#4 :: INAUGURATING THE INEVITABLE

Well, here we are, It feels like a dream. All the optimism has effervesced. And we are left here floating on islands of sanity in an ocean of reactionary faith-bots. So I present a musical journey into America: past, present, future, fictitious, frightening and absolutely absurd.

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Song: Return of the Rat.................. Artist: Wipers
Starting of with an old classic. I couldn't have said it better myself. Link O Commerce!

Song: United States of Whatever .................. Artist: Liam Lynch
We must fight the feeling of defeat, ambivilance and apathy. We must rise again and... oh forget it. Nevermind. Link O Commerce!

Song: Not Great Men .................. Artist: Gang of Four
Angular and angry. Get to know the Gang. Link O Commerce!

Song: Surveillance .................. Artist: A Frames
These guys are a little known Seattle group. Very good political rock. Link O Commerce!

Song: What's He Building in There .................. Artist: Tom Waits
Paranoia. Paranoia. Paranoia. Imagined or real? How much should we question? How much should we trust? Link O Commerce!

Song: Staff Infection.................. Artist: The Intelligence
Another little known Seattle group. Lo-fi politics seeth beneath the lo-fi surface noise. Link O Commerce!

Song: Sink Florida Sink .................. Artist: Against Me!
Alternative country for blue states patriots who think the reds should go to hell. Link O Commerce!

Song: Counting Down the Hours.................. Artist: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Ted Leo shows us how its really done. Great message wrapped in a melody you'll being singing for days. Link O Commerce!

Song: Stars and Sons.................. Artist: Broken Social Scene
This bands writes songs that barely exist. They float on the surface, never demanding attention. But then you get it and... well you decide. Link O Commerce!

Song: America.................. Artist: Allen Ginsburg
I found this somewhere on the Internets. So good. That Allen Ginsburg was a pretty smart guy.