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Way of the Gun

Dead America

by Jake Edwards on December 3, 2009

Public Domain, American Flag, Old Glory, Red W...

The Decade from Hell is drawing to a close…

…this one has been an indictment of humanity, and one that cast a curse across the death of the American dream and the end of the American century before it. One in which they dug up the fathers of freedom and the ideals of liberty and justice, made of them straw martyrs; soaked in the oil and blood of heroes, innocents, war and greed; lay them out to burn for all of us to witness. God bless the American corpse. The Devil take the warmongers, the banks, the silent few…

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Ecology & Consciousness

by Jake Edwards on June 15, 2009

I watched the Motorcycle Diaries yesterday.
I had no idea that Che Guevara was killed in 1967 – that wasn`t so long ago; and with the help of an American Government Agency apparently. Disgusting.

Heroes, freedom fighters, mystics and warriors of consciousness from Jesus to Geronimo, Byron, Malcolm X and more have been persecuted and ripped up by the snarling rats of the “establishment”…

Recorded with no rehearsal and no tune up a couple of years ago whilst travelling aound Aotearoa. This song deals with american history and politics in relation to the 911 terror attacks, the New Orleans flooding and the Tsunami.

Kennedy and Lennon shot down like dogs in the street by parasitic filth and an explosion of increasingly sophisticated advertising together with media, intellectual, and parabolic corporate ownership of the intangible and esoteric: land, time and space- Exxon, Clear Channel, SKY and god knows what else; to help us all feel good while our minds are repossessed and our lands are ripped up.

Since 1967 So much has changed but the human machine. Ugly homogenisation of towns and village streets across the U.K. by monolithic edifices of corporate greed, the blight of surveillance, drunkenness, violence and crime are all allies in an unconscious response…
Travelling around the South Island in New Zealand convinced me that there is a reasonable argument for fighting against eco-terrorism, exploitation and standing up against irrelevant modernisation and the damaging pollutants more often than not labelled as improvement or whatever else bullshit lexicon beaurocrats and other official madmen can use to subvert, bend and lie about the truth. Does anyone care? There are people out there who do; let`s connect.
Our relationship with the land is an integral part of our consciousness. The land is not capable of a lie. More soon.

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Way of the Gun Lyrics

by Jake Edwards on March 11, 2009

Picture of the World Trade Center on 9/11 shor...

Loneliness, happiness and in between. Back in time when I lived on the other side (of the world) I sat in an interview and watched the twin towers exploding in outrageous fury right in front of my eyes.

Much like the Kennedy assassination we all knew there were going to be a few survivors, scapegoats, betrayal, fury, greed and a litany of lies, hollow promises and bitter recrimination. Every time I drive by that twisted, burnt, heat melted, white hot new york metal, the skeletal remains, the old bony fingers pointing helplessly skyward into space, to a god looking down upon the shame and the deceit, the lies, the cowardice and the damage done to the hearts of every man woman and child alive, breathing and capable of now understanding what a hollow piece of rock we inhabit, and what a terrible thing we have doe to ourselves.

I usually write out about four pages of spontaneous poetry or material and work backwards from there. Some of the material comes directly from headlines recollected from memory. Betrayal, fury , suspicion and greed came through the television. I try not to watch it.

I spent at least 6 months, more like a year, cutting down the words, ridding them of complexity, making them simple and making them count.

[your television will help you objectify our gross global cultural output: there is very little beyond the smattering of charity, hope and faith except for violence, sex, death, destruction, greed, monopolising, pollution and a vast modern ACEDIA.]


(c) Jake Edwards 2005

911. kennedy. CIA. FBI.

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Guns and Money

by Jake Edwards on March 10, 2009

Money should be the last thing on your mind when you pick up a guitar. F**k the money. If you get any, give it away. video features from 2005 The Way of the Gun – recorded live , with no rehearsal and no tune up.


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