- I mean, yes
I do speak from the hart. But that
graphic. It just... like... Again,
speechless...
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- First of all, what
an incredible conicidence that this person made 4
boxes like 4tvs, right? But, like, I don't know you
man. You sat there and took stills from that and made
a graphic? <skin feels weird> AHH. I mean,
I should be flattered right? I'm always flattered
when someone shares my stuff but this shit just...
AHHHH ADAM JUST SAY THANK YOU AND LEAVE THE RANDOM.
Thank you.
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- 7) Christopher
Diva
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- So much for
helpin'your fellow man. Christ. So this guy contacts
me to put his video on my Grinch video via video
response. Always happy to help a fellow artist and
asked if he could host mine on his so we could cross
promote. He wasn't getting much love for his and I was
happy to bump it up a bit. His video (which I'll
promote again
to make this next point) clearly isn't the same level
as what I did, in fact he didn't really make a video -
just put words on the screen as he sang along. I don't
mean to be a dick about this, but people can tell when
someone worked on something and that's why my video
got spotlighted. A couple days later he wrote
me:
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- "Dude,
you are kicking my butt. What's your
secret?"
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- What, this is a
competition? How does me having more views than you
HURT you? The internet is big enough for the both of
us... So I do a search and realize he's been
responding in all the comment threads where my video
is reposted with his video. Even asking the author why
they didn't post his. ?!?!? I mean, the man is
trying, but it's a little leechy. I figured I'd
be honest and answer his question:
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- "You didn't
make a video man. Words on a static screen seem
lazy (even though that takes time). Half the reason
mine is being shared is the video...Like your Cain
video, that got 15,000... could've gotten more I
think if it was shorter... but yeah, actual videos
pick up steam better. My Let's bomb iran was
animated in 2006 - had over 3 million views (off
youtube) in days. People appreciate the extra work.
No doubt."
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- Never heard back,
and then I saw this on my Huffington Post
article:
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- What a fuckin'
DOUCHE. It's funny, Mo'Kelly had me feelin' the love -
happy to help, pay it forward... all the kumbaya
shit... and then dude does this? Tidal is totally a
plant. You can say a lot of things about my video but
not that it isn't well executed... then he sees
Christopher's and that was rather good? Come on
man. Even if he wasn't a plant replying to that
comment to pimp your shit when we're trying to help
cross-promote each other is just weaselly.
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- This is exactly
why people become even BIGGER ASSHOLES when they
move out here. They deal with people like this.
I have never truly found a community feeling
amongst your peers. It's constant insecurity by
everyone and using each other to get ahead.
I mean, I watched his video, saw that it was
woefully produced, not even remotely funny... but I
was HAPPY to help him. HAPPY TO. Ugh.
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- So obviously
I took his video response down and am not holding
back publically. It's always been my feeling that when
you burn your bridge to me? It's not my fault if I
point that out to you. You asked for my advice,
I certainly didn't give it before that. You
pulled the thread hijacking in dozens of threads and
acted like this was a competition. Well, it still
isn't. The worst videos you've ever seen have 10
million views so competing for numbers is a losing
battle. Your best bet was to make a network of friends
with fellow artists and help cross promote. Be happy
for a fellow artist when they do great, because your
time is coming. Help each other by giving tips and
advice and generally be decent. It seems you missed
Kindergarten.
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- 8) Kopyright
Kontras?
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- My entire life has
been fighting copyright laws. The "Fair Use" law
(meaning if you ain't making money off it - back the
hell off) I think is incredibly fair. Taking my 65
view video off YouTube because there's a song on the
radio in the background is fucking ridiculous.
However, for the first time - I pulled the copyright
card on someone else. Several people stole my video
and uploaded it themselves, and I kindly wrote to them
and asked them to take it down. Explained that I'm
trying to get enough views to get TV time and if the
views get split, that'll kill me. Everyone was cool
except one dude. I wrote to him twice, I made comments
on the video... he ignored me. The video was
approaching 1,000 views and I finally filed a
copyright complaint. The result?
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- Awesome. It is
strange to me that I can claim ownership of a parody
song... and honestly? Dr. Seuss could probably do the
same back to me. But again, I'm not making money off
it... it's part of the Fair Use portion of the
copyright law. What "laundrygone"
did was put his own credits on the front and back of
my video and just upload the identical video. In my
claim I even said: "My name is still on the
credits at the beginning of the video, clearly it's
mine.". LMAO. Dumbass. Again, once the initial surge
is over sometime next year? By all means - steal away.
Just don't kill it before it starts by splitting the
views. And everyone who has done it have been Ron Paul
nuts. They are a HARDCORE group man... Speaking
of which:
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- 9) Ron Paul is out
of his Mind
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- Listen, no one is
a bigger fan of the "anti-candidate" than me. I wrote
songs about Ross Perot in '92, voted Libertarian
(Harry Browne) until I had no choice but to vote
AGAINST Bush in 2004 and vote for Kerry. So I
love watching the outsider come in...
-
- ...but Ron Paul is
just clueless. Yes, get out of the wars, we have no
business in them... and then he says no financial aid
to any country?
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- (sigh)
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- Brother, come on.
Has he ever BEEN on the internet? Does he understand
how small the world is now? How global the economy is,
how global our community is? You say shit like this
and you take out every single person that knows
ANYTHING about how the world works. It sounds good to
young people and the ultimate conspiracy theorists...
that's about it. And the problem is, if he were
elected? Foreign policy is where a president has the
most control! That should frighten everyone. You
have to be diplomatic. You have to have allies.
You have to give foreign aid. We are one world.
Frustrating. And you know what? The Republican
Primaries are in such disarray he'll probably win
Iowa. But then? He'll melt away once the REAL
microscope goes on him and people actually hear what
he has to say. Right now, we hear soundbites that
sound perfect - and he is absolutely the
anti-corporate candidate. It would be awesome to
watch... but he's so out of his mind in other areas
it's like he's stuck in the 1800s. Oh and he and his
son are ABSOLUTELY racist as fuck. And if he wins Iowa
(which he totally could)... that will come out in
DROVES. Let's not forget Huckabee won Iowa in 2008.
That's a microscope that can crush you. Ron Paul has a
fuckton of crushable moments. And it's too bad, 'cause
he really does have some great views - but he's just
clueless as to how to play the game. Speaking of
which...
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- 10) We Made this
Bed
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- I got into this in
the rant: there's a difference between "being
corporate" and "accepting money from corporations".
Candidates accept money from lobbyists and
corporations because we accept it. We've made it to
where you have to raise a BILLION dollars to run
for president. So if you're gonna rule out any
candidates for taking money with ties to lobbyists or
corporations you're completely missing the point. And
just 'cause you take money from someone doesn't mean
you're going to do EVERYTHING the way they want. Obama
has gone against some of his donors as much as he's
gone for them... but accepting the money is a
necessary evil. One we can certainly fix
(GetMoneyOut.com)
but for the time being? Don't hate the player, hate
the game. And don't act like Obama is just as
corporate as Gingrich because they both accept money.
That type of false equivalency is what THEY WANT.
Because then, the TRULY CORPORATE (Gingrich) can
EASILY float right along being straight up evil.
Firing union workes and replacing them with child
labor is about as transparently corporate as you can
get. If you think Obama would say that, you're not
paying attention.
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- 11) Repeat the
Achievements
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- Anyone see the 60
minutes interview with Obama on Sunday? Wow. I had
actually forgotten just how reasonable and pragmatic
he was after watching this ridiculous
Republican Primary stuff. How on earth, do you EVER,
pick one of those Republicans over Obama? I have
a point that I'm making in the next rant that
I think completely destroys the "his economy"
slam... and in every other category? He's so goddamn
competent it's like a gut punch to anyone trying to
make the opposite case. Seriously, Democrats have more
to be upset about than Republicans do if you look at
his record. And beyond voting just for one or two
issues... some people just have the gravitas to be
president. They can take all the shit thrown at them
and go through things with reason and intelligence.
All he has to do is repeat how he's done that, over
and over... and he wins. I don't remember any
president in my lifetime having the achievements he
had the first 2 years in office. Then throw in getting
Bin Laden and leaving Iraq in 2011? Whew. Good luck,
GOP.
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- 12) I still
think it's Romney
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- I know it's
not the popular choice right now, but Newt
cannot win. God, God, God, God I want it to be
Newt. I would love nothing more than to see the
two of them standing next to each other. That visual?
What? But I have to stop dreaming. Newt can win
the first 4 primaries, and I STILL think
it's Romney. Newt will implode and those polls that
show Romney doing better than Newt during the general
election? That has to ring true even in the
HARDCORE right... don't they? Isn't Romney better
than Obama to them? Maybe the Tea Party really has
taken over and they're all just ignorant to no end,
but I have to believe there are some rational
conservatives out there that just want Obama out (even
though he's the most successful
REPUBLICAN president in 30 years). Time will
tell, but Romney has a better chance.
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- 13) 6
Zeroes
-
- The Grinch video
bumped my channel over 1,000,000 views. But it's kinda
stupid to even note it because my very first video on
YouTube (Let's Bomb Iran) had millions of views
OUTSIDE of YouTube in 2006. So, it just doesn't
seem like that big of a deal. What's nice is that when
people hit my channel, it's at LEAST that many. As
I mentioned above - worrying about numbers is
truly futile considering what gets hits on YouTubes
(if only my tits were bigger)... but if you're The
World's First and Longest Running Video Blogger... you
should have "million" somewhere. And of course,
I uploaded 650 of those videos to cover 2000-2007
of The Journey in 2009 and they have like 10 views
each. LOL. This is what you get for starting your site
in 1999. Just a little too ahead of my time. But now
The Journey to me is just about telling stories. I
love it. That's all that really matters.
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- 14) All that
Really Matters
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- Focusing on all
that really mattered in 2011 has filled me with such
strength and confidence for the new year I can't even
tell you. Focusing on Talya and her family has
reminded me of what matters again and again. It's a
lesson to everyone out there in this business: it's ok
to take time off. It's OK to just stop. In 2010 I was
as depleted and empty as I've ever been in my life.
After all I had been through? Summer 2010 was worse.
There's still some entries in early 2010 I can't read
nearly 2 years later. When I found someone who didn't
think I was broken? I made a smart move (after 2
months of saying I didn't want to be in a
relationship) and I let her in. And I spent an
entire year healing. Only now am I capable of thinking
about me and my career. That is only possible
because of how happy I am. Let's see what 2012
brings.
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- Damnit, I
should've saved that for the entry on the 31st. Well,
we all know I can pontificate if need
be.
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- <smile>
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- Adam
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