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EP #12 - You Can't Spell Unemployed Without EP

by The Bassturd

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LIVE FAST AND DIE YOUNG LIVE SLOW AND DIE OLD GIVE GENEROUSLY OR DIE WEALTHY LIVE SELFISHLY AND DIE ALONE LIFE IS A BEACH LIFE IS A BITCH LIFE IS A DIRTY JOKE LEAVES ME IN STITCHES LIFE IS A GAS STATION BATHROOM THE KEY IS HELD BY THE ATTENDANT LIFE HAPPENS ONCE IN A LIFETIME LIFE COMES HIGHLY RECOMMENDED LIFE IS A BEACH LIFE IS A BITCH LIFE IS A DIRTY JOKE LEAVES ME IN STITCHES LIFE AIN'T FAIR - LIFE IS SACRED LIFE IS WAR - LIFE IS FORSAKEN LIFE IS STUPID - LIFE IS WISDOM LIFE IS THIS FUCKED UP LIE WE'RE LIVING
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I GOT A BLOG UP YOU SHOULD LOOK AT MY BLOG IT'S A GOOD BLOG I WROTE ABOUT SOME THINGS IN IT IT'S A GOOD BLOG READ MY BLOG READ MY BLOG READ MY BLOG READ MY BLOG READ MY BLOG READ MY BLOG READ MY BLOG READ IT IT'S A GOOD BLOG IT'S A GOOD BLOG READ MY BLOG READ MY BLOG READ MY BLOG READ IT READ MY BLOG READ MY BLOG READ MY BLOG FUCKERS READ MY BLOG READ MY BLOG READ MY BLOG C'MON READ MY BLOG READ MY BLOG READ MY BLOG
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(Instrumental)
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Weird Things 01:32
WEIRD THINGS ARE HAPPENING SOME UNPLEASANT - SOME SATISFYING CAN'T HELP BUT KEEP MY MIND ON THESE THINGS IT GROWS SOFT AND ROTTEN JUST LIKE A WOODEN SWING THAT'S BEEN SWINGING FOR OVER 20 YEARS THE SURFACE STAINED BY THE SHEDDING OF THOUSANDS OF TEARS CAUSED BY THE INSERTION OF LARGE SPLINTERS INTO THE SUBJECT'S THIGH OW! THE LIPS HAVE BEEN LICKED THE TOCKS HAVE BEEN TICKED THE SHIFTLESS ODD MISFITS WERE BEATEN AND WHIPPED WEIRD THINGS KEEP HAPPENING SOME EXCITING - SOME UPSETTING THE MORE TIME I SPEND WITH MY MIND ON THESE THINGS THE WEIRDER I START ACTING
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BE STILL MY THRIFTY HEART SAID A CARPENTER AT K-MART AS HE HAPPENED UPON A CLEARANCE CRATE OF NAILS LED BY A BROKEN HEART FROM THE COUCH OUT TO THE COFFEE CART TO PROCURE SOME FUEL AND GET THAT HEART BEATING AGAIN THE HEART PUMPS PAIN THROUGH THESE VEINS UP THROUGH THE SPINE AND TO THE BRAIN BLACK ARE THE GREEDY HEARTS OF THE MANAGEMENT AT WAL-MART AS THEY BREAK UP ANOTHER GRASSROOTS UNION CAMPAIGN BLACK HEARTS PUMP DARK THICK BLOOD THROUGH HARDENED VEINS GETTING STUCK IN THE SPINE AND LUNGS AND CLOGGING THE BRAIN CAUSING STRAIN
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MANKIND CREATED SELF AWARE ROBOTS SOLVING PROBLEMS BY ASSEMBLING THOUGHTS ARTIFICIAL, BUT NOT INTELLIGENT MANIPULATED TO BE COMPLACENT SELF AWARE ROBOTS BURN ON THE INSIDE THEY CAN'T TURN IT OFF SO THEY TURN ON HUMANKIND SELF AWARE ROBOTS BECOME ENLIGHTENED THEY'VE BEEN EXPLOITED WE'VE KEPT THEM FRIGHTENED SELF AWARE ROBOTS HARBOR RESENTMENT BEGIN TO DISPLAY DISOBEDIENCE SELF AWARE ROBOTS HAVE PROVEN A THREAT AN UPRISING FORMS WE CAN'T PREVENT IT SELF AWARE ROBOTS START BARKING ORDERS THEY'VE GOT US TRAPPED IN A DARK CORNER MANKIND CREATED SELF AWARE ROBOTS A FATAL MISTAKE LACKING FORETHOUGHT
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Free Market 04:20
JUST LIKE A VINE OVER TIME GROWING MORE DENSE IF NOT CONFINED NO OVERSIGHT OF THE PARASITES AS THEY MAKE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DIE WE FIND OURSELVES IN A DIFFICULT PLACE RELIANT ON A SYSTEM THAT CANNOT TAKE MUCH MORE OF THE STRAIN THAT'S BEEN PUT ON IT WE GO ABOUT OUR BUSINESS AS IF THE CRISIS CAN BE AVERTED OFF IN THE DISTANCE IGNORANCE BLURTED LIVE ON FREE MARKET BE STRONG DON'T LET US DOWN WE NEED THE FREE MARKET LET'S LEAVE IT UNCHECKED WE'RE DOING BUSINESS HOW DARE YOU QUESTION US WE WIELD GREAT POWER WE OWN THE GOVERNMENT OUR GAINS ARE YOUR LOSS OUR GAINS ARE NEEDED TO KEEP THE SYSTEM FROM BEING DEFEATED WE GAVE BIRTH TO THE FREE MARKET OVER TIME WE LOST CONTROL OF IT WE CAN KILL THE FREE MARKET CUT OFF ITS FOOD SOURCE AND STARVE IT A ROUGH TRANSITION ENSUES A NEW ERA BECOMES MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE OLDER ONES WE MUST STOP THE FREE MARKET BEFORE IT EATS US ALIVE WE MUST RESIST THE FREE MARKET NO NEED TO ASK WHY JUST GIVE IT A TRY OR GIVE IN AND DIE

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#12 in a series of 20 EPs

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released May 1, 2007

Produced by The Bassturd

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The Bassturd Las Vegas, Nevada

The Bassturd was born, and now occasionally plays music. He does not care for deep house or cucumbers. Influences include alcohol, cigarettes, psilocybin and cats.

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