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DEVO
Jan 20, 2004 17:07:08 GMT -5
Post by Swamp Gas on Jan 20, 2004 17:07:08 GMT -5
Way ahead of their time, and "Freedom of Choice" was a joke amongst some people in 1980, but if you listen to it now, and watch the video, you see how correct they were. Tightest band ever! Even more than Gentle Giant and ELP! 24.238.145.88/spudboys/
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DEVO
Jan 27, 2004 13:01:47 GMT -5
Post by Swamp Gas on Jan 27, 2004 13:01:47 GMT -5
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DEVO
Jan 27, 2004 21:34:50 GMT -5
Post by Thetaloops on Jan 27, 2004 21:34:50 GMT -5
Seeing DEVO for the first time on TV back in the 80's in LA, we said, 'what the heck is this?' Four guys in yellow jumpsuits, moving with the same jerky motion, like robots. Not initially realizing that they were goofing on what society was turning into mechanized, commericialized and dehumanized. They were morphing from a punk band into one of the leaders of the New Wave culture movement. Who realized at the time that they were going to be so right on? 'Freedom of Choice is what you have, Freedom from Choice is what you want.' The dumbing down of America and most people are willing slaves to the monster. DEVO touch on so many important aspects of life. Pointing out every thing from politics to corporatism to Nuclear pollution to human inhumanity to ourselves and each other. 80's were a wonderful time. This was popular music. Just turn on the radio and you would here Whip It! Or turn on MTV or Night Flight and you were truely entertained. Mark Mothersbaugh and some of the other band members run a studio now, called, 'Mutato Muzica', Sunset Blvd, LA, CA. They do the music for the RugRats cartoons. Nice guys!
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DEVO
Oct 11, 2004 11:31:25 GMT -5
Post by Swamp Gas on Oct 11, 2004 11:31:25 GMT -5
A recent article with DEVO:
FREEDOM FROM CHOICE
Well, “de waww on terror” continues to dominate primates' consciousness as we spin toward D-day, November 2nd. Why is it D-day? - Because “D” stands for the final death knell for Democracy. Remember, “Freedom of Choice” is what you got and “Freedom from Choice” is what you want. It's so true it hurts. Having just finished our “Devolution is Real” 2004 tour* we have fresh evidence from our experience in the field. That corporate Feudal State is here to stay pumped and plumped by the moronic 24/7 Babel of Videodrome style news anchors.
First of all, why do spoiled, privileged, educated people with cell phones, SUV's and all the creature comforts imaginable act like dickless 5-year-olds in the face of desperate, sub-human fundamentalists that copulate through holes in sheets while waiting for rewards of 72 virgins? What in the hell has happened? What have we learned from our Western society where logic and rationality are the basis of rule of law? Apparently nothing!
So, with extreme polarization we head towards Election Day fighting among ourselves over which tie to wear to the prom. Both of ties are completely out of it. Admittedly one is much more stupid and low class than the other but in the end it is indeed a pathetic choice between two losers who are designed to behave like bounty hunters from the HBO series, Deadwood. By the way, the Prom itself is not worth attending.
Isn't it ironic that our current fear-ridden leaders have used the media to spread fear in a way that Osama couldn't have dreamed of? They have unwittingly done his bidding so that now our citizens are willing to give up their democratic way of life in the name of being safe from those who would supposedly take it away from us. That's sublimely perverse corporate feudal doublethink. It seems as if everyone is so secretly self-loathing that they voted to be punished from within since no one in the world is left to hold them in check from without.
Meanwhile the real future is being hatched in the form of genetically engineered, featherless chickens in Israel (no plucking necessary) and genetically engineered dairy cows with super-sized udders for maximum milk production. Who besides me knows how evil milk is, much less the genetically engineered variety?
So, while Mt. Saint Helens threatens to blow and the car bombs blast in the Middle East, the Big Three Fundamentalists continue to make sure that the tail wags the dog globally.
You will not see the sunshine of secular humanist liberty breakout again in our lifetime.
The only holy war worth fighting is the endless war on stupidity. Like the war on drugs and the war on terror it can never be won.
Duty Now for the Future, Spuds.
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