A societal-environmental mix offering a loose-nit number of issues, which in the end are all, related and operating in the background 24/7. Pieces from the documentaries Blind Spot, Crude Impact and Age of Stupid were utilized.
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The height of summer brings heat and lethargy to many of us in the northern hemisphere. A cold drink and a shady place seem to be of the highest priority. But the world trends running in the background do not stop nor slow during the heat and so a little mix of word and song are offered as a reminder of that reality. By the way, warm enough for you?
Advisory: Offensive language alert!
Commentary by: Society's Myth - the Titanic and Lifeboats - from the documentary Crude Impact Our Delusions as a Society - from the documentary Blind Spot Human History is Littered With the Corpses of People Who Had Stuff Worth Stealing - from the Age of Stupid Societal Assumptions Are False - from the documentary Blind Spot Penetrating the Stories of Empire - from the documentary Blind Spot Like Yeast in a Wine Vat - from the documentary Blind Spot Earth - from the movie Solaris All the Whys - from the documentary the Age of Stupid
Music (complete or excerpts): Once Upon A Summertime (LaValse Des Lilas) by Chuck Baker Feeling Good (accapella) by unknown artist Brainwashed by Ordinary People Death Comes To Louisiana by MOTU Cause and Effect by Ordinary People Defend the Earth by Alice Di Micele
FX or short supportive segments: Bong hit Marine Saying - from the movie Full Metal Jacket You Don't Belong Here - from the movie Eyes Wide Shut Marines Rifle Prayer - from the movie Full Metal Jacket A Big Problem is Flying - from the documentary the Age of Stupid There Are No Answers Only Choices - from the movie Solaris Its a Fool Who Looks for Logic â from the movie O Brother Where Art Thou
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