You Media savvie warriors on this blogg from underground radio, above ground transmitters and above board money from corporite owners and sponsors...
{how many of you jocks have sold ads for your own shows?..station?}
YOU DA BOMB!
a veritable treasure chest of experience, insight and wisdom..
especially when it comes to being involved in introducing and marketing social, political change, awareness or could i say revolution ? shouldn't scare anyone here except...the sponsors? ahh
Well i consider you all co-conspirators in this life we share and I'm a callin you out!
Well maybe just soundin you out.
Our future is being bought and sold daily, to the highest bidder, like a commodity just to see who will control and profit from life in the future. we basically don't get to participate and do not have an alternative future to invest in or promote if nothing good gets given us...
Being in advertising and publishing, i believe we need to advertise and promote alternative futures for ourselves, like peace. We at Rebirth have always done that and been political but more on the spiritual side
On the Rebirth site,in our minds, we have refined that to Promoting...
The End of War, Hunger, and Disease...
True Peace and Enlightenment
I believe these are all reasonable and doable goals to shoot for, promote and attain for our future.
I wouldn't want to shoot lower or dilute and lose the message in temporary political battles.
Were still promoting peace... its all just a benefit or effect of enlightenment.
John Lennon promoted peace... and felt that we could sell it through modern marketing techniques like you do to sell wart remover, air fresheners , tooth paste , jeans, beer or cars.
I agree... notice the music Cadillac choose for its commercials... you know what I'm talking about. Who among us, 40 years ago, could guess or even believe that...Led Zeppelin in effect would represent Cadillac. They were probably banned on some rock station... with Hendrix.
We've brainstormed good ideas, Like an online world wide auction...what's it worth to you... a world without war hunger or disease... we could keep a running total of all bids, people are impressed by big numbers, and no one really has to pay till the item is delivered, and if they don't like it they can get there money back... so people can be honest and generous... and still feel safe.
Slick, commercials on radio and television detailing problems that exist because of politics, stupid practices,
like hunger, homelessness, political repression, the cost, in Dollar and human terms, of war and growing up in it, and give solutions.
Show a better life and world through the riches of are genius, are science and scientist, are musicians and artist, are visionaries and healers.
A cabinet level department of Peace to promote Peace, and finance communities and individuals to do the same.
A nonprofit foundation to be supported by individual and corporate interests, through donations and corporate sponsorship ie The Rebirth Foundation, The Peace Foundation,or we thought , and for many reasons, ' The Living Church,' of The Rebirth Tribe'...or the rainbow commune, what ever it's a right to establish and practice new religion, and we've done it...it's Tax exempt, traditionally serves the poor, and peoples spiritual need, is a natural agent or vehicle for man to carry out God will, peace on earth,...
and yes to protect us from being arrested, stripped of our rights , imprisoned, families broken and suffering, possessions, homes, keepsakes , even dignity and respect lost or damaged. Decent caring human being who want little more than a better life for themselves and others. All this brutal and repressive treatment from our own government and neighbors for using and sharing the drugs we have ritually and socially used for so long now in our culture and way of live and mostly just to very pleasurable, enlightening, relaxing or stimulating ends.
We've all seen and heard the horror storys of abuse and misuse... they happen and were more aware of them than most, and more able to help also. We've grown up and learned to survive as outlaws in our own country... See what that gets into
Organized religion has a very bad history and it scares the shit out of me. My God doesn't need an interpreter or spare change. And I don't like feeling like a hypocrite saying one thing and doing another for good, convenient political reasons. One of our founding forfather , Sam Adams, I think said... 'When the last King is strangled, with the entrails of the last priest, mankind will enter a new age of freedom and enlightenment'... it may be one of our mistakes but its also one of our rights.
OK Check out this bright idea that came recently...along with or simultaneous with others... Please think about this one... ... the appeal.. could we creat an engine of sorts that could generate its way $$ to drive us home and shine a little light on the road ahead...to help us get there ,how could we do it, improve it2, keep it on track...I have written inspired songs that I would gladly donate to support this idea... other musicians might too. this fires me up... I think something like this has worked before. David Bowie sold rock futures,$50,000,000.00 worth of stocks or bond, in one weekend...just 'guaranteed it' with his catalog and the offering got an A+ rating from wall street.... He got it now... his catolog paid it off and investers belived in his rock future and got paid well in return .. Different, but similar .
It has become clear that anything with a future ... has a market... as a commodity or a long-term investment or promotion opportunity. Some offerings succeed because they're popular and people want them to succeed so they invest and it grows, succeeds, and becomes more popular... people love a winner... and that's the other income... the cooperate, marketing type people will jump on your band wagon, if your popular, goanna be around and do good, and they can be associated with you... they'll support you to increase there business and image with there customers... your fans and supporters. Front runners perhaps, but your good for them they're good to you.$$
Think of this... an engine to market a better future... non-profit, but people can invest in it... with donations as usual but they get token stock... now they're part of it actively they'll talk about it and promote it and it could generate dividends for them before the money means nothing. Say some popular, influential, people help promote it, say Dylan and Bonno and Jimmy Carter...maybe do a song to generate money to keep promoting and running the best fucking commercials on tv and radio... enlightening, entertaining, memorable... with celebrities and examples of positive change a promising future coming... Corporate sponsorship could be extraordinary... people who donated would be getting rewarded with dividends... positive reinforcement. .. We could generate publicity.. make news coverage ... who don't want peace... the end of war hunger and disease....Its so hard to malign or distort what were saying... but they will... they killed John... but they just cant get rid of him!.. or that simple naive message he gave us... Give Peace A Chance... Is that to fantastic to even hope for... we can change there mind... and we will... we can shine light on the dark things and people so they know they can run but they cant hide...or if they're cool they can have fun without hurting they're bride! ... boy ,I gotta go to bed on that one.. its late , I'm tired, and im getting silly...
I'm serious about the rest though... give me some feed back if something makes sense, or don't.
Love all ya'alls
Bruce
Pegi & Spencer - Dallas,1969
