Sunday, November 15, 2015

14-11-2015: vampire belt & absinthe bust

concert footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCI5CRdMB4c

review:
http://dghjdfsghkrdghdgja.appspot.com/categories/shows/2015/11/14.html

i seem to have been taken in on an urban legend regarding the absinthe....

"Absinthe has been frequently and improperly described in modern times as being hallucinogenic. No peer-reviewed scientific study has demonstrated absinthe to possess hallucinogenic properties."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe#Effects

that would explain why i didn't feel anything. the initial waves may have been psychosomatic and a consequence of expectation.

also note that i had to reupload this video to remove an approximately one minute section (beginning around 18:40) where the bar i was walking by happened to be playing a michael jackson song. sony claimed copyright over the entire vlog, the right to place ads of it's choosing on it and total control over revenue to those ads. to put it mildly, this is absolute bullshit. i have no intention of profiting directly from these vlogs (please visit my bandcamp site to support me financially), but the idea that i'd be allowing sony to profit from it because the bar i was walking by for forty seconds was playing a michael jackson song makes me want to vomit.

in order to prevent these kinds of absolutely frivolous claims, youtube should have an independent arbitration process in place that takes power away from claimants and puts it in the hand of a neutral third party.