Hey everyone. So I decided to spare you the long essay and just do a video instead.
Advanced warning though that I was REALLY sleepy when recording this so I go off one this longgg tangent about stale baguettes.
I actually re-recorded this about three times because of my angry rant at the end of it but then I just ranted for even longer each time...so I decided to stick with the original version.
Also...when I go off on that rant about Americans and voting I was unclear - I was only referring to those people who vote for a party just cuz their parents and parents' parents did. etc. etc. etc.
So without further ado...
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DUHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletePatrick Manning! Maybe he's related to me. And yes I listened to the whole thing. No, I didn't understand most of it. :)
ReplyDeleteAr! Ashley! I am so angry at you!
ReplyDeleteWhat color camera did you get?
Silver...cuz I waited too long and the price went up on the others. But I got a bright pink camera case :D
ReplyDeleteMy take.. and possibly my first entry to my new blog (When I am King (or Emperor!))
ReplyDeleteAs bad as manning may seem, it is entirely wrong of you to compare him to Robert Mugabe..
Firstly Mugabe was once a national hero ... Manning never was and never will be
Secondly, the methods which Mugabe has employed to keep power have never been seen in our jump up/fete country and I pray to God never will be..
Thirdly, despite every politician using race for their ends and means in Trinidad, I don't think we are facing or have faced racial tensions to the extent displayed in both Colonial and POCO Southern Africa..
I also take offense with your statement of 90% of Trinidadians being stupid people... We are actually quite intelligent by the standards of the third world.. We have also produced some of the most brilliant scholars you have ever come across (Eric Williams, Rudranath Capildeo, CLR James, ANR Robinson, Naipaul etc.. you get my point)..
So, its not that Trinidadians are inherently stupid, many just choose not to use their intelligence in facets of life such as political expression, fiscal responsibility and in calculating how long they choose to spend in the US for their summer vacation far exceeding the time allotted to them by their visitor visa........
Also, credit to you for saying Trinidadians are afraid of the rain.. Don't you see it every time to you go to the beach? People scampering out of the WATER the moment a drop of rain falls, as though they will get more wet than they intended?
So... that said, I actually support the creation of a NAPA type venue.. I consider it long overdue... However I do not agree with how it was and will be done.. Firstly the location/architecture is entirely out of place.. If they chose said location, it should have been done to fit the surrounding buildings such as Knowlsey and Victoria Institute which of course may soon be merged into one but I will get to that later... So yes, they needed a state of the art performing arts center but certainly a capacity of more than 800 would be necessary.. and the fact that it can only fit 800 Chinese sized people is shameful for a building of such immense proportions , both physically and monetary..
This brings me to my point about what the building should have been.. they should have used that NAPA idea and/or the Grand Stand to create a local culture hall of fame/museum.. It would be too simple to call it a Calypso hall of fame because that would be disregarding other important facets of our culture including Chutney (RIP Sundar Popo), Soca, Rapso, Stickfighting, Pan (and associated tambu bamboo), extempo and mas itself, both from the big yard and the street...
Despite the best efforts by collectors such as George Maharaj and Ray Fung the gov't and other entities have completely ignored this and will continue to for the foreseeable future, of course taking the time to laud each passing Icon along the way (Kitch, Lion, Duke, Sundar Popo etc)..
As it stands, the largest collection of Calypso and local music accessible to the public is in the National Museum itself, a paltry total amounting to possibly 10% of what I have so don't talk for the collectors mentioned above...
Using that to segway into my next point, I support Pat Bishop/LeRoy Clarke in being upset about her purported removal from the programme at a recent Museum event. If the event organisers are so spineless that they would not stand up to the gov't ministry responsible for her removal, then who will defend them when the inevitable landgrab on their building occurs?
For the first time I feel some kinship with Suffragettes in picturing myself chained to the white gates of the Museum when the first excavator arrives haha..
I could keep on going but this is the end on MY rant.. take that yo!
NME
Greatest rant I ever read. You should send it to the newspapers. :)
ReplyDeleteAlso...let's chain ourselves to the museum. I think it's a worthwhile investment of time. We could be like Choc'late Allen or however you spell her name. Then we'll get an award and a free D&G cell phone etc. but not actually accomplish anything. :D
Well when I run out of water and can't bathe it's your ass I'm calling to complain hahhaa
ReplyDeleteAnd to Nic: superb..good points there.. I had actually wanted to call and tell you about the Pat Bishop thing but glad that you heard about it as I remembered you telling me that the Govt wanted the building..
But truth is Ash, it's not that Trinis are stupid...it's just pure laziness. There are so many people out there who see what is going on and are disgruntled but by nature, we accept and just don't do anything. Hopefully the day will come when we all are willing to stand up and defend what we have here...but until then, there will always be only the few individuals who make their voices heard time and time again.
HOW DARE YOU HATE ON AMERICAN POLITICS?!!! WE ARE THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!! NAY, EVER!!!!
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ya, you know how much i hate american politics lol. everything is so bipartisan it makes me wanna puke.