Who the ass does Paul Clarke think he is? I usually desist from cursing fellow entertainers but in Clarke’s case I must make an exception.When I think of Clarke I remember Gilbert Rowe’s statement made many years ago about entertainers having “delusions of grandeur”
Mr Boyce “Why would you be speaking of your Facebook friend Clarke in such an acerbic and contemptuous manner?” You might ask, allow me to expand…

Paul Clarke was one of the originators and owner of an event which is known as the Ragga Soca competition.
Paul had invested his money and staged several Ragga Soca competitions some years ago.
You are thinking, but that’s all laudable stuff Boyce why would you curse a man over that?

Here’s why….
Recently the National Cultural Foundation announced they were staging a Ragga Soca competition, least that’s why they called it at first.
Mr Paul Clarke had the audacity to approach NCF and inform them that he was actually the legal owner of the name “Ragga Soca” registered at Corporate Affairs and NCF was infringing on his rights.
He seemed to think that the NCF would have recognised his investment and contribution and would have paid some kind of compensation to utilize the name he registered.
He seemed to think that taking his “Ragga Soca” event experience into consideration NCF might have had him as a consultant.
Paul Clarke obviously mistook himself for a Trinidadian, he forgot he was a Bajan and therefore would not be eligible to any consultant status, compensation to use his event name or even recognition.
What the NCF did do is circumvent Clarke by changing the name of competition to “Sweet Soca” competition therefore stripping the Barbadian entrepreneur of his rights or any claim to the competition.
Serves Paul Clarke right, who the ass does he think he is any way? freaking idiot, Happy Birthday Paul Clarke from Boyce Voice..

P.S: N C F stands for “No Clarke Funding”

In an attempt to prove that I am not intellectually challenged let’s deal with a topic with some political intrigue.

So today instead of Boyce Voice we will be “Boyce Underground”, that’s a totally original name I just came up with.

Have you been hearing about the scenario where the opposition leader Basdeo Panday was banned from the Trinidad sitting of parliament for using a laptop computer while parliament was in session.

I have never heard such igrunce yet; imagine banning a minister from official business for looking using a computer.
As a man who is addicted to using technology myself that is bare c***!
You know how much time I spend at meetings looking in black berries, palms and computers engaged in activity related to the same meeting. 

The speaker of that house needs to be informed we now live in a technologically advanced world
where instead of writing things on paper people now use computers; panday could easily have been preparing his speech for later presentation. 

What you are reading now was written using my black berry, I hardly ever write and the few times I have people tell me my handwriting is atrocious. So I have learnt to use the technology so people understand what I am trying to say.

Enough about you Peter, back to Panday, now they are saying in order for him to enter parliament and participate in the up coming national budget debate, he must apologisé for using the computer, that’s another bunch of c***.

Panday is being forced to apologisé for being technologically advanced. I know Panday is not no sweet bread, but in this case we should see his position.

You would think in a country like Trinidad where the crime rate is so high that members of parliament would have much more to occupy their time than stopping an old guy from using a computer.
*Crap

I have been observing with keen interest the furor over the government’s statement of being committed to Bajan talent for Crop Over.

Government stated that they could not allow a situation to occur where foreign acts would be brought here to headline our premiere Crop Over events over local acts. So what the ass is the matter with that? That is a government policy we should applaud and as artistes we should be jumping with joy when we hear it.

I know you will start saying “Boyce you working with the NCF doing Cavalcades now and you supporting them” . That is not true, my position was always the same.

The Boyce position was well ventilated in several posts I wrote in 2007 including a famous Open the gates my ass where I cursed the previous administration over not only having a Trinidad act headlining our Party Monarch show but a radio ad with the Trini inviting us to our own Bajan national event.

Also last year the previous government had their ass royally kicked whem they had a Cohobblopot which featured Jamaican, Mr. Vegas causing the event to be scorned by the public who chose to attend the competitive 100% Bajan event “Euphoria” instead.

So without any reservation we need to applaud and endorse the stated government policy to highlight our Bajan entertainers during our Crop over season.

Thanks to Entertainment powerhouse extraordinaire Santia Bradshaw of Pyramidfor these Exclusive photos of Mr Dale, Lil Rick and Biggie Irie at Trini Carnival

Pyramid Music Truck on the road in Trinidad, Carnival Monday

Here’s Blaxx who came 2nd in Trinidad Road March, Peter Ram, Winner of Bmobile Power Soca Monarch Bunji Garlin and Mr. Dale

 Pyramid Music Truck on the road in Trinidad, Carnival Monday

Dale Rudder (Mr .Dale),Al Gilkes (former chairman of the National Cultural Foundation in Barbados and promoter with FAS Entertainment), Biggie Irie and Peter Ram .

Boyce Voice Comment;

I admire the savvy and adventurous spirit of Pyramid Entertainment, how they are always finding unique and innovative ways to promote their artistes.

I have always found the concept of artiste management in Barbados sadly lacking, most managers are lazy as ass, they don’t go out and look for work and promotional opportunities for their entertainment wards, they just sit back and wait until a promoter calls and then step up and say “I am the manager” so they can get their 25% cut.

When you look at Pyramid Entertainment management style you get a different view, you see videos being done, billboards being erected and trucks being put on the road all promoting their artistes.

You begin to get the impression that not only Pyramid benefits FROM their artistes, but their artistes also benefit FROM them.

Pyramid’s policy is probably “Ask not what  your artiste can do for you, but what you can do for your artiste”

I am trying to sound wise, is it working? I write this in hope that Santia Bradshaw reads this and decides to manage me, I can see Boyce bill boards, Boyce videos and Boyce sold out concerts, I can see Boyce doing a duet with Rihanna and ……… wait …….

Sorry about that I think I dozed off just now and started to dream, or fantasize, must be Valentines in the air…. Boyce is leaving the computer
 

Barbados based company Pyramid Entertainment Management Inc. has once again created history during the festive period of Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival celebrations, by being the first foreign entity and entertainment company to put a music and performance truck on the road for T&T Carnival.

This comes following the successful 2007 venture between Pyramid Entertainment and Sesame Flyers International (New York’s largest Carnival mas band), when the Pyramid music truck was a very visible element in the New York Labour Day parade and celebrations.

In 2008, they aligned themselves with the big mas band Tribe, consisting of over 5,000 eager revelers to present the Pyramid “All Star” music truck. Complete with a performance stage, music by Dawg-E-Slaughter and Xcaliber and fully equipped by Tank Sound Systems, the truck was a literal media magnet, attracting not only spectators with cameras but also crews from local, regional and international media houses (who took opportunities to interview the truck’s featured artistes).

Pyramid had broken boundaries last Carnival when Biggie Irie (an artiste featured on their talent roster) became the first non-T&T national to win the International Groovy Soca Monarch Competition.

Biggie Irie was also a featured artiste on the 2008 “All Star” truck; along side 2007 Barbados Road March winner and peoples choice award winner Mr. Dale, 2007 Barbados Soca Monarch finalist Peter Ram and regional soca star Problem Child.

Also sending the crowd of masqueraders into frenzy were the performances by invited Trinidadian guests 2008 International Soca Monarch winner Bunji Garlin and his wife, the newly crowned 2008 T&T Road March winner Faye-Ann Lyons, as well as Road March contender Blaxx and Umi Marcano.

 Pyramid’s billboard in Trinidad…..Biggie Irie, Lil Rick, Peter Ram and Mr. Dale

In addition to the music truck, Pyramid Entertainment also made a promotional impact for their company, their artistes and for the general festival culture of Barbados by erecting a 20′ X 8″ double sided billboard on the east/west corridor of the Churchill Roosevelt Highway which reads “From Carnival to Crop Over” and features images of four of the Barbadian superstars on the Pyramid roster, Biggie Irie, Lil Rick, Mr. Dale and Peter Ram.

Pyramid Entertainment’s management team Santia Bradshaw and Ruel Ward, express their sincere gratitude to all of the artistes who performed on the truck, the radio stations which continue to promote the music of the Barbadian and regional artistes, the promoters who were responsible for booking the artistes over the Carnival season and the Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA), whom they invited to come on board as a co-sponsor, in an effort to promote the Barbados Crop Over Festival and encourage the participants of T&T’s carnival experience, to join them in Barbados for their festival in August of 2008.

More Exclusive Pictures from T and T Carnival coming tomorrow 

Continuation of the phenomenon of Trini women grabbing and feeling Machel Montano’s testicles while he is performing.

Let’s look at this from a financial perspective like the Business news would. That activity which Machel is now engaging in would be sure to increase revenue of events he is performing in, which in turn would benefit the government as they would collect increased vat because of Machel’s penis. Promoters knowing that Machel comes with this “feel” feature, should advertise it and promote it when they book him for shows. That’s an idea that Freddie and Al Gilkes could use or Mikey from Krosfyah when they have Machel for “Soca on the Hill” next year.

Come see High Definition Machel and touch his H D P (P here meaning penis) It would be an interactive show..

If I were you Machel, which I am not, but if I were, I would be careful with that crotch grabbing thing while I am performing for 2 reasons:

• Next thing you know you will be performing jumping up and down and some one will grab your crotch when you are going up and they would have grabbed it permanently, ouch that could be painful. Next thing you know one of your fans would be taking it home as a souvenir. I can hear a Trini girl running home from a fete excitedly “Hey look mommy look what I got, Machel Montano’s penis! And I got him to autograph it too”. If that were to happen fortunately for Machel they can do a lot of great things with plastic surgery these days.

• How will you be sure that only female audience members are grabbing. If I were you I would think long and hard about that.

Barbadian performers would now find it hard to get jobs in Trinidad to perform if they do not have up-to-standard equipment. That’s probably what the Trini Promoters look for now, I could hear them “yea no doubt about it that baje boy can sing, but he seems pretty lacking down there where it counts”. Also when you are sending out a bio to Trinidad you would have to send a picture of that area as well.

From my own personal side, audience members grabbing my privates would be a no no. Frankly I don’t think I have the balls for it….

Read in the news recently where Police attempted to stop a Machel Montano show while he was performing at the Zen nightclub in Trinidad. Why? Because he was allowing female audience members “to touch his testicles” while he was on stage.

Machel ignored them however and continued to perform while the women continued to “touch”. He must have some balls, ignoring the police like that… Now this is a serious thing, if this trend continues with Trini women feeling the penises of male performers, that means Edwin Lil Rick, Peter Ram and them had better watch out when they go down performing in Trinidad. While Peter Ram might be singing he “wants a woman by his side”, he might find a woman in front of him grabbing what is in front of him.

Of course there might be some performers that might like that; there will also be some with whom it might be difficult finding something to grab.

Now if you say “A” you have to say “B”. If the females are grabbing the males, that then lends itself to the assumption that males can now grab females. Now there’s a sobering thought, I bet you that if Destra Garcia were on stage performing “I dare you” there would be no man that would “dare” to try a grabbing stunt like that, and if you did you would probably find your self before the law courts. But if the women do it to the men its ok, it’s like if we are dog meat or something! I can now see why Machel is so popular though, I am sure that with the extra “perks” and “feels” he gives his female fans he would have quite an extensive and loyal fan base.

I find this phenomena of women grabbing male performer’s privates to be an interesting one. It can be paralleled to what happens in “strip joints” where similar treatment is meted out to female strippers, except you also throw money on the stage reflecting the dexterity of the performer. In that case where is Machel’s money ladies? You are short-changing him….

A financial Analysis of Trini Crotch Grabbers Coming Soon!

Wow, this is one impressive video! Jumbie by Machel Montano. The choreography is impressive the cinematography is super! It’s a real Caribbean “thriller”.It shows why Machel is celebrating over 25 years in the business and still going strong. I was a fan of Machel from the time he did “Too Young To Soca” back in 1982 when he was 8. In his impressive career he performed all over the world and has done collaborations with Alison Hinds, Beanieman, Burning Flames, G Unit, Mr Vegas and more.

Click to see Machel’s collaboration with the living dead zombie aka in the Caribbean as “Duppy” aka “Jumbie”

Did you see all that fuss that was made in Tobago recently because Elton John was scheduled to perform at a Jazz Festival there?
The church kicked up a sacred fuss because Elton was GAY!

It’s like they were scared Elton would sway the men with his Gayness or something. A normal man might be watching the concert and suddenly say “Hey Elton John is singing quite beautifully tonight … I think I am Gay” and then goes over…

My opinion on the entertainment gay thing is this…….

Who gives a Rats Ass!

U should not be interested in who a person sleeps with but the business ethics they bring to the table.
There are some bad minded people out there who walk bout spreading lies, rumors and undermining you. Does the fact that they are heterosexual give you any comfort? NO

So it’s the standard of business a person practices, not what they do with their private parts in private..

What do you think?

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