And how effective is that in adjusting attitudes or changing patterns of behaviour?
― King of Snake (j-rock), Friday, September 11, 2009 12:15 PM
i'm only pointing out that the protesters aren't the only ones with their fingers in their ears going "lalalala". i don't think anyone intends to change the laws of jamaica by telling a singer to stfu when he rolls thru a town. they simply want the singer to stfu.
― am0n, Friday, 11 September 2009 16:34 (fourteen years ago) link
People should always be called out on hateful garbage like this, but simply canceling shows and lecturing aren't doing anything constructive to change attitudes.
― King of Snake (j-rock), Friday, 11 September 2009 16:34 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't think the primary concern is changing attitudes in Jamaica; I think the primary concern is the people operating a venue saying "we do not people to think we condone this attitude".
― "So messy!" (HI DERE), Friday, 11 September 2009 16:35 (fourteen years ago) link
we need more seminars, like the juggalos
― am0n, Friday, 11 September 2009 16:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Maybe the civil rights organization behind the planned boycotts of those venues could try to engage Mr. Banton a little more directly?
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 11 September 2009 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link
We should just send them both a link to this thread.
hugs not thugs
― ice cr?m, Friday, 11 September 2009 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link
i ain't gonna play sun city
― velko, Friday, 11 September 2009 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^ truthbomb
― a full circle lol (J0hn D.), Friday, 11 September 2009 16:41 (fourteen years ago) link
what happened to my "want"
oh well, the gist should be clear
― "So messy!" (HI DERE), Friday, 11 September 2009 16:42 (fourteen years ago) link
you never it
― a full circle lol (J0hn D.), Friday, 11 September 2009 16:44 (fourteen years ago) link
if buju banton would record a song abt macintosh computers and graduate degrees it would mollify me somewhat
― ice cr?m, Friday, 11 September 2009 16:44 (fourteen years ago) link
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, September 11, 2009 12:40 PM
not everything can be solved by having two monsters battle, kingkongvsgodzilla
― am0n, Friday, 11 September 2009 16:45 (fourteen years ago) link
I want hugs from thugs.
― boring movies are the most boring (Eric H.), Friday, 11 September 2009 16:45 (fourteen years ago) link
British diplomat found strangled in Jamaican home in suspected gay-hate murder (11/09/2009)
A note was left on his blood-soaked body branding him a "batty man" - local slang for homosexual. A cord and piece of clothing were still around his neck.
― hypermediocrity (Derelict), Monday, 14 September 2009 17:01 (fourteen years ago) link
No word on Banton's alibi.
― Giorgio Marauder (I eat cannibals), Tuesday, 15 September 2009 00:22 (fourteen years ago) link
We know he wasn't at First Ave.
― boring movies are the most boring (Eric H.), Tuesday, 15 September 2009 00:28 (fourteen years ago) link
brooklyn seems to dig capleton's lyrical content and between-song banter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vylzh_-b1SU
― am0n, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 15:10 (fourteen years ago) link
wtf, it's machismo + monotheism, just like "white" homophobia. this idea that it's rooted in poverty is just fucked.
seriously wtf.
― amateurist, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 21:26 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.towleroad.com/2009/10/murder-music-singer-buju-banton-has-first-meeting-with-gay-advocates.html
― cough syrup in coke cans (Eric H.), Wednesday, 14 October 2009 00:29 (fourteen years ago) link
real thoughtful comments on that article.
― 2009 Nominee, Best African (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, 14 October 2009 02:28 (fourteen years ago) link
did he MURDER DEM?
― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 14 October 2009 02:31 (fourteen years ago) link
It was before the dawn of time, but oO_Oo at stelfox and maybe more so at the space cleared for him. WTF, ol' ILX?
― a bleak, sometimes frightening portrait of ceiling cat (contenderizer), Wednesday, 14 October 2009 03:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Okay, maybe I'm reading way too much into this, but...look at Buju Banton's hands in the photograph. He's making a sign over his crotch that some people use to indicate a vagina. And I invite you to try to sit that way yourself...it does not feel like a very natural position to me. I'm guessing Banton is making the sign to mock the folks in the photograph with him.
Posted by: peterparker | Oct 13, 2009 12:55:15 PM
http://api.ning.com/files/AlF29i7dC3Lhgz6dtRJOtF-zI6-gsTxWDb550OQ2bq*G5yWUR*G9rj0LYG5BLdi5Zc8RA9mnIWVDDRHCbNYXsAf-Tz79y37h/Haile_Selassie_G_0485.jpg
― am0n, Wednesday, 14 October 2009 03:36 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.towleroad.com/2009/10/buju-banton-there-is-no-end-to-the-war-between-me-and-faggot.html
― cough syrup in coke cans (Eric H.), Saturday, 17 October 2009 14:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I want to hear Buju Banton's considered take on the Jan Moir furore.
― Neil S, Saturday, 17 October 2009 15:43 (fourteen years ago) link
fuck this guy imo
― it's like a Shark-Cage but for "Your Junk" AKA Your Penis & Balls (stevie), Saturday, 17 October 2009 17:39 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah it's really pretty much impossible to defend the dude at this point
― headroom (max) (M@tt He1ges0n), Saturday, 17 October 2009 17:57 (fourteen years ago) link
this thread is filled with some amazingly condescending excuses for homophobia imo
― access flap (omar little), Saturday, 17 October 2009 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
coming from folks who would probably RAGE at length against the amount of instruments arcade fire dares to use on a song, or some other similarly big important social issue
― access flap (omar little), Saturday, 17 October 2009 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
just a thought
^^^^ i almost posted the exact same thing, it seems really weird!
― a perfect urkel (gbx), Saturday, 17 October 2009 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
remember omar, homophobia or even being a white power creep like some of those norway black metal dudes is no sin compared to being an semi-popular indie rock band that uncool ppl like
― headroom (max) (M@tt He1ges0n), Saturday, 17 October 2009 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
― a perfect urkel (gbx), Saturday, October 17, 2009 5:06 PM
even after seeing the pic i posted?
― am0n, Saturday, 17 October 2009 23:25 (fourteen years ago) link
incisive political cartoons inna dancehall style
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/Entertainment/images/20091015T200000-0500_161898_OBS__NO_END_TO_THE_WAR_BETWEEN_ME_AND_THE_GAYS___BUJU_TELLS_MUTA_1.jpg
― am0n, Saturday, 17 October 2009 23:43 (fourteen years ago) link
It's "Gary."
http://www.alfingers.com/news/busy-signal-gary/
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 07:20 (thirteen years ago) link
so much evolving going right now
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/us-news-blog/2012/may/18/beenie-man-rap-gay-rights
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 18 May 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W90Moq_InEc
― am0n, Friday, 18 May 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
i don't even know what this is supposed to mean
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/assets/8071090/ed-cart-thursday-17-may.jpg
― am0n, Friday, 18 May 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
i'm not completely convinced. just a reminder that last time beenie "apologized" he came out with this right after:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5NDcksC0wQ
― chilli, Saturday, 19 May 2012 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
hell of a bellybutton on that gay community
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Saturday, 19 May 2012 01:53 (twelve years ago) link
why is beenie man wearing a stethoscope?
― The Reverend, Saturday, 19 May 2012 06:03 (twelve years ago) link
because he is The Doctor
― bentelec, Saturday, 19 May 2012 06:11 (twelve years ago) link
Beenie looks away from the camera too much to make me think he feels it in his heart, but he feels it in his head.
― bendy, Saturday, 19 May 2012 06:22 (twelve years ago) link
The 100% cynical response of the people in the Observer video is probably otm, unfortunately.
The US recently cancelled the visas of a couple of dancehall acts and governments within the Caribbean, including Barbados and St Lucia, have started to refuse big-name stars work permits to play there.
Irrespective of whether it's heartfelt or not, it's still the right message.
― Just like you, except hot (ShariVari), Saturday, 19 May 2012 06:54 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dwS82qLToI
evolution is obfuscation, per crit darling (and upcoming no doubt collaborator - can't wait) busy
― r|t|c, Saturday, 19 May 2012 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
"link with the rainbow" seems pretty clear to me, but yeah most artists avoid directly targeting homosexuals these days because of all the visa issues
― chilli, Saturday, 19 May 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
Buju Banton is undeniably gay
― Morrissey & Clunes: The Severed Alliance (PaulTMA), Sunday, 20 May 2012 01:06 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.examiner.com/article/beenie-man-denies-apologizing-to-homosexuals-fellow-artistes-react-to-video
http://images.wikia.com/runescape/images/1/1f/Emoticon-Facepalm.gif back to the drawing board...
― shit_ebooks (am0n), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
smgdh
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link