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iNTELLIGENT dANCE mONSTER
We exist to save you from yourself and your sorry ass apathy
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iSSUE: 3 x 0 11.13.03
"We want to do well while doing good."
by gir
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THE FOLLOWING RELEASE MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED RELATED TO SCIENCE FICTION
OR MUSIC BY SOME FOLKS AND WOULD THUS BE STEPPING OUTSIDE THE BOUNDS OF
IDM'S ORIGINAL PURPOSES. HOWEVER, THE AUTHOR BELIEVES THAT THE VIEWS
EXPRESSED IN THE FOLLOWING RELEASE HAVE BEEN RAISED BY SCIENCE FICTION
LITERATURE AS LONG AS IT HAS BEEN AROUND. THE SYSTEM WILL BE BROUGHT
UNDER EXAMINATION IF ONLY FOR A BRIEF AND ERRATIC MOMENT. STRANGE
THINGS ARE GOING DOWN IN THE WORLD WE ARE LIVING IN AND IT IS OUR DUTY
AS PEOPLE WHO GIVE A FUCK TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
AND IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING, ANGSTMONSTER IS NOT DEAD. THAT'S JUST
A RUMOR PROPAGATED BY THE FORCES THAT BE WHO ARE TRYING TO STOP US FROM
SPEAKING OUR MINDS. DON'T LET THEM CONFUSE YOU. IF YOU HAVE BEEN
BITTEN, IT MAY ALREADY BE TOO LATE.
On with the file...
Lately, I have been noticing that there are certain connections in the
world... The kind of things you only notice when you are really
paranoid and listening for the shadows to start talking back, the way
Philip K. Dick can drop a lifetime's worth of ideas in your lap in
each chapter of any one of his books and still come out with more to
get off of his chest. I am talking some deeply rooted in the fabric of
society stuff. Lots of what I have been thinking about is still caught
up in a pool of murkiness but there are more and more details shining
through everyday that really mean something. What I am trying to say
is "SOMEONE HELP ME! I'M A PRISONER OF THE COLLEGE INSTITUTION WHERE
DAILY I AM SUBJECTED TO THE IDEAS AND OPINONS OF PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS WITH WHOM I DO NOT ALWAYS AGREE AND I AM REALLY SCARED!"
To tell you the truth, I think some of my professors might actually
lean to the left politically speaking, talking about how capitalism is
a bad thing. At first I didn't want to believe it myself but then I
got caught up in the study of groups of people, sociology and OH MAN
MY LIFE HAS NEVER BEEN THE SAME! What goes on in the sociology
department here, it... it has to be some method of mind control.
Ordinary everyday students who really do mean well are being brain
washed to believe that not only has their country lied to them but
that their formal public education is a sham! That's right. Last
week my class was assigned to read an excerpt from "Lies My Teacher
Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong" by James
W. Lowen in which the author accused textbook authors of not only
reusing one another's content but also denying and omitting certain
moments in American history from their textbooks.
I want to know what makes James W. Lowen think that he has the right to
critique these textbooks that are used to sharpen the minds of
tomorrows leaders. It is necessary in questionable times like these to
remain critically of our surroundings but what good is going to come out
of this, eh MISTER LOWEN? DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT MAKING PEOPLE AWARE
OF THE FUCKED UP SITUATIONS WE HAVE GOTTEN OURSELVES IN IS GOING TO
MAKE THEM DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT? PEOPLE ARE FUCKING HARD PRESSED TO
MAKE RENT AND PAY OUTSTANDING DEBTS, CONCERNED WITH BUYING SHIT TO KEEP
THEMSELVES HAPPY ABOUT A MISERABLE EXISTENCE AND YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT
TEXTBOOKS? TEXTBOOKS THAT ARE PART OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM OF
AMERICA, A PLACE I WOULD LIKE TO THINK REMAINS SACRED WHERE ELSEWHERE
THERE IS SO MUCH CORRUPTION. WHAT DOES MISTER LOWEN HAVE TO SAY ABOUT
THAT? HE DEDICATES A WHOLE CHAPTER IN HIS BOOK TO WHY TEXTBOOKS END UP
THE WAY THEY ARE AND IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE THAT TO PUBLISHERS A
SUCCESSFUL TEXTBOOK IS ONE THAT MAKES MONEY.
The president of Random House publishing is quoted as saying "We want
to do well while doing good," using a clever play on words to say "WE
ONLY CARE ABOUT PROFIT! THAT'S RIGHT! PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT! I AM
THE PRESIDENT OF A PUBLISHING COMPANY AND IN MY SPARE TIME I SWIM
THROUGH A POOL OF MONEY I MADE BY PUTTING OUT TEXTBOOKS FULL OF ERRORS
THE LIKES OF WHICH GET FED TO SCHOOL CHILDREN RESULTING IN LEGIONS OF
YOUNG ADULTS WHO THINK HISTORY IS ONE OF THE MOST BORING SUBJECTS EVER
AND DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT WHERE THEY CAME FROM! EXCUSE ME WHILE I
ACCEPT THE AWARD FOR ACHIEVING THE AMERICAN DREAM..." So shocker
number one in today's textfile: IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY! NO! He said
he wants to make money while doing good for people, that's not too
much to ask is it? That's the rub in our situation as American
citizens, a lot of people would like to do good but most people refuse
to get involved because there is no profit in doing good for someone
else. Do good for yourself first and then if you have time in your
busy schedule you might be able to squeeze some time in for someone
else but if you can't that's alright because the holidays are coming
up and you can always donate to the canned food drive and still be
able to make time for work! Not only are you doing good efficiently
but you are also doing so with a minimal impact on your overall net
gain! AWESOME!
Hold up? Just realize that you are reading another one of those
overly critically rants from a typical college student who's read
a few radical books and know he thinks suddenly that the world is
going to change and by the new year everyone will be holding hands
and there will be no more war or famine or plague or greedy business
men ever! Know what? I have read a few books, but not just since I
got to college. Reading is something I have always done and hopefully
you too have been doing the same since you've learned to. Whatever it
may be, get your hands on it and investigate what's going on in the
world and what people have to say about it. Don't listen to them, do
listen to them. It doesn't matter as long as you are going out there
and spending some time maintaining and remaining in touch with reality.
They'll be things to agree with and things to disagree with and
interestingly enough, the more you read the more you will find that
will not be so black and white, easy to solve. There are a lot of
things that go down in our world that we cannot allow ourselves to write
off as "good" or "bad." Both "good" and "bad" can be taken out of any
picture, just think about what is going on.
While reading excerpts of "Lies My Teacher Told Me" I started thinking
about the nature of history in a classroom environment and I want all
you crazy and daring readers to try and follow along with me. Ever
since I have been involved in a history class it has always been about
memorizing dates and names and places of various importance because
these things mattered. Immediately, they mattered because we were to be
tested on them but beyond that, is the way we are taught history really
helping us? We need to know what has gone on before us and why that
went down the way it did and where that puts us in the present BUT
what if there was more theory involved in history? Much like a Computer
Science student takes high level math classes to reinforce theory,
shouldn't history be taught to us referencing specific events as examples
and looking more at trends and themes that have followed us from the
beginning? Don't most textbooks try to do that? But to do it without
bias or a "centric" viewpoint, is that even possible? What kind of
history book would that be?
In asking questions like these I do not mean to attack yet another
symptom of what is a much larger and much more fucked up situation than
just what we are learning in school. But in what we learn in school
there is a foundation for why the system is fucked up and how we can
change it. They mean well to use lessons of independence and
individualism to show how one person can make a difference but as many
have pointed out the status quo falters in doing so by perpetuating the
belief that it will be just ONE who makes the difference and that if a
group of people dissatisfied with something try to change things they
won't succeed unless they have a strong leader. I SAY FUCK A STRONG
LEADER IN HIS EAR! THE POWER LIES IN THE PASSION SOMEONE HAS FOR
SOMETHING AND LATELY IT SEEMS LIKE TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE A PASSION FOR
PURSUING THE DOLLAR BILL. IT IS DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN OUR CULTURE AND IS
DEFINITELY SOMETHING PEOPLE WILL SPEND LIFE TIMES FIGHTING AGAINST...
But then again, maybe no one is interested in that. Why fight against
the system when it's the reason we exist. They've already done so much
for them, we should be grateful that we have such a great country...
BE PROUD OF THE PAST BUT BE WARY. AMERICA HAS SOME FUCKED UP SHIT ON
ITS HANDS. DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE PROUD OF THE VALUES OF DEMOCRACY AND
A "FREE" NATION. Just know that not everything is how it seems and if
you aren't too careful you'll wake up and realize all of this, everything
you've fought for was just a dream within a dream within a simulation of
someone else's memories that were recorded while you were there as a
child. A endless mindfuck is knocking at your door, don't be afraid to
answer it.
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issue: 3x0 of iNTELLIGENT dANCE mONSTER released 11.13.03
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iNTELLIGENT dANCE mONSTER is the latest and greatest creature from gir.
iT will never get soggy in milk and will probably give continual nods to
the wonderful world of music that makes gir giddy like a school girl.
aLSO be on the look out for science of the fiction variety to appear
withing these virtual pages. dON'T worry though, angstmonster will
make an eventual comeback. tHINKING about writing for idm? eMAIL gir
[gir at angstmonster.org] with a marginally on topic submission (music
and or science of a fictional variety) and you too shall see the glory
of intelligence and dance in a tasty monster treat. gOT nothing to say?
tHAT'S a-o-k!
dIGGING on this release? fEEL free to pass it along to all of your
friends. jUST make sure that you leave it as it was or at least give
credit where credit is due. gET caught biting our styles unauthorizedly
and we'll sneak up on you ninja style with DOOM!
lOVE and kISSES,
the iNTELLIGENT dANCE mONSTER crew.
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find us online at http://www.angstmonster.org/txt/idm/
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