This copy of "Waves" is a full-color glossy CD in a clear Jewel Case. Main artwork by Rebekah Pascouau and design by Thomas Duerig (me). As of now, I assemble these made-to-order by hand. Because I assembles them myself with love, care and sweaty palms, please allow, in the event I need to make more, up to 3-5 days after ordering for shipment.
Includes unlimited streaming of Waves
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There is more to violence than simple acts against humanity, nature or the self. Why is it that a news story of a murder fills us with revulsion and film about mobsters makes us laugh and cry and experience catharsis? Perhaps it is because attached to violence is also be understanding of privilege. There exists in acts of sensationalized violence a message of privilege, a message that states,"you are a special witness to this. You are above this and allowed to enjoy." Since the days of gladiators, the desire for ritualized violence seems to be a part of the human psyche (I try not o mean that as a universal, but an observation on what I can observe, ie. Western cultures). It should be important to recognize what is embedded in the media we consume, including violent media, which is often easily tossed off as mere awesomeness and explosions; It often wears the badge of righteousness and exposes the people and things a society deems most dangerous and fearful.
Criminals; terrorists, savage beasts, and technological abominations all are often presented in violent media as a distinctive "other" to be ostracized, at least, and destroyed, at best. I've heard grown men refer to their fellow countrymen as a terrorist because of the immediate associations of his complexion with a limited, generalized notion derived from media portrayals. With so many movies portraying "White American Hero X versus Non-American Villain Y," it's not shocking that someone might view the world in terms of "White America (heroes) vs. Everyone Else;" a synecdochic fallacy..
lyrics
Hello, Violence.
You're a welcome sight, visiting my television
day and night.
I have so much to learn from you.
I have so much to learn from you.
I could be anything I want to.
I want to be just like you.
I am exceptional.
I have everything to lose.
I'm not afraid of violence.
I have the right to choose.
Violence, I love you.
You simplify the world for me.
Friend and foe distinctions
made explicitly.
We both think the same truths.
We both think the same truths.
I could be anything I want to.
I want to be just like you.
I am exceptional.
I have everything to lose.
I'm not afraid of violence.
I have the right to choose.
There is no debate
staring down the barrel of a gun.
It's not conditioning,
It's just harmless fun.
There's nothing we can't do.
There's nothing we can't do.
I could be anything I want to.
I want to be just like you.
I am exceptional.
I have everything to lose.
I'm not afraid of violence.
I have the right to choose.
I am exceptional. (We have everything to lose)
I have everything to lose.
I'm not afraid of violence.
I have the right to choose.
credits
from Waves,
released November 9, 2013
Written and produced by Thomas Duerig.
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