May 21, 2011

Some of  "the believers" are saying that Judgment Day will come as soon as May 21st this year. I am not sure I can wait that long to see some people getting what they deserve.

And after that the world will end on October 21st, 2011.

I so want to be around on both May 22nd and October 22nd just for the fun of it... And thinking of it, wasn't there something exciting that was going to happen in 2012 also? I seem to remember a website and a movie...

By golly, we live in exciting times!

Music Awareness 2011

I have been having some problems with this post, because I firmly believe that any cultural manifestation in itself - and by necessity - is a comment upon the prevailing norms, ideas and beliefs in the social context where it is preformed.

In my mind the song "How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?" is truly a statement on it´s time and therefore political. A political song can of course embrace the norms, ideas and beliefs of it´s time and location as-well as it can be an apparent protest against them or an allegory or a cover-up. '

To me the theme of this event contains a self contradiction, but what the hell I´ll plug it anyway. Live music is after all one of the best things about SecondLife.

Thanks to Diana for the information!

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On Easter weekend of 2008 MUSIC NOT POLITICS, with the assistance of Money Island and JSP Island, set out to raise awareness of live music in SL.  A 48 hour live event was held on the Money Island Sims.  The general music groups, musicians and venues were invited to participate in the event which ran 52 hours and brought over 1,100 new fans to the music scene.  On Easter Weekend 2009, the now annual Music Awareness event, carried on for over 100 hours.   Easter weekend 2010 saw over 100 hours of live music and tons of new members to the music community! 

JOIN US AS WE LAUNCH with the assistance of Sicly Live Venue and Mall and Money Island OUR 4th ANNUAL MUSIC AWARENESS EVENT April 22, 2011 at 12pm.  This event is anticipated to run longer than 100 hours.  

MUSICIANS WISHING TO PARTICIPATE

CALENDAR WILL BE UP ON THE WEB FROM JANUARY 16th FORWARD.

Musicians wishing to participate in this event are required to contact Throughthesewalls Moody directly and ONLY through EMAIL at annualmusicawareness@gmail.com.

Check calendar and updates at http://musicnotpolitics.com  and go to the Music Awareness tab scroll ahead to April 22nd and beyond and pick your date and time and email me at annualmusicawareness@gmail.com . I check the email once a day so get on the list.

This event will be staffed by MUSIC NOT POLITICS staff and volunteers.  If you are interested in volunteering your time to help with the event please contact Moody at annualmusicawareness@gmail.com

Any Venues wishing to participate and/or help with promotion please send an email to Throughthesewalls Moody at annualmusicawareness@gmail.com

Thank you

Throughthesewalls Moody

MUSIC NOT POLITICS, Inc.

EMAIL FOR THIS EVENT ONLY

annualmusicawareness@gmail.com  

Happy Rezday, Apollon!

Absolutely everyone seems to be having their rezdays now, so here is another one... my friend Apollon Allen!

I am sure you all recognize him as the winner of my earlier project "Naked Avatars in SecondLife" even if he happens to have clothes on in this picture.

Happy 4th rezday Apollon. Big hugs!

Firefox 4 Beta - Love is Restored

Phewwww there are so many things I love about Mozilla Firefox that my recent problems with the Firefox 3.6.? browser were really a big pain in the butt (and not the pleasant kind).

Now I found "Firefox 4 Beta 10" and everything seems to be working very smoothly. I love it, love it!

Survey on Virtual Grief

Photo courtesy of Millimina Salamander

Yesterday I received a note card from my friend Kandinsky Beaumont and from the "Remembering Our Friends" group in SecondLife that I would ,like to share with you.

"Have you ever created a memorial page or a group in the Internet?

Have you ever attended a virtual memorial service, commemorations or a wake in a game?

Has a close family member or a friend deceased lately and you would like to share your thoughts about mourning, memorialization and honoring the memory of the deceased?

I am a Finnish doctoral student from the University of Turku, Digital culture, and my doctoral thesis is about digitalization of death and mourning rituals in virtual environments (more about me: http://bittiavaruuteen.wordpress.com/in-english/).

I am looking for people to fill out a short 10 question survey and/or join me for an interview either in Second Life or through e-mail. Please fill out your e-mail or SL-name in the questionnaire form, if you would like to be contacted later.

Survey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RC6WBFB

I am grateful for all help possible in my study! Please pass on this message to anyone it might interest.

With kind regards,

Morita Hoxley a.k.a. Anna Haverinen"

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I would like to encourage everyone to share their experiences with Morita/Anna!

Joe.My.God on Love & Friendship

I found these strong words of love and friendship on Joe Jervis blogg Joe.My.God and was deeply touched.

For the original post "I Will Hold You Ten Times"

First Joe´s preface to the post: "As longtime readers know, there are four or five JMG entries that I repost every year. This is one of them. My dear friend Daniel Johnson, who threw the most kickass Groundhog's Day birthday parties for himself, would have been 54 years old today. His was a life that burned brightly and I am illuminated still. Daniel Johnson, 1957-1997.

Missing A Friend

I don´t know what made you feel you had to close your blog or why you felt you had to leave SecondLife. I miss you and I miss your blog.

You have always been one of the persons with the biggest heart I ever met in any world, both virtual or real.

Every time you saw or understood that someone was hurting or in need of comfort, be it man, woman or animal, you were always there, ready with a hug and a few kind words.

I understand you must be hurting now, Carla, so this is only to tell you I for one hope you come back to us when you feel you have the strength and the stamina to deal with it all.

A thousand hugs to you!