It's been hard for me to want to do much of anything after this election. I'm ashamed of my country. I am fearful for my children and their future. I wish I was just waxing poetic about political dogmas, but I am genuinely afraid of our future. I never really thought much about socio-politics until I heard the #deadkennedys . Jello's paranoid lyrics struck a chord in my brain. After discovering them I scoured record stores for their releases and quickly obtained their discography. This album "frankenchrist" was always my favorite. They slowed the music a bit allowing it to contribute to moods more and the lyrical webs made are acute and insightful. If you've ever listened to this album and spent time with it I find it very hard to believe you vote any direction away from liberal.
I've listened to this this morning and it reads like a current event even though this record was released in 1985. It's Orwellian view of our government and society is as poignant and resonating even more now than in the Reagan era it was recorded in. It's kind of terrifying in it's accuracy. Songs like "stars and stripes of corruption", "this could be anywhere" and "soup is good food" all rattle my cage still. If you weren't filled with enough anxiety over our future and our government's intentions than give this disc a spin. It'll really put an edge on that despair.
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