YOUTUBE HAS NO SHAME (WHEN YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC IS BEING USED FOR COMMERCIALS FOR PHARMACEUTICALS IT'S ALL BAD) DON'T READ THIS IF YOU 'RE SQUEAMISH!

YOUTUBE HAS NO SHAME  

(WHEN YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC IS BEING USED FOR COMMERCIALS FOR  PHARMACEUTICALS IT'S ALL BAD)

 DON'T READ THIS IF YOU 'RE SQUEAMISH!

Have YOU noticed that the Allman Brothers, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles (these two the early music which I believe is still owned by Allen Klein's company), and hell, not just music from the 1960's but even some music from the 1980's (which I suppose does qualify as Oldies) is being used to advertise products such as whisky and pharmaceuticals? 

Sometimes I think an AI spy is looking to see who is watching what in a room. I especially hate the soothing voice overs that suggest the side effects that might be worth it to solve the maladies of aging, such as the appliance that stops the ruination of your (rear-end) skin from leaky bladder and runs off urine into a receptacle.

I think, OK, the guitar heroes and the owners of the musical intellectual properties are selling their catalogs (or at least a song or two) and are out of the control and so the music is being sold and used for these purposes. The guitar gods, the singers and songwriters, are facing their own mortality and want things to be more simple for their heirs, I get it, but it wouldn't just be Jim Morrison rolling in his grave over in Paris over the use of Light My Fire, because the energy of rock and roll is being used to suggest we medicate the aged with prescription substances. Would someone who liked whisky too much (or make it through a serious drug addiction) really want their music behind an ad for liquor?

It's assumed that if you love this music you must be old, old enough to be on at least one, maybe a dozen prescription medications... But if you like to be more natural in your approach to health there are advertisers waiting for you too.

Worse are the ads that come up on YouTube, which assume that if you love old Soul music, which I do, then you need pills for erectile dysfunction, and even worse than that, worse that some modern "snake oil" remedies that suggest that you will loose weight drinking some sort of pink salt mixture or simply warm water...  (If drinking warm water was the cure, surely this would have been discovered eons ago.)  ...  Let's just say that almost every food that exists is bad for you and go from there. And that it's assumed by what I listen to that I have a penis that isn't working and obese.

Even worse than that are ads coming up on videos, including podcasts, telling you how to conquer not just DIABETES but also STUCK POOP!  (One states no, it's not about SUGAR, another that it's not about  FIBER. These "experts" who are selling products are in conflict with each other by the way.)

It happened slowly that such ads showed up on GOOD SONGS WITH LOVING and ROMANTIC LYRICS. (Not, as my buddy says, more appropriately on "Rap Crap.") But now, it seems I'm getting one ad after another and some of them are gross and graphic. I swear to you that one of these commercials actually suggests how many times one would normally wipe, and another showed what looked like poop streaks on someone's underwear. Like I really want to have to experience such a commercial simply because I was thinking of The Temptations or - more locally - Pepe Marquez!

What can a YOUTUBE VIDEO POSTER DO?

First of all, I resent the way that these commercials ruin my experience, take the pleasure out of listening by inducing anxiety and worry. I resent being pushed to pay for a listen by accepting interruption. I have never bought a single product thrust upon me and have bookmarked very few for future consideration.

Who does profit from these ads?

I suggest that if you post on YouTube, that you say NO to having ads on your video... If you have enough hits, you should still be PAID BY YOUTUBE as promised. The videos I post here are acceptable to me because I did not encounter a commercial. I hope when a reader listens to them here they contribute to the hits.

I will continue my policy of not posting videos that have commercials on this blog. YouTube would not exist if it were not for the way people early-on decided to CONTRIBUTE TO IT. People spent many hours creating content as volunteers. I seek out those contributors who believe in this COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. Some of us did that at no charge to Google or the Universe in the spirit of NON PROFIT SHARING for years, but YOUTUBE is worth millions... And, sadly, you may here there is no such thing as a free lunch, but there is because you served it!

C 2025 Christine Trzyna  All Rights Reserved Including Internet and International Rights.

HALAH : MAZZY STAR

GOODNESS OF HEART : EXPERIENCE FORTY-NINE: CHRISTINE TRZYNA WRITING WORKSHOP

 

In my series of snack endorsements, I write that I was not PAID to say it. Well, being paid, rather than volunteering or doing something that one could be paid for but one does for experience or as an internship, or out of the goodness of their heart is ... different. 

What have you done out of the goodness of your heart, without expectation of pay, reward, or credit ?

When and why? (Be honest!) 

(Remember that you never have to show anyone what you wrote about this or any other subject in this writing workshop!)

Christine Trzyna

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GRAHAM WALLAS on CREATIVITY : WORTH REPEATING

GRAHAM WALLAS on CREATIVITY

"According to Graham Wallas, a sort of re-ordering process takes place in the brain during creativity, which he calls incubation. A creative person develops interest in a particular subject, gathers supporting material, and studies everything possibly related to it. He calls this first stage preparation. After some time, the accumulated material reaches a boiling point and something incomprehensible goes on during the period of incubation that forms a prelude to the next stage, illumination. In three stages - preparation, incubation, and illumination - the creative person receives a new insight and finds a solution to the problem, or can rearrange the accumulated material to put it under an all embracing principle."

As mentioned in THE KUNDALINI BOOK OF LIVING AND DYINIG
Gateway to Higher Consciousness
Ravindra Kumar and Jytte Kumar Larsen

Worth Repeating:  First posted September 25, 2010

THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS TIED INTO THE FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND EXPRESSION

This post was triggered because someone clicked on and read my 2014 post about JULIAN ASSANGE.

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NOTE  September 23, 2025  I followed the Julian Assange saga for YEARS and well, it seems he was allowed to go free - in his home country of Australia.  Like the Edward Snowden saga, which I also followed for years - Snowden has married and has a child but looks to be permanently in Russia - it seems these men's stories have fallen out of media interest.  

As of today, the Freedom of Speech is being challenged in the United States.  Of course it's not like the Freedom of Speech isn't tied into Freedom of Thought or overall Expression through Art, Ideas, Interpretations, and so on.

The other day I spoke with a "conservative" friend of mine about POLITICAL CARTOONING and showed him some cartoons printed in publications - even before he was President - of Thomas Jefferson. Every President is controversial to someone, some more than others.

My favorite President is Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Controversial. He stepped up into the chaos of the Great Depression and found ways to put people to work and have money circulate again. 

Yes, we should be worried.

Get out there and vote. Vote those who oppose your IDEAS ABOUT HOW LIFE IS BEST LIVED - which includes, not just us as individuals with our "own" concerns but others - OUT OF OFFICE.

I know how frustrating it can be to even research who is running and what they stand for. I do it every election, especially looking into what various newspapers and organizations such as the Teachers and Women say.

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I loath the idea of persons being assassinated for their  opinions or ideas...

AND

I do not hold the values of a Charlie Kirk...  

Never heard of the man actually, until he was assassinated. So, I find it almost unbelievable that he is being held up as a Hero of the Crazy Right Wing Conservatives.***

C 2025 Christine Trzyna

***My conservative friend seems to think there are only Crazy Left Wing Liberals, no middle of the roaders.

THE BEATLES : LIVE AT WASHINGTON D.C. 1964 THIS IS WHY THEY WERE GREAT!

The Beatles were my first "favs" and, though I rarely post videos of them and their music on this blog, I do return to them time and time again. Sometimes one of their songs comes to me. When first did I hear a Beatle's record? I think some of my older relatives had their 45s and played them... or maybe it was the hip mom of a childhood friend who lived on the same street... or my best friend in high school who used a lot of her babysitting money to buy the albums... that contributed to my fandom.

Recently a friend invited me to hear a Beatles music concert in Long Beach California at an event called First Friday. The band that played (which included one woman singer) was very good and 'a good time was had by all.'

Looking at the comments that were posted under this video... I excerpt from this one:  

@Myguitar-y2e1

No drum mics, no vocal stage monitors, no ear monitors, no guitar pedals, no backup row of instruments, ready to play in case of a broken string, only two roadies, no banks of backing vocalists, No fireworks, no smoke, no string section, no huge video screens, no spotlights or stage lighting,, No electronic guitar tuners, no synthesizers, no digital mixing board, no Guitar techs, no amp techs, no personal assistants, no make up and hair, no costumes, bodyguards, masseuses, lawyers, drivers, personal chefs…. ….. am I leaving anything out?

*****

THEY WERE TIGHT AND THEY WERE HOT...

*****

Excerpting again:

@cmwfeb65

Being able to play anywhere near in time AND in harmony, in the middle of a screaming arena, without stage monitors is miraculous. These guys were road-worn pros after a solid year of European Beatlemania, as well as a thousand gigs in noisy, crappy clubs in the previous 5 years.

*****

I note that they had to clumsily turn Ringo's drum platform, which was wobbly, but that meant they could face the audience in each direction over the time of the concert, that three of the songs they did were cover tunes, and - have we forgotten? - harmonies! And George's musicianship, especially! 

C 2025 Christine Trzyna  BlogSpot

slight edit October 9 2025

FIRST GRADE : EXPERIENCE FORTY-EIGHT : CHRISTINE TRZYNA WRITING WORKSHOP

Go back to first grade. Tell your experience story in the mind and language of that first grader.  Are you reading?  Do you like your teacher?  Is there homework? What are you wearing?  Do you take the school bus?  Keep going...

Then, as an adult, answer this: How did first grade influence your education from then on?

Christine Trzyna

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MY FAVORITE BACKGROUND MUSIC TO WRITE BY THESE DAYS : COZY LIBRARY COFFEE SHOP : LOFI MUSIC

KODI LOFI YOUTUBE STATION : COZY LIBRARY COFFEE SHOP 

Damn but this one makes me want to own a coffee shop, maybe near some beach.

A FRENCH PERSPECTIVE OF THE SUNSET STRIP MUSIC SCENE

WHY DID THEY FAIL TO PUT THE YEAR = 2025 =

 ON THIS POSTCARD TO ADVERTISE THE EXHIBIT?

BREAKING SOME OF THE RULES OF CREATIVE WRITING

 BREAKING SOME OF THE RULES OF CREATIVE WRITING

By Christine Trzyna

Here are some of the Rules of Creative Writing I've heard in various classes that I've found published authors have broken successfully.

1) Never use italics or bold or fancy fonts as a means of expression. You should use adjectives and adverbs.

2) Never have more than a few characters. The story is too complicated and difficult to follow when you load up your short story or novel with too many.

3) Don't use run on sentences that are overly descriptive with fancy language. If you can't read it without taking a breath, the sentence is too long. (Strunk and White advocates simple, clear, communicative writing.)

4) Use standard punctuation. This is not the place to get creative.

5) Don't write your life story and then try to publish it as fiction.

(This post was first posted September 4, 2008)

C 2025 Christine Trzyna

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ANDERSON PAAK and THE FREE NATIONALS (THE MOST EXCITING PERFORMER TODAY!)

  Yes, I do think Anderson Paak (with the Free Nationals) is the most talented and exciting performer, musician,songwriter, etc. in existence today. That said, I WARN YOU THAT THERE IS A HELL OF A LOT OF WHAT WE USED TO CALL FOUL LANGUAGE IN THE WORDS USED (MUSICALLY AND NOT) IN THIS VIDEO. 

Southern California claims him - and most of his musicians - as our "own."  He grew up in Ventura County, just a little north-west. 

SANTANA : PUT YOUR LIGHTS ON (FEATURING EVERLAST)

PARENT'S WORLD VIEW : EXPERIENCE FORTY-SEVEN : CHRISTINE TRZYNA WRITING WORKSHOP

 

Put yourself into your parent's world view and explain it in their voice. What did they or are they saying to you now (even if they have died)?

Christine Trzyna

This exercise is part of a series of writing exercises and to bring up the whole series use the tag Christine Trzyna Writing Workshop. 

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THE SCREAM by EDVARD MUNCH

 

THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE DICTATORSHIP OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BOMBED IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES AS A FAVOR TO ISRAEL

That's my take.

I woke up in the middle of the night and checked the news - and was appalled. I'm worried sick this morning after not being able to fall back to sleep. Not only did Trump bypass Congress but ignored United Nations agreements when giving the military orders to bomb Iran's budding nuclear facilities. We are living under a Dictator who rules, not a President who leads.

I AM for a strong DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA on our OWN LAND.  We may now NEED IT. 

So here is what we need to be prepared for:

Terrorist attacks on our own land which will likely kill, disable, or traumatize Americans.

Cyber attacks on all systems that run on computers including military installations, hospitals, energy grid, government, and all else.

Individuals and families who are here from Iran or come from Iranian heritage being targeted for bullying by individuals who favor war.

"Christians" who WANT World War 3 as a harbinger of the END TIMES and THE RAPTURE.  (I've already encountered some of these blood thirsty "Christians" at the library.)

More Pro Palestinian versus Israel protesting here in the United States and in Europe. (I wonder if the vegetarian "Peaceniks" are celebrating this morning.)

More Anti-Semitism. In the United States this term is usually applied to Jewish people

"The term "Semite" refers to people who speak or spoke a Semitic language, including Akkadians, Arabs, Arameans, Canaanites, and Habesha peoples. It is also used to describe people descended from Shem, one of Noah's sons in the Bible. The term is primarily associated with the Middle East and the Horn of Africa.

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Less than ONE SQUARE MILE of Los Angeles was WRONGLY REPORTED as AN ENTIRE CITY IN RIOT AND INSURRECTIONS very recently, and the Federal Government sent in thousands of National Guards and Marines ... Further the emptying of the country by CRIMINAL ILLEGAL OCCUPANTS of OUR COUNTRY - which we thought meant gang affiliated violent criminals who lost their souls - is now interpreted to mean just anyone.

Here is the truth about the size of (and relative peace) of Los Angeles:

"It is significantly larger, covering approximately 502.7 square miles. This area includes both land and water, with 468.7 square miles of land and 34 square miles of water. "

C 2025 Christine Trzyna