Name: The One That Doesn't Suck
Duration: P00H02M26S
Description: If I accomplish nothing else in life, at least I can say this: I have rhymed "elephant" with "relevance" in a song, and you have probably not.

The One That Doesn't Suck

from 2005 Dead Air Studios recording by The Company Anthem

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If I accomplish nothing else in life, at least I can say this: I have rhymed "elephant" with "relevance" in a song, and you have probably not.

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What the hell is this (besides ridiculous?) When did we go from Peter Pan to Lord Of The Flies? From dodging fists and spitwads from the cool kids' table to reproducing the order we claim to despise, but seem to have internalized? No ideas, just standard aesthetic essentials. This scene's become totally self-referential. We brought the noize but we forgot the perspective at home underneath a pile of records and clothes. Hanging out at the starting line, still pushing the message of a spent medium. Egos and rivalries like you'd find in an 11th-grade boys' locker room. When will this treadmill snap and throw us on our ass? This record's been skipping for 20 years now. I think the needle's stuck, can someone pull the plug? I can't reach it from where I am. We're starved for food we can't get in frigid corporate climates. This scene could be a giant all-inviting potluck banquet. Why can't we crack the dress code and get these shows on the road from being a tattooed white elephant to real relevance?

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from 2005 Dead Air Studios recording, track released May 1, 2005

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