This en no lie is something true Look what de PM do to youHe Vat U, He Vat U He Vat U

Apparently it has taken 11 years for Vat to have made its way into the costs of kadoment costumes, Recently BAM (Barbados Association of Masqueraders were “up in arms” aka vex because they were informed it would be mandatory this year kadooment bands would have to pay Value Added Tax on costumes.

While the Boyce man sympathizes with the band leaders who are complaining the costs of their costumes will now increase by 15%., I need to ask the question.
What took the government so long to collect Vat from Kadooment bands?

From the time Vat was put in place back in 1997, government officers were at the door of live events including calypso tents immediately collecting Vat.

Recording Artistes have been paying Vat on CDs for years and record shops adding on 15% Vat to sell them.
A promoter was even prosecuted in our law courts for allegedly not paying vat.
If government gave kadoment bands an 11 year break maybe they should do the same for other sectors of the entertainment industry as well.

Do you feel that Vat will increase costumes prices beyond the reach of revelers this year?

Do you think that increased costs will now have Kadooment investing less material into costumes this year? Which means the ladies will be dressed even more skimpy?
I look forward to the latter.

Photo of a lady wearing the Vatted skimpy Kadooment costume bands will be producing this year…..

Here’s Carolann “Ms Molly” Scantlebury, Tammy “Hott” and Alison “Foxy Boxy” Hinds playing “working” girls in the “Best of Barbados Gone Madd” comedy sketch, wonder how much they are worth?

Boyce Voice was sent this hilarious joke by reader Adrian, I thought it was funny as hell so thought I would share it with you…

This Bajan was on holiday in Thailand with his wife,so hearing about famous
Thai massages he decides to get one.
He goes to this massage parlour and goes into this room,the most beautiful woman he has set eyes on appears and he asks her how much it will cost,she says a $1000.00.
He stupes and said he was only willing to pay $200.00 and $1000.00 is too much and walks out.
Later that night he is standing outside his hotel with his wife waiting for
a taxi and he spots the girl from the massage parlour across the road.The
girl from the massage parlour sees him and shouts…. Fool, you see what
you get when you pay $200.00.

Here’s what you get when you pay $8000.00 though it will cost you your political career (ask Ex U.S Attorney General Speitzer) picture well displays the assets of the “lady” and what she has for sale…

Yesterday I blogged about “Nothing” today it is “Something”.
The challenge of finding “something” new….

This is a Herculean challenge that our tent managers and calypsonians face on a yearly basis, producing new material in order to feed that voracious entertainment monster we call Crop Over.
Krosfyah releases a great album this year and regardless of how good it is by the next Crop Over it is expected that they go back into the studio and release “something” new. In contrast our international counterparts would release an Album and then over a period of the next 2 to 3 years release several singles from that same album, giving the material more longevity.

Let’s look at shows, Bacchanal Time produces a quality show with dancers and special effects etc and by the end of Crop Over regardless of its excellence it is deemed dead and we must go back to the drawing board and produce ’something” new.

“Cats opened on Broadway in 1982 had 7485 performances and closed in 2002

Internationally now, we have Broadway musical shows that have been running for years.
Productions like “Grease” “Cats” Phantom of the Opera” and the longest running production ever “Les Miserables”, this production has been running for 21 years and is still going.

So all like now we should still be running our 1995 Bacchanal Time featuring triple crown winner Edwin doing his “Obadele” song.

But no, Crop over is again upon us and the question people are asking is “when you gun bring something new?”

So Edwin RPB Kidsite, Asiba and Bacchanal Time are all busy trying to find “something” new to be readily consumed by the coming 2008 Crop Over monster.

Now that’s “Something”!

“What will the ass write about today?…

This is one of those days I don’t know what the ass to write.
Sometimes you have a temporary state where your creative bank seems like it is empty and the daily challenge of writing Boyce Voice hangs like a burden around your neck, disturbing the equilibrium of your mind.

I get up at 4 in the morning with the thought, “what the ass will I write about today?”
I go on the internet and read some entertainment news and hope that something jumps out at me.
Or I scan through the newspapers and hope something interesting will catch me Boyce would want to blog about.

Some times a little thought crosses my mind and I sit at the computer and stretch that little thought into a big post. Sometimes I start out writing about nothing and it turns out to be a pretty excellent story.
I have always admired newspaper columnists like Al Gilkes Jeanette Layne Clarke and Eric Lewis, how the hell do they come up with something to write every week? Further less every day. How do they keep their brain constantly churning out creative ideas?
I don’t know as right now I don’t know what the ass to write.
So that’s what I wrote, nothing…. and now I invite you to comment on the same, nothing!

Hope “Nothing” bad happens in your day today, tune in tomorrow when I might be writing “Something”

Can you spot any white people in this tent audience picture?

Is racism and segregation alive and well and kicking in Barbados?
Is it all around you and it is just so common place you don’t even recognise it?

I read an article in the Nation newspaper entitled “Racism in our Hotels” where it identified our hotels as the only in the world that have guards and security barriers at their entrances, deeming them selves seemingly unreceptive to the general public they are suppose to serve.
The intention according to the writer, is to keep out the black locals and keep the white visitors separated.

Let’s look at other subtle forms of racial segregation which seemingly exists, calypso tents.
When was the last time you saw white people in a calypso tent?
As manager of Bacchanal Time tent operating since 1995 I cannot tell you I have ever counted 6 white people at any one of our shows, and that’s quite a claim considering we have events which exceed over 5000 patrons.
Usually when we do have an adventurous white couple who visit us when MC Mac Fingall highlights them as he always does, they are always “visitors” from overseas.
In other words the white people who live here don’t seem to go to calypso tents. (I know John Edwards attended last year, you don’t count John)
Is it because tents are usually dominated by black patrons.

White people attend their own events like polo and the others I don’t know about since I am black.

What invisible line exists which determines that you will only see only blacks at some events and mainly whites at others?

Is this a sign that in 2008 racism is alive and albeit quietly kicking in Barbados?
Where’s the white people at?*

How many whites in this tent audience picture?

Answer; 4; Congrats you win a ticket to Polo event next weekend

*Quote from Cleavon Little; 1974 “Blazing Saddles” movie

This is a very pussy story…..
Why do cats come when you call “puss puss”? Have you ever wondered about that?
From the time I was growing up I was amazed by that. If you want a cat to come and you say “Puss Puss Puss” in an effeminate high pitch tone. the puss actually responds and comes…

Isn’t that freaking amazing?
Who do heck teaches them to do it, is it like God or something?
How does the cat know that it should come when it hears puss puss and not tut tut?

It’s an animal how can it tell the difference?
Next time you are by a cat try saying “Tut Tut” and see if it comes, I will bet you it doesn’t. It only comes when it hears a certain thing. “puss puss”

a little puss can frighten even big men

Another thing, supposing it is a cat that lives in Germany would you then have to say “puss puss” in German?
Our German friends should be able to answer that. If it is a cat that lives in Spain would you then have to say Puss Puss in Spanish?
And if you went to a cat that lived in Spain and said puss puss would it not respond because it cannot understand English?
How would you get a spanish pussy to come?

If you say Puss Puss in a deep voice cats do not respond, you have to say it in an effeminate tone, so don’t go with no gruff voice hollering for “Puss Puss” and expect the puss to come.
They are very sensitive.

Let sleeping cats lie

Some men are into cats in a very big way
In “Laff it off” production, a wife told a story of her cat and how her husband loved it, he would just play with his wife’s cat all through the day, then the husband died and the cat suffered, so the lady took her cat to the doctor and he told her she will now have to play with her cat herself… But it was not the same for the little pussy…

A cat playing with itself ….

For your edification Boyce is releasing some audio cds that should enlighten you on your cat calling techniques, after you listen to them, you will be able to get your puss to come and come again.
Until then you should practice, call a cat today and see if you can get it to come…

Some puss love dogs ..

Some cats like other cats

Some cats like to “bite” other cats

And thats the end of our little Pussy story!

Heres one of the hardest Barbadian videos you will ever see, directed by Selwyne ‘Get Bizi’ Browne of Zotikos Studio.

This is a music video to Keisha Christain’s song “Totally Unacceptable” which tells the story of a woman who comes home unexpectedly and finds her man in bed with another female, her reaction becomes the basis of the storyline.

I find the video effective because it uses “real” looking people to portray the characters, the man looks like the “guy from next door”. The acting is superb and really brings you into the action, the editing and camera angles also enhance the on screen violatile situation.

Watch for the effective use of a “Matrix” effect in the video, it is to die for…

When you see the impressive work done by Selwyne Browne in this video you are left wondering “How can Barbadians be doing creative video work to this level and it is not being seen on our local CBC TV?
That is a question which begs to be answered….

They say a picture is worth a thousands words, so what are the millions these pictures are saying?

Our Poll asked, Is Chris Brown good enough for Rihanna? 29 votes (36%) people said yes, 5 (6%) said no, not sure 6 votes (8%) said not sure and a massive 40 votes (50%) said they don’t give a Rat’s ass!

Well you should care dammit! the rest of the world does, I think we need to find out exactly what are Chris Brown’s intentions towards Rihanna Fenty?

Does he plan to change her last name?

Lets take a Boyce Voice look at some pictures which were taken of the couple at various places around the world.

Here is Chris and Rihanna, do they make a cute couple? I don’t know you tell me, if Rihanna were in the picture alone that could have worked for me….

What is Chris telling Rihanna here, is he showing her how his phone works? I don’t think Rihanna cares.

Or maybe Rihanna is asking about that text he just got, and he is giving an explanation

Its pretty late to have Rihanna out at a night club ,

Rihanna cannot even take a dip with out Chris butting in, he is pretty smitten or as bajans say, Bewitched!

Looks like our own Ingrid has her sights on Chris, guess Asiba will not be happy about this, If Rihanna is going to be horned at least its by a bajan…

This Jennifer girl here also looks pretty close to Chris, will do a lick mout lou thing and send this photo to Rihanna and end the happy union..

Today is Good Friday! It is a Good Friday for you to go to church and praise the lord, should you even be on a computer today anyway? You evil person you!
In an effort to redeem your soul and mine let’s blog on something religious.

When I was a little boy like two thousand years ago, it was traditional that every Easter Bajans flocked to the cinema (the Roxy or Olympic) to see “The Crucifixion”, a nice conservative movie that would lead you back to the lord.

Then in 2004 you were able to witness the “Crucifixion of Jesus” as you had never seen it before, with the release of Mel Gibson’s controversial movie “The Passion of Christ”.
You winced in your seat as Jesus was beaten mercilessly, his skin ripped away in bloody explosive strips, if that did not bring you to the lord nothing would.
It actually took some people away from the cinema as they were unable to stomach the tortuous scenes.

 Was the passion of Christ was it just another commercial attempt for Hollywood and Mel Gibson to make money the movie generated over 370 million dollars while only costing 25 million to make. That’s enough profit to make you praise the lord.

Was ”The Passion” effective in highlighting the cause of Christianity?
Was it successful in getting evil people such as your self who do not go to church on Good Friday but stay home instead reading Boyce Voice to at least be aware of that Jesus died on the cross to save sinners like yourself.

If you do not go to church today the least you can do is rent the “Passion of Christ” and watch over the Easter weekend, if you did go to church I hope you prayed for the rest of us. 

A closing note, if you do not take heed of the old bajan saying “not to go in the sea on good Friday for you will drown”,

Take heed that the Metrological office has put out an advisory saying the same thing this weekend, warning sea bathers about dangerous sea conditions, Maybe it’s the power of the lord at work…

Have a “Good Friday!”

When I first heard the title of this movie it did not grab me at all. “No country for Old Men”.
Sounds like some senior citizen picture, then I started reading good reviews and then it won “Best picture of the year” at the 2008 Academy Awards. So I decided to check it out.

The picture was intriguing and quite exciting at some points; the plot revolves around what happens when a hunter happens to stumble on a scene of a drug shoot out in the desert, finds and keeps a suitcase of 10 million dollars in drug money.

For some strange reason drug pushers have issues with people holding on to their money, they usually get upset and send people to kill you, your family and retrieve their hard earned funds.
That’s is what happens in the movie when a psychotic hit man is sent to retrieve the misappropriated funds.

I am not really a fan of Tommy Lee Jones but he did a good job in his characterization of the “old country” sheriff, as did Josh Brolin as the hunter who becomes hunted when he finds the cash.

But the real star is the dark humorless killer excellently played by Mexican actor Javier Bardem.
It is he who really carries the movie, his winning the 2008 award for best supporting actor is testimony to that.

Like I said “No country for Old Men” is an intriguing and exciting movie, it’s different in that some times they are some significant plot developments that you don’t see and are left wondering as to what transpired, like for example the freaking end.

What I did not like about the movie was the ending, frankly it did not have any, it just sort of stopped and the credits came up.
There is no climatic exciting build up heralding the ending it just sort of prematurely stops, and you know being premature is never a good thing.
If a movie is going to win the best picture of the year it should have a “best” ending and “No Country for Old Men” does not have that.
When it comes to an ending this movie needs to go and come again…
which is what you usually have to do when you have been premature!

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