Now for the originals:-

TOFFPOX: Prudence! What kind of person drinks rum?
PRUDENCE: …A person who wants to get drunk?
TOFFPOX: No! Yes! I mean – what sort of rogue is usually associated with rum?
PRUDENCE: …Johnny Depp?
TOFFPOX: …Who?
PRUDENCE: Johnny Depp, the local barman.
TOFFPOX: (disdainfully) “Johnny Depp, the local barman”?
PRUDENCE: Yes – well, if you told me to say the first thing that comes into my head when you say “rum”, I would say “Johnny Depp”, because he’s the local barman, and serves alcohol, including rum, so, yes, he’s the sort of rogue that I would associate with –
TOFFPOX: No, no, Prudence, you’re missing my point –
PRUDENCE: Which is?
TOFFPOX: Pirates! Pirates drink rum!
PRUDENCE: …And?
TOFFPOX: We could dress up as pirates and run away to sea!

First night of Fairytale Shorts – ten minute fairytale adaptations/devised pieces performed by the uni’s drama society – went well. My short, “Scurvy Curs: A Delightful Tale of Whimsy”, about two ladies who seek adventure as a badly-disguised male pirate and a parrot named Nobstradamus, went down well. I am extremely pleased with the audience’s reaction to the whole thing. Pirates having an orgy to the tunes of “Love Shack”, a maid with a feather duster wound into a coathanger and worn as a headdress and the crew dancing around the stage to “Why Is The Rum Gone?” seem to go down well with people my age and older, which excites me. I’m glad I wasn’t just writing stuff that I thought was hysterically funny and alienated everybody else. AND they laughed a lot at my character, which I suspect is because of the highly nasal voice and the glasses perched on the end of my nose. I love Bluster. She’s insane.

COCKSWAIN: Do ye swear by the sword that ye really be a scurvy cur and yer true callin’ be to run through bluejackets and lobsters?
BLUSTER: Are you averse to killing naval officers of any sort?
TOFFPOX: No.
BLUSTER: No.
COCKSWAIN: And be ye true to the sweet trade until ye find yeself in Davy Jones’s locker?
BLUSTER: Will you be a pirate until you cop it?
TOFFPOX: …I suppose so.
BLUSTER: Yes.

Second and final night of the performance tonight. I had a nightmare that I was forced to rewrite the entire thing and everything fell apart on the night, and I’m glad that’s not the case. (I guess now that I’ve written that, half my cast is going to fall ill or break body parts. I hope not.)

In other, more academically-focused news, I got the same mark in both my first essays for this year: THREE MARKS short of a first. I started out on a trip of self-loathing once more, until my seminar tutor told me that actually, it’s really good at this stage, and next time I can work towards a first. I am very happy indeed. I got a couple of firsts last year, which don’t count towards my degree mark, but I hope to repeat the performance again. It’s very odd. I’m used to A*s in all my English pieces of work, so not getting a first kind of equated to getting a B. You won’t really appreciate this until you know that, consistently throughout my school life, I have been achieving among the highest marks in the year in everything to do with English. It was that one subject that I never ever really tried hard at but enjoyed and got high marks in anyway. Science and Maths? Bollocks to them.

I leave you with this most important moral message from my play:
BLUSTER: And disregarding the danger of STDs, they all lived happily ever after. Remember girls, you CAN do anything, but you WILL end up as a sexual object anyway!

In Huize Zutphen zijn dino’s het gesprek van de dag. Geenszins uitgestorven, maar superhip. Aldus togen wij vanmorgen mét ons reptielennest naar Naturalis te Leiden voor de doldwaze dinodagen.

Wij keken daar de ogen uit. Nu deed vader dat al tijdens zijn studententijd, maar om andere redenen. (Je hoeft trouwens geen gepromoveerd bioloog te zijn om het verschil te zien tussen de kippen van toen en nu, maar dit geheel terzijde.)

Prachtig en indrukwekkend. Wij raakten niet uitgesproken over die beesten- ik hoop dat iedereen vannacht rustig slaapt…

B52s – Meet the Flinstones

Ice Age Crew – Walk the Dinosaur

Marc Bolan & T-Rex – Hot Love

Sunday at Austin City Limits Music Festival 2009 ended up being the best day of music that I have ever seen at the event. Pearl Jam and Michael Franti and Spearhead ripped my face off. Clear skies prevailed overhead, but underfoot the trodden earth remained in a state of mud. Indicative of the diversity of the Austin music scene, the day progressed from dance pop to Texas rock to country to hip-hop-jam-band fusion to pure grunge rock.

The day began with the light-hearted dance pop of the Atlanta-based group the The B-52’s. From past punk pop classics like
”Private Idaho” to the new electronic dance hits like 
”Funplex” the The B-52’s covered tunes from all eras of their musical catalog.
The pop ballad “Roam” electrified the crowd, while fun songs like
”Strobe Light,”
”Hot Corner,” and
”Love in the Year 3000″ kept the crowd dancing. The The B-52’s pleased the audience capping the set with their mega-pop-hits
”Love Shack” and
”Rock Lobster.”

From the pop of the 1980s and 199s I transitioned to the alternative and grunge rock sounds of the North Texas-based rock band The Toadies. The sounds of the rock music of the 1990s and 2000s elicits memories about my teenage years. The new album No Deliverance has some chops like the tune “No Deliverance,” but I really like the tunes from the early album Rubberneck, such as “Backslider,” “I Come From The Water,” and
”Tyler.”
 And of course the song that took the cake at ACL was “Possum Kingdom.” The north Texas rockers played a very nice version of this hit song about murder behind a boathouse.

The Miami-based Raul Malo brought American roots music and the wonderful power of multiculturalism to ACL. Western Swing, Jazz, Country, and Latin rhythms collide in Raul Malo’s music. If Frank Sinatra, Bob Wills, and Freddie Fender had a baby, then it might look and sound a lot like Raul Malo. The former Mavericks front man opened with
”Every Little Thing About You” and played
the beautiful track “Lucky One.” The song
”Dance The Night Away” had people of all ages dancing in the mud. And finally
”It Only Hurts Me When I Cry” displayed the crooning ability of Raul Malo’s marvelous voice.

Michael Franti & Spearhead brought the house down. The set list included several songs from the new album All Rebel Rockers, which in my opinion is one of the best albums of 2009. New songs like “Say Hey (I Love You)” and
”A Little Bit Of Riddim” have been reggaefied and funkdafied and make for amazing live music. Franti pulled songs from earlier albums too like the fun song
”Hello Bonjour,” but the new tracks like
the “Rude Boys Back In Town” rocked the house.

The bass got louder with “Everybody Ona Move” and then Franti rocked us from the
”East to the West” before having us
”Yell Fire!.”
Michael Franti showed his sensitive side with two different heart-felt version of “Hey World (Don’t Give Up Version).” Then Spearhead set the stage on fire with the powerful message tune “Everyone Deserves Music” and the soul power ballad
”I Got Love For You.” The band concluded with their popular new dancehall track
”Say Hey (I Love You),” which little kids and old people alike sang together at the top of their lungs. People danced, sang, and cried. It was kind of like a spiritual revival. Michael Franti and Spearhead are a must see live music act. Their musical power cannot be understated.

After being awed by Spearhead I turned around to see Pearl Jam open their set with the 1990s power ballad “Why Go” from the legendary album Ten. We raced to the front of the main stage as the spectacular day of live music continued. The Pearl Jam set list included many well-known songs like “Corduroy” and my favorite tune “Elderly Woman Behind The Counter in a Small Town.”
From newer tracks like “World Wide Suicide” to old-school favorites like
”Even Flow,” Pearl Jam wailed and rocked and kicked out the jams. I had heard a lot of hype about Pearl Jam and it seems to all be true. These guys a true blood rock and rollers.

The set continued with sing-a-longs to “Daughter” and rip-roaring guitars over the
”State Of Love And Trust.” The new single “The Fixer” from the album Backspacer sounded as fresh as the older tunes, driving hard guitars over quality vocals and lyrics. Pearl Jam’s music making and song writing have stayed crisp and hard hitting. 
”Go” and then
”Red Mosquito” featuring special guest  Ben Harper on pedal steel kept the crowd in a constant state of awe. 
The hard rockin’ continued with “Do The Evolution” and The Who cover with
”The Real Me.”

Pearl Jam’s grand finale killed. “Alive” brought the crowd to a fevered pitch when Eddie Vedder invited a very special guest to the stage. Perry Farrell came to the stage in front of an astounded crowd for a rip-roaring cover of Jane’s Addiction “Mountain Song.” The kings of alternative rock aligned for an energetic cover a classic grunge-era tune. The boys from Seattle capped the night with an amazing version of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World.”

Above: Sunday evening found me and Tracie B tattered by the rain and mud at the Austin City Limits musical festival but warm and happy at the dinner table of the inimitable Bill Head — Austinite bon vivant and all-around good fellow. Bill made a wonderful ragù alla bolognese and so I brought along a bottle of Lini Lambrusco (in this case, Lambrusco di Sorbara). As restaurateur Danny Meyer likes to say, “if it grows with it, it goes with it.”

If you happen to find yourself near a computer this afternoon at 3 p.m. (Texas time), please check out a live chat that I will be doing today with Austin American-Statesman social columnist Michael Barnes at Out and About (Austin360.com).

Above: We were also joined Sunday night by Austin natural treasure Mary Gordon Spence (to Bill’s left), writer, humorist, and radio personality, who had many wonderful tales to tell of her recent trip to Italy, and University of Texas professor of government David Edwards.

We’ll be chatting about the series of classes on Italian wine I’m teaching every Tuesday at The Austin Wine Merchant beginning this evening.

Tonight’s class is sold out and the others are filling up quickly but there is still some space available. My favorite session is Italian Wine and Civilization (Tuesday, November 10), where we read a passage from Italian literature or history, and then taste a wine in some way pertinent to the text. Did you know that Niccolò Machiavelli was a winemaker, for example?

In other news…

Tracie B and I braved the rain and mud at this year’s Austin City Limits festival on Sunday. We didn’t stay long but did get to catch the B52s’s set, which couldn’t be anything other than super fun, and we also enjoyed super-shiny sisters-and-brother bluegrass/country act Jypsi (below). Jypsi was a little slick for my taste but man can they play!

Just over a year ago, I came to Austin for the second time to visit with Tracie B. Do you remember? Here’s a little post from the archive. We recreated the Austin City Limits photo op this year, except for this time sans mustache!

There are references to over 75 bands in the picture above. See how many you can find. Click to enlarge.

Det här med att läsa kvällskurser är riktigt kul. Jag måste bara vänja mig vid tanken på att faktiskt plugga också. Det är rätt sporadiskt som det är nu.
-Håhå det är ju jättelångt kvar till tentan i Januari
Mmm jodå.

Dagens låt, totalt sönderspelad. Likt gårdagens FiiL en rätt enkel och banal sång. Av noveltyklass mer än pop-epos. Den hade mått allra bäst av att få vara ett öronsmycke för de enbart invigda än de stora massornas töntdanssång.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viuGhdeLXHo

I’m leaving for Las Vegas on Sunday!!

It’s been almost six months since I started planning this trip – mostly because I require that much time to scrape up the funds for stuff like this – and I can’t believe it’s almost here!

I’m nervous about going, food-wise.

I know that I’m on vacation and I know that I deserve a “break” from counting calories, but since this is a lifestyle change rather than a diet, I don’t feel like going away and having a food free for all.  That’s not a lifestyle I really want to cultivate.  I don’t want to be one of those people who come back from vacation and find I can’t get my jeans on.

Therefore, like everything else, I’ve got a plan.  I really believe the only way to succeed at this lifestyle change thing is to always be prepared, just like a Girl Guide (or Scout for my readers from south of the border) and to have a plan.

The plan is thus:

Watch what I’m eating.  No going overboard.  Fruit, egg white omelets (if I can find them), cereal with skim milk for breakfasts.  Lunch should be salads, soups or sandwiches.  Drink lots of water throughout the day.  TRY to avoid alcohol as much as possible.  Eat a SENSIBLE dinner – avoid bad stuff like fried foods and tons of cheese. 

I found a Weight Watchers close to the Vegas strip and I’m determined to do my weigh in on Tuesday like normal.  I think it will help me keep on track.

I’m going to have a really great birthday dinner though.  I made reservations at Mesa Grill and I plan to have an appetizer AND dessert!  It only comes around once a year so I figure it’s worth it.

My hotel has a gym but I think I’ll be too busy to use it.  I’m counting on walking tons every day while sightseeing and I’m hoping that will be enough exercise, in combination with sensible eating, to prevent a massive weight gain.  I’m willing to fluctuate up a bit, but I really don’t want to gain more than five pounds while I’m away.  I don’t think it would be so hard to gain a pound a day in a place called Sin City.

I have no idea what internet access will be available to me while I’m there and I’m not taking my laptop.  I’m looking forward to having an “unplugged” vacation.  If I spot a cafe, I’ll try to check in on Tuesday with my WW results.  Otherwise, I’ll talk at you next Saturday!

Saturday night at Harper’s Ferry (7/25)  brought out some great music from the local indie scene.  Of course Freezepop rocked it; The New Collisions were fantastic on stage (see pictures) and Provocateur opened the night well.  I was able to grab hold of Sarah and Scott Guild from the New Collisions before the show to ask them some quick questions about themselves, their music and their time in Boston. [Editorial note: The band was recently asked to open for Blondie, and to join the B52 for part of their east coast tour!]

Peter Gollands:  So you guys aren’t from Boston originally.  Why did you choose Boston as the place to begin your project?

Sarah Guild: Well we went to a music conference in Philly, not that we were living there, but happened to be there and we met some cool people from Boston and it seemed like a place to start.  And we had contacts already, so we were psyched about that.

Peter Gollands:  You did hear about WBCN closing its doors right?

Scott Guild: Yeah, yeah.

Sarah Guild: It’s a bummer.

Peter Gollands:  Do you feel like that this is a good chance for the music scene to rise up out of it?

Scott Guild: I think what’s interesting is that the music industry isn’t necessarily based in Boston; most of that is L.A., Nashville or New York.  But there’s a great chance, as a result, for people to make original, authentic music here that can go national. Bands like Freezepop, Passion Pit… But, because the industry machine isn’t here, there’s more room to become original.

Sarah Guild:  I feel like there’s a lot of community in the Boston music scene.  I think that it’s a good place to be nurtured.

Peter Gollands: How do you mean – community between bands?

Sarah Guild:  Between bands.  Bands come out to see each other all the time.  We’re all promoting stuff together.

Scott Guild:  And we’ve only been here playing for 6 or 7 months and everybody has been supportive and encouraging to try to help us move forward.

Peter Gollands:  Well if you make good music, people are going to support you right?

Scott Guild:  It’s more than that though.  In some places you make good music…

Sarah Guild: And they hate you! (Laughs)

Scott Guild: (Also laughs) Yeah they try to hurt you. But it’s wonderful being here.

Peter Gollands: I’ve been hearing this more, but apparently Boston is infamous for concert goers just standing at shows with their arms crossed.

Scott Guild:  I think a lot of it is that Boston music crowds are listening.  A lot of times the people that come out will be standing there with their arms crossed for the whole show, and then come up to you afterwards and say “Hey that was a great set, man”.  A lot of it is them coming out just to appreciate [the music].

Sarah Guild:  I feel that because there are a lot of musicians in town – there’s Berkeley, and other music conservatories -  that people know how to use their ears.

Peter Gollands: A lot of great bands come out of those schools.

 Scott Guild:  Yeah, this city is really filled with music.

Peter Gollands: Where do you see your music going from here?

Scott Guild:  We’re really trying to take our music national.  We’re doing a national tour and releasing our EP nationally in the fall.  The whole movement of our band is trying to get out to as many people as possible.  Things have taken off for us so much in Boston, we just feel like there’s this momentum behind us and we have to take advantage of it while we can. 

Peter Gollands: It’s your fulltime job?

Scott Guild:  Yeah we’re working 60-70 hours a week, practicing 3 times a week with the band.

Sarah Guild: Networking…

Peter Gollands: Are you networking with just bands? Or are you also looking at trying it with artists? I know you guys are interested in the art scene too.

Scott Guild: Tonight we’re working with a projection guy. We’re always interested in trying to connect as many different angles.  Whenever we play shows now we like to have a DJ to end the night.  This night is great because Freezepop put in one of our good friends Michael V, the DJ from the Pill.  We’re trying to bring as many elements together to make live shows a big event.

Peter Gollands: So instead of making it a show, you’re trying to make it more of an experience?

Sarah Guild: Yeah, absolutely.  It’s the live show that’s our focus.  We’re definitely careful and intentional when we’re recording, but I feel like that’s not going to get us out there – everyone has an album, you know what I mean?  You have to be good live.

Article by Peter Gollands

Photos by Bridget Toner

Do have a seat here in Bedrock and relive the old memories.

“Flintstones, meet the Flintstones, they’re a modern stone-age family.

From the town of Bedrock, it’s a place right out of history.”

And that’s it for me…I cannot remember the rest of the song and it’s too early for the research…if you know it, post it! Otherwise just hum the rest…

(Humming. For people who don’t know the rest of the words.) That line is from something too. Long day ahead…

I think BIG Bam-Bam and BIG Pebbles are appearing in this photo. Making modern computer-age history. Or time-traveling.

UPDATED PICTURES HERE!! Thanks for coming back!

I took a side shot! Cave drawings!

And the back! This bench is a really good one!

Kate Langenburg/A&E Groove

Crosby, Stills, and Nash will perform on August 9. Photo from boston.com.

One of Pennsylvania’s largest summer music festivals opens its doors to tons of waiting fans today, offering three special performances by The Commodores, Martin Sexton, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

Musikfest has been happening in downtown Bethlehem for the past twenty five years now. It has brought many large acts from all across the country to the smallish town in Pennsylvania.

This year, the festival will feature 300 performers, including 10 nightly headlining shows. The concerts will take place on fourteen different stages, eleven of which are free. (Free is good.)

Here’s a quick run through of some of the headliners. You can find information on the rest of the bands performing on the lineup website. I would love to list them all for you, but then this post would never end.

• The Commodores
• Chris Isaak/The Wallflowers
• Yes with special guest Asia
• David Cook with Green River Ordinance
• Third Eye Blind with Matt Nathanson
• The B-52s/Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
• Puddle of Mudd with special guest Stasis
• Pat Benetar & Blondie with The Donnas
• George Thorogood and the Destroyers with Jonny Lang
• Crosby, Stills & Nash

You can see that the festival offers something for everyone. The musical tastes being provided are certainly eclectic to say the least. Each headliner (or two) will be performing one of the nine nights the festival runs.

It should be noted that the headliners cost some money. You can find tickets for each show here. But if you don’t feel like spending the money, there are still tons of free performers spread out all over Bethlehem. It might be quite nice to just walk around and take in the sights and sounds. There are also craft, art, and food vendors all over the place, too.

The whole town pretty much turns into one big music celebration. I recommend you join in the fun!

Get the low down at Musikfest.org.

The B52s have just chosen Boston’s The New Collisions to join them on their east coast tour this summer. The tour will go from outside Boston to Cape Cod and the Wolf Trap National Park in Virginia, one of the largest venues in the state. 

Unusually, the band had no part in setting up the opportunity. They were unaware that they were even being considered.

“I was sitting on my couch and got a phone call from an unknown number,” says guitarist/songwriter Scott Guild. “I answered, and it was the William Morris Agency with an offer to tour with the B52s. I was expecting a telemarketer.”

“The B52s are one of our favorite bands from our favorite era of music,” says frontwoman Sarah Guild. “The fact that they found us is awesome.”

The New Collisions will be direct support for The B52s at The Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis, MA, on Saturday, August 1; The South Shore Music Circus in Cohasset, MA, on Sunday, August 2; and Wolf Trap National Park (The Filene Center) in Vienna, VA, on Saturday, August 8. 

“We work hard as a band, so this is a great surprise,” says Sarah. “It makes us really believe in what we’re doing.”

A couple of times  now (here, here, & there) I have made mention of Governors Island. While I haven’t given too much information NYMag comes through this week with an entire comprehensive guide to the island, the happenings on the island, and why you should go to the island.

I am a bit of a hypocrite in that I haven’t been there myself, but I have made a list of 10 things/reasons I need to go & why you should too.

1. Free boat ride every hour to the island.  Yes FREE. Thank you tax dollars!

2. Amazing views of Manhattan, Brooklyn, & Staten Jersey (they are basically one place right?)

3. FREE (you know how much I love free) Mini-Golf.

4. There are open grassy areas just like Central Park, but without the crowds.

5. FREE (yes free) concerts throughout the summer featuring artists like Mos Def & the B52’s (ie:read variety for all different people/age groups)

6.  You can a)bring your bike or b) rent a bike! I can’t even rent a bike where I live in Brooklyn!  There are about 200 singles (from $10 for one hour), as well as a few tandems (from $15 for one hour) and quads (from $20 for one hour). On Fridays rentals are FREE!

7.  You can learn something.  Who doesn’t love History?!? You can take a 45 minute tour of the island with a Park Ranger who will educate you on the fort & the island.

8. Go for the arts (ie: culture!) Creative Time presents Plot 09: This World and Nearer Ones. Creative Time commissions projects by over 20 major international artists, which will be installed across Governors Island this summer. Free and open to the public on June 27. For more information, visit www.creativetime.org

9. In historic “Building 408,” eight painters exhibit their watercolors and oil paintings made on- site, on Governors Island.

10. All summer there will be a sustainable cities summer lecture series by the CUNY institute.  Check out the topics here.

I’m going to try and do a “top five things I’m into” with regards to fashion once a week. Here’s my first attempt.

1) Long silly necklaces. Etsy has some awesome ones.

2) Purple lipstick. By Mac Cosmetics, of course. Not the Lady Gaga lavender, more of a deep, dramatic purple.

creaaaamy

3) B-52’s Hair. As soon as I get my dreads unknotted, I am all over this style.

4) Lace or crocheted backs detailing. This is both a sweater dress and has a crocheted back, so its a double win.

5) Tim Gunn. I wish I had a mini-Tim in my closet, who would scrutinize my outfit in the mornings and tell me “Less is more. Make it work!”

So there you go, a random five obsessions for the week. Drop a comment with your top five if you want : )

Um dos mais belos duetos da música: Iggy Pop (esse cara não envelhece! rs) e Kate Pierson do B52’s.

Música de 1994, um dos hits mais populares da década!

Enfim… véspera de feriado, e de malas prontas para viajar! Uhuuu!

Bom feriado a todos.

ENJOY!

Bjs e Abraços

Sou viciado em Youtube, não tem jeito! Bom quem não é?  

Nesse video o comediante Rick Miller canta “Bohemian Rhapsody” do Queen imitando 25 vozes, segundo ele, as 25 vozes mais chatas do meio músical, entre elas, Axel Rose, Steve Tyler, AC/DC, Ozzy, Beck, B52’s, Mettalica, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Barney o dinossauro, e mutchos mas… vale conferir  

Was wäre der Counterjihad ohne den irrlichternden Pop-Ork Aff-Affie? N-TV berichtet (1):

“Gaddafi verteidigt Piraten – Der libysche Präsident und neue Vorsitzende der Afrikanischen Union (AU), Muammar al-Gaddafi, hat die vor der somalischen Küste grassierende Seeräuberei verteidigt. Die kenianische Zeitung ‘Daily Nation’ berichtete, Gaddafi habe die Piraten bei seinem Antrittsbesuch im AU-Hauptquartier in der äthiopischen Hauptstadt Addis Abeba in Schutz genommen. Die Piraterie sei eine Art der Verteidigung gegen ‘gierige Nationen des Westens’, sagte er dem Bericht zufolge. ‘Es ist keine Piraterie, sondern SELBSTVERTEIDIGUNG. Es ist eine Verteidigung des Essens der somalischen KINDER’, erklärte Gaddafi zu dem Millionengeschäft mit der Erpressung von Lösegeld für gekaperte Schiffe.”

Hier zeigt sich m.E., daß die Islamkritiker falsch liegen, wenn sie den Mohammedanismus als “mittelalterlich” bezeichnen. Sie lägen auch falsch, wenn sie ihn als “antik” bezeichnen würden und auch dann noch, wenn sie ihn mit den allerersten alten Reichen verglichen. Denn mit ganz vorne am Anfang stand bei diesen das im Inneren Sicherheit schaffende “Gesetz”, also “eine Sammlung von ALLGEMEIN VERBINDLICHEN Rechtsnormen, die in einem förmlichen Verfahren von dem dazu ermächtigten staatlichen Organ – dem Gesetzgeber – erlassen worden ist. (Wiki)” Dabei ist es mE. bemerkenswert, dass schon eine der ältesten irdischen Gesetzessammlungen – der “Codex Hammurapi” des babylonischen Königs Hammurapi (*1810 v. Chr./†1750 v. Chr.) – auch den Gesetzgeber selbst an das Gesetz bindet: “Im Epilog wurde auf die Gerechtigkeit des Königs hingewiesen, und er empfahl darin seinen Nachfolgern, diese Gesetze im Sinne Hammurapis zu befolgen. Sollte ein Herrscher diesen Hinweis ignorieren, solle er VERFLUCHT sein. (Wiki)”

Zwar könnte man nun meinen, das Leben der Orks sei – grade weil es ja zu allem und jedem Millionen Hadithe und Zillionen Fatwas gibt – ein besonders sicheres Leben. Aber natürlich ist kein Mensch in der Lage, diese ungeheure Übermaß an Regeln zu memorieren und zu befolgen. Deshalb macht der Ork im Grunde ständig einen Fehler nach dem anderen, und deshalb wirken nur ganz wenige Gesetze TATSÄCHLICH auf ihn. Bei diesen denke ich weniger an schriftlich niedergelegte Rituale wie das 5-malige tägliche Hinwerfen oder die Am-Tag-Fasten-Aber-In-Der-Nacht-Fressen-Zeit usw., sondern eher die aus den Orkschriften resultierenden oder vielmehr durch sie hindurch wirksamen “Meta-Gesetze”: Dass man auf bloßen Verdacht hin präventiv zuschlägt zB., dass man solange Recht hat, bis mann erwischt wird und dass MANN den Schwächeren gnadenlos unten hält (2). Ich meine, daß das Ork-Recht nicht mehr als das durch eine Galaxie von skurilen Scheingesetzen verborgene uralte FAUSTRECHT ist, das – subjektive, relative, instabile, unkonkrete – Recht des Stärkeren. Wenn ein kleines Mädchen von 5 Männern vergewaltigt wird, wird es zum Tod verurteilt und vor 1000 Schaulustigen gesteinigt, und es ist ebenso mohammedanistisches RECHT – also FAUSTRECHT, also im Kern prähistorisches Recht – wenn mohammedanistische Seeratten westliche Schiffe kapern dürfen sollen.

Ich kann mich übrigens nicht erinnern, daß – bei aller Niedrigkeit und Feindschaft – so etwas Ungeheuerliches wie Aff-Affies Spruch seinerzeit je von einem hochrangigen kommunistischen Politiker, etwa Großmaul Castro, geäußert worden wäre. Hier zeigt sich mE. wieder mal der einzigartig gigantische Graben, der zwischen IHNEN und UNS liegt, und den die legendären “B52’s” in ihrem Song “Mesopotamia” sogar mit 6.000-8.000 Jahren vermessen (4.000 sind es aber sicher).

Hier der Text:

Turn your watch, turn your watch back,
about a hundred thousand years.
A hundred thousand years.

I’ll meet you by the third pyramid
I’ll meet you by the third pyramid
Ah come on, that’s what I want, we’ll meet
in Mesopotamia. oh oh oh

(We’re goin’ down to meet) I ain’t no student,
(Feel those vibrations) of ancient culture
(I know a neat excavation) Before I talk
I should read a book.
But there’s one thing I do know,
There’s a lot of ruins in Mesopotamia.

Six or eight thousand years ago
They laid down the law. Ah ha ha ha haa
Six or eight thousand years ago
They laid down the law. Ah ha ha ha haa

I’ll meet you by the third pyramid
I’ll meet you by the third pyramid
Ah come on, that’s what I want, we’ll meet
in Mesopotamia. oh oh oh

(We’re goin’ down to meet) Now I ain’t no student,
(Feel those vibrations) of ancient culture
(I know a neat excavation) Before I talk
I should read a book.
(Mesopotamia, that’s where I wanna go)
But there’s one thing that I do know,
(Mesopotamia, that’s where I wanna go)
There’s a lot of ruins in Mesopotamia.

Six or eight thousand years ago
They laid down the law. Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haa
Six or eight thousand years ago
They laid down the law. Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haa
In Mesopotamia. Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haa
They laid down the law. Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haa
In Mesopotamia. Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haa

Und hier eine Performance von 1982: (3)
26 Jahre später sind WIR immer noch fitter als die “heutige Jugend” je war, ist und sein wird, hähähä: (4)

Time am 6. Februar 2009

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(1) http://www.n-tv.de/1098458.html

(2) http://madrasaoftime.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/mohammedanismus-gewalt-0/

(3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLfbu7NzBWI&feature=related

(4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIItDsuzFY4

PS, apropos “Piraten”, Caesar löste das Piraten-Problem übrigens auf seine sehr spezielle Art: “Auf dem Weg nach Rhodos geriet Caesar bei der Insel Pharmakussa in die Gefangenschaft von Piraten. Angeblich habe er sie aufgefordert, ein höheres Lösegeld für ihn zu fordern, da er weitaus mehr wert sei als der eigentlich schon geforderte Preis. Nach seiner Freilassung organisierte er aber eine private Seestreitmacht, fing die Piraten und ließ sie kreuzigen, wie er es ihnen angekündigt hatte, als er noch ihr Gefangener war .” http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Cäsar