Hiding Knives & Hiding Behind Knives

Insect Guide - Dark Days & Nights
2010; British; Noise pop; Dark and spacey atmosphere
http://www.mediafire.com/?zm2xmqdt2tj

Good music reminds me of sitting in a window-seat on a bus. Losing yourself to the visual shift of the world, while the audio interferences are washed out by the sound of tires grinding the pavement. A car could do just as well, but I can't remember the last time I had to put up with the monotonous freeway scenery while riding a bus. The feeling of sitting in a coffee shop late at night with no one around, when the fuzzed echos of the manager's radio are drowned by drops of rain hitting the windows. Mind always wandering back to the same unresolved questions and circumstances, despite a mountain of work that calls for your undivided attention. It's funny how we're all people with the same fundamental problems, and yet the nuances of these problems, ie our outlook and how we're conditioned to deal, are what make us truly different people, almost incapable of understanding one another. No matter how uptight and narrowminded someone seems, there is an underlying chain of events as equally complex as your own which has shaped them so uniquely.

I don't like politics and the government scares me.

Growing up I felt like we were conditioned to be ruled. As if the government is the primary aspect of America, and its people are crops to be harvested for all of their attention and money. People actually cry whenever a new president is put in office. What a government should be, to me, is an agency dedicated to upholding peoples' rights; only occasionally flexing its muscles to punish those who infringe on others rights. Managing public conveniences like schools, jails, and roadways is secondary. It's downright disturbing that their intention of protecting their authority is played off as a catalyst for protecting the best interest of the citizens. The fact that "victimless crimes" still exist is a testament to the idea that, despite exponential growth in technology and communication, we're still stuck in the same era of darkness as the civilizations before us. The worst part is, we're raised to accept and even uphold this standard!

Politicians are monsters. Elections remind me of professional wrestling promotional clips. Multiple parties deifying themselves (or falsely humbling themselves to win your favor) while demonizing the opposition. The fact that campaigns are so fucking expensive tells me three things: People are too complacent to find the candidate that's right for them; Politics are given way too much significance considering their output (overrated much?); And that politicians are rotten-minded little children with overstuffed piggy banks.

Or maybe this is just one little pothead's way of venting his legalization frustration... I don't know and you're free to argue; The music stopped a while ago.