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OFT clears Danoptra Deal and Terroni joins
Astra Games Limited has confirmed that, following clearance from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) given on 3rd July 2012, the purchase of trade and assets of the Danoptra Group companies Gamestec Leisure, Bell-Fruit Games, RLMS Sales and Mazooma Interactive Games has now been formally concluded.
The conclusion of this transaction, which began with initial discussions back in 2009, now creates an Astra UK Gaming Group, that, based on 2011 reported figures, has a total turnover of £79.68 million and £15.73million EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation) and employs a total workforce of 1,042. Throughout the lengthy period of discussion and negotiation Astra Games Limited was ably represented by Mr. Aled Walters, partner in Cardiff legal practice MLM Cartwright.
Each of the four 'acquired' companies will maintain their individual identities – being some of the most respected and iconic names in the UK gaming industry – and will conduct themselves with their existing staff and in a 'business as normal' manner.
The Astra UK Gaming Group will be managed by a five man Board of Directors. Zane Mersich, Managing Director of Astra Games since 2008, will become the Group's CEO and will be joined by John Austin (Managing Director, Bell-Fruit Games), Chris Butler (Managing Director of Gamestec), Neil Paramore (CFO) and Paul Terroni, who moves from Danoptra to take up the role of Business Development Director within the new entity.
Now backed by the huge resources of the Novomatic Group a Technology Committee covering all aspects of the Astra UK Gaming Group will be established. To be chaired by Astra's Game Design Director and Board member Andy Dinning, this committee will be responsible for directing new innovations in both analogue and digital gaming products and creating an overall policy of strategic research and development across all companies within the group.
As a wholly owned subsidiary of the Novomatic Group Astra Games Limited has progressed this transaction in full accordance with Group policy. This meant a full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, together with a full and complete due diligence process and, because of the significance of the proposed transaction to the wider UK gaming industry, a voluntary submission being made to the UK Office of Fair Trading.
Astra's voluntary OFT submission was made on 17th April, 2012 and was open to written representations on any competition or public interest issues, a process that Astra Games both welcomed and supported. One area of intense discussion has been the UK gaming industry's wish to see Astra continue to develop, manufacture and support analogue gaming machines. Astra has frequently repeated its total commitment to the future development of both analogue and digital gaming equipment for the continued benefit of the UK industry and reinforces that commitment now. Welcoming the OFT's statement of clearance on July 3rd Zane Mersich, Managing Director of Astra Games Ltd., noted: "All of us involved in the process of bringing together Astra and Danoptra understand the importance, for the wider UK gaming industry as well as just the parties directly involved, of a deal that will now safeguard iconic industry names and the employment that they provide. We look forward now with great confidence and in the belief that the group of companies that we have created under the Astra banner will, from the outset, play a leading role in the development of the UK gaming industry."
The ASTRA UK GAMING GROUP: COMPANY PROFILES and QUOTES
Astra Games Limited (based in Bridgend, South Wales) is the wholly owned subsidiary of Austria's Novomatic Group, one of the world's largest integrated gaming groups, that was founded in 1980 and which today employs more than 18,000 staff around the world and is the leading European producer of high-tech gaming equipment.
Astra itself was founded in 1992 by a group of gaming industry entrepreneurs from within the gaming industry enclave that still exists to this day in South Wales. In the autumn of 2004 the Bridgend-based company consolidated its position as a major force in the international gaming industry by becoming a subsidiary of the world-renowned Novomatic Group of Companies. From the start, Astra has continually broken new ground in gaming machine design. The company pioneered the multiplayer concept, followed by sit-down multi-players and video multiplayer products. And despite being much imitated, Astra machines remain market leaders.
Zane Mersich, CEO, continued: "To understand and appreciate the significance of the Astra UK Gaming Group one needs look no further than the recent history of Astra itself. When Novomatic acquired a majority shareholding in Astra back in 2004 it was against a background of promised investment and resources deployment. On 29th November 2007 Astra proudly opened its new headquarters facility, Astra House, and moved into an entire new phase of groundbreaking innovation. With the acquisition of the Austrian internet gaming pioneer company Greentube in 2010 Astra provided what is now the third 'leg' of the Novomatic business: adding online gaming entertainment to Novomatic's previous strategy of duality in manufacturing and land-based operations.
In the spring of 2011 Astra added to its portfolio a majority shareholding in Empire Games, a respected name in the UK gaming industry but a company that was starved of investment. All of these companies, not the least of which is Astra itself, have been able to grow and develop thanks to the investments made by Novomatic in finance, technology, organisation and secured management. Without doubt, this will now be mirrored in the development of Bell- Fruit Games, Gamestec, RLMS Sales and Mazooma Interactive Games.
My personal satisfaction at the conclusion of this deal is that we have grown Astra by a well considered acquisition and, in the process, have secured over 1,000 UK jobs and given some of the most iconic company names in the UK gaming entertainment industry their chance to shine once again. I look forward to the future with excitement and anticipation and I hope and believe that the many stakeholders in what has been a industry hard pressed of late by economic circumstance will see the opportunity to move forward in partnership with us towards a brighter, sustainable, future."
Dr. Franz Wohlfahrt, CEO Novomatic AG added: "Following the take-over of Astra Games in 2004 and Empire Games in 2011 this major acquisition in the UK brings to our group a true domestic market in the gaming industry's home country. We are convinced that the synergies generated through the cooperation of the various companies will not only secure jobs but will also provide important impetus for our global growth as a group as well as for our business strategy that is traditionally based on the duality of business activities as a producer and as an operator."
Bell-Fruit Games combines experience with creativity to give the very best in quality, service and innovation.
The track record of Bell-Fruit Games during over 40 years in the industry is second to none. Focusing on the core skills of technology and games design, served by a flexible and efficient manufacturing facility, ensures that Bell-Fruit Games continues to deliver world class standards of performance.
Bell-Fruit Games Ltd (BFG), known originally as Bell-Fruit Manufacturing Co. Ltd, was formed in 1963 and quickly gained a reputation as a leading designer and manufacturer of gaming machines for the UK. 1999 signalled a distinct change of emphasis when the company focused its strategy on the design, development and manufacture of games, concentrating on the design and development process. In line with this re-alignment of focus to creative design, the company changed its name to Bell-Fruit Games and, under the new structure will become Bell-Fruit Group.
In the UK, the company is the leading player in AWP, Club Jackpot and SWP markets, both in traditional and video networked technologies, and enjoys a high reputation for constant innovation. From its established Nottingham base the company, which is immediately associated with its famous three bells logo, develops new games for European and other international markets, and employs almost 200 people.
Bell-Fruit Group aims to be known and recognized as a centre of excellence and innovation that consistently generates more successful games than any other company in the UK and Europe. In order to achieve its objectives the company is committed to recruiting and developing the best people and supporting their innovation with efficient, responsive manufacturing and marketing operations.
Bell-Fruit Games Managing Director, John Austin, was forthright in commenting on the completion of the Astra acquisition: "This is great news for BFG, its staff, customers and the industry it serves. Great News because being part of Novomatic, a globally leading group in the gaming machine market, provides us with the benefits of an owner who understand the issues around this particular market and is able to provide the investment we very much need to take us forward with new developments and emerging technologies as well as offering synergy with their products and technologies. I have said on numerous occasions in the past that ownership of any business in the design and manufacture of gambling machines is infinitely better in the hands of major players in the global market than banks or PLCs who know little about the market and its needs."
Gamestec, the UK's No. 1 for electronic entertainment
Gamestec is the largest gaming and amusement operator in the UK, providing services for over 35,000 machines in 10,500 locations and employing almost 700 people nationwide. Gamestec has over 50 years of experience and expertise in the industry, which enables the company to deliver outstanding, tailored, services to answer the industry's specific needs and to help boost cash-in-box profits.
Only Gamestec can offer the very best range of gaming equipment and amusement products, as selected from the industry's leading manufacturers – and back up that equipment with an outstanding level of service and support. Gamestec works with a huge variety of products across a vast range of markets, and strives to offer the highest level of quality in both products and service to each and every customer.
As the undisputed UK market leader, Gamestec's expertise spans a broad spectrum of market sectors. The company provides a high standard of service to companies large and small – ranging from national chains to local independents.
Gamestec's Managing Director, Chris Butler underlined the importance of the company's new position within the Astra UK Gaming Group. He said: "Gamestec have had the benefit of a close working relationship with Astra and the Novomatic group of companies for nearly two years now. I have personally found both teams to have worked well and closely to deliver the innovation that we now refer to as iPub™. It has been a fantastic project that has now started to deliver results; on the premise of maximising the potential of new and existing customers in pubs. This is only the start! With our new situation and with the benefit of sustained investment, we have only scratched the surface of our future potential.
Innovation has never been more important as we seek to compete within the various gaming opportunities that are now open to customers: both in and out of venue.
The completion of the Astra deal is fantastic news for all the people at Gamestec. The massive improvements that we have been making with can now progress at full speed and we can look forward to delivering the solutions that the UK industry really needs.
RLMS Sales: Making the Difference
RLMS Sales has been making a difference in the Gaming and Amusement industry for over 30 years. It is a key player in the distribution of innovative world-class products and prides itself on excellent knowledge and service.
With its vast range of brand leader products, the dedicated RLMS team will ensure customers are offered the very best products on the market at competitive prices.
This is an exciting time for new products and RLMS Sales aim to make the very best available to our customers.
Managing Director Phil Boulton continued: "It's fantastic news that this has finally gone through. For RLMS Sales, to be part of Astra and the Novomatic Group can only strengthen our position as one of the leading UK distributors for gaming machines. Whilst we have a long history in our own right, to be part of a Group which brings with it iconic brands such as Bell Fruit Games and Astra Games, and the investment which we hear our new owners are committed to providing, has provided both a degree of security and a sense of excitement for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead within our sector. Indeed, since early in the consultation phase, all of the team at RLMS, without exception, have eagerly awaited this completion. As a distributor, we wish to remain loyal to our other manufacturer partners with whom there has been mutual support over the years. Long may this continue. We will be strengthening our sales team, whilst widening our portfolio and I believe, going forward, that we will have an even more compelling offer of the best reel based and digital machines available to all sectors of the market. Combined with the relationships and high level of customer service ethic that we have, the completion of this deal must be a win-win as far as RLMS and our Customers are concerned. "
MAZOOMA: Providing the player with the ultimate gaming experience
Always striving for innovation, Mazooma Interactive Games (MIG) works in partnership with a wide range of valued customers across all sectors in the UK and abroad to develop profitable games across a variety of digital platforms.
Established 15 years ago, Mazooma has a rich pedigree in designing games that provide the player with the ultimate gaming experience. Innovation is the key driver behind our game concepts and we constantly strive to bring new features to the player, for example: through our latest online Community games.
Originally from a land-based background, Mazooma has more recently focused its attention on providing digital content to the internet gaming sector, to bookmakers and also to export markets in Italy and South America. With its in-house team of developers Mazooma concentrates on delivering innovative gaming solutions and adding real value to our partners.
The Managing Director of Mazooma Interactive Games, Tony Oliver enthused: "The assets acquisition from the Danoptra Gaming Group will enhance the customer experience for our retail partners, through investment in people, products and technology, and so continually improve our player entertainment experience. What does the deal mean to MIG?
I believe that the deal will provide access to online platform technology, experience and R&D resource that will help expand our business and chosen markets.
What does MIG bring to Astra? MIG will complement the growing product share in the LBO and bingo sector. In the online market, MIG has access and reach to new potential operators as well as an established portfolio of unique and innovative content.
The starting point for what then became a three year process of discussion and negotiations came from Astra recognising that the fast-changing times in the UK gaming industry presented opportunities to build on the its already existing relationships with Danoptra Group companies Bell-Fruit Games and Gamestec.
Paul Terroni, now the newly appointed Business Development Director of the Astra UK Gaming Group, reflected on that process and expressed his satisfaction by saying: "The completion of this deal marks the end of an historical journey that commenced in 2009 and brings together many skills, talents, and an experienced team of individuals from the gaming businesses of the Danoptra Group with the equally talented team from Astra Games, in what I consider to be one of the most significant and important developments that has occurred in the UK gaming business for many years. The natural synergies of both businesses will create a formidable new group that will spearhead the development of the gaming sector.
For all the four companies involved, this deal will enable them to progress their business objectives, and turn them into reality.
I am personally delighted to have been involved in this project right from the start and now to be here at completion. I look forward with extreme confidence that the enlarged group will now be able to invest and grow their market sectors with the added benefit that being part of the Novomatic Group will bring."
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what is not mentioned here is all the pension black holes that were left in Kunick (102) and hey now its in administration leaving the PPF to pick up the bill and defered members left with 90% of their pension . Well done big buisness
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From a pristine db:
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> db[2] = 3; db; db.redo(); db
{u'1': 1, u'2': 3}
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> db.undo(); db.redo(); db.redo(); db
{u'1': 1, u'2': 3}
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{u'1': 1, u'2': 2} #?!
I think this could be really interesting as a teaching tool: show how even a db that 'looks' okay can have subtle errors, and that dealing with concurrency is a really hard problem.
Thanks for noticing this! It's a bug in undoable that is now fixed.
For your other two points, it's also in the README [1][2], but more importantly I'm interested in discussing solutions.
For example, I've avoided using any form of timing in this project prefering to leave it to libraries (that can independently update the heuristic definition of a lost connection). But a simple way to avoid locking up on a dead client is to have a timeout when waiting for requests from it.
More generally, I don't think handling ill-behaved clients is such a clean cut problem. What if the client has a bug that keeps requesting the same data in a loop?
[1] "The client program has to be written so the order in which other accesses are treated are unimportant." But I can see that it may be ambiguous if undo/redo are considered accesses.
[2] "No deadlock (dead client) checks are implemented."


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Zappos.com has been a leader in the world of eCommerce for as long as I can remember. They are constantly updating their site and I have often visited Zappos.com for inspiration. They seem to really get it right and that is why they are at the forefront of quality user experience.
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Recently, I was poking around their site and noticed a significant change: they had completely revamped their product page. Not only did they update their product page, but they changed it in a way that challenges most eCommerce sites around the web by not using standard best-practice product page UX.
Up until now, most product pages included a left justified image with content on the right, further information and upsell/cross-sell products below. Here are a few of the changes worth noting that Zappos.com has made to the standard product page.
Product Image
The default view for the product page includes a beautiful large main image that is centred on the page. To view the different colour options of the product you can either click the thumbnails below the image or select a different colour in the cart dropdown menu to the right.
Their product zoom has also been updated. The old way would create a box when you hover and then show a zoomed mirror image beside it. We've never been a fan of this setup. Now, you can click on the product and move your cursor around a zoomed image and click to zoom out. This seems more user friendly.
Tabbed Product Information
Instead of having all of the product information listed to the right of the product with tabbed information below, Zappos.com has created a streamlined, left justified tab system that includes important information to a customer's purchase decision making.
– The Item Information tab is clearly laid out
– The Social Buzz tab shows any recent Tweets or adds to Facebook or Pinterest
– I am a huge fan of this placement and arrangement of Similar Items
– I also really like that they provide information on the brand
– This tabbed section remains constant as the content changes in the centre of the page.
Add to Cart
Zappos.com has also set the add to cart section up as a floating block that remains constant while the content is being reviewed. This means you can check out the colour and images, read the information then decide to add the product to your cart without having to scroll up and down the page. Having the cart information laid out clearly to the right allows for easy purchasing. They've also left this all-important function in the standard right justified area – which makes perfect sense.
Because they have reduced the amount of space required for product information, the product reviews section gets bumped up. For many products online, reviews are an important aspect of the sale. I like that this information is now closer to the product image and easy to find.
What I'm Not Sure About
– The share buttons are in the top left and are not the typical buttons we are used to seeing
– With the layout being different from what we are used to seeing across most eCommerce sites, were their conversion rates affected?
I was expecting to have a longer list of things I was unsure about, but in all honesty, I am really liking this new layout. It did take me a few seconds to familiarize myself with their placement of key information but in the end, I found the new layout to be clean, easy, and effective. What I'd love to know is how this product page change has affected their sales.


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self-directed learning bias?
I'm skeptical about claims, which I hear often by classical liberals, that kids generally love to learn innately. Personal experience gives everyone some expertise on education. But if that's all we're posting from, I think the sample from which the classical liberal blogosphere is drawn makes such claims overrepresented. Call this an argument from skeptical elitism.
Bloggers at places like Catallarchy are people who spend their spare time discussing political theory. Thus, they are more likely to be intelligent people. This is especially true if smart people are more likely to be libertarians.
Intelligent people are intelligent because they learn better than others.
Some people are better learners than others. (Josh Waitzkin, the chess and martial-arts champ, attributes his success to knowing how to learn.) Similarly, some people are better at self-learning than others. Ceteris isn't paribus, but I'd argue that people who are better self-learners are still more likely to be better learners overall.
Thus, people who are more self-directed, who dislike more the strictures of school, are more likely to frequent classical liberal fora and to write...criticisms of school. Don't get me wrong, I think dumbing-down public schools makes them well worthy of criticism. But we need to build on thicker reeds than just our own experience as students, if our experience isn't representative.
Overcoming bias
The overcoming bias theme is catching on. :-)
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13th day – Phang Nga Bay and Loy Krathong Festival
We spent our last day on Phuket speedboat tripping in Phang Nga Bay organized by Captain Mike. Normally I would prefer having a sailing trip (it's the only sailing trip organized within the bay). We decided to go with this tour because it's the alternative version of the tours – Phang Nga Bay is a very touristic place and the last thing which we wanted was to be part of the tourist crowd and hurry. I think we succeed it.
Phang Nga Bay
Phang Nga Bay is the most spectacular remnant of Tenasserim Mountains, which still form a spine through Thailand to China. Its limestone stack rises sheer from the calm water up to 350 meters. There are about 40 stacks and inside many of them are narrow tunnels and sea. The bay is very similar to Cheow Lan Lake but much more vast, my boyfriend liked it more than the lake.
During our trip we saw Ko Khao Phing Kan (known as James Bond Island), it is a very crowded and touristic place and is packed with souvenir stands. We saw it only from the boat. Next attractions were: kayaking in mangrove forest, caves, prehistoric paintings, Panyi Fishing Village (it's a floating Muslim village – we ate delicious lunch there).
Loy Krathong Festival
The name Loi Krathong could be translated as "to float a basket", and comes from the tradition of making decorated baskets (krathong), which are floated on a river or lake. The festival takes place on the evening of the full moon of the 12th month in the traditional Thai lunar calendar. In 2015, it was 25th of November. The origin of the festival may start from an ancient ritual paying respect to the water spirits. When I found out about this festival I knew that there is no force in this universe to prevent me from participating.
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Banksy, the Picasso of pranksters
Poor Paris – well, not poor in the wealth sense, but you know what I mean. Hardly anyone's buying her CD, and hundreds of those few who have are discovering they've instead bought something with far more artistic value.
And that it's flopped after all the headlines she customarily generates is particularly embarrassing. The publicity blitz was so great that Virgin Blue even played it as we landed the last time I caught one of their flights – as if the landing process wasn't nerve-racking enough without 'Stars Are Blind' as your soundtrack.
A quick look at Banksy's work shows that he's got an excellent c.v. of this kind of stuff. Among my favourites (mainly from the Wikipedia article):
- At London Zoo, he climbed into the penguin enclosure and painted 'We're bored of fish' in two metre high letters.
- In August, 2005, Banksy painted 9 images on the Palestinian side of the Israeli West Bank barrier, including an image of a ladder going up and over the wall and an image of children digging a hole through the wall
- In May 2005 Banksy's version of primitive cave painting depicting a human figure hunting wildlife whilst pushing a shopping trolley was found hanging in the British Museum.
- He smuggled a dead rat in a glass case into the Natural History Museum in London
- In June 2006, Banksy stencilled an image of a naked man hanging out of a bedroom window on a wall in central Bristol, England. The image sparked some controversy, with the Bristol City Council leaving it up to the public to decide whether it should stay or go. After an internet discussion in which 97% (all but 6 people) supported the stencil, the city council decided it would be left on the building.
You can buy a cheap Banksy of your own here, although they're currently sold out.
So much better than our closest equivalent, the serial pest Peter Hore. For one thing, Banksy never cost England qualification to the World Cup. I hadn't realised Hore was still being annoying – the media has probably decided not to give him any more attention:
- 11 August 2006 - Ran onto EnergyAustralia Stadium towards the end of a game between the Newcastle Knights v Manly Sea Eagles holding a guitar.
- 15 August 2006 - Burst into a Newcastle City Council meeting during a youth protest asking if someone "wanted [him] to make alot of noise...". He announced himself as the "future President of Australia"
I think it's been pretty comprehensively established that no-one wants Hore to make a noise, or in fact do anything at all.
Whereas Banksy's hugely popular he has released numerous books (from which I learn that his first name is Robin, of course) designed the Blur album cover for Think Tank and has been acclaimed by art historians for placing unauthorised artworks in galleries. He's got a well-designed website and has been interviewed by Wired and The Guardian.
There's always been a debate over whether graffiti was art or vandalism. I'd only hope that more young graffitists would turn their attention to producing artworks that were so consistently amusing – and so effective as harsh social commentary. Particularly about Paris Hilton.
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I don't hate Paris Hilton. I just hate what she stands for - she is all the worst aspects of western civilisation personified. If muslim extremists would just realise this and blow her up, all our troubles would be solved.
Is it true that her album has flopped? What about the single?
DOM: A note for the ASIO agents who will discover this comment Paris Hilton should not be blown up. She's too entertaining to be killed...
- Posted by: Sarah on September 4, 2006 2:03 PM
Yes, we really should wait till she earns herself a Darwins
- Posted by: the_engel on September 4, 2006 2:25 PM
So it's safe to assume Banksy's CD will actually sell more unit's than the real McCoy.
- Posted by: Mountjoy on September 4, 2006 2:52 PM
Ah, there is some justice in this world. Love your work, Banksy!
- Posted by: scorpio on September 4, 2006 3:04 PM
Well it involves more talent.
- Posted by: The Original Mel on September 4, 2006 3:28 PM
Get with the program - you write like Banksy's something new. He's been doing his thing for nearly a decade or more now and is only just receiving the props that he should.
A quick walk around london's east end brings you face to face with around 30 or more of his best graf pieces, and for years he has traveled the world posting commentary. His "This is not a photo opportunity" piece even appeared opposite Sydney's Opera House and the walls of Melbourne's Revolver are covered in 4 or 5 of his "Think Tank" pieces from the Blur days.
In my opinion he's the strongest social commentator of the last decade. His pieces are both thought provoking and provactive, and at the very least they're always dangerously humorous.
- Posted by: not telling on September 4, 2006 3:28 PM
your sooo cool...
- Posted by: mushroom on September 4, 2006 4:38 PM
His pieces are *both* thought provoking *and* provactive are they? What's "provactive"?
Is it like "provocative"? Are his pieces both thought provoking and provocative? Both? Do they provoke thoughts, and also provoke a second, further thing?
Now, "dangerously humorous." If this guy's work is dangerously humorous, then really he should think seriously about making things safer in his work environment. It would be awful if one of his dangerously humorous works fell from its hook on the art gallery wall, where it was hung dangerously - and humorously - and it fell on someone's head. Dangerous and humorous, both. Humorous; OK. But dangerous too? Surely it's time this fellow was told that his paintings must be hung with more care! People can deal with the humour, but they're hardly likely to continue with the mirth when the damn thing falls down and hits them right in the head! I would have though that even art galleries have implemented standard occupational health and safety guidelines by now. Where does it all end?
- Posted by: Bill Cattell on September 4, 2006 6:25 PM
and "your" missing an apostrophe
- Posted by: the spelling bee on September 4, 2006 7:59 PM
i love Banksy's work but i cant agree with this... he shouldnt be ruining another artists work, even if it is just Paris Hilton. It reminds me of what Jarvis Cocker did going on stage when Michael Jackson was performing... its just so wrong. artists should respect the work of others and not judge it.
- Posted by: Mart on September 5, 2006 12:13 AM
The Thing is Banks, this will make it go to the top - any news is good news and now she will be even more photographed - but i hate her so very much!!
- Posted by: GingerFletcher on September 5, 2006 12:23 AM
no you are
- Posted by: dik on September 5, 2006 2:27 AM
and an 'e'
- Posted by: c0micb0y on September 5, 2006 7:18 AM
You and bill below should have a committment ceremony and move in together spelling bee.....although i'm sure you couldnt agree on correct wording and spelling for the invites.
- Posted by: mushroom on September 5, 2006 8:08 AM
Unless its crap, then i reckon its open slavver
- Posted by: mushroom on September 5, 2006 8:08 AM
Normally Id be in total agreement with you, but this is Paris Hilton we are talking about. I know that sounds hiporcitical, but look at the facts behind it:
- It's doubtful that show wrote any of the songs.
- She isnt able to play live because she cant actually sing without having it mixed the studio to make it sound passable.
- For every Paris Hilton style "artist" that doesnt write their own music, cant sing live & got in a position to release their "art" through pure luck, there are many, many more undiscovered artists, slogging it out in small venues, with music THEY actually WROTE, music that has passion behind it, and music that they can actually play live without a NASA style mixing board. And for every Paris Hilton that gets released, it's another one of these hardworking artists that WONT be getting released.
So, yeah, an ARTIST doesnt deserve to be treated like that. Paris Hilton on the other hand DOES deserve it.
- Posted by: aaron on September 5, 2006 8:43 AM
Paris an artist?!?! Well okay I guess on some sordid level. But "artists should respect the work of others and not judge it", never heard of critics then have you?
Must we love everyone and everything? Or is it tolerance you want. No I say. I reserve my right to despise the things I despise and my right to express my dissatisfaction. And I'll defend the right of others to express their dissatisfaction, even if it is of me. And as for tolerance, you tolerate things you hate with a false smile and phoney platitudes. Not me, I wont tolerate the things I hate.
Please note I do not endorse violence. Violence is the response of the weak minded. And I especially despise weak minds.
- Posted by: Anti_Citizen One on September 5, 2006 8:57 AM
Only one flaw in your logic. Paris Hilton isn't an artist.
And I've seen One Night in Paris, so I think I can say I am abreast of her major performance pieces.
DOM: This was the response I was thinking of, but then it occurred to me that Paris is actually a brilliant artist, the Jeff Koons of the new millennium. Her life is devoted to excess in a way that we cannot imagine. Koons married pornstar La Ciccolina and you can imagine Paris doing something just as outlandish. They've both already made erotic art, what's more.
And furthermore, art can and should reference other art. Reinterpreting Paris' CD in this way is actually valid even in wanky art-theory terms, I reckon.
- Posted by: The Original Mel on September 5, 2006 10:16 AM
Get with the program - you write like Banksy's something new. He's been doing his thing for nearly a decade or more now and is only just receiving the props that he should.
Posted by: not telling at September 4, 2006 03:28 PM
Sheesh Oprah, having a starburst moment there - "I heard about him ages ago, first." Unless the majority of Sydney's population lived in East London, or bought Blur's Think Tank album, and so forth, then yes Banksy is new to the rest of us.
- Posted by: Nire on September 5, 2006 10:43 AM
Yuck. She is an utter slapper. No more time should be spent on her. Fin.
- Posted by: felix on September 5, 2006 11:46 AM
The Thing is Banks, this will make it go to the top - any news is good news and now she will be even more photographed - but i hate her so very much!!
Posted by: GingerFletcher at September 5, 2006 12:23 AM
Hopefully the album only makes it to the top of the free download list instead of the world charts.
- Posted by: Ros on September 5, 2006 4:18 PM
The Thing is Banks, this will make it go to the top - any news is good news and now she will be even more photographed - but i hate her so very much!!
Posted by: GingerFletcher at September 5, 2006 12:23 AM
Hopefully the album only makes it to the top of the free download list instead of the world charts.
- Posted by: Ros on September 5, 2006 4:20 PM
No! Am I? Must have lost concentration while pondering the notion of irony.
- Posted by: the spelling bee on September 5, 2006 5:51 PM
oh please.
since when was there ever a finite number of artists that could be released? if these 'ARTISTES' you refer to were so great then they'd have their contract too.
who cares if paris penned them herself, 'from the heart', with 'passion' behind it. there's already enough crooner's in this world, and the more struggling 'aussie rockers' who don't make it, the better.
by your logic, she's supposedly taking someone's spot on the stage, yet paris's music exists in a niche market. her target audience is 10-18yr old females. if anything, she's just preventing another hilary duff or veronicas shocker from coming out this month.
if you don't like her, switch it off, and put on that pitiful freebie you picked up at big day out. no one's stopping you from listening to music that "THEY actually WROTE...without a NASA style mixing board".
- Posted by: al on September 5, 2006 10:21 PM
The main issue I see with this compared to doing more traditional medium like graf is that Banksy is in danger of being pushed in to the realms of his celebrity becoming bigger than his social commentary, as the ebay auctions would seem to idicate.
p.s. please donna be harsh about me gramma folks.
- Posted by: Beachy on September 6, 2006 1:35 AM
For more about Banksy's cunning stunts, see a story in The World's First Multi-National e-Book,which describes the works of Banksy and famous wartime graffiti artists Kilroy and Mr Chad. The story, by a Sydney author, is posted on the internet at http://www.bdb.co.za/shackle/articles/chad_kilroy.htm
- Posted by: Eric on September 6, 2006 12:46 PM
There was an eBay auction where two copies had sold for 750 pounds sterling each, but the listing was removed from eBay some time soon after the auction ended.
- Posted by: Beachy on September 6, 2006 5:34 PM
When I was 13, Peter Hoare accosted a mate of mine and I while we were walking home from a dodgy punk gig (Hoare had turned up, screamed weird obscenities at the crowd to the sound of cheers, and then pissed off) and told us amazingly inane stories as we walked to Central.
I tried to bring up how appalling his messing about at Michael Hutchence's funeral was, but he ignored any comments about it and went back to talking about the white noise on television sets, or something.
I'm kind of surprised he didn't go on to, like, eat people.
- Posted by: A on September 8, 2006 4:13 AM
if these 'ARTISTES' you refer to were so great then they'd have their contract too.
Er, not nessarily. Should I post a list of famous, and well respected artists of all disciplines who never got the recognition they deserved until many, many years after it was too late, or do you want to do the research?
since when was there ever a finite number of artists that could be released?
It's called not over extending the market. Simple economics. No major label is going to release an infinate number of artists per month no matter how good they are. It takes up to many resources, and floods the market so that sales will drop. So yeah, there is a finite number that are going to be released.
who cares if paris penned them herself, 'from the heart', with 'passion' behind it. there's already enough crooner's in this world,
Ah, my whole point was that Paris cannot be called an artist because she lacks the talents and abilities that proper recording artists have. You know, the ability to write songs, the ability to play an instrument & the ability to sing live. So I do think it might be kind of important "care" that she didnt do them things when calling her an "artist". Da Vinci didnt get famous for NOT painting the Mona Lisa did he?
- Posted by: aaron on September 8, 2006 3:00 PM
DEVOID OF COMPASSION AND EMPATHY. In fact, it appears that it is part of the code of conduct for the kids of these ultra rich. Being a snob is a requirement for them to show each other they know how to act like the "upper class".
PRIME EXAMPLE that we should examine how it's our own damn fault, too. We created celebrity culture. Without public interest, they'd be just actors. Just rich people. Instead, Paris Hilton gets paid hundreds of thousands of dollars just to appear at a club. Just to be present.
Other people... actors, singers... struggled for recognition, worked on their craft, and paid their dues to achieve. Paris Hilton barrels past them with the best studio, the best producers, the best marketers. Let me tell you something...you give all of that to anyone reading this post, and no one would notice that you cant really sing worth a shit either. Like Paris Hilton.
The bottom line is, in general, I don't care how much money someone posesses or how much fame they have. That's because if the person is a shit, I dont know they are.
With this spoiled, vile young woman, it's the REPULSION that we've put someone who's just downright dispicable up there in reverance.
What I DO CARE ABOUT is all those people out there who contribute to mankind, who are selfless, courageous, humane, humble. Doctors, teachers, firefighters, EMTs, police officers, volunteers. Here are regular people who do extrordinary, heroic, important jobs and getting paid in one year what Paris probably spends in one afternoon on Rodeo Dr.
IT IS APPREHENSIBLE AND COMPLETELY LOATHSOME that THEY live in the back of our minds everyday and here that UNREDEMABLE, RUDE, NASTY, INCONSIDERATE, SHALLOW, SELF ABSORBED MEGALOMANIAC is regarded like American Royalty. Her only claim to fame is being born.
I have looked for good qualities in her. I cant find them. I want to know... someone please tell me, make a list, of what her good qualities are. Tell me what about her personal character, her ethics, her profound set of beliefs that she should be elevated to the status she has.
Is she a good and loyal friend? No.
Is she humble? No.
What does she do (and I mean action behind her words), to contribute to the well being of other human beings or the environment? No.
Oh.. I got it. She provided a sense of comic relief by laughing when Stavros dumped a can of beer on a homeless man. Yeah! That's it.
Paris Hilton is our generations Marie Antionette. En todo. You know what? I'm not a vicious or mean person. But many times I have thought that what that girl needs is a real humbling. Something irreversable. Something that, with all the money in the world, she'd never be able to be the golden girl jetsetter. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
- Posted by: peach on September 9, 2006 10:31 PM
why do i get the feeling you're a struggling 'rocker', waiting to be 'discovered'?
we all know major labels are only going to work at the capacity that they are able to and only release what the market can handle for that genre. but as i said - who cares if she takes over that genre, keeping other britney wannabe's at bay?
moving on..record companies prioritise don't they? only release the best, most profitable music. if something they hear/see is heaps better than paris, then they'll release that instead. don't have a bitch - its quite straight forward.
it's not just musical talent. who cares if she's an 'artist' or not. its being able to perform for the audience. and paris does that damn well. her target audience is young girls who don't give a toss what she's like live, and aren't going to listen to much else besides sugar pop. she's hot, and got the right image, and there exists equipment to help her sound good.
your friends can write their own shit and play 13 instruments, and there exists ways to make them look good.
so talent evens out in the end.
as for the da vinci argument...artists have long taken credit for things they didn't produce themselves...do a bit of reading on shakespeare and 'his' work.
as for being born into the hilton family, and lucking out in the aesthetic gene pool? ...sometimes life isn't fair. but maybe you were born with a natural ability that she doesn't have - like composing music, or dressing appropriately... or the ability to argue a boring point on an internet blog.
so surely that gives you an edge?
- Posted by: al on September 10, 2006 10:18 PM
I can agree with what you're saying... Paris Hilton is pretty much a total waste of space- and hopefully one day she will have a political awakening and realise how utterly devoid of true value her life has been so far.
Nothing new there- the reason I'm saying anything is that you listed humble as a virtue. Humble? Humbleness is no way to change the world- humbleness seems to me to be "nice"- or about as useful as Paris Hilton.
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