Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Thank God it's raining today...
I'm in a festering, surly type like mood,
ladles and gentlespoons.
George Carlin's Seven Dirty Words:
Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker and Tits.
Getting some nice profanity out in the open,
and I’m feeling better already.
In the words of Stan_Mack and his real life funnies, that's "Shock Therapy."
We can all thank the likes of people like Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, and many, many more, for the freedom of expression that not so long ago
could've had you cooling your heels in stir...
I'm a New Yorker, folks.
NYC was my stompin' ground and bootcamp.
And that's largely the reason why I'm so pissed off now-
Or maybe because it's so damned hot in Tokyo for June.
Or because I'm sick and tired of the same 'ole crap
that has happened just one too many times
for me to say “it’s just business, nothing personal."
Japanese promoters and agents and their musical stereotypes
are getting on my last nerve!
Yet another musical job me and the band
have been turned away from on account of jag-offs
who don't even listen to our music,
but decide we're not the "right" color
to perform for their “New York-styled” show.
This outright discrimination in Japan in all areas,
is a fact of life.
All those opposed can buy an exorbitantly priced airline ticket,
made especially so for the summer months, and head for Narita.
You can consistently do fantastic shows, filling up halls, clubs, etc.,
with a voice and back up musicians that transcend stereotypes,
and have a resume and recordings to back up your story-
But to some mental defectives in the music biz here,
you are merely a face card,
to be sorted by color and race.
It must be close to July,
that seems to be the time
when the needle on the unbelievably-stupid-shit-o-meter
seems to go off the charts...
Till next time... ( The Queen of Clubs) ‘Mela
9:43 PM
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Photo: Michio Yves Ueda
