I will always remember you for so much more, the lovely railroad panaramas, the fervid elephant discourse, and of course, the tragedy of the Elvis impersonator. I assume you have walked away in disgust, but, you know what they say about assumptions...I will keep a little flame of hope burning that you, Schmawy, are completely capable of rising above all the salad tossing, and sift for a new day. Hear,Hear.

Dear Schmawy,
You have my deepest sympathy that ' Tossing The Salad' is your #2 video, surely destined to be #1. I will always remember you for so much more, the lovely railroad panaramas, the fervid elephant discourse, and of course, the tragedy of the Elvis impersonator and truck underride. I assume you have walked away in disgust, but, you know what they say about assumptions...I will keep a little flame of hope burning that you, Schmawy, are completely capable of rising above all the salad tossing, and sift for a new day. Hear,Hear.

hell my friends don't care, so long as it's readable
I tried to write to him through his page at YouTube but the system was down or something. I'd appreciate it if you'd forward my request. I like to put inspiring vids on my LJ blog but I resolve to only put up subtitled things (or vids that don't rely on audio) because of my deaf friends. Thanks!!

In reply to this comment by my15minutes:
^ i think he's exactly the kind of guy who'd be happy to do it, smibbo.

and, if he doesn't have the time, i do. but they'll be shitty WinMovieMaker titles. hehehe.

ps. i know you've already seen these 3, prior happysifts of mine, as well:

http://www.videosift.com/video/The-New-Day-Resolution
http://www.videosift.com/video/Ron-Paul-supports-a-free-and-open-society
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Pinky-Show-From-Swords-into-Plowshares

what you didn't know, is that the guy who pinged me, to check out the Yes clip?
is the guy who made the New Day clip.
found here, and in youtubia, where he was recently made a 'partner'.

ps.

http://www.videosift.com/video/The-New-Day-Resolution

that's a11en, y'all.

ok. obviously i have a little explaining to do too. so, here's where this all starts, for me:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Gay-adoption-PSA

came across that on the unsifted queue, all sorted the way i like, and i start watching, and it's weird, but i seem to think it has a weird way of actually trying to say something important.

so then i look at the sifter, and it's shroom. and honestly, i'm pleasantly surprised.
'cuz i didn't see anything, attacking the message, from him. and it reminded me of another very recent, much cooler, and pretty fucking amazing sift, all things considered, by Doc_M:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Barack-after-his-close-New-Hampshire-loss-Yes-We-Can

which really blew me away, and i told him so. because, as a Lib, i really am very accustomed to being able to work almost as well with the (Social Liberal) Dems, as the (normally Fiscal Conservative) Reps.

i just honestly don't think shroom is here to get along, the way that i often see Doc and deedub making real efforts to get along with everyone, and make honest arguments, when they can't agree.

here's another guy on the mostly-right, who happens to be just about the sharpest i've seen on YouTube, from a mostly conservative stance:

http://www.videosift.com/member/justa11en

because he does a better job, of making sharp, honest arguments, and defending his point of view, than (and SO not intended as a slam on Doc or Deedub) anyone i've seen defend a Conservative point fo view, here at the sift.

which is exactly why i asked him to create a login here, for possible future use, after he uploaded this:

http://www.videosift.com/video/The-New-Day-Resolution

i do not see, in shroom, what i see in the other 3 i mention. i don't think he's here to get along. i think he's here to push buttons.
and i know many here that wholeheartedly agree, and we all let him, because we're 10 times more tolerant than he'll ever be, and he knows it, and it probably really pisses him off.

to my knowledge, we have more than just the "mores" here. we have some "folkways". and one of 'em says, you try hard not to downvote, while unsifted, without a comment/reason.
the second, and more important, says you don't target an individual, and downvote their queue with clearly nothing more than malice in mind.

would shroom like to explain to anyone here, what he found so distasteful, about 2 malaysian kids holding hands?
while he tosses up a hacked-up PSA, from the 80's, about domestic violence, that we're supposed to find fucking amusing now?
it's the only upvote i've ever given here, that i genuinely regret.

because unlike the other 2 clips, that i did really like, and gave an honest (if confused) upvote, that one i only upvoted, in a vain attempt to be able to say what i wanted to tell him, and not have him do, the very thing he did anyway.

that's not all i have to say about the whole damn thing, but i also don't want to waste anyone's time. i just thought this was the pertinent timeline, from my point of view, and i'd be happy to bookmark this, answer any questions, as soon and as accurately as i can, and let everyone else here decide what, if anything, should happen to either of us.

thank you, all, for taking the time to read this. srsly.

- owen / m15

anything you wanna' know about this place, that ain't covered in the FAQ? ping me, anytime. i'm probably awake, anyway.

http://www.videosift.com/video/The-New-Day-Resolution

welcome to the sift, bub.

The who is Eric. The how is typing *return. The what would be the video. Not sure about the last part. I know being home on a Saturday night might not be exactly what you had in mind, but tomorrows a new day. Keep your chin up.

I think the AVGN expanded on that rather somber death message quite tactfully in one of his reviews. I vividly remember having my whole family die, one at a time and each by some random and further debilitating fatal disease, in Oregon Trail on the the old Apple IIe in kindergarten. There was just no sense to it all. Each new day brought the promise of a fresh start and a dead relative. Back when a floppy was actually floppy. Good times.

Theo47 - can you give me a link to that info ???
Ha, Christian theology is polythiestic (father, son, holy spirit - easier to get those pagans to convert :-)
and the christians call Hindus an abominiation for believing in multiple gods ?

"Pastor Jerry Gibson spoke at Doug White's New Day Covenant Church in Boulder.
He said that every true Christian should be ready and willing to take up arms to kill the enemies of Christian society.

http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/?last_story=/tech/htww/2007/07/12/hindu_prayer_2/

Uhhhh... lemme jump in here to say this about that-bamdrews pulpit there refers to one of my favorite topics, Wobal Glorming- If you think that paying an inordinant amount of attention to any one aspect of the homosapien dance will profit the world...well, look at poor old Paul McCartney and the bozo HE married.

Look man, plain and simple,mother earth belches more toxic waste than any of us will ever!!!! Does this not compute???

Otherwise, there is no doubt that we fuck up biodiversity every time we turn around-But....here we are, at the beginning of a new day and we can all still breathe, Jesus has not come back, we did not destroy the planet with nukaler bombs-Enjoy the day, god, its gorgeous here....as in , WHAT THE F...K CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT WITHOUT DOING AWAY WITH ALL OUR TOYS AND EMBRACING THE POLITICS OF NOMADIC HEARDERS AND FARMERS???

Sorry folks, I do tend to carry myself away.

for all you dreamers, there is always the Unabomber's Manifesto......

question about this, actually... is this a rolling 24 hour period? or is it by the midnight-is-a-new-day method?
if i post 3 vids just before midnight, could i then theoretically post 3 more vids a few minutes later after the clock hits midnight?