The whistle: Cheapest, easiest thing to pick up and play music (not counting your own throat).
Well, for those of us not blessed with a voice we would confidently take onto “Idol” what does that mean?
If you had a desire to express a feeling, music has to be the most direct means. Language fails because it engages cognitive intervention - a poem can stir by reference to a set of thoughts that invoke feelings - let me demonstrate:
Please answer by telling me how you feel about this statement:
“A teddy bear tied to a tree on the roadside”.
Explain why you arrived at the feeling invoked.
Next.
Tell me how you feel when you hear the tune “She moved throuigh the fair”. (no need for explaination - and ignore any lyrics that have been layed over that tune)
OK - so I play whistles. Why do I do that? MY answer is that the sound and the tunes stir something in me - I want to participate.
Here is my obsevation:
A pipe bomb (PB) is made of tubular steel plumbing with an explosive substance in it. It is detonated by some kind of short-delay delay fuse enabling the activist to escape the result. It makes people go dead.
A Cultural Pipe Bomb (CPB) is made of anything tubular with an explosive spirit breathed into it. It is detonated by any excuse to express, enabling the audience to share an uplifting experience that the activist canot escape. It makes people come alive.
I’m glad to be part of the jehad ![]()
Grab your CPB and “go off” ![]()
If enough of us deploy CPBs, we will easily overpower the PB brigade.