First Videos of 'patasonic Research

Christian Cummings performing a folky translation of his song Everything is Industrial Looking from his free DL LP "Slavebation" at the 2nd Launch Event for 'patacritical Interrogation Techniques Anthology Volume 3 at The Institute for Figuring in Los Angeles, Feb 01, 2013. The uplifting coda was left off because it would blow too many minds too quickly, and my Canon Powershot's memory card filled up. But we have some HD tape as well and will be compiling a complete version when our schedule permits. 

Everything is Industrial Looking

From out of the men's room

a whistler passed me

passed some gas, shirt tails out, hands washed,

whistled "I'm a yankee doodle dandy."

Fellow american

bread never buttered

and likewise permanently randy.

Sucking himself off liked to suck on ice cubes,

to feel his penis go from hard to liquid.

Dissolving his libido into a bag of Cheetos.

Inside of whose mirrored surface,

reflected itself to-itself.

Creating an everlasting ocean of Cheetos

whose contents know no beginnings or no ends

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EVERYTHING IS INDUSTRIAL LOOKING, EVERYTHING IS INDUSTRIAL LOOKING, EVERYTHING IS INDUSTRIAL LOOKING, EVERYTHING IS INDUSTRIAL LOOKING, EVERYTHING IS INDUSTRIAL LOOKING, EVERYTHING IS INDUSTRIAL LOOKING, EVERYTHING IS INDUSTRIAL LOOKING, EVERYTHING IS INDUSTRIAL LOOKING,

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Face flushed as a fat boy peeping into locker rooms at curves ladies gym

stacking up heaps of behaviors and memories

against those mountains of absence that he swears to never climb.

"Don't you mean those mountains he swears to never climb down?"

But even to mention a limited ascension spills some pretty weird beans,

that we are all clowns, who wear make-up to look like regular people

and not persons, who for fun, occasion as clowns

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EVERYTHING IS INDUSTRIAL LOOKING, EVERYTHING IS INDUSTRIAL LOOKING, EVERYTHING IS INDUSTRIAL LOOKING, EVERYTHING IS INDUSTRIAL LOOKING, EVERYTHING IS INDUSTRIAL LOOKING, EVERYTHING IS INDUSTRIAL LOOKING, EVERYTHING IS INDUSTRIAL LOOKING, EVERYTHING IS INDUSTRIAL LOOKING,

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Be quiet

be partial

when the round table breaks, you will turn to Parsifal.

Because every tree was once a sprout,

and likewise its just human nature, to suppose you in-fact have a nature.

Take heed

Be smart

and enjoy your food

for the contents of your arsenal as well as your concepts and plans will somehow serve the common good

if there is in-fact such a thing.

human tribal politics slash technological strategy.

Be artless

and sober.

The story is never over.

The tension never resolved.

Be unsophisticated, be responsible.

Store up your honey.

Protect your brood!

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V (female voice imitating computer from Star Trek): The end sequence is now commencing.

M (ME): But first mustn’t we beef up our defense spending?

V: Yes. And to do this must first purge from our memories what it is we are actually supposed to me defending.

M: By this do you mean we ought to ignore the bottom lines on our balance sheets?

V: Well actually, between you and me, those numbers are not the people I was strategically falsely implying.

M: Good. Because last I checked, I did the math and found virtually no downside. Unless you consider the fact that this money must be earned a down side.

V: Course not. Remember, we are those post humans who make their decisions from inside an office. The real price will be paid... by a portion of your population... consisting mostly of disposables, plebes, and human sheeps.

And not our hides, besides.

Sacrificing the marginal stream will only serve to strengthen the mainstream.

You'll see.

You know what they say..

If life gives you lemonade