Monday Morning Aural Sex
July 2022
Episodes
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Fuck is up the what, fuckermothers?! Emo-muthafuckin’-clew to the Are You The New Blue Shih Tzu Who Threw The Gnu Bamboo Statue Through Taboo Shrew Kazoo Voodoo in '22? Edition of Monday Morning Aural fuckin’ Sex! What in the most holy of nipple-calcifying fuck is all that foofaraw about? Just new shit I found this week. If you trust my taste at all, you might find a jam or 10, or 20, or 50 that might tickle your meaty little fancy. So, last week I mentioned having some thoughts on Stranger Things season 4. First of all, I feel compelled to address the maddening fucking fact that Running Up That Hill has been on motherfucking loop in my goddamn head all week since I put it near the start of last week’s podcast. Fantastic song and everything, but Jesus, sometimes I like to think about other songs too. Ya know?
Anyway, yeah, it occurred to me after finishing season 4 that a lot of what’s happened throughout the show could be interpreted as representations of mental illnesses. Vecna reminded me heavily of the shadow of futility that I wrote about back in 2018; this burdensome feeling of futility that’s so prevalent sometimes, it feels like an actual presence weighing on all the best parts of you. In case you might be curious, here’s what I said:
I know that shadow well. It has stalked me through my imagination for most of my life. It's the sense of futility that stains every poem or song I ever wrote, every picture I ever took, and especially every time anyone was insane enough to try loving me. I have never even once felt like I deserved to be loved, but I accepted it as best I could whenever it stumbled into my life.
I tried hard every single day to ignore that shadow; to project some sort of confidence because I was always told how unattractive insecurity is. I tried to work towards some sort of future despite mostly just wanting to die. This shadow is the reason I stopped posting on social media, why I stopped doing my podcast, and why I have actively avoided any sort of romantic interaction with anyone for years now.
I see this shadow in people all around me. I see it telling others to kill themselves. I see it behind their smiles, like patient vultures waiting to feed. I've watched it perfectly wear the faces of friends and lovers, and brazenly lock my eyes to its own; to speak those things and more until my desperate heart fractures yet again, and my knees buckle to the dirt where it reminds me I belong.
And in the silence, I agree. I've occasionally heard voices around me telling me otherwise, but I can't tell the difference between the real people and the shadow anymore. It has fooled me so thoroughly so many times, and I can no longer trust my own judgment. I have no choice but to lock myself away in my nice, cold, dark room. Waiting, and waiting, and waiting... I would have ended this shit myself a long time ago, but I can't leave my mother with the burden of burying her only son. I also know that would only set the shadow free to feed on the souls of my friends and family. So, we will wait together right here in this room. Safe little prisoners, together forever.
Whatever.
Sounds a lot like Vecna to me. This monstrosity that never lets you forget all the times you fucked up, just waiting for its chance to cripple you and consume your soul. Incidentally, by soul, I just mean the essence of who you are as a person; essentially your consciousness, which to me is pretty much synonymous with soul. But yeah, not just haunting you with your mistakes, but with the passage of time as you keep waiting to heal. They say time heals all wounds, and yet so many wounds continue to hurt for years, even decades after they’re inflicted.
Anyway, yeah, the upside down very much made me think of the distorted ways in which we perceive the world under the overbearing influence of depression. Everything’s in the same place, but nothing really works (except electricity and lights). Things feel colder, darker, like there’s danger lurking around any and every corner. There’s ash in the air just like there’s pollution in ours, which of course compounds the depression. It would also make sense that Eleven would be able to open gates to that world considering her deeply traumatic past.
David and Joyce fighting the demogorgon, not to mention fighting out of prison, I could see that as two heavily concerned parents supporting their loved ones through the darkness (mental illness) that threatened them, considering that’s pretty much literally what happened. Fighting out of prison could perhaps be a representation of the obstacles they had to overcome to understand the threat that faced them all. Again, basically what happened.
As far as the Mind Flayer, I could see him being a representation of fear itself and the way it controls you, especially when you’re of a more vulnerable nature (as Will was, being timid and alone in a terrifying alternate dimension). I could see Eleven banishing that fear at the end of season 2 with reassurance, love, etc., especially considering the friendship that developed between her and Will throughout the events of the show. The show has been very heavy on the power of friendship, love, family, community, which are obviously all things that make it damn near impossible for depression and fear to exist. Possible, certainly, but far more difficult.
Anyway, that’s just my partial interpretation. I’m sure I could expand on it if I gave it some more thought. I’ll probably re-watch the series before season 5, too. Maybe I’ll discuss further interpretations then. Why don’t I go a-fuckin’-head and talk about the mother-cunting music already, huh? What’d’ya fuckin’ say? Okay, so new Combichrist comin’ at us. Nice surprise on the Radar this week. Haven’t really kept up with them over the past decade or so, but I still love what I’ve heard. Have been keepin’ up with Architects, though. Another new jam from them this week called tear gas. All lowercase, of which I don’t yet understand the appeal, but it’s all good. The song, much like the band, really kicks the llama’s ass, just like Winamp.
That Stooges track isn’t entirely new; just this particular live version. I don’t normally care much for live versions, but this one hit pretty well. TV Eye’s a fuckin’ awesome song, and you’re about to hear for yourselves. Another fire track from LLLLNNNN. Gonna have to figure out some way to pronounce that shit at some point. Dude’s pretty talented with his hard dance jams. That Dead Cross band? That’s yet another Mike Patton side project. I swear, the man doesn’t know how to relax, and I love the fuck out of him for it. That one has quite an… interesting video. Look it up if you’re so intrigued. Man, that Billie Eilish song TV was kinda rough. I’m probably super late to the party, but that seemed like an abnormally emotional departure compared to her other singles. I dunno, there’s always the possibility I’m full of manure. Great track though.
Another new Heilung track?! Yes indeed, we are spoiled, selfish little creatures. We are not worthy, and yet, there they are. I jest, hopefully obviously, but good lord they are a phenomenal group. Quite likely my favorite find since maybe Nostalghia. Holy. Fuck. A Heilung/Nostalghia concert would be just… I would be a fucking weeping puddle of goo. Anyway, love this new Slushii & Tokyo Machine track called PEW PEW. The samples are hilarious. Another fantastic jam from GRiZ, who to the best of my knowledge is one of the only gay dubstep DJs out there. Admittedly, my knowledge on that isn’t so great, I dunno. Really been lovin’ his stuff though. Another mind-blowing track by Berried Alive, of course. That’s another man who has zero chill, and fuck, it’s fuckin’ astounding. Go look that motherfucker up on Instagram and you’ll see what I mean.
Wait, what’s this? A new Slipknot song?! Yes, indeed! I, uh, I think I need to listen to this one louder, and driving fast in my car at night or something. There’s something that bugs me about this track, but I haven’t quite identified it, or determined if it’s just in my head. The jury’s still out, but they ordered Chinese, or some shit. Moving on, this cover of Ginuwine’s, “Pony,” by Razakel? *chef’s kiss* I found Razakel when I tried looking up Molly Gruesome on Spotify, and I loved the song I found, so I ended up following her too. I do greatly miss Molly Gruesome, but I hope she’s happier doing whatever it is she’s been doing since she retired. Anyway, a remix here of one of my all-time favorite Dabin tracks, “Hope It Hurts.” I can 100% relate to those lyrics, and I’m sure countless others can as well. Don’t sleep on Dabin, motherfuckers. Dude’s got some fantastic melodic progressions, and some greatly emotional lyrics.
Oooo, oh my, I was so happy to hear this Pola & Bryson track called Tell You What I Did. Lemme tell you, a liquid cover of the classic Tweet song, “Oops (Oh My).” Well, it’s classic to me. You might say I have bad taste, to which I’d say fuck you, let people like shit. Also, I probably like a good amount of shit you like too. I just listen to a broader range of shit. Yes, I literally plug headphones into fecal matter and listen to shit. Of course. Man, it’s been a minute or three since I played anything by Dieselboy or The Glitch Mob, but lo and behold, we’ve got some new shit to look forward to. Not entirely sure how new they are, but they’re new to me and this podcast, so fuck you.
And now, to conclude this fucking Tolstoy of an intro, I bid you all adieu and merry yojne.
01 OMSTRB - Home (feat. Tasha Baxter) (Quannum Logic Remix) (from FULL MOON FLEX (Remixes)) [00:06:51]
02 Slushii, Tokyo Machine - PEW PEW (from PEW PEW) [00:11:19]
03 Dead Cross - Reign of Error (from Reign of Error) [00:14:37]
04 Slipknot - The Dying Song (Time To Sing) (from The Dying Song (Time To Sing)) [00:16:22]
05 Heilung - Asja (from Asja) [00:19:41]
06 Berried Alive - Barberryans (from Barberryans) [00:24:52]
07 Skinny Loc, Sticky Fingaz - Bullets (from Bullets) [00:28:50]
08 Dieselboy, Mark The Beast - Angel Dust (from Angel Dust) [00:31:02]
09 Black Box - Strike It Up (Dj Lelewel Italo Radio) (from Strike It Up (Dj Lelewel & Kinky Roland Remixes)) [00:36:15]
10 Krakota, Scrufizzer - Way We Move (from Way We Move) [00:39:35]
11 The Glitch Mob, Ambré - Animus Vox X How Do I Get to Invincible (revision) (from Revisions) [00:43:25]
12 Pola & Bryson - Tell You What I Did (feat. Zitah) (from Tell You What I Did) [00:49:12]
13 LLLLNNNN - Reflection (from Reflection) [00:52:37]
14 Dabin - Starbright (feat. Trella) (Elephante Remix) (from Starbright (Elephante Remix)) [00:56:14]
15 Riot Ten, SAYMYNAME - Loco (from Loco) [00:59:52]
16 Ace Aura - Desire (from Revive EP) [01:02:35]
17 Razakel, Ritual Of Ether - Pony (from Pony) [01:05:39]
18 HIGHSOCIETY - Cloud 9 (from Cloud 9) [01:09:03]
19 Rameses B - Dreamscape (from Night Owl) [01:13:22]
20 GRiZ - Feel No Pain (from Feel No Pain) [01:16:41]
21 Afterdusk - Mundane (from Self Worship) [01:19:30]
22 Dub Elements - Mash It Up (from Mash It Up) [01:23:05]
23 CRaymak, Sz - Match from Hell (feat. Elle Vee) (from Match from Hell (feat. Elle Vee)) [01:27:33]
24 thoughtcrimes - Keyhole Romance (from Keyhole Romance) [01:32:38]
25 Elon Dust - BREAK (feat. AYISA) (from BREAK) [01:36:15]
26 Netsky - Barricades (feat. Rita Ora) (Shapes Remix) (from Barricades (feat. Rita Ora) (Shapes Remix)) [01:40:47]
27 Erra - Pull From The Ghost (from Pull From The Ghost) [01:43:37]
28 Strange Bones, Death Blooms - 25 Thousand Volts (from 25 Thousand Volts) [01:47:38]
29 Architects - tear gas (from tear gas) [01:50:05]
30 LSB - Piano Jazz (from LSB) [01:54:17]
31 Combichrist - Heads Off (from Heads Off) [02:00:18]
32 The Stooges - TV Eye (Live in New Orleans) (from A Fire Of Life) [02:04:50]
33 S3RL - Spoiler Alert (Vyzer Remix) (from Spoiler Alert (Vyzer Remix)) [02:10:30]
34 Polyphia - Neurotica (from Neurotica) [02:13:50]
35 Digitalism - Miami Showdown (from I Love You, Dude) [02:17:00]
36 London Elektricity - Attack Ships On Fire (from Syncopated City) [02:20:23]
37 Meydän - La Renaissance de l'Espoir (from La Renaissance de l'Espoir) [02:26:19]
38 NewGamePlus - Stone Tower Temple (Zelda) (from Stone Tower Temple (Zelda)) [02:28:17]
39 REDALiCE - Let Me Go (from Let Me Go) [02:31:20]
40 VHS Dreams - Lovebomb Me (from Lovebomb Me) [02:34:12]
41 HALIENE - Underneath My Skin (from Underneath My Skin) [02:37:39]
42 Wilkinson - Used To This (feat. Issey Cross) (Logistics Remix) (from Used To This (Logistics Remix)) [02:41:14]
43 Uyama Hiroto, Hanah Spring - Making Love By The Ocean (from You Don’t Have To Cry) [02:45:35]
44 Sunlounger - Don't Stop Me From Falling (feat. Susie Ledge) (Craig Connelly Extended Remix) (from Don't Stop Me From Falling (Craig Connelly Remix)) [02:50:13]
45 Dillon Francis - Don't Let Me Let Go (feat. Illenium & Evan Giia) (from Don't Let Me Let Go (feat. Illenium & Evan Giia)) [02:57:03]
46 Billie Eilish - TV (from Guitar Songs) [03:00:23]
47 Ekoh, Loveless - WAYSIDE (from WAYSIDE) [03:05:01]
48 Dabin - Hope It Hurts (feat. Essenger) (Digital Skies Remix) (from Hope It Hurts (Digital Skies Remix)) [03:08:12]
49 Meredith Bull - Glimpse of Us (from Glimpse of Us) [03:11:07]
50 Dermot Kennedy - Something to Somone (High Contrast Remix) (from Something to Somone (High Contrast Remix)) [03:14:42]
51 Rogue VHS - Constellar (from Constellar) [03:17:58]
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
What the fuck is up, perverts? Emo-fuckin’-clew to the 8th volume of the Chill The Fuck Out Edition of Monday Morning Aural fuckin’ Sex! To be perfectly frank, I don’t have the energy to write another of my usual long intros right now. Been exceptionally depressed this past weekend, and more than most things right now, I just wanna crawl back in bed. Real quick, though, if you think this opening track isn’t anything to chill the fuck out to, I kindly direct your attention to the middle of the song; some of the chillest music in all of music. And yes, I did love the 4th season of Stranger Things. I have a number of thoughts about it that I’ll elaborate on at some later date. New fuckin’ Heilung track in this bitch too, btw. About half this podcast is comprised of tracks from older editions, other half is all new fucktacularity.
All that said, fuckin’ yojne!
01 Metallica - Master Of Puppets (Remastered) (from Master Of Puppets (Remastered Deluxe Box Set)) [00:00:32]
02 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (from Hounds Of Love) [00:08:59]
03 Chester Watson - Time Moves Slower Here (from Time Moves Slower Here) [00:13:49]
04 Ray Charles - Let's Go Get Stoned (from True Genius) [00:15:26]
05 Heilung - Anoana (from Anoana) [00:18:17]
06 Peace Orchestra - Who Am I? (Animatrix Edit) (from The Animatrix OST) [00:23:08]
07 Cody Chesnutt - With Me In Mind (feat. Sonja Marie) (from The Headphone Masterpiece) [00:29:04]
08 defrag - We Are Shadows (from Float) [00:32:56]
09 MARION - Daydreaming (from Daydreaming) [00:37:12]
10 Kayou. - in my illusion (from in my illusion) [00:41:27]
11 Othos, Defussion - Lust (from Lust) [00:44:30]
12 Hucci - Desire (Slowed) (from Desire (Slowed)) [00:47:12]
13 PLAZA - All Mine (from All Mine) [00:51:16]
14 ††† - Protection (from Initiation / Protection) [00:55:06]
15 Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande - Get On Your Knees (from The Pinkprint) [00:58:47]
16 Ashlee - Alone With You (from Alone With You) [01:02:19]
17 Rendezvous At Two - Play with Me (from Play with Me) [01:05:23]
18 Kidneythieves - In Love With A Machine (Beat Ventriloquists Remix) (from In Love With A Machine (Beat Ventriloquists Remix)) [01:09:34]
19 Abstract Theory, K.D.B. - Retro Love (from Retro Love) [01:13:50]
20 Big Gigantic, Kota the Friend - Deja Vu (from Deja Vu) [01:16:02]
21 DAY 7 - Fading Love (from Fading Love) [01:19:15]
22 Ras Kass, Coolio - Drama (from Soul On Ice) [01:22:19]
23 Meredith Bull - mushrooms/deadpeople (from mushrooms/deadpeople) [01:26:02]
24 14?, Cise Star, Fayya - Dreamland (from Dreamland) [01:28:22]
25 defrag - Glass Ship (from Float) [01:32:50]
26 Chester Watson - Mirrors (from Mirrors) [01:36:27]
27 Duke & Jones - Reflection (from Reflection) [01:38:12]
28 Hucci - Vision (Slowed) (from Vision (Slowed)) [01:41:08]
29 [Okvsho] - Expression (from S(Ch)Pring EP) [01:46:01]
30 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Breakdown (from The Collection Vol. 1) [01:48:07]
31 Ekoh - where'd you go (from where’d you go) [01:53:02]
32 PRIZM - Midnight FM (from Midnight FM) [01:56:03]
33 Felix Cartal - After Dark (feat. Koko LaRoo) (from After Dark (feat. Koko LaRoo)) [01:59:53]
34 AK - Night Drive (from Night Drive) [02:02:58]
35 A.L.I.S.O.N., Hotel Pools - Stellar (from Stellar) [02:06:58]
36 99 Neighbors - Thunder (from Thunder) [02:09:52]
37 Jazz Liberatorz - Clin D'oeil (from Clin D’oeil) [02:14:50]
38 G Mills - Lush (from Tranquility) [02:21:51]
39 Serein - Atlantic (from Atlantic) [02:23:59]
40 The Aether - Oceanside (from Oceanside) [02:28:59]
41 Sibewest - Desolate (from Desolate) [02:31:38]
42 Juche - Float (from Float) [02:34:56]
43 Naeleck, Sarah Rebecca - All My Heroes (from All My Heroes) [02:38:12]
44 Cody Chesnutt - Serve This Royalty (from The Headphone Masterpiece) [02:42:52]
45 Blackmill - The Drift (from Miracle) [02:48:34]
46 Listen Vision - H.I.P.H.O.P. (from Urban Vol. 12: Listen Vision) [02:51:51]
47 Free Dominguez - Corridors (from Volcano + The Sea) [02:56:14]
48 The Alchemist - E. Coli (feat. Earl Sweatshirt) (from Bread) [02:59:52]
49 BONES - Sodium (from SoThereWeStood) [03:02:01]
50 El Michels Affair - C.R.E.A.M. (from Enter The 37th Chamber) [03:03:55]
51 NAYANA IZ - TNT (from TNT) [03:06:44]
52 Ours Samplus - Kargo (from One Day One Beat, Vol. 2) [03:09:24]
53 Chester Watson - Deep Sea Tundras (from Summer Mirage) [03:11:59]
54 Dua Saleh - cat scratch (from ROSETTA) [03:14:30]
55 letgo - Blinded (from SPECTRUM001) [03:16:29]
56 GR3G - If I Pray (from Wasted Talent) [03:19:34]
57 Man Of Met - Dreidel (from Gross Not Ugly, Vol. 1) [03:22:43]
58 creamy, untrusted - all the kids are depressed (from all the kids are depressed) [03:25:12]
59 Free Dominguez - Recurring Dream (from .Unearth.) [03:27:18]
60 Mac Miller - Diablo (from Faces) [03:31:31]
61 Twin Temple - Lucifer, My Love (from Twin Temple (Bring You Their Signature Sound… Satanic Doo-Wop) [03:34:47]
62 hidden jayeem - Hell Is Where You Are (from Anxxxiety) [03:40:32]
63 bLiNd, LoFi VGM - Angel's Love (Fear of the Heavens from "Secret of Mana") (Lo-Fi Edit) (from Angel's Love (Fear of the Heavens from "Secret of Mana") (Lo-Fi Edit)) [03:43:11]
64 Arctic Lake - Hesitate (from side by side we lie awake) [03:45:52]
65 Purrple Cat - Light Years Apart (from Distant Worlds II) [03:48:26]
66 Lane 8, Arctic Lake - Don't Let Me Go (from Brightest Lights) [03:51:48]
67 Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox - I Only Have Eyes For You (feat. Sunny Holiday) (from I Only Have Eyes For You) [03:56:22]
68 Bria Skonberg - Dance Me to the End of Love (from With a Twist) [03:59:28]
69 Ferngazer - Ghost (from Weep Not) [04:05:00]
70 eevee, cliffe - till the grave (from dead end) [04:08:06]
71 Charles Bardin, Valentin Ducloux, Priscilla Cucciniello - Her (from A Musical Story OST) [04:10:48]
72 Charles Bardin, Valentin Ducloux - Love (from A Musical Story OST) [04:12:56]
73 CMC 3 - Everything To Me (from Everything To Me) [04:17:12]
74 Sylvaine - Everything Must Come to an End (from Nova) [04:22:33]
75 Easy Chill - Running Up That Hill (Lofi Version) (from Running Up That Hill (Lofi Version)) [04:30:09]
76 BT - See You On The Other Side (from This Binary Universe) [04:33:59]
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
What's up, perverts?! This week, we're flashing back to the very beginning. I'm not sure how many of you heard the first one when I put it up on Soundcloud, but it's not there anymore. Anyway, the reason I named this podcast Monday Morning Aural Sex is 'cause, well, who wouldn't love "aural sex," on a Monday morning? Doesn't that just make the grind of the work week so much less irritating? I think so. Do you know the difference between "fan," and "fanatic?" Well, according to my Mac dictionary, "fan" is someone with a strong interest in or admiration for something; "fanatic" is someone with an obsessive interest or enthusiasm for something. Which would you consider yourself? Do you primarily listen to music you know; stuff you know you like already? Or do you often find yourself venturing outside of your comfort zone to discover new and exciting stuff? I say, life's just too damn short to sit around listening to couch music. I say, be adventurous. Be adamantly curious; insatiably hungry, because there's a LOT of really great music out there that'll probably never be heard by the mainstream or granted the respect and attention it deserves. So, without any further ado, enjoy the very first installment of Monday Morning Aural Sex!
01 Juan Schwartz & The South Park Children's Choir - Dead, Dead, Dead (from Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics)
02 Sage Francis - Slow Down Gandhi (from A Healthy Distrust)
03 Doormouse - Toxic Jungle (from Mama Didn't Raise No Fool EP)
04 Dog Fashion Disco - Private Eye (from Adultery)
05 Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - A Hymn to the Morning Star (from Of Natural History)
06 Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - The Donkey-Headed Adversary of Humanity Opens the Discussion (from Of Natural History)
07 Louis Prima - Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody (from Collector's Series)
08 Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch (from Halber Mensch)
09 Mudvayne - Poop Loser (from The Beginning Of All Things To End)
10 Jeff And Mychael Danna - The Blood Of Cuchulainn (from The Boondock Saints)
11 Defrag - The Stones (from Lament Element)
12 In Flames - Alias (from A Sense Of Purpose)
13 Polkadot Cadaver - Chloroform Girl (from Purgatory Dance Party)
14 Matthew Good Band - The Rat Who Would Be King (from The Audio Of Being)
15 Deacon Boombastardizer - Deepthroat (from the interwebz)
16 Producer Snafu - Randomness Everywhere (from Tough Titties compilation)
17 Rage Against The Machine - Hadda Be Playing On The Jukebox (Live) (from Live & Rare)
18 Henry Rollins - Maturity (from A Rollins In The Wry)
19 Vistalance - Take It Back (from Emergency Room)
20 Otep - Shattered Pieces (from House Of Secrets)
21 Henry Rollins - Stalingrad (from Nights Behind The Tree Line)
22 Louis Jordan - Beware, Brother, Beware (from Saturday Night Fish Fry: The Original & Greatest Hits)
23 Spike Jonze - Ya Wanna Buy A Bunny? (from Spike Jonze Greatest Hits)
24 P.T. Grimm - A Perfect Stranger (demo) (from P.T. Grimm New Demos)
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
*fucking sigh* Well, here we are again: July the stupid fucking 4th. Speaking of which, emo-fuckin’-clew to the Fuck the Fourth Edition of Monday Morning Aural Sex. Anyway, yeah, July 4th. Anytime I see anyone unironically celebrating this moronic fucking holiday, I just cannot. Do you fucking nitwits somehow not realize this holiday is about a bunch of wealthy slaveowners declaring themselves free? Not to mention after their ancestors and they slaughtered, raped and/or exiled Native Americans as well? Oh, I’m sure there are a great many notable nuances that I’m dubiously omitting, but it’s whatever. As if you’d ever hear any of the words spilling from my face chasm anyway. If it’s my fate to perpetually preach to the choir, so be it, I guess.
Obviously, this “holiday,” brings up a lot of venom in me. I look at this miserable fucking country celebrating its freedom, and I’m hopelessly perplexed, because the vast majority of us only know freedom for its most brutally indifferent aspects. First of all, no freedom exists without some degree of responsibility, without even just some minuscule consequence; there is no absolute freedom except death, and even that’s arguable. The myriad cadres of pitifully transparent nincompoops who delusionally proclaim freedom divorced of responsibility, especially freedom of speech, they’ll 180 on a dime to claim victimhood should they ever be “censored,” and especially to censor whatever speech they dislike. Remember, the so-called thought leaders engaging in that foofaraw are only in it to siphon money from the troglodytic nimrods who drink their Kool-Aid to own the libs, or whatever other astoundingly idiotic reason they might conjure up.
Let me be perfectly clear, however, I don’t condemn the gullible, uneducated rubes who waded a little ways into the skeptic pool only to get pulled under by their whirlpools of bullshit. We’re all desperate for truth in a pea soup, palpable fucking haze and maddening cacophony of distractions and outright fuckin’ lies. I don’t blame anyone of good faith, compassion and empathy for being misled, especially considering the deliberately piss poor state of public education. I take no pleasure in insulting them, but so long as they conduct themselves as enemies of progress, obstructing the paths to better lives we could be building together, I just don’t have the patience to attempt communication with them. It’s exceptionally difficult to create with those who seek to destroy, especially when the time we have left in which this planet is still fucking habitable is so goddamn, fucking limited. Like, get the motherfuck out of the mother-cunting way so that we can all just exist on this dirtball spinning through this indifferent universe. Obviously, it’s more complex an issue than that, but it’s whatever.
If I ever actually changed anyone’s mind with rants like these, I’d be fucking astonished. I just want to say fuck the fourth primarily because this is a country of brazenly shameless hypocrisy, callously broken promises of meritocracy, utterly psychotic and suicidal greed, corruption, religious mania, blind devotion to the pursuit of power simply for superiority instead of benevolence and charity, and myriad additional maladies. I see patriotism for the country in this condition as handing out participation trophies. Superficial patriotism, mind you. Actual patriotism includes concern and criticism whenever and wherever fair to do so, and all I see is hopeless Stockholm syndrome from those who drape themselves in red, white & blue every year. No thoughtful acknowledgement, no proposed solutions, just pointless fucking nostalgia for ambiguous notions of better times with no recognition of how times got to be so fucking terrible.
Either that, or they point their fingers wherever their right-wing overlords suggest they should, without any critical thought about whether or not it’s actually accurate. I’ve been saying for years that the real enemy is above us all; we have so much more in common than ways in which we differ, and difference is one of the most consistently interesting and enriching aspects of life. But no, the simpletons must fear whatever they don’t understand! Anything different is a threat, for some reason! Progress is a zero-sum game, right? Those people can’t have equity or equality, because then you’d be somehow inferior. Fear is the name of the game, and boy is it an effective money vacuum. Land of the free, home of the brave… Fucking pathetic.
The extent of the atrocities inflicted upon the global populace under the banner of red, white & blue (and yes, we’re part of that), and then millions of dipshits have the gall to whine about immigrants, as if we have some preposterously misplaced birthright to the land our ancestors stole. I’m not saying every white person needs to pack their shit and move back to Europe (even though that sounds fucking amazing right now); I’m saying that without acknowledgement of our history, our future will just be a hopeless, downward fucking spiral into apathetic and imbecilic oblivion.
Any-fucking-way, I’m done. I said all I care to say for now. Many of these tracks will be familiar to y’all if you listen to my other sociopolitically-charged editions. Same with last week’s Confrontation Edition, only a handful of new jams, because the old stuff is still just far too pertinent to exclude. I kind of hate that, to be frank, despite not being Frank, whomever Frank may be. I hate that all these tracks from so many decades past are still pertinent to fights that continue to this fucking day, because all of our lives could be so much better than this. If we could just stop bickering over this, that and the other thing, we might actually be able to get some shit done around here. I genuinely do love this country, and I despise what a handful of maniacally greedy fuckheads have done to it; never mind what they’ll do to it in the near and distant future if we don’t straighten this shit out via the ballot box or the motherfucking guillotine.
All that said, yojne yourselves as much as you reasonably can today, and yojne the ever-loving fuck out of this edition as well.
01 Eminem - White America (from The Eminem Show) [00:04:31]
02 Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name (from Rage Against The Machine) [00:09:55]
03 Atari Teenage Riot - Get Up While You Can (from The Future Of War) [00:15:05]
04 Walls of Jericho - The American Dream (from The American Dream) [00:18:29]
05 Team America: World Police - America, FUCK Yeah (from Team America: World Police OST) [00:21:43]
06 The Exploited - (Fuck The) U.S.A. (from Totally Exploited - Best Of) [00:23:46]
07 Choking Victim - Fuck America (from No Gods / No Managers) [00:27:03]
08 East Coast Avengers - Hey America (feat. Granite State) (Remix) (from See The Bars) [00:29:22]
09 Anti-Flag - No Allegiance To A Flag (from 20/20 Division) [00:33:54]
10 Propagandhi - Stick the Fucking Flag up Your Goddamn Ass, You Sonofabitch (from How to Clean Everything (Reissue)) [00:35:44]
11 Lard - Peeling Back the Foreskin of Liberty (from Pure Chewing Satisfaction) [00:38:30]
12 Diabolic - Modern Day Future (feat. Deadly Hunta) (from Liar & a Thief) [00:43:39]
13 Rage Against The Machine - No Shelter (from Guerrilla Radio (Single)) [00:47:06]
14 Lowkey - Obama Nation (from Soundtrack to the Struggle…) [00:51:08]
15 Pennywise - Land Of The Free? (from Land Of The Free?) [00:54:16]
16 Otep - Warhead (from House Of Secrets) [00:56:45]
17 Immortal Technique - Golpe de Estado (feat. Temperamento Y Veneno) (from The 3rd World) [01:00:11]
18 The Score - Revolution (from ATLAS) [01:05:26]
19 Bad Cop, Bad Cop - Womanarchist (from Womanarchist) [01:09:14]
20 La Coka Nostra - I'm An American (feat. B-Real) (from A Brand You Can Trust) [01:12:04]
21 One-Way Mirror - Fuck You (Lily Allen cover) (from Rest In Peace - Covers Vol. 5) [01:16:00]
22 Ekoh - Why Aren't You Angry? (from Why Aren’t You Angry?) [01:19:39]
23 NOFX - USA-holes (from Wolves In Wolves’ Clothing) [01:23:01]
24 Green Day - American Idiot (from American Idiot) [01:25:14]
25 Descendents - 'Merican (from ‘Merican EP) [01:28:06]
26 Impulse Wave - Fall To Dictators (from Fall To Dictators) [01:29:55]
27 Woody Guthrie - Tear The Fascists Down (from My Dusty Road) [01:36:14]
28 Cookie Monsta - Ruff (feat. Tima Dee) (from Circus Three) [01:38:19]
29 Annisokay - STFU (from STFU) [01:41:45]
30 ZSK - Antifascista (from Herz Für Die Sache) [01:45:13]
31 Little Big - Hateful Love (from Funeral Rave) [01:47:31]
32 Doll Skin - Puncha Nazi (from Manic Pixie Dream Girl) [01:50:51]
33 Anti-Flag - Racists (from American Fall) [01:52:43]
34 Nine Inch Nails - Heresy (from The Downward Spiral) [01:56:01]
35 Fear Factory - Fear Campaign (from Mechanize) [01:59:55]
36 Leonard Cohen - Democracy (Spoken Word Edit) (from... somewhere) [02:04:44]
37 KMFDM - Dogma (from XTORT) [02:07:05]
38 Creation Is Crucifixion - Child Autonomous (from DiY-FEST Compilation Volume 1) [02:11:10]
39 Immortal Technique - Civil War (from The Martyr) [02:15:33]
40 A Tribe Called Red - Burn Your Village To The Ground (Neon Nativez Remix) (from https://soundcloud.com/neonnativez) [02:20:32]
41 Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In The Fire (from The Battle Of Los Angeles) [02:25:30]
42 T.S.O.L. - Abolish Government / Silent Majority (from T.S.O.L. / Weathered Statues) [02:28:52]
43 Leathermouth - I Am Going To **** The President Of The United States Of America (from XO) [02:30:50]
44 The Casualties - 1312 (from Written in Blood) [02:33:45]
45 Propagandhi - Fuck the Border (from Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes) [02:36:02]
46 Lowkey - Long Live Palestine (from Soundtrack to the Struggle…) [02:37:31]
47 Immortal Technique - Payback (feat. Diabolic & Rass Kass) (from The 3rd World) [02:41:37]
48 Garfunkel and Oates - Save the Rich (from Slippery When Moist) [02:46:02]
49 Serj Tankian - Figure It Out (from Harakiri) [02:48:43]
50 Dead Kennedys - Stars And Stripes Of Corruption (from Frankenchrist) [02:51:35]
51 Immortal Technique - Open Your Eyes (from The 3rd World) [02:57:53]
52 Rage Against The Machine - War Within A Breath (from The Battle Of Los Angeles) [03:03:07]
53 .?. - Sunset (Abused Freedom Clip) (from https://oo111111.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/sunset/) [03:06:44]
54 System of a Down - Sad Statue (from Mezmerize) [03:07:36]
55 East Coast Avengers - Lady Liberty (feat. Slaine) (from Prison Planet) [03:11:00]
56 No Doubt - Just A Girl (from Tragic Kingdom) [03:15:08]
57 Serj Tankian - Harakiri (from Harakiri) [03:18:30]
58 Penelope Scott - American Healthcare (Glitzy) (from Public Void) [03:22:46]
59 P!nk - What About Us (from Beautiful Trauma) [03:27:12]
60 The Red Paintings - They Don't Care About Us (from They Don’t Care About Us) [03:31:38]
61 Death of a Nation - Don't Speak For Me (from Death of a Nation) [03:35:05]
62 Prophets Of Rage - Unfuck The World (from Prophets Of Rage) [03:38:04]
63 Immortal Technique - Ultimas Palabras (from The Martyr) [03:42:03]
64 Lard - I Am Your Clock (from The Last Temptation of Reid) [03:49:38]