By: The Yatman
It's time once again for Bing and Perry making merry, singing in the Yule tide and the New Year (Y2K = Year 2000). We now face a New Year and a new time, improved and technically enhanced by computers and the Internet, finding it hard to believe the Internet came about just five years ago and in 10 years the computer has taken the world into its creative arms?
On the net I discovered an article by Peter F. Drucker titled "Beyond the Information Revolution." He states that there is a worldwide revolution going on in communications. Information is now a reality with too many implications to record here. This cyber revolt is as great as the Industrial Revolution that occurred in the first half of the 19th Century, and changed the world, as did the coming of the steamboat and the railroad.
The Information [Computer] Revolution compliments all of the human endeavors and has led to the accumulation (i.e., to bring together and form a store) of all the progress and revolutions of our time here on planet Earth. We now enter the "Wired Wired World" of the 21st Century where all that is expected may not develop. However, wherein unexpected sudden happenings will excite and hopefully be fully accessed by all. Our young, in particular, should have a more wondrous educational experience than scholastic advocates have imagined.
We are constantly reminded that e-commerce is to the Information/Computer Revolution what the railroad was to the Industrial Revolution - a totally new, unprecedented, unexpected development. And, like the railroad, about 175 years ago, e-commerce is creating a new distinct boom and rapidly changing the economy, politics and society.
With reference to local e-commerce, a business neighbor of The Piano Shop, John Palazzotto, has a great web site, Club Louisianne. His Main Street Studios contain a recording studio equipped with a Yamaha 6'5" grand piano, Hammond B-3 organ with Leslie speakers, Lawson L-47 microphones and the talents of professional sound engineers. With 24-track digital recording capabilities, Johnny has had great success mixing and mastering for compact disk manufacturing, radio and television programs and music videos. Over the years, his Pal Productions has produced hits for Louisiana music greats like Raeful Neal, Irma Thomas, Buddy Guy, Maria Muldaur and numerous others. The studio in the 700 Block of Main Street is a state-of-the-Arts achievement in music production. For more information contact John Palazzotto or Tony Daigle at 225/383-0968, or you can send an e-mail message to Jpal8@worldnet.att.net.
Also found at Club Louisianne is a great idea for a "down-home" Christmas gift, the video production of Jules d'Hemecort, IV, "Tee-Jules, Cajun Christmas," a Louisiana delight for children of all ages.
And with the imminent New Year, I'd like to recommend the December edition of "Yahoo Magazine", which has on the cover "What's Next (2000 and Beyond) For the Web?" This publication is fast becoming the bible of cyber news, with the current issue expounding on censorship, politics, dating, books money, music, sex, advertising and much more. Issued monthly at $20 a pop (but oh what a pop!), it contains sites galore, with the January, 2000 edition promising to be a "mind-blower."
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It often seems that there is so much information available it's just too much to absorb. All we can do is go for what we can handle, a small fraction of what is offered, knowing that we can avail ourselves of a world of new and news whenever we desire. Feeling a bit overwhelmed by things that are happening, I give it my best shot, absorbing and relating tidbits as they are gleaned. If I can impart some of this amazement to you, I have succeeded in my endeavors. But take it all with a grain of salt. It's only a point of view!
And so I leave you and 1999, quoting a few choice words of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882):
"It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."
Take care, keep a stout heart; and may it all go well for you!
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