Jay n Clay
Into the Deep
Episode 03
Feat. K-la Kiltraven
We talk about: K-la’s 2 month adventure living at Occupy Wall Street in New York City! Occupy, Environment, Montsanto, Foods, The News!
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This article is in reference to the post made here
Well Folks, Fans and Freaks…
It is truely a sad time for the wild wild internet as the reigns are drawn in ever so tight. It would appear that the end is nigh.
But honestly, how long could this have lasted? We should give thanks to having been part of the bubble of piracy in all its glory right before it pops, leaving a soapy residue of irritation on everyone involved.
I have been watching movies and listening to music for free as long as I can remember. Because of this, the artists and the actors and everyone else involved are not seeing the returns they used to. Movie ticket prices have been inflated to reflect ‘higher sales’ when in reality, there are LESS people going to movies. The music industry lowered its prices in an effort to save its customers, which in turn let everyone know that they could have lowered them from $20/album to $10/album a LONG time ago. This only angered the people and they downloaded more, only now it was out of spite and contempt. We, the people, are the ones killing the art forms, it’s not the major labels and it’s not the industry changing, it’s because of our own personal greed.
I used to pay for everything and had no problem paying, but once I learned I could ’save’ some of my hard earned money of course I did it! Some artists do create for free, and earn what they can, where they can, and it’s true that some artists do it as a hobby on the side, yet they are not the ones making what we see and hear on the larger scale.
Art, much like marijuanna, is one of those items that is hard for a government to tax, track, and barcode and it makes sense that they would like to see it gone completely someday and left to be made by the few who have some extra hobby time.
For an entertainer like myself living in Canada, where we have ZERO population, there is not enough “entertainment revenue” to go around in order to feed/house/cloth all of the artists involved in the community.
That said, perhaps we need fewer artists? Yet what would all the current artists do? And there are many, the artists lifestyle attracts many lazy folks who think it’s all ‘easy work with little financial involvement’. What can someone do when all they know is art? How can you change a career halfway through life? Artists don’t have money or credit for things like university or college, most don’t even have a savings account and live week to week, or day to day in some of my friends cases. What can you do different when all you’ve done your entire life is entertain other people? Most of these folks are not good with money or with day to day life issues and have managers and life coaches to help them along, Lord knows I need a manager/life coach to light the fire under my ass for many reasons!
All in all, it was bound to happen. We can’t continue watching and listening for free, and expect those same actors and musicians to continue. And again, what is there for them to do otherwise? How will they pay THEIR bills, the same ones that we accrue each month?
I can hear the opposition now saying “Well they should have learned a ‘real’ life skill! and it’s their own fault”. While it’s easy to point a finger into the past and all the finger pointers and the woulda-shoulda-coulda-ers are always so eager to listen and pay attention to the issues when they are able to loose their digits in a flailing rage, they never listen otherwise. And so through life they go, their heads down-trodden as they gloomily waddle about, eating, and fucking and shitting.
I for one will be getting used to purchasing music and movies once more, and keeping my ass out of prison. Which it would appear is the only reason these laws are coming into play in the first place is to help fill up our new jails in Canada. Can you imagine going to jail because you listened to a song? What if someone around the corner taped into your internet and downloaded through you? Should you lose your internet connection or goto jail yourself? What if a friend comes over and says “Hey, can I get on your network to check my email?” while they unknowingly download something copyrighted. Well this sort of ‘friendly’ sharing of the internet connection will soon end in many households. Nobody wants to goto jail because their ‘FRIEND’ came over and downloaded something do they?
Or maybe this is the ‘fear thy neighbor’ and ‘everyone is out to get each other’ scare tactics we are not supposed to know about. Crime rates have steadily been declining, and yet we are told the opposite every night on the news and by our overseers.
I feel it may be a good time to flee, and I know these laws will be in place anywhere I run to, but what is the point of sticking around in these bullshit laws and bullshit people who enact and support them?
And it snows here. Fuck the cold.
I fear that Canada will soon be one of the worst places to live on earth and so I am currently saving up money to leave this God-Forsaken country and all of the idiots who continuously vote even bigger retards into power.
Fuck you! Fuck you! fuck you!… You’re cool! Fuck you! I’M OUT!
Does anyone know what “FREE MAN ON THE LAND” means? This is where you declare that you don’t NEED a governing body to TELL YOU WHAT TO DO, and any Canadian can declare themselves a FREE-MAN/WOMAN.
The governments trade our simple existence on the Stock market (tracking by means of Social Insurance Numbers) as if we are all a commodity and they are making millions on the equity of humans who are simply existing in a country. With each new human that is born comes more equity for the government to trade. This is why our hospitals keep us barely alive long enough to reach the age of procreation, this is why Gay marriages are frowned upon (how are they going to procreate more equity?) This is why “STRONG FAMILY VALUES are driven down our throats from day one and through any and all marketing of Sex. The actual quality of our health, environment and the quality of life styles have absolutely no impact on the decisions that are made by the governments. The problems of our country are far deeper than anyone can imagine, and most people do not want to know the TRUTH, and they are happy with their comfortable cars and houses.
If we would only learn to live on our own merits, without fighting, stealing and greed, and be able to law and govern ourselves, we would not be in this astronomical mess.
Capitalism = Greed and nothing less. Remove the greed, or the potential for greed, such as wage caps and caps on the amounts that corporations can earn, and what do we have left? sharing and equality. There would no longer be motives instilled by how big a bonus would be at the end of the year.
With emancipating yourself from your country, you lose your healthcare coverage (as shoty as that is becoming), you lose your passport, and you lose your Canadian identity in whole, however, the more people who “DROP OUT” of the system, the weaker the system becomes until it finally collapses and from there, we can make real changes at the community level. This is why we are told to VOTE and make a change from the inside, its not about change, it’s about keeping us in the system.
I am not a liberal or a conservative. I am not a right or a left wing. I am a non-governmentalist, and this does not mean total anarchy a la Mad Max Thunderdome variety as the overseers will explain it to be. I am a kind, good-Hearted decent human with morals and values and every person I know on this planet can attest to that, and I can attest to them being the same.
People wonder about issues such as “what about my autistic child? how will i care for him?” or “This kid is a rotten apple, i just dont have time to deal with or discipline him!” or “My grandfather is sick, and i dont have time to care for him, i need an institution to do it” To all of these issues and many more, the answers are all present in “Community Living”. Canada is known to already be one of the more “Socialist” countries on earth and the term “Commune” always implies “Communism” which is first of all false, and yet another form of Population control. Community Living requires each person to raise one another, I for one, am still raising my friends to this day! Each family should be equally responsible in the creation of our descendants. By each person taking on a little bit more responsibility, the load would lighten on everyone else, therefore, it would actually create LESS responsibility and give more free time to do things such as “LIVING OUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST” We could all take a note from the Amish in this regards.
Others will say “What about the barbarians at the gates? what about them?” and quite honestly it is all a scare tactic, the same reason we tell children the boogey man will get them if they are not good little critters and go quickly to sleep. Does anyone honestly believe that these ways of dealing with people go away at a certain age? I believe that governments treat us as mushrooms, they keep us in the dark and feed us horse shit.
All in all, I think the entire Treatises and legislation’s are bullshit. It’s all paper work and numbers on computers to ensure the people in power can DO WHATEVER THEY WANT regardless of human well-being.
So in relation to the article above, I believe that should a new First Nations act go through,
It would not allow the bands to secure their land as they have done with the XL pipeline, it will not allow them to have the power to say NO, and for giving up that power, they would receive the so called ‘Help’ they feel they need from the government.
No man/woman should ever look for a handout on this earth from anyone, and it doesnt matter if you are white, black, native, or Asian.
I welcome comments and replies to challenge what I am saying and bring these issues to a higher conscious level among my fellow Canadians.
Dr. Jay Cole
Hello Folks, Fans and Freaks!
It’s your friendly neighborhood Doctor Jay comin atchoo… (Bless you) with another great venting! Today’s story was inspired by Doctor Seuse and the fact that there are no decent paying jobs on the East Coast anymore…
Here for your reading pleasure,
Oh Where are the Jobs?…
The jobs the jobs, oh where are the jobs?
Is that a job that I can have? Or is that a job thats made for snobs?
The jobs, the jobs, oh where are they hiding?
Are they on the ground? On the roof? Or are they inside the siding?
The walls of buildings busily buzzing… bzzzz…
with little bees working tending their loving – Jobs, jobs,
Oh where is MY love? For I cannot find one thing left to shove,
one thing left to lift or one thing left to carry,
the times they are tough, but lets not get weary.
A salary? Great! Maybe I’ll have two! But wait, there’s none left,
none left after you.
You all have a job, and you all have the pays,
let’s not talk about those who are getting a raise!
For each day that passes, I’m further in debts!
It costs 27 dollars each day just to exist!
But wait! What’s that!? It’s hope on the horizon!
Those ships need a building! Oh no! They’re disguising,
the reasons for raising our fees and food costs!
We just cant afford to keep living these losses…
With bosses and managers and keys and windows,
I just cannot find them, and colder the snow flows.
It falls from the sky, a constant reminder:
keep warm, keep cuddled with your friends who have sauntered
and found out their place, because they may help you to win back the
race!
These people are there, and network you must!
Or else you may end up, another pile of dust!
The winds they are strong and they’ll blow you away,
just the like the jobs that pay a LIVING WAGE!
For I must find at LEAST $200 per week,
just to scrape by, a living meager and meek.
Those who aren’t “looking” think its easy as pie,
yet they haven’t looked, since nineteen sixty nine!
The times they have changed all my elderly friends,
and now its not WHAT you know, but WHO, that depends,
on whether or not you’ll get a toe in that door,
let alone the whole foot, it’s up to you to shove more!
So we push and we push, and we fight like a feud.
“Well you’re out to take from MY plate all the food!”
is the new way that all of our neighbors are viewed.
What once was a friendly competition for most,
is now an animalistic battle for those-
left in the dark, and they’re left all behind,
because of a job, that they could not find.
Jobs, jobs, oh where are the jobs?
Are they here? Are they there?
I must be loosing my mind!
For each day that passes, the debts they increase,
till our stomachs explode with ulcers and disease.
And the hospitals love us, they want us to fail!
They love to have something to do with the frail,
the weak and the meager, the old and the grey,
oh jobs, oh jobs… won’t you come back today?
But never lose hope because it’s all that we have!
And once we lose hope, we’ll only get sad.
Depression, it sucks! So keep it away!
And write out a rhyme about jobs for today!
Jobs, jobs, oh where are the jobs?
I hope they come back to us
before we go “wrong”.
And “wrong” we may go and steal from the rich,
to fill up our bellies, as we live in the ditch.
Is it fair to exist with a ditch for a home?
No, it’s not fair, and soon I may know,
of a better place to live, and maybe a new climate,
cause I will have to leave, if the job, I can’t find it.
By Dr.Jay Cole
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I moved to Halifax on October 15th 2011 and began my search for this evasive creature called a “JOB” and it has eluded me with each attempt at capturing it!
Since October I have had only THREE interviews, and I have failed all of them. The competition is steep. I have never once in my life failed an interview and have been told that I should take it as a humbling experience. This statement made my blood boil as there is nothing humble about not having money for food and rent. It is currently January 23rd, and “The Man” will soon be knocking, (The rent man, the food man, the power man, the internet man, etc..) and so it appears that my Halifax days may be numbered.
However…
I cannot afford to change my current living situation to a cheaper arrangement due to a lack of backup-savings. My bills are totaling a bare minimum of $200/week just to scrape by; this includes rent, medicine and food only.
And so, I have decided to start looking for lower paying jobs in an attempt to maybe have enough for food, and hope the landlord can wait.
Yesterday, on a Sunday mind you, I attended a job fair. The event had only been running for an hour by the time I arrived and there were already FORTY people ahead of me, while another TWENTY people came in after me, and who knows how many after that? What job was this for? To work minimum wage at Pizza Delight for Part Time Hours.
When I see over 60 people applying for the same shitty job, on a Sunday, my heart sinks into my stomach and the acids start to burn it up.
This is cray-cray people, as I currently hold a doctorate in Metaphysics from the ULC, California and also hold a 2 year degree in Graphic Design/Media and marketing studies from NBCC, Woodstock. I am a musician, I am a writer, I am a fine artist, a photoshop guru, and an illustrator creator. I have audio engineer skills in both recording and mastering. And yet with the plethora of talent that seeps from my pores, it does not add up to enough $$ to get by.
I recently met a fellow from India who worked there and saved up to leave and come attend school here in Halifax. He lamented that “When your city or your environment doesn’t respect you for the talent you bring, that means it is time to leave. If your country doesn’t respect you or want to help you, it is time to leave”
A dreary end to the weekly rant,
apologies go out to all of my fans,
to all of the folks, and all of the freaks,
Lets hope that better news follows next week!
Dr.Jay Cole
Drunkscapades
Dr. Jay Cole’s flatmate Mr.Meow Meow got him hammed on a Thursday night against his own will. Tune in to find out what mayhem occurred after the party was over and Dr. Jay was left to record video in his room.
Hello Folks, Fans and Freaks!
The Fact that this debate is even on the table sickens me. People are saying things like “Well only Canadians should be able to get married here” and to them I say, what about Las Vegas? How many foreigners to the USA have gotten hitched by Elvis? Imagine if the USA did the same tactics with the marriages they have dished out since 2004?
I am of the belief that if a man and a woman, or a man and a man, or a man and a dog, or a woman and giraffe want to get married, then they should be able to get married. End of discussion. Equality for all and then this is no longer an issue to get heated over. I understand that it goes against the social conditioning of the traditional family, and that it may be in conflict with our ‘perfect’ capitalist lifestyle, but that is what a little thing called “Change” is all about. We are humans, we evolve and adapt to new situations and environments quite well. Deal with it.
The real fact lies in whatever unknown sheisty mischievous dirty back alley sinister plots are happening in the shadows that they needed something so huge as this to deflect and distract us all. Oh the world stage is a funny and weird place. What are we ever going to do? We’ll have to wait until 2015 when this guy is no longer in power, and spend two more terms UNDOING all the damage of the Harper Govt’.
Peace,
Dr.Jay Cole
Hello Folks, Fans and Freaks!
This is my first foray into the world of Comedy. Over the course of a couple months I had been writing funny things into a notepad that was later compiled into this act right here. Enjoy! leave feedback! email me feedback! Have fun!
Peace,
Dr. Jay Cole
http://listen.to/drjaycole
Hello Folks, Fans and Freaks!
Todays ‘rant’ is in response to the article on How one Canadian city is about to enlist its civilians in helping catch speeders over the holidaze.
CBC Article on Speeders
Since the CBC only gives you a certain amount of spaces, this article will be slightly varied from the post found on CBC.ca regarding this article.
It is sad that the only argument about this issue is over money. Ten dollars for this or that and a few stamps really doesn’t equal out to anything worth noting.
The real issue is that Canada is becoming a Police State and whether or not this tactic is effective is irrelevant to the final outcome and that this is part of a wider campaign to slowly let Canadians be okay with pointing the finger at each other.
We are entering into a time where the laws are getting more and more firm, we are putting more people away into prisons and jails and leaving only the “PURE” civilians out there, people who work simple government jobs and file their taxes on time.
The balance is shifting to a point where we are about to have more people who are out enforcing the laws than there are regular civilians.
This is outrageous that we are willingly entering into this Big Brother world where we watch each other ever so closely looking for mistakes! It takes me back to the old days when the entire village would shun the fellow who did not attend church on Sunday and then gossip about his family all week. And that was the church’s power over us, the same power that
our governments are trying hold today.
I think that we need to watch ourselves and be our own boss and be in control of our own destinies. We don’t need Canada to become a country of RATS!
I agree that speeding, drinking and driving is a concern over the Holidaze, and I think the Police need to find their own ways of dealing with this that does not involve the public. Honestly, what are we paying them for? It would appear that they are only here to defend corporations and not the public, even though they tell us on a regular basis that they are here for us, for our defense.
I will not be participating in ANY form of help to the police in these matters. Stand strong Canada! You know what is good for you, and you know what is right and wrong.
Dr.Jay Cole
listen.to/drjaycole