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Meanwhile, Verviella became very animated, her arms flailing like a boxer, speaking to the group but like she was ready to take on the whole world. “It is a fuckeeng Wall … To keep the rising ocean out. And we’re fuckeeng entrapped … like laboratory rats. Or drowning rats eef you are on the other side.”
The study group were debating the newly opened New York Embankment that encircled Manhattan. Mezzula had felt compelled to reply. “You mean like it’s just the latest in a long line of land grabs demanded of government by the corporate sector, with the intention of keeping Neoliberalism … er’ the whole—’ … oh … I see what you’re saying … like we are living in an— maybe there’s a word … er’ like an entrapocracy.” He was making shit up, flying by his non-existent coattails, and instantly realized he was still being too wordy … too intellectual.
Verviella scowled. “Entwapawhat?’ Oh-oh! History Boy iz going off again with the beeg words,” she spat, this time directly addressing Mezzula.
Her likeness appeared in his front brain now as he sat alone in his apartment, trying to make sense of his study notes. Re-living the moment. The way she had leaned toward him and tilted her head for emphasis, her eyes widening as she stared him down in order to shut him up.
She was so right though. And her parents had come from Chile where the whole Neoliberal experiment began. His mind was racing again. The number, or the name of the beast in this case, sounded so clinical, so intellectually jargonistic, making the term problematic in that it flies over the heads of most of the people whose lives are directly affected by it. That’s precisely why he intuited the need a new frame of reference, and the word ‘entrapocracy’ seemed to fit the bill, because it is intimately inclusive of the mass of people who are manipulated by neoliberalism, ie we the people who, by design, are entrapped by it.

— from Chapter Two “Brain Circus”

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LADIES AND GENTELMEN … WELCOME, WILKOMMEN
SO HERE’S A THING. … WE GOT A SITUATION

WHEN EL PRESIDENTE … STARTS TO SING
THE PRAISES OF … DIVINE KINGS

SON-OF-A
DIS-CIP-LIIN-AR-IAN
WHITE GUY ARYAN
AUTH-ORI-TAR-IAN
FACISM BY ANY OTHER NAME

PRECIPITOUSLY DANGEROUS … AS THE BUMPER STICKER SAYS …
ELECT A CLOWN … EXPECT A CIRCUS
ELECT A CLOWN … EXPECT A CIRCUS

OOOO HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

THE RETURN OF THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN
ARMED WITH ALL THE WHEREWITHAL IN ALL THE WORLD

BUILDING A WALL, BUILDING A WALL
BUILDING A WALL, TO KEEP HISTORY OUT
AGAINST THE NOTION OF A NATION BUILT ON IMMIGRATION
THEY’RE BUILDING A WALL

BUILDING A WALL, BUILDING A WALL
BUILDING A WALL TO KEEP THE FUTURE OUT
USING FEAR TO SHUT OUT HUMANITY
BY BUILDING A WALL,

SO HERE’S THE THING … THIS IS HOW IT ALL BEGINS

BY INCITING RACIAL TENSIONS, IMMIGRANT DETENTIONS
FAMILES SEPARAIONS, CHILD INTEROOGATIONS
RIGHT HERE IN WASHINGTON, A MILE OUTTA DOWNTOWN TACOMA
MANUFACTURING CONSENT WITH SIX OF SAND. ONE OF CEMENT

FIRST THEY COME FOR THE MIGRANTS, WHO ARE FORCED TO FLEE
NEXT THEY COME THE DISPOSSESSED, AND THE CLIMATE REFUGEES
NEXT UP TROUBLEMAKERS! AGITANTS! AND MISCREANTS!
AND IF YOU HAVE A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE THEN THEY’LL COME FOR YOU AND ME

WATCH OUT FOR THE TEAR GAS! WATCH OUT FOR THE BILLY CLUBS
WATCH OUT FOR THE COPS WHO’S ORDERS ARE TO SHOOT FIRST

BUILDING A WALL, BUILDING A WALL
BUILDING A WALL BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY CAN
AND THEY’LL CARRY ON AS LONG AS WE LET THEM
BUILD THEIR WALL

BUILDING A WALL, BUILDING A WALL
BUILDING A WALL COS WEALTH IS UNDER SIEGE
DOWN AT THE END OF WALL STREET
DOWN AT THE END OF WALL STREET …
DOWN AT THE END OF WALL STREET …
THEY'RE BUILDING A WALL



(NOT NOW NOT EVER)

NOT BIG, NOT CLEVER?
NOT NOW, NOT EVER?

COS WE’RE ALL IMMIGRANT, IMMIGRANT FREAKS AND PUNKS
IMMIGRANT, IMMIGRANT BEAUTIFUL PUNKS
IMMIGRANT, IMMIGRANT ROMANTIC PUNKS
IMMIGRANT, IMMIGRANT ARTFUL PUNKS
IMMIGRANT, IMMIGRANT SEXY PUNKS
IMMIGRANT, IMMIGRANT CLEVER PUNKS
IMMIGRANT, IMMIGRANT RESOURCEFUL PUNKS
IMMIGRANT, IMMIGRANT HUMAN PUNKS

NOT BIG, NOT CLEVER A WALL? … LET’S JUST SAY
NOT NOW, NOT EVER, A WALL? … NO WAY
NOT BIG, NOT CLEVER A WALL? … LET’S JUST SAY
NOT NOW, NOT EVER, A WALL? … NO WAY.

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from MESMERICA - EXPECT A CIRCUS, released June 19, 2020
DANBERT NOBACON vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, handclaps
KIRA WOOD CRAMER vocals,
LOREN BOLEY drums
CLAY ASHFORD bass
ANNA DOOLEY violin, vocal
JIMMY BERG keyboard, vocal
GREGORY MILES electric guitar
STEVE KAMKE percussion, vocal
BEN BLOOM skank guitar
MELL DETTMER percussion, sound effects, handclaps

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Danbert Nobacon & The Axis of Dissent Twisp, Washington

Danbert Nobacon 'freak music legend,' 'mischievous political goblin,'got an associate degree in the science of children’s play in England in the 1990’s whilst moonlighting in the punk rock band Chumbawamba.
The new album "Kochtopus's Garden—Now That's What I Call Capitalism—The Musical" lands on Mayday 05.01.24. ... more

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