2011.02.02 07:00 - Power (and music) to the People!

The Guardian for this meeting was Bruce Mowbray. The comments are by Bruce Mowbray.

Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Mick.
--BELL--
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Yaku.
Bruce Mowbray: How are you today, Yaku?
Yakuzza Lethecus: pretty well, i was just wondering about something i had in my email before
Bruce Mowbray listens to Yaku.
Yakuzza Lethecus: The object 'scannerobject v2' has sent you a message from Second Life:
Yakuzza Lethecus: now i am wondering what that is
Bruce Mowbray: Mmmm. . . I've not heard of that one.
Yakuzza Lethecus: that message appeared at the virtual goethe institut yesterday as well
Bruce Mowbray: Mmmmm . . . . Think it might be a trick of some sort?
Bruce Mowbray: There are so many wizardries involved with SL that I've not seen or tried yet. . .
Bruce Mowbray: seems to be no end to all of it. 
Yakuzza Lethecus: hello buxar
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, buxar.
buxar Shamen: hello :) b n y
buxar Shamen: and bulb :0
Bruce Mowbray: ;-)
Bruce Mowbray: Blub waves a fin.
buxar Shamen: :)
buxar Shamen: ok brb
Bruce Mowbray: ok.
Bruce Mowbray: Have you done anything for the Art as Being Self project, Yaku?
Bruce Mowbray: wb, Lugh.
Yakuzza Lethecus: hi lugh
Lugh Fehr: ahhh that's better
Yakuzza Lethecus: oh, the only thing -  i constantly ask myself if a self exists
Yakuzza Lethecus: can i even ask my "self" ?
Bruce Mowbray thinks: Curiouser and curiouser.
Lugh Fehr: hehe that's kind of a round about situation if there is no self, who is asking ?
Bruce Mowbray: Perhaps Being is playing us -- as puppets -- and part of that play is for us to think that we are "selves."

--BELL--

Alfred Kelberry: meep!
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey boxy
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Boxy!
Alfred Kelberry: yaku 007
Lugh Fehr: hello alph ... that's a good one bruce
Alfred Kelberry: boxy the bulb
Alfred Kelberry: lugh the acid
Yakuzza Lethecus: and hello observerm
observerm Resident: hello
Lugh Fehr: hello obser
Alfred Kelberry: so, how's it going?
Lugh Fehr: so much new avs coming these couple of days
Bruce Mowbray: Yes! Hard to keep track of who is who. . .
Bruce Mowbray: or who is what.
Lugh Fehr: hehee
Bruce Mowbray: I'm guessing that the folks in Egypt are having a similar feeling.
Alfred Kelberry: bruce, actually, it's much easier for them
Bruce Mowbray: perhaps also the folks in Chicago - where they got two feet of snow last night.
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey sun
Alfred Kelberry: mubarak = bad, people = good
Lugh Fehr: im thinking about the self thing. it's like bodies - they certainly can be classified as separate with the thinking of mind but in reality if you make 1 plus 1 and tack that thought to the end it is obvious that they are not separate and i think the same goes for the mind
Lugh Fehr: hey sun
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Sun - and welcome back.
Sunshine Vayandar: ty Bruce
Bruce Mowbray: Yeah, Boxy. . . . that's easier. . .
Alfred Kelberry: I'm glad for Egyptians
Sunshine Vayandar: hi Lugh ;)
Bruce Mowbray: The "power to the people" movement seems to be spreading.
Lugh Fehr: yeey!
Bruce Mowbray: The Middle East seems like it's being yanked out of the Middle Ages. . .
Bruce Mowbray: ready or not.
Yakuzza Lethecus: i hope that they'll make it and that the  "new" government if it comes will really be better :(
Alfred Kelberry: hopefully, it'll bring some changes and not a simple rotation of the corrupt government
Alfred Kelberry: bruce, in the natural course of time :)
Lugh Fehr: that's true alf
Alfred Kelberry: evolution is a tricky thing. you can't fight it for long. there's time to adapt.
Alfred Kelberry: Yaku, I'm afraid it'll take a few generations to really become "better"
Bruce Mowbray: Political systems - like Nature - hate vacuums. . . and something will come in to replace the dictators who are leaving. . .
Lugh Fehr: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wos-dDxpJlQ
Bruce Mowbray: I hope that it is something truly representative of the people.
Sunshine Vayandar: hmm I am hoping for the best for them
Sunshine Vayandar: but politics is a tricky thing
Alfred Kelberry: once new (even if honest) people are in power, the infrastructure and cultural habits are still the same
Sunshine Vayandar: like in South Africa
Bruce Mowbray: indeed, Boxy.
Sunshine Vayandar: change is a looooong process
Alfred Kelberry: yes
Lugh Fehr: and is never ending as well
Bruce Mowbray: Indeed, Sun -- and an "emergent" process, as well.
Sunshine Vayandar: but there is much change happening even since 97 - when I came
Alfred Kelberry: once Swedes were a bunch of barbarians :)
Bruce Mowbray listens intently to Sun.
Lugh Fehr: that's what the Romans want you to think
Bruce Mowbray: (and also listens to everyone else, of course).
Sunshine Vayandar: ;) bruce
Alfred Kelberry: no, really. they were!
Sunshine Vayandar: when I arrived - I moved to the savanna
Sunshine Vayandar: it was hard to see how colors were divided
Bruce Mowbray: A whole lot of Americans are STILL barbarians (of course, being one myself, I might be biased on that).
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Sunshine Vayandar: lol Bruce
Sunshine Vayandar: in Budapest I was used to living with people from all over Africa - we were equal in all things ... did the same courses etc .
Sunshine Vayandar: on the farm I was suddenly called "madam"
Alfred Kelberry: is it so unusual? :)
Sunshine Vayandar: I had no idea what is a madam
Bruce Mowbray: ;-)
Sunshine Vayandar: lol
Lugh Fehr: :)
Sunshine Vayandar: the black farm workers often came to me to solve their disputes
Alfred Kelberry: wait, how were you accustomed to be called? :)
Sunshine Vayandar: lulu the white Zulu
Sunshine Vayandar: ;D
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Bruce Mowbray: ;-)
Alfred Kelberry: ok, I'll call you lulu then :)
Lugh Fehr: how much did it cost to move?
Sunshine Vayandar: so I was just looking and trying to see what was happening

--BELL--

Sunshine Vayandar: you want to move here?
Alfred Kelberry: Mick!
Lugh Fehr: i don't mind
Lugh Fehr: :)
Alfred Kelberry: ah, here you are sun - lost you :)
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Alfred Kelberry: lugh, I'm sure there are many acid loving people in south Africa :)
Sunshine Vayandar: hmm will have to research
Lugh Fehr: i have to move sooner or later -  aint going to live a life in a concrete jungle that's for sure
Sunshine Vayandar: so u want to live in a real jungle
Lugh Fehr: yes :D
Sunshine Vayandar: with acid loving beings
Sunshine Vayandar is making notes
Lugh Fehr: all for the better
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Sunshine Vayandar: here is a site where you can learn about madams
Sunshine Vayandar: http://www.madamandeve.co.za/
Lugh Fehr: ?? hehe
Sunshine Vayandar: madamhood is not easy
Alfred Kelberry: oh, vuvuzela is big there
Sunshine Vayandar: yes I have 4
Sunshine Vayandar: 4 makes lots noise ;)
Alfred Kelberry: play it for us :)
Sunshine Vayandar: do u have vuvuzelas?
Sunshine Vayandar: hmm well that is in RL
Alfred Kelberry: via mike :)
Alfred Kelberry: uh oh :)
Sunshine Vayandar: ;p
Sunshine Vayandar: but how do I play
Sunshine Vayandar: oh I hear now
Sunshine Vayandar: u hear?
Alfred Kelberry: *turns off his audio sensors* :)
Sunshine Vayandar: LOL
Sunshine Vayandar: sorry
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Lugh Fehr: hehehe awch!
Alfred Kelberry: come on, play one in rl :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: well that just gave a real impression of the world championships :P
Sunshine Vayandar: really
Lugh Fehr: tnx :)
Sunshine Vayandar: well I have to plug in mic etc
Sunshine Vayandar: are you ready for it?
Alfred Kelberry: i have an African drum. that's the closest to a vuvuzela :)
Alfred Kelberry: sure!
Yakuzza Lethecus: i think in the end that used electronic filters to get rid of the vuvuzela sounds
Sunshine Vayandar: yay drum for us
Lugh Fehr: awch again
Sunshine Vayandar: yaku you are good already
Lugh Fehr: aaaaaaa
Alfred Kelberry: yaku, they didn't' bug me during the championship
Sunshine Vayandar: I will give you SA passport
Bruce Mowbray: Oh my.
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Lugh Fehr: and what about immigration? is it easy to move to places like that?
Sunshine Vayandar: just something I made
Alfred Kelberry: well? where's your vuvuzela, lulu? :)
Sunshine Vayandar: hmm
Alfred Kelberry: um, my drum is much smaller :)
Lugh Fehr: nice tnx :)
Sunshine Vayandar: I was trying to change subject
Alfred Kelberry: no way! :P
Sunshine Vayandar: ;D
Sunshine Vayandar: hmm okok
Sunshine Vayandar: looking for mic
Alfred Kelberry: it should be built in :)
Sunshine Vayandar: no it's not lol
Yakuzza Lethecus: thx, i will sneak out for dinner
Yakuzza Lethecus: bfn
Sunshine Vayandar: byebyee yaku ;)
Bruce Mowbray: Bye, Yaku.
Alfred Kelberry: hey!!!
Alfred Kelberry: hi, there :)
Alfred Kelberry: cute voice :)
Alfred Kelberry: wooo!!!!!!
Alfred Kelberry: it's pretty good here :)
Alfred Kelberry: cool! :)
Alfred Kelberry: yep!
Alfred Kelberry: ah, sorry... :)
Lugh Fehr: i missed it!!
Lugh Fehr: yeeeey :)
Lugh Fehr: hehehee
Alfred Kelberry: wee! :)
Lugh Fehr: yeeeeey!
Alfred Kelberry: cool :)
Alfred Kelberry: so those who play it become deaf for an hour? :)
Alfred Kelberry: someone's distracting you :)
Alfred Kelberry: ah, cute :)
Alfred Kelberry: hello to them :)
Alfred Kelberry: do you have a drum?
--BELL--
Alfred Kelberry: ah... fancy :)
Alfred Kelberry: bruce can play piano... i think
Bruce Mowbray: yes.
Sunshine Vayandar: yay
Lugh Fehr: ahh im surrounded by musicians
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Lugh Fehr: musicians to the left of them musicians to the right of them?
Lugh Fehr: !*
Alfred Kelberry: we could have a drum party :)
Alfred Kelberry: anyone has a drum?
Alfred Kelberry: wow! violin! :)
Lugh Fehr: nice
Alfred Kelberry: ok, i should sign you up for the concert, sun :)
Alfred Kelberry: cute
Lugh Fehr: your turn bruce :)
Alfred Kelberry: somewhat like Irish
Alfred Kelberry: yes, Irish is very nice and energizing :)
Alfred Kelberry: he's in awe :)
Lugh Fehr: that's a nice thing we should make a play music session
 Bruce cannot do anything in voice - or with microphone because of slow internet connection.
Alfred Kelberry: a plus of a drum is that it's easy to play. you just bang it and make sound :)

Bruce Mowbray: But Bruce can listen. . . to others.
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Alfred Kelberry: Lugh, how about you?
Bruce Mowbray can also play Boxy's flutes.
Lugh Fehr: when i get good i play you some acid and psytrance music
Alfred Kelberry: bruce :)
Alfred Kelberry: you don't have to be good, Lugh. just play :)
Alfred Kelberry: i prefer red wine to any acid :)
Lugh Fehr: but i have to buy power supply for drum machine and i don't know how to plug my acid machines in the comp so you can hear :)
Alfred Kelberry: thank you, sun! :)
Lugh Fehr: byebye voice
Sunshine Vayandar: ty all for surviving it
Sunshine Vayandar: ;p
Alfred Kelberry: lovely voice and music :)
Sunshine Vayandar: ty alfy
Alfred Kelberry: not very acid :)
Bruce Mowbray: very pretty music!
Bruce Mowbray: [`·.] APPLAUSE!! [.·´]
Sunshine Vayandar: where is it coming from?
Alfred Kelberry: Lugh
Sunshine Vayandar: wow
Lugh Fehr: i have some silly songs i made on fruity loops any idea how to put it on
Sunshine Vayandar: *:• •:*.-:¦:- -:¦:-.•:*¨¨*:• YAYYY *:• •:*¨¨*:•.-:¦:- -:¦:-.¨¨*:•
Lugh Fehr: ?
Sunshine Vayandar: me too I made some
Sunshine Vayandar: I put it on mediafire
Sunshine Vayandar: you can download from there
Lugh Fehr: you got link?
Sunshine Vayandar: yes
Sunshine Vayandar: nice flute yay ;)
Sunshine Vayandar: I can't see your knobs boxy ;p
Alfred Kelberry: on my back :)
Sunshine Vayandar: yes but clouds have no backs
Alfred Kelberry: ah
Sunshine Vayandar: http://www.mediafire.com/?mmduzqevmyv
Sunshine Vayandar: "what's this knob do jive"
Sunshine Vayandar: hehe
Alfred Kelberry: knob is a funny word
Sunshine Vayandar: it is
Sunshine Vayandar: bruce can you record some piano?
Sunshine Vayandar: and upload for us?
Bruce Mowbray: No piano here at the farm, sry.
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Sunshine Vayandar: hmm u must get one
Bruce Mowbray: Cool crying animation, Sun!
Sunshine Vayandar: it's default
Sunshine Vayandar: you must type / and cry
Lugh Fehr: cool sound sun
Sunshine Vayandar: hehe
Sunshine Vayandar: ohhh
Lugh Fehr: how did you get the full version?
Alfred Kelberry: sounds like a woman's voice :)
Sunshine Vayandar: so much sadness
Sunshine Vayandar: yes ;)
Sunshine Vayandar: men don't cry
Bruce Mowbray: Oh yes they do!
Lugh Fehr: i do :P
Sunshine Vayandar: according to sl
Alfred Kelberry: sun, interesting note

--BELL--

Sunshine Vayandar: this mediafire account is a share place for me and friends
Alfred Kelberry: that's why men live less than women. not allowed to cry.
Bruce Mowbray: Folks -- thanks for the fun. I have RL stuff I must do now.
Sunshine Vayandar: you can upload your music there for me to listen
Alfred Kelberry: yes! quick! hack the account! :)
Bruce Mowbray: May all be well and safe today.
Bruce Mowbray: Bye for now.
Sunshine Vayandar: byebyeee bruce - take careeee
Alfred Kelberry: bye, bruce :) enjoy the farm
Sunshine Vayandar: u2 ;)