Creative Deconstruction

P aying attention to politics means having to fill my mind with the image and sound of many awful people. A corrupt politician holds my mind hostage in a sense, because if I'm going to try to understand or even help the situation I have to know a good deal about them and what's going on. These are people I'd rather avoid. Cross the street if I saw them coming. But, they've carved out places for themselves between my resources and I, between my future and I, essentially forcing me to know their name and face, as if I “loved” them or held their mental image in my mind by choice. Fortunately I've learned how to skim articles for key information, and how to play video exposes at a faster speed than normal. For the most part, politics in this country is too-often a car accident that I can't look away from, on a highway that I can't realistically exit. At the risk of some online displaying their values by pointing out that what I'm abo...

    I 'm so unaccustomed to watching TV. I went without owning a television for about 10 years and now when I see busy news and show promos, loud fast-paced commercials with shaky camera shots edited by an editor that apparently has Attention Deficit Disorder, I'm kind-of insulted. I'm insulted by this way, this attempt of selling me things, as-if the producers assume that I can't focus on anything unless I'm yelled at. And, these type of sights and sounds are somewhat shocking, since I've maintained the pace of books and live music practice over the past ten years.     Television is obviously being made for people who've been desensitized to the point where you need the sound of explosions going-off often, and swooshing sounds to go along with colorful menu animations, shot switches every few seconds, constant panning to go along with anticipatory adrenaline-pumping cliffhanger content.    It's kind of sad. But, at the same time it's kind of h...

I don't know what's going on in the rest of the world concerning video rentals and watching movies, but here in the U.S. video rental places are basically extinct. Streaming movies through sites like Netflix and Youtube is how people watch movies now. Technology is changing things so rapidly, that kids who are 3 or 4 years old now may not even know that places like Blockbuster existed. (Much like what's happened with 'record stores' which sold not only records, but cassettes and CD's, and even 8-Track tapes for a while, but I'll write about record stores in another post)  Video rental places have been phased out. What was it like to watch a movie at home back in the good-'ol-days? Imagine it was a few years ago, and that me and my girlfriend were at home and not wanting to go out on a Friday night. And, we decide that we were both in the mood to watch a movie. We didn't just pick up a remote control, hit a few buttons and like wizardry, ...

Things I don’t like about facebook.  Some months ago, I uninstalled the facebook application on my phone. At first I found myself going through a type of withdrawal, for I didn’t know what to do with myself while standing in line after having deleted the app. I haven’t been using facebook that long, so I found myself working on lyrics instead before too long, or just thinking or humming things to myself, and engaging in conversation. People try to claim that facebook is no big deal, but that sh*t is addictive yo! And it isn’t as innocuous as some people make it out to be. There are many things I don't understand about facebook. One being that it's against facebook TOS to friend people you don’t know (Strangers)? If everyone on there is supposed to be someone you know, why would you post your work history, where you currently work, your birthday, your schooling, your relationships, if people you know already know these things about you? Hmm? (Conspiracy theorists, go!)  ...

Below you will find important links I've gathered to jump-start your understanding of Media Literacy. M edia is like a food you consume through your eyes and ears. It's good to know what that food is made of. Are you aware... There are fewer voices, as media ownership is consolidated in the hands of fewer than 10 wealthy individuals and global corporations News bias and public relations spin  (YouTube link for a film on modern -> " spin ") Violence is packaged as entertainment Children and teens are targeted by corporate advertisers Digital photo and film manipulation Media effects on community and personal relationships Media literacy is the ability to sift through and analyze the messages that inform, entertain and sell to us every day. It's the ability to bring critical thinking skills to bear on all media— from news, music videos, and Web environments to "product placement" in films and virtual display...

● www.GoliathFlores.com T his post will supply you with some guidelines for effectively showing the world who you are, what you do, where you've been, who you know, what you're listening to, and what you're eating. We are all unique individuals and facebook has given us a venue to publicly chronicle our lives. It has also helped people crystallize their digital personas . American society has been through many fads and changes throughout its history. Fads like "Break-Dancing, owning a "Pager/Beeper", and having a myspace have come and gone (Whats a 'myspace' you ask? Haha!) . But, today having a facebook account is increasingly popular. Facebooking is not only a modern fad, it's a "meta" fad riding on the advances of computer technology. Having an "on-line" presence has become an essential ingredient for a successful life in society. There are many things that can make people assume you've "gone off t...

(mediaclone) 1, 2, and 3 mg tablets. B ack in the day when the Bush administration started driving a tank towards the decline of the economy and over the Bill of Rights and The Constitution, before he handed the controls over to Obama who's driving it now... I made a little commercial for a drug I invented named Denialis®, the successor to Ingnorzital®.

Foolish People News is becoming like the Jerry Springer Show. It doesn't feel good to be labeled without evidence. Famous Quotes "SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP!" "Be quiet! I'm right and your wrong!" "I stand for good! You stand for evil!" Indiana University research study of, O'Reilly during a six-month period. Published in the Journal Journalism Studies ... "The seven propaganda devices include: * Name calling -- giving something a bad label to make the audience reject it without examining the evidence; * Glittering generalities -- the opposite of name calling; * Card stacking -- the selective use of facts and half-truths; * Bandwagon -- appeals to the desire, common to most of us, to follow the crowd; * Plain folks -- an attempt to convince an audience that they, and their ideas, are "of the people"; * Transfer -- carries over the authority, sanction and prestige of something we respect or dispute to ...

● www.GoliathFlores.com M edia is a powerful tool, and is highly misused. But you can help to spread good "memes" S o you're standing at the checkout line at the grocery store and you look around at your options for something to do. Your eyes graze the bright colors of the gum rack and the magazines. You notice The Enquirer, The Star, People Magazine, and the worlds top 10 sexiest men or women of the year according to GQ or Cosmopolitan. If your name is Goliath, you care, and "sigh" feeling helpless against the billion dollars of marketing power that you're staring at. But... One day... You get this idea! A Random Activism of Kindness I discovered is... While shopping at the grocery store, I take a little time to stop by the magazine rack, and grab a few magazines with more intellectual content to place in front of the tabloid magazines. It also gives me something to read while I wait in line. It's a fact. People are more likely to ...