So we found out that many other Haitian blogs are coming up.
We have just found a new blog called Lodyans located at Lodyans.com??????????????????
I would think that Lodyans.com would be more of a forum instead of a blog.
Let’s see what lodyans will be in the future.

So people tell me what you think?

It has been reported to Ransr that the blogosphere is being pressured by some artist and labels.

Unconfirmed reports are that Ayitireseau.com, site that reports news about the Haitian Music Industry has recently been pressured by Frero from Zenglen and his label to remove a picture and post “Danm Boy” stating the following.

But danm boy!!! why you trying to change the color of your skin? Black is your color. Stick with it. Are you saying you aint proud of your black ancestors or do you beleive that by making your skin a little lighter, it will bring fame and success to what you do?

The post included also a picture of frero.

Ransr has a screenshot from google cache of the deleted post and removed picture. As you notice the picture is missing but I will search around some other mirror sites to find this picture.

Here is the text of the AR posting:

I don’t even know where to start. You might recognize this person at first glance or you might have to think about it but i will go ahead and tell you that this is Frero from zenglen who recently came out with his solo album which i praise by the way. It’s a wonderful album, worth purchasing. But we are not here for the album. I just wanna talk about this picture. I got this pic last night off of Frero’s myspace page. Artists, clebrities, stars and them all, however you may title them, are suppose to set example for the present generation and those to come. They are suppose to help them understand the moral values of life with the understanding that times are changing and some time you have to be liberal. But danm boy!!! why you trying to change the color of your skin? Black is your color. Stick with it. Are you saying you aint proud of your black ancestors or do you beleive that by making your skin a little lighter, it will bring fame and success to what you do?

This is not the time of example parents these days want to set for their children.That is straight up messed up. I might be wrong or i might be hallucinating. If i was i wouldn’t be able to write this. Look at the picture (omitting the hand holding the phone) - their is change in skin color starting around the lips and nose. The top part is light then the bottom which is getting darker gradually.

So this is what i want to say on a personal note: Frero si m’ manti. Di m!

Until then wait until i start talking about you.

I need bloggers here to voice their opinion here.

UPDATE: The previously mentioned picture was found on another internet cache enjoy.

Disclosure: For those of you who asked, this post is to point out that Haitian Bloggers are being pressured just like many other international bloggers. Ransr would careless if his skin was blue.

BREAKING NEWS:
Brooklyn NY police made a bust at an Afrikan Store named NAFA for selling bootleg CD’s. The Police stated on December 27th, 2006 that the whole……………………………..

No wait
Umm, say what? December 27th? Wow
I received just yesterday an email from “thelarad” (by the way who are they?) that explicitly explain the whole development of the bust.
Now here is my question, why is this being sent out to many so late?
I did a little digging and asked around. I quote “The decision was taken after the original post reached 4 pages.” I believe at this moment they deemed it was important news or maybe actually news and decided to release it.
Release it!!! This release was one weird email. I received a forum post in my email, which Google decided to filter as junk. Do we have to do things that bad to even have Google filter us out.
For those of you readers who did not receive the email. Just like a resume, that might be correctly written with excellent spelling it is also recommend that it be printed on premium paper. Otherwise your resume will still be accepted but might not make full impact. Well this was the exact case with this email, Google spam filters decided the presentation was not good enough. It was accepted but yet thrown out automatically. Haiti maybe needs more ransR who will digg out through the junk and find some good things.

Gen mwayen pou nou fe bagay yo pi byen moun mwen yo. Sa nap tann?
As for the bootleggers, keep up the work since the good people of Haiti still did not decide setting up an RIAA like organization or artist still don’t have most of their work copyrighted.

Mwen sot pran yon Chock Terrible laaa.
So minutes later after I post Update Haiti, I discover that sakapfet.com is advertising a new movie as “Coming Soon”
Choc Terrible is a movie that has been released since December 17th, 2006.
Mezanmi Sakapfet laaa?

“Choc Terrible” is a Fiction-Drama that tells the story of two young people Martin and Nirva who are bonded by a common desire to finish their professional studies in order to face today’s challenges, the reallity of life and reach their objective. Martin and Nirva work hard to fulfill their dream while enjoying life at the same time. But, a terrible mistake they have made in the past is haunting them through a series of strange and regretful events that occur every day.

Despite his knowledge about spirituality and bizarre phenomenon. Papo, a mystic figure is trying, by any means necessary, to save Martin, his nephew, who became the main target of the bizarre forces so powerful that came from far to punish Martin and Nirva and those who refuse to obey the most important law of nature: the respect of the human race.

I have been noticing many haitian websites do not update regularly.
Take FKD for instance, up to last night was posted on their main landing page “The White Party”. Dated November 22nd 2006.
Click Continue then you are presented with “Krezi Album Release Party” dated November 25th 2006.
Here is a piece of advice to many Haitian companies who want a site. Its best that you go with a php script that is easier to manage instead of having to fool around with an FTP client every time.
We can make Haitian events more attractive by working on some of those minor details.

For the new year, MySpace announced and upgrade for all accounts. You can now upload up to 300 pictures to your profile compare to the 20 cap they previously had.
Who has 300 pics to upload on my space?
I was today visiting random profiles trying to figure out who started using uploading more than 20.
I found 2 interesting profile, on which the user uploaded Trojan condom pictures and the other one where the user uploaded many x-rated pictures which link you to this page (DO NOT LOGIN, ITS A SCAM)

So is 300 good or just another useless addition?
What about adding a Haitian Community huh Tom?

I recently watched on BambochTV.com a show that I believe followed the night life oh the Marteli sons.
I hear many Haitian Artist complain about copyright issues, where group of people make copies of their music or albums and re-sell them at lower prices.
Well I don’t agree with this concept either, but it is done.
In that show aired on December 30th, King Kino was having a discussion with Michel Marteli aka Sweet Micky where Kino talks about a new Music released by Tabou combo. Kino later propose a (bootleg) copy of the CD to Martelli and another present person

The Pictures above are form the netcast where Kino was proposing the CD. Where does our culture stand if we cannot support others, If we cannot follow our own principles.
For more news about the Haitian Music Industry visit: HaitiReseau.com

I was invited on December 29th at the Miss Haiti International 2006, which I believe is a great Initiative but yet needs serious improvement. People just don’t care anymore about Haiti’s Image.
What can we do?
That was a question asked to one of the contestants to which she answered by saying that our streets needed cleanup and more. OK, nice but in my humble opinion I taught she would propose a plan to educate us Haitians about how to care more about our country, which will push more of us to love our heritage and culture.
If you were granted one last wish, what would it be?
To this question another contestant replied ” I would love to go to an Island with my family, where there is no cell phone and live happily”
Really I wonder where is Haiti’s youth going? Whatever happened to the world, Haiti, the poor. I believe this was a selfish answer specially coming from a contestant taking part of Miss Haiti 2006, where she is suppose to be an image, roll model for Haiti in the future.
I have been going to many organized events lately, from Band press release to Clubs. I every time criticized their lack of organization, but that was until I saw how Miss Haiti’s organization was executed.
From what I saw, I think the only thing they prepared or rehearsed were the music to which the contestants performed.
From the start Miss Cap-Haitien did not even know the path for her stage walk. The show host constantly had to check her paper to make sure that she had the right names. The co-show host did not even know what judge belong to what name. The sound guys played “Illegal” when “Hips don’t lie” was needed.
A Compas band playing gets more advertising than Miss Haiti.
People, including family of contestants, got on site really late; “We was home chilling dawg, we knew that s**t would start late” were the comments of a family member.
I really am not taking on them (Miss Haiti Producers), but I belive that this event was supose to be a diamond piece for Haiti’s culture. Too bad, due to an unsafe country it had to be done in Florida, but I still think that the government should have been involved for Haiti is a small country as Miss Jacmel, now Miss Haiti, said it:”Haiti needs exposure”.
We need lots of support.
Not only from the officials but also from our music industry, the bloggers, the online communities, and all other parties.

Wow, the usual hello world post.
After installing many wordpress script, I always wondered what I would write one day here.
Well RansR is where I will keep my wild toughts about Haiti and I.
What? You dont get it? Read on Buddy!!!