when decadence begat boredom the 80s flapped once, flapped twice and, like a butterfly whose wings have been caressed too many times, fell to the earth black as a beetle. with horns, worn in rage and showcased as ornaments, the 90s tracked its anger and bleakness in a slow mating dance with cool through every high school in townand then new years eve 2000. the night the world ended and jesus came back and took everyone but the cynics with him.........................................................
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here we are in the first decade since the collapse. wethose who dared to choose life instead of death (no matter how enticing the commercial made it look). wewho while digging through the ruins of mankind discovered punk and jazz and rock and gypsy. wethose who have finally been given the chance to name ourselves. weve grabbed drums and strings and dust and fire and the very air in our lungs and built a banner declaring that the distant outline of a city seen through smog really is a ghost.
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....................................................its not enough that we remember making the machines that made the machines that created us. deeper. its in the clothes that we wear. deeper. its in the food that we eat. deeper. its in that first cry of identity when the placenta in our lungs was displaced with air. its the mantra we crystallized and broke in that breath:
silence is treason.
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...................................................Debut album available for $10 at www.silence-is-treason.com and nine12records.com. $8 at all live performances.
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