For those who have been wondering where these balloons all over FB are leading to here's a look at an interview with their author
Mere Celeste:
P: Ladies
and gentlemen, it is my honour to introduce today’s guest. The author of ‘Big
Pop Balloons,’ the top selling writer and trendsetting artist of all time. A
man who according to the latest polls is the most popular man on earth, more
popular than Jesus and the Pope and the President of the USA. Give a large round of applause
and welcome Mere Celeste.
M: Thank
you. It is an honour.
P: What
fired your inspiration to write ‘Big Pop Balloons?’
M: We are
all numbed by repeated disappointments.
P: What do
you mean by that?
M:
Disappointment leads to despair and despair leads to action.
P: What
disappointment? What despair?
M: We start
with nothing. Very often we find ourselves at the end of nothing.
P: But now
you are a very successful author, a celebrity in your own right.
M: That is
elementary my dear Watson.
P: What is?
M:
Popularity and the number of likes on your page. All a fad. Indeed a big pop
balloon.
P: So what
in essence is a big pop balloon?
M: We are
but balloons and such is our fate. Shrivelled we wait for the air to blow us
up. This whole universe is a balloon. As it inflates it nears its end.
P: Yes a
well known quote from your book, but why is it a fad?
M: As I
have implied, a balloon is bound to burst and when it goes pop, all that’s left
is empty stale nothing.
P: But you
cannot be so pessimistic, not with so many readers and fans around the world.
M: We blow
up balloons for others to see as they rise up in the air. We all have our
reasons for doing so. Colourful balloons for people to like. We are prepared to
do anything in order for others to like our balloon.
P: What is
it that you have done.
M: Same as
others have done before me. Make sure that people read about it in the
magazines and newspapers, parade it on their TV screens and tablet monitors.
P: I agree,
but how can one attract the media to your balloon?
M: Colour
is key.
P: Which
colour?
M: Scandal,
atrocity, death, violence. Indeed popularity depends on the number of hits, a
clever choice of vocabulary. Hit me, hit me! If a balloon gets a million hits,
it must be worth those million likes. It must be like Jesus, like the Pope,
like Lady Gaga, Like the President of the United Skates of Superpower. Yes it
must be cool, very cool for so many unseen, unknown hands have clicked on it
unthinkingly but positively.
P: Granted,
but it has helped to make you popular.
M: A sorry picture
of modern man it makes. A chain reaction that makes sheep out of men and a goat
herd out of the one who filled the balloon with his stinking breath.
P: Why do
you paint such a sad picture?
M: Life has
become a fantasy world of big pop balloons, bright in lettered message, meant
for the population to read and believe as the truth. A killer of question
marks, a stifler of debate.
More of this interview to be published next week.
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Anidroc has started releasing tracks on public platforms like Youtube to promote the SkAnidroC Lp released last year. Following The title track 'Ska And Rock' and 'So Far' videos, the band has also released two other tracks, 'Go Back To Your Country' and now it is time for the Reggae swinging 'Dubious.'
