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Because it's not just a third-world problem, it's a problem on Third and Maryland Ave too
More imperative -- but innately intertwined -- with the "Anti-Journalism" movement is the need to debunk the (mediated) HIV/AIDS mythologies within the U.S. For example: toting Africa as the world's AIDS haven. HIV/AIDS -- like hunger, like poverty, like inadequate education -- does not stop at our doorstep. The sooner we come to terms with social pandemics -- and take accountability and ownership of them as our own -- the sooner we can solve the problem.
As the Obama Administration aims to reconnect the U.S. with our international partners, it is key that we as Americans look -- beyond politics, to people -- at shared experiences between ourselves and our fellow global citizens -- flaws and all.
Hopefully, this sparks an expansion initiative for the Project Red -- who's brilliant campaign stimulates charity, capitalism, and consumption ... all in one! The brand's mission to "fight AIDS in Africa," would provide worlds of support -- literally -- to fight the AIDS within the U.S. as well. Even a campaign to establish sub-projects -- country/region specific extensions within the larger "Project Red" umbrella -- would present the gravity in sheer breadth of the social crisis, but more so the solidarity behind the solution.Watch this space
Again with the British-American tandem ... Spring theme-du-jour: stems. While an American politician lifts the federal funding ban on stem cell research -- to build a legion of South Park-esque Supermen no doubt -- a British pop powerhouse builds a legion of super-producers. Thanks to stems you can be a superhero and a super producer ... all in one!On our coast this weekend, Barack Obama planned a much needed lift on the stem-cell research federal funding ban -- per Peter Griffin's inquiry of "Why aren't we funding this?!" no doubt.
On the other side of the pond, lil' Miss Lily Rose lifted the Oz/ProTools curtain and tucked an 80-track surprise in each hard copy and iTunes version of her album "It's Not Me It's You." Anyone who uploads their legal copy of the album gets each track stem from the release.
I finally mustered up the civility to get my hands on a hard copy of INMIY -- solely because of the stems -- and it was worth every penny. Now, I'm finding it hard to break away from remixing Everyone's At It, revamping the drums on Chinese, or seeing how Back to the Start would sound if I dropped the vocoder. But the fun doesn't end with vanity listening sessions amongst you and your closest pal, remixers are encouraged to upload their exclusives for peer and label review ... so get on the 1s & 2s, start scratching away, and you'll be a Hollywood Kid in no time!Stems are this girl's new best friend.Oh, and it's not a British Invasion this time ... it's more of a sublet until things get back to normal
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