Thursday, 10 May 2012
Today, I was asked a direct question and gave a direct answer:
- I believe that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry.I hope you'll take a moment to watch the conversation, consider it, and weigh in yourself on behalf of marriage equality.I've always believed that gay and lesbian Americans should be treated fairly and equally. I was reluctant to use the term marriage because of the very powerful traditions it evokes. And I thought civil union laws that conferred legal rights upon gay and lesbian couples were a solution.But over the course of several years I've talked to friends and family about this. I've thought about members of my staff in long-term, committed, same-sex relationships who are raising kids together. Through our efforts to end the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, I've gotten to know some of the gay and lesbian troops who are serving our country with honor and distinction.What I've come to realize is that for loving, same-sex couples, the denial of marriage equality means that, in their eyes and the eyes of their children, they are still considered less than full citizens.Even at my own dinner table, when I look at Sasha and Malia, who have friends whose parents are same-sex couples, I know it wouldn't dawn on them that their friends' parents should be treated differently.So I decided it was time to affirm my personal belief that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry.I respect the beliefs of others, and the right of religious institutions to act in accordance with their own doctrines. But I believe that in the eyes of the law, all Americans should be treated equally. And where states enact same-sex marriage, no federal act should invalidate them.If you agree, you can stand up with me here.Thank you,Barack
Obama Lets Go Of Fear
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Left - sexually satisfied thinking about borscht
Right - sexually unsatisfied thinking about Putin, philosophy, revolution, inequality, blogging, emancipation, protest, etc...
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Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Roulette TV: Phill Niblock
Composer, filmmaker and photographer Phill Niblock, who runs the
Experimental Intermedia Foundation in New York, writes noble, hypnotic,
majestic music constituted of sustained sounds for large instrumental
ensembles of the same family (e.g. all strings, all flutes, all
trombones, etc.) that very gradually change their timbre and pitch
characteristics (pieces such as "Four Full Flutes", "Early Winter" for
massed strings, "Didjeridoos", and "Five More Strings Quartets"). His
work is represented on this Roulette TV video by the beginning and
ending segments of his elegant composition "Guitar too, for four",
a.k.a. "G2, 44". Although only three guitarists are seen on the tape,
the computer samples make a total of 24 guitar parts plus two tracks
each from five other players that contribute to a slowly unfolding
density of harmonic richness. On two screens are images of Japanese
workers on Honshu island unloading and processing fish, mending and
re-stringing nets, trawling out to sea, and displaying their catch. Bits
of ephemereal melodic-like gestures (overtone illusions) sometimes
arise later in the piece. In his interview, Niblock explains how the
notion of minimalism applies to his music, describes his fascination
with the movements of people working, his efforts to get rid of
editing-style, his relationship to the audience and keeping his work
filled with content but "neutral" in the sense of allowing the audience
their own perceptions.
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