Comments on: Carnival Bacchanal http://www.newcheeze.com/blog/?p=42 Frankly speaking…on a variety of subjects Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:28:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » The web make to blog on Carnival day… http://www.newcheeze.com/blog/?p=42&cpage=1#comment-83 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » The web make to blog on Carnival day… Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:08:57 +0000 http://www.newcheeze.com/blog/?p=42#comment-83 [...] Carnival-related blogging heated up in early February. Caribbean Free Photo posted images from the Phase II Pan Groove panyard, and photographer Stefan Falke paid a visit to the Kilimanjaro moko jumbie (stilt-walker) school. Francomenz wrote about an exhibition of Carnival masks by veteran masman Wayne Berkeley, but also about noise pollution from Carnival parties, a huge frustration for people living near to popular fete venues. She finally caught the Carnival “vibe” at a performance of the 3Canal show. Attillah Springer had previously blogged about sitting in on one of the rehearsals; Caribbean Free Photo posted a full set of images of the opening night performance at Flickr; and I was struck by the Canals’ attempt to link the message of their protest songs to the tradition of Carnival “resistance”. [...] [...] Carnival-related blogging heated up in early February. Caribbean Free Photo posted images from the Phase II Pan Groove panyard, and photographer Stefan Falke paid a visit to the Kilimanjaro moko jumbie (stilt-walker) school. Francomenz wrote about an exhibition of Carnival masks by veteran masman Wayne Berkeley, but also about noise pollution from Carnival parties, a huge frustration for people living near to popular fete venues. She finally caught the Carnival “vibe” at a performance of the 3Canal show. Attillah Springer had previously blogged about sitting in on one of the rehearsals; Caribbean Free Photo posted a full set of images of the opening night performance at Flickr; and I was struck by the Canals’ attempt to link the message of their protest songs to the tradition of Carnival “resistance”. [...]

]]> By: Taran http://www.newcheeze.com/blog/?p=42&cpage=1#comment-82 Taran Wed, 08 Feb 2006 23:20:38 +0000 http://www.newcheeze.com/blog/?p=42#comment-82 Well... I get similar problems in San'do because of the sheer volume of fetes. Damage to property during Carnival is 'just the cost of doing business' as well... I think I'll take pictures Carnival Sunday or Saturday prior to show what looks like a preparation for a hurricane. :o) I did notice that CEPEP already cleaned the streets, and streets which are on the Carnival route in San'do got new lights. If you're not getting jammed with music, tough luck... The real problem is that there is no enforced zoning. Town and Country just... well, it's effective when it chooses to be (and how it makes those choices should be in public debate). Commercial and residential areas overlap, and in a country this size, people should probably be a little more sensitive. But the truth is that Fete organizers don't care about people outside of the fete. Maybe they pay off the right people. Maybe the question should be asked: Who do residents have to bribe so that they aren't disturbed? ;-) Well… I get similar problems in San’do because of the sheer volume of fetes. Damage to property during Carnival is ‘just the cost of doing business’ as well… I think I’ll take pictures Carnival Sunday or Saturday prior to show what looks like a preparation for a hurricane. :o )

I did notice that CEPEP already cleaned the streets, and streets which are on the Carnival route in San’do got new lights. If you’re not getting jammed with music, tough luck…

The real problem is that there is no enforced zoning. Town and Country just… well, it’s effective when it chooses to be (and how it makes those choices should be in public debate). Commercial and residential areas overlap, and in a country this size, people should probably be a little more sensitive. But the truth is that Fete organizers don’t care about people outside of the fete.

Maybe they pay off the right people.

Maybe the question should be asked: Who do residents have to bribe so that they aren’t disturbed? ;-)

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Trinidad & Tobago: Respect & Carnival http://www.newcheeze.com/blog/?p=42&cpage=1#comment-81 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Trinidad & Tobago: Respect & Carnival Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:45:20 +0000 http://www.newcheeze.com/blog/?p=42#comment-81 [...] Francomenz adds her two cents’ to the debate about the boundary separating so-called “culture” from respect for private space and property in the context of Trinidad’s Carnival. [...] [...] Francomenz adds her two cents’ to the debate about the boundary separating so-called “culture” from respect for private space and property in the context of Trinidad’s Carnival. [...]

]]> By: Administrator http://www.newcheeze.com/blog/?p=42&cpage=1#comment-80 Administrator Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:30:07 +0000 http://www.newcheeze.com/blog/?p=42#comment-80 I can imagine! In have a theory that DJs play music at the dangerous decibel levels that they do because they've already suffered severe hearing loss - as a result, everything has to be louder for it to be audible to them. Misery loves company... I can imagine! In have a theory that DJs play music at the dangerous decibel levels that they do because they’ve already suffered severe hearing loss – as a result, everything has to be louder for it to be audible to them. Misery loves company…

]]> By: Delphine http://www.newcheeze.com/blog/?p=42&cpage=1#comment-79 Delphine Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:12:49 +0000 http://www.newcheeze.com/blog/?p=42#comment-79 Tell them, Francomenz! And at the volumes deejays in public fetes play music in this place, we're all going to end up deaf as well as dumb. Delphine PS Can you imagine how this loud music sounds to a dog like me? D. Tell them, Francomenz!

And at the volumes deejays in public fetes play music in this place, we’re all going to end up deaf as well as dumb.

Delphine

PS Can you imagine how this loud music sounds to a dog like me?

D.

]]> By: Mark http://www.newcheeze.com/blog/?p=42&cpage=1#comment-78 Mark Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:47:29 +0000 http://www.newcheeze.com/blog/?p=42#comment-78 There is a dirth of understanding about the role of D.J.'s on our radios now. They either "perform" as you described in your post or they adopt the psuedo-American (not even a good "Fresh-water Yankee") accent while doing their self-serving shifts on irrelevant Top 40 stations. This extends to the so-called talk-show hosts who use the opportunities given them to promote their narrow, intolerant agendas. There is a dirth of understanding about the role of D.J.’s on our radios now. They either “perform” as you described in your post or they adopt the psuedo-American (not even a good “Fresh-water Yankee”) accent while doing their self-serving shifts on irrelevant Top 40 stations. This extends to the so-called talk-show hosts who use the opportunities given them to promote their narrow, intolerant agendas.

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